To Boldly Grow: Finding Joy, Adventure, and Dinner in Your Own Backyard
By: Tamar Haspel
4.13
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A love-letter to the unexpected delights (and occasional despair) of so-called "first-hand food"--m…
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1. Midlife and the Great Unknown: Finding Courage and Clarity Through Poetry
By: David Whyte
3.35
Format: 520 pages, Audio CD
"In the middle of the road of my life I awoke in a dark wood, where the true way was wholly lost." … read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
2. Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer
By: Novella Carpenter
3.47
Format: None pages,
"One of New York Times Top 10 Books of 2009" (Dwight Garner) "Captivating... By turns edgy, moving,… read more
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- gardening
- food
- nonfiction
- memoir
3. Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens
By: Douglas W. Tallamy
4.06
Format: 205 pages, Hardcover
As development and subsequent habitat destruction accelerate, there are increasing pressures on wil… read more
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4. Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden
By: Michael Pollan , Eleanor Perényi , Allen Lacy
3.78
Format: 438 pages, Paperback
A classic in the literature of the garden, Green Thoughtsis a beautifully written and highly origin… read more
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5. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
By: Margaret Renkl
4.37
Format: 270 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author of Late Migrations comes a “h… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- nature
- audiobook
6. The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
By: Greg Lukianoff
3.93
Format: 432 pages, ebook
A timely deep dive into cancel culture, an account of its dangers to all Americans, and the much-ne… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Mistakes abound when groupthink goes unchallenged."-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
"There is nothing about standing up for an underdog (or simply claiming to be) that means you're right."-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
7. Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
By: Ben Goldfarb
4.45
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Notable Book of 2023 and Editors' Choice • A Science News Favorite Book of 2023 • … read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
8. Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard
By: Douglas W. Tallamy
4.37
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Douglas W. Tallamy’s first book, Bringing Nature Home, sparked a national conversation about the li… read more
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- gardening
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
9. Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden
By: Camille T. Dungy
4.19
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
A seminal work that expands how we talk about the natural world and the environment as National Boo… read more
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- memoir
- gardening
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
10. Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer
By: Barbara Ehrenreich
3.26
Format: None pages, Audiobook
Bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich explores how we are killing ourselves to… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"A thing cannot be conscious without having agency, but it can have agency without being conscious."-Barbara Ehrenreich, Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer
"Once I realized I was old enough to die, I decided that I was also old enough not to incur any more suffering, annoyance, or boredom in the pursuit of a longer life."-Barbara Ehrenreich, Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer
"NK, or natural killer, cells, which, like macrophages, attack targets like microbes, do not always kill. A 2013 article reports that about half of the NK cells sit out the fight, leaving a minority o…"-Barbara Ehrenreich, Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer
"Poor whites had always had the comfort of knowing that someone was worse off and more despised than they were; racial subjugation was the ground under their feet, the rock they stood upon, even when …"-Barbara Ehrenreich, Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer
11. Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World: A History
By: William Alexander
3.98
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author William Alexander takes readers on the surprisingly twisty journe… read more
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- cooking
- food
- nonfiction
- gardening
- nature
- audiobook
12. Goblin Mode: How to Get Cozy, Embrace Imperfection, and Thrive in the Muck
By: McKayla Coyle
3.45
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Embrace your inner goblin! Learn to decorate, dress, craft, forage, and live according to the gobli… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
13. The Power of Trees: How Ancient Forests Can Save Us if We Let Them
By: Peter Wohlleben
4.03
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
From the international bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees An illuminating manifesto on … read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
14. My First Popsicle: An Anthology of Food and Feelings
By: Zosia Mamet
3.60
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A warm and relateable collection of essays exploring the memories we associate with different meals… read more
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- food
- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
15. Nobody Wants Your Sh*t: The Art of Decluttering Before You Die
By: Messie Condo
3.75
Format: 192 pages, ebook
Free yourself and your family from the f*cking clutter before you croak! Inspired by The Gentle A… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
16. Flat Broke with Two Goats
By: Jennifer McGaha
3.26
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Jennifer McGaha never expected to own a goat named Merle. Or to be setting Merle up on dates and na… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
"When I was growing up, my parents had created for my brother and me the perfect upper middle-class lifestyle. We had everything we needed, and most things we wanted. We took piano lessons. We went to…"-Jennifer McGaha, Flat Broke with Two Goats
"I realized that if someone told me right then that I could go back 10 years, have my old life back exactly as it was, a life where I never saw my husband, where our lives were always about becoming i…"-Jennifer McGaha, Flat Broke with Two Goats
17. Habits for a Sacred Home: 9 Practices from History to Anchor and Restore Modern Families (Helping Moms Experience Peace & Return to Simple Daily Rhythms from Historic Christians like St. Benedict)
By: Jennifer Pepito
4.14
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Frightened by the chaos in society, many parents fear for their children's futures--and end up rais… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
18. Fieldwork: A Forager's Memoir
By: Iliana Regan
3.54
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
From National Book Award-nominee Iliana Regan, a new memoir of her life and heritage as a forager, … read more
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- memoir
- biography memoir
- food
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
19. To Boldly Grow: Finding Joy, Adventure, and Dinner in Your Own Backyard
By: Tamar Haspel
4.13
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A love-letter to the unexpected delights (and occasional despair) of so-called "first-hand food"--m… read more
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- memoir
- cooking
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- food
- gardening
- adult
- nature
- audiobook
20. The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature
By: Sue Stuart-Smith
4.14
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A distinguished psychiatrist and avid gardener offers an inspiring and consoling work about the hea… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
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"De chemische bestanddelen van verschillende bloemengeuren stimuleren bepaalde stemmingen en beïnvloeden hoe alert of juist ontspannen we ons voelen. Zo is recent gebleken dat lavendel, waarvan de kal…"-Sue Stuart-Smith, The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature
"Zelfs de kleinste wezens beschikken over een zenuwstelsel dat dopamine of aanverwante moleculen nodig heeft om tot zoek- en verzamelgedrag aan te zetten. De menselijke zenuwbanen zijn wellicht een co…"-Sue Stuart-Smith, The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature
21. The Moorings of Mackerel Sky
By: M.Z. Emily Zack
4.09
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Debut novelist MZ marries fantasy with the everyday in her contemporary novel of a Maine lobstering… read more
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