Six Walks: In the Footsteps of Henry David Thoreau
By: Ben Shattuck
3.84
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
On an autumn morning in 1849, Henry David Thoreau stepped out his front door to walk the beaches of…
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1. American Bloomsbury: Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau: Their Lives, Their Loves, Their Work
By: Susan Cheever
3.62
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Even the most devoted readers of nineteenth-century American literature often assume that the men a… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
2. A Death in Belmont
By: Sebastian Junger
3.61
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A fatal collision of three lives in the most intriguing and original crime story since In Cold Bloo… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- biography
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"They had not yet started out across a continent of grief that a lifetime of walking could not cover."-Sebastian Junger, A Death in Belmont
3. Walking
By: Henry David Thoreau
4.26
Format: 331 pages, Paperback
The philosophies of HENRY DAVID THOREAU (1817-1862)-hero to environmentalists and ecologists, profo… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- essays
- walking
- nature
4. North Country: A Personal Journey
By: Howard Frank Mosher
3.69
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Howard Frank Mosher embarked on a journey following America's northern border from coast to coast i… read more
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- travel
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
5. Essays of E.B. White
By: E.B. White
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
The classic collection by one of the greatest essayists of our time. read more
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6. North Woods
By: Daniel Mason
4.15
Format: 372 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those … read more
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- nature
7. Little Weirds
By: Jenny Slate
3.88
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An alternate cover edition can be found here. Hello and welcome to my book. Inside you will find… read more
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- essays
"If I deny that the root is in me, I will never change."-Jenny Slate, Little Weirds
"I love myself. I think that I am a very top-quality person."-Jenny Slate, Little Weirds
"If I could remember anything, I would remember my belief that my extra love could just be used on myself."-Jenny Slate, Little Weirds
"I was born bucking the idea that I should have to be anywhere that I don’t like or talk to people who make me feel dead or trapped."-Jenny Slate, Little Weirds
8. 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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- environment
- nonfiction
- memoir
- nature
"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.
9. One Nation Under Guns: How Gun Culture Distorts Our History and Threatens Our Democracy
By: Dominic Erdozain
4.25
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
This takedown of American gun culture argues that the nation’s founders did not intend the Second A… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
10. American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal
By: Neil King Jr.
4.16
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A stunning, revelatory memoir about a 330-mile walk from Washington, D.C. to New York City—an unfor… read more
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- nonfiction
- walking
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11. Riverman: An American Odyssey
By: Ben McGrath
3.74
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The true story of Dick Conant, an American folk hero who, over the course of more than twenty years… read more
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"No fleeting moment can bear the scrutiny that a lone voyager is able to give it."-Ben McGrath, Riverman: An American Odyssey
12. You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World
By: Ada Limon
4.11
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Published association with the Library of Congress and edited by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate o… read more
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- nonfiction
- environment
- nature
13. Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees
By: Aimee Nezhukumatathil
4.12
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of World of Wonders, a lyrical book of short essays abou… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- essays
14. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
By: Kevin Fedarko
4.36
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
A deeply moving account ever of walking the Grand Canyon, a highly dangerous, life-changing 750-mil… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- travel
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- nature
"You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment. -Annie Dillard"-Kevin Fedarko, A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
15. Six Walks: In the Footsteps of Henry David Thoreau
By: Ben Shattuck
3.84
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
On an autumn morning in 1849, Henry David Thoreau stepped out his front door to walk the beaches of… read more
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- history
- biography
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- travel
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- walking
- environment
- nature
16. Northland: A 4,000-Mile Journey Along America's Forgotten Border
By: Porter Fox
3.62
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
America’s northern border is the world’s longest international boundary, yet it remains obscure eve… read more
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- history
- memoir
- travel
- nonfiction
- environment
- nature
"Most people don't travel anymore. They arrive. Unless you're riding the slow boat. Then you see every mile."-Porter Fox, Northland: A 4,000-Mile Journey Along America's Forgotten Border
17. Chickens, Gin, and a Maine Friendship: The Correspondence of E.B. White and Edmund Ware Smith
By: E.B. White
4.31
Format: 200 pages, ebook
During the 1950s and '60s, writers E.B. White and Edmund Ware Smith carried on a long correspondenc… read more
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18. The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America
By: Jeffrey Rosen
4.36
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating examination of what “the pursuit of happiness” meant to our nation’s Founders and how… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"If you had to sum it up in one sentence, the classical definition of the pursuit of happiness meant being a lifelong learner, with a commitment to practicing the daily habits that lead to character i…"-Jeffrey Rosen, The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America
19. Walk Ride Paddle: A Life Outside
By: Tim Kaine
4.41
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A compelling account of one man’s journey across hundreds of miles of Virginia wilderness and a mov… read more
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- biography
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20. Nicked
By: M.T. Anderson
3.85
Format: 223 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning and bestselling author of Feed comes a raucous and slyly funny adult fiction… read more
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21. Shopkeeping: Stories, Advice, and Observations
By: Peter Miller
4.11
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
A love letter to the small shop, and shop owners everywhere, by beloved bookseller Peter Miller. “… read more
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