Ghostways: Two Journeys in Unquiet Places
By: Robert Macfarlane
3.80
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Ghostways brings two of best-selling author Robert Macfarlane’s eeriest works of impressionistic na…
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1. American Primitive
By: Mary Oliver
4.39
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Her most acclaimed volume of poetry, American Primitive … read more
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- poetry
- nonfiction
- environment
- nature
"there's a sickness worse than the risk of death and that's forgetting what we should never forget."-Mary Oliver, American Primitive
"Fear defeated me. And yet, not in faith and not in madness but with the courage I thought my dream deserved, I stepped outside."-Mary Oliver, American Primitive
"The sky, after all, stops at nothing, so something has to be holding our bodies in its rich and timeless stables or else we would fly away"-Mary Oliver, American Primitive
"To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it…"-Mary Oliver, American Primitive
2. Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power
By: Rebecca Solnit
3.99
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
With Hope in the Dark, Rebecca Solnit makes a radical case for hope as a commitment to act in a wor… read more
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- history
- environment
- essays
"We are winning,"-Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power
"The moon is profound except when we land on it."-Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power
"Perfection is a stick with which to beat the possible."-Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power
"Waiting until everything looks feasible is too long to wait."-Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power
3. Collected Poems
By: Philip Larkin , Anthony Thwaite
4.21
Format: 218 pages, Paperback
One of the best-known and best-loved poets of the English-speaking world, Philip Larkin had only a … read more
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- literature
- poetry
"Life is slow dying."-Philip Larkin, Collected Poems
"Time is the echo of an axe Within a wood."-Philip Larkin, Collected Poems
"I take off my cycle-clips in awkward reverence."-Philip Larkin, Collected Poems
"Death is no different whined at than withstood."-Philip Larkin, Collected Poems
4. The Writing Life
By: Annie Dillard
3.26
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
Annie Dillard has written eleven books, including the memoir of her parents, An American Childhood;… read more
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- nonfiction
- essays
5. Delights and Shadows
By: Ted Kooser
4.26
Format: 104 pages, Paperback
American author Ted Kooser is a master of metaphor, a poet who deftly connects disparate elements o… read more
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- literature
- poetry
- nonfiction
6. Desert Solitaire
By: Edward Abbey
4.00
Format: None pages,
When Desert Solitairewas first published in 1968, it became the focus of a nationwide cult. Rude an… read more
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7. Leaves of Grass
By: Walt Whitman
3.50
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
A collection of quintessentially American poems, the seminal work of one of the most influential wr… read more
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8. The Beauty
By: Aliya Whiteley
3.97
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Somewhere away from the cities and towns, a group of men and boys gather around the fire each night… read more
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9. Life on Mars
By: Tracy K. Smith
4.45
Format: 122 pages,
You lie there kicking like a baby, waiting for God himself To lift you past the rungs of your crib.… read more
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10. New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
By: Mary Oliver
4.33
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Features previously published and new poems that explore the natural world and how it is connected … read more
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11. The Seas
By: Samantha Hunt
4.30
Format: 373 pages, Paperback
The narrator of The Seaslives in a tiny, remote, alcoholic, cruel seaside town. An occasional chamb… read more
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12. Red Bird
By: Mary Oliver
2.83
Format: 212 pages, Hardcover
Red bird came all winter / firing up the landscape / as nothing else could. So begins Mary Oliver's… read more
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13. Blue Horses
By: Mary Oliver
4.24
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
In this stunning collection of new poems, Mary Oliver returns to the imagery that has defined her l… read more
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14. The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)
By: Nghi Vo
4.17
Format: 128 pages, ebook
The Hugo Award-Winning Series returns with its newest standalone entry: a gothic mystery involving … read more
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"The world starts with a story. So do dynasties and eras and wars. So does love, and so does revenge. Everything starts with a story."-Nghi Vo, The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)
15. Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
By: Cal Flyn
4.20
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
Investigative journalist Cal Flyn's ISLANDS OF ABANDONMENT, an exploration of the world's most deso… read more
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- history
- travel
- natural history
- nonfiction
- environment
- nature
- science
"But the unplanned nature preserves that have formed up in the buffer zones have come to serve as a focus for bilateral cooperation after hostilities are over."-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
"Further back, cooling ponds strewn with rusted pipes were busy with teals and moorhens. An old concrete streetlight stood incongruously in the woods beyond: some ravaged Narnia. Jays catcalled overhe…"-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
"This is a corrupted world, yes - one long fallen from a state of grace - but it is a world too that knows how to live. It has a great capacity for repair, for recovery, for forgiveness - of a sort - …"-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
"And so for a hundred years a forest grew up across the land, tall and dark and impenetrable, whose undergrowth curled and snarled into a thicket of bramble and black thorn. This was a forbidden fores…"-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
16. Step By Bloody Step
By: Simon Spurrier
3.89
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
THERE IS A GIRL. She has no memory and no name. Nothing but a GUARDIAN. An armored giant who protec… read more
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17. The Vaster Wilds
By: Lauren Groff
3.77
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A taut and electrifying novel from celebrated bestselling author Lauren Groff, about one spirited g… read more
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- nature
"For what is a girl but a vessel made to hold the desires of men."-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds
"O put the memory away, girl, she told herself sternly. For the sorrow could eat you entire."-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds
"And humans were not made to be always alone; humans survive only in the company of other humans."-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds
"Against the resistance of other minds, one's thoughts are pulled out of their comfortable shapes, and true thinking begins."-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds
18. Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World
By: John Vaillant
4.35
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A stunning account of a colossal wildfire that collided with a city and a panoramic exploration of … read more
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- history
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- environment
- science
19. Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl
By: Jonathan C. Slaght
4.18
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A field scientist and conservationist tracks the elusive Blakiston's Fish Owl in the forbidding rea… read more
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- travel
- natural history
- nonfiction
- environment
- science
20. Clear
By: Carys Davies
3.92
Format: 196 pages, Hardcover
A stunning, exquisite novel from an award-winning writer about a minister dispatched to a remote is… read more
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21. Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries
By: Greg Melville
4.00
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A lively tour through the history of US cemeteries that explores how, where, and why we bury our de… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Every life holds an epic tale, even if no one alive remembers it."-Greg Melville, Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries
22. Feelings: A Story in Seasons
By: Manjit Thapp
4.18
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
A gorgeous visual journey through one young woman's year of emotions--from the saturated highs of e… read more
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- nonfiction
23. Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell: A heartwarming compassionate portrait of injured turtles, perfect for nature lovers.
By: Sy Montgomery
4.07
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
National Book Award finalist for The Soul of an Octopus and New York Times bestseller Sy Montgome… read more
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- nonfiction
- environment
- nature
- science
"Never give up on a turtle. Because turtles never give up."-Sy Montgomery, Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell: A heartwarming compassionate portrait of injured turtles, perfect for nature lovers.
24. Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart: And Other Stories
By: GennaRose Nethercott
3.76
Format: 259 pages, Paperback
From the author of the breakout fantasy novel Thistlefoot : a collection of dark fairytales and fra… read more
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25. What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia
By: Elizabeth Catte
4.02
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
In 2016, headlines declared Appalachia ground zero for America’s “forgotten tribe” of white working… read more
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- history
26. Ghostways: Two Journeys in Unquiet Places
By: Robert Macfarlane
3.80
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Ghostways brings two of best-selling author Robert Macfarlane’s eeriest works of impressionistic na… read more
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- literature
- travel
- natural history
- nonfiction
- essays
- environment
- nature
- science
27. Edenville
By: Sam Rebelein
3.21
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An unsettling, immersive, and wildly entertaining debut novel from an exciting new voice in horror … read more
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28. Passing for Human: A Graphic Memoir
By: Liana Finck
3.77
Format: 240 pages, None
A visually arresting graphic memoir about a young artist struggling against what’s expected of her … read more
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"A draw-er doesn't draw because she loves to draw. She doesn't draw because she draws well. She draws because once she lost something. And by drawing--she will find it again."-Liana Finck, Passing for Human: A Graphic Memoir
"From a distance, every relationship is similar—an old story with a new face. But if you know how to really look at things—you’ll see that every man is the first man—and every place is Eden."-Liana Finck, Passing for Human: A Graphic Memoir
"In her heart, the devil said, "No! No!" But from her mouth came the words "Yes, you may." And from then on, everything the devil said was the opposite of what she meant. And everything she did, she d…"-Liana Finck, Passing for Human: A Graphic Memoir
29. Nightwalking: Four Journeys Into Britain After Dark
By: John Lewis-Stempel
4.02
Format: 104 pages, Hardcover
At night, the normal rules of Nature do not apply. In the night-wood I have met a badger coming the… read more
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- nonfiction
- natural history
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"You look at the dark and the dark looks at you."-John Lewis-Stempel, Nightwalking: Four Journeys Into Britain After Dark
30. Carrie Carolyn Coco: My Friend, Her Murder, and an Obsession with the Unthinkable
By: Sarah Gerard
3.44
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Acclaimed author Sarah Gerard turns her keen observational eye and cutting yet compassionate prose … read more
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- history
31. Oak and Ash and Thorn: The Ancient Woods and New Forests of Britain
By: Peter Fiennes
4.05
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
When the government announced plans to sell off up to 150,000 hectares of English forests and woodl… read more
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- travel
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- environment
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