Dispersals: On Plants, Borders, and Belonging
By: Jessica J. Lee
4.19
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A prize-winning memoirist and nature writer turns to the lives of plants entangled in our human wor…
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1. The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise
By: Olivia Laing
4.07
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In 2020, Olivia Laing began to restore a walled garden in Suffolk, an overgrown Eden of unusual pla… read more
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- memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- environment
- nature
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"One of the operations by which capitalism perpetuates itself is displacement, the determined and absolute separation of the product from the site of production, so that when we buy petrol or peat fro…"-Olivia Laing, The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise
2. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
By: Amy Tan
4.14
Format: 320 pages, Flexibound
A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight. … read more
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"If there is anything I have learned these past six years, it is this: Each bird is surprising and thrilling in its own way. But the most special is the bird that pauses when it is eating, looks and a…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"The (Anna's Hummingbird) males are deadbeat dads that contribute nothing to making the nest, or to feeding either the female or the nestlings. They are off to find other females they can impress with…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"During daylight hours, they (Anna's Hummingbirds) feed every 15 minutes, be it tiny insects or nectar from flowers or feeders. If they don't consume food often enough, they can die during the day. If…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"I asked Bernd Heinrich if he knew why feeder birds, like finches, discard so many seeds. It turns out he and other scientiests did research on this back in the 1990s - of course, he did -measuring di…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
3. How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures
By: Sabrina Imbler
4.12
Format: 263 pages, Hardcover
A queer, mixed race writer working in a largely white, male field, science and conservation journal… read more
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- audiobook
- memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- nature
- science
"But when I think about ponds infested with gallon-big goldfish, I feel a kind of triumph. I see something that no one expected to live not just alive but impossibly flourishing, and no longer alone. …"-Sabrina Imbler, How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures
4. The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
By: Zoë Schlanger
4.37
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning environment and science reporter Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popu… read more
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- audiobook
- nature
- plants
- nonfiction
- environment
- science
5. Bury the Lead (Quill & Packet Mystery, #1)
By: Kate Hilton
3.71
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A big-city journalist joins the staff of a small-town paper in cottage country and finds a communit… read more
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- canada
6. Denison Avenue
By: Christina Wong
4.17
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
A moving story told in visual art and fiction about gentrification, aging in place, grief, and vuln… read more
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- audiobook
7. Behind You
By: Catherine Hernandez
4.04
Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition
As terror grips a city, a young girl faces danger closer to home and chilling memories that last a … read more
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8. Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey From My Doorstep to the Arctic
By: Adam Shoalts
4.32
Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition
From Canada’s most accomplished adventurer and storyteller comes a gripping journey into the vastne… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
9. 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
- audiobook
10. The Cure for Drowning
By: Loghan Paylor
4.28
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Evocative, magical and luminously written, The Cure for Drowning is not only a brilliant, boundary-… read more
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11. Say Hello to My Little Friend
By: Jennine Capó Crucet
3.77
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Scarface meets Moby Dick in this groundbreaking, darkly comic novel about a young man’s attempt to … read more
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- audiobook
12. Field Study: Meditations on a Year at the Herbarium
By: Helen Humphreys
3.90
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning and beloved author Helen Humphreys discovers her local herbarium and realizes we need… read more
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- memoir
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- plants
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
13. Dispersals: On Plants, Borders, and Belonging
By: Jessica J. Lee
4.19
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A prize-winning memoirist and nature writer turns to the lives of plants entangled in our human wor… read more
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- audiobook
- memoir
- canada
- natural history
- plants
- nonfiction
- essays
- environment
- nature
- science
14. Coexistence: Stories
By: Billy-Ray Belcourt
4.39
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Superbly rendered portraits of modern indigeneity from the acclaimed author of A Minor Chorus. A gr… read more
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- audiobook
"I wrote about the future because I wanted to invent it. I wrote about the present so that it wouldn't obliterate me."-Billy-Ray Belcourt, Coexistence: Stories
"It's October, and the shorter days have made us hungrier, depriving us of light and forcing us to look for it in other people."-Billy-Ray Belcourt, Coexistence: Stories
"That's what love is -- someone else's spirit moving through you. When someone moves through you they leave behind a small trace of human life. It's how we know we're still alive."-Billy-Ray Belcourt, Coexistence: Stories
15. The World We Once Lived In
By: Wangari Maathai
3.91
Format: 71 pages, Paperback
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.From the Congo… read more
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- environment
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- essays
16. How It Works Out
By: Myriam Lacroix
3.79
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
“What an audacious, breathtaking, and inspiring debut. The power of this formally innovative and de… read more
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17. Uprooting: From the Caribbean to the Countryside – Finding Home in an English Garden
By: Marchelle Farrell
4.09
Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition
What is home?It’s a question that has troubled Marchelle Farrell for her entire life. A longed-for … read more
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18. Death by a Thousand Cuts: Stories
By: Shashi Bhat
4.22
Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition
CBC Books' Top Pick for Most Anticipated Canadian Fiction for Spring 2024—a breathtaking and sharpl… read more
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19. Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life
By: Ferris Jabr
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A vivid account of a major shift in how we understand Earth, from an exceptionally talented new voi… read more
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- nature
- natural history
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- environment
- science
20. The Weight of Nature: How a Changing Climate Changes Our Brains
By: Clayton Page Aldern
3.99
Format: None pages, Hardcover
For readers of Kolbert's Under a White Sky and Merlin Sheldrake’s Entangled Life , to all those who… read more
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- science
- nonfiction
- environment
- audiobook
21. In Winter I Get Up at Night: A Novel
By: Jane Urquhart
4.28
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
From one of the greatest writers of our time comes a profound and moving novel of an unforgettable … read more
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