Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-Luck Jay
By: Julie Zickefoose
4.40
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Wesley the Owl and The Soul of an Octopus , the story of a sick baby bird nursed back t…
Want to Read $ 9.99"You could do worse than to spend your days staring at blue jays."-Julie Zickefoose, Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-Luck Jay
"You could do worse than to spend your days staring at blue jays."-Julie Zickefoose, Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-Luck Jay
"You could do worse than to spend your days staring at blue jays."-Julie Zickefoose, Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-Luck Jay
"The presence of a single bird can change everything for one who appreciates them."-Julie Zickefoose, Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-Luck Jay
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1. Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl
By: Stacey O'Brien
4.10
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
When biologist Stacey O'Brien first met a four-day-old baby barn owl with nerve damage in one wing,… read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- animals
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- birds
- nature
- science
"To that which you tame, you owe your life."-Stacey O'Brien, Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl
"Refusing to do your bidding is not the same as stupid."-Stacey O'Brien, Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl
"It was a lot like working at Hogwarts, except that, instead of receiving letters from our owls, we would find coughed-up owl pellets in our coffee mugs."-Stacey O'Brien, Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl
"Wesley was always outraged when he woke himself up with a screech in his sleep, and he blamed me. He would whip around to face me with an intense librarian’s stare as if I had broken a cardinal rule."-Stacey O'Brien, Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl
2. The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
By: Sy Montgomery
4.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this astonishing book from the author of the bestselling memoir The Good Good Pig, Sy Montgomery… read more
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- science
- memoir
- animals
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
3. Mozart's Starling
By: Lyanda Lynn Haupt
4.10
Format: 271 pages, ebook
A charming story of Mozart and his pet starling, along with a natural history of the bird. On May 2… read more
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- biography
- animals
- nonfiction
- birds
- nature
4. Rooftops of Tehran
By: Mahbod Seraji
3.86
Format: 568 pages,
From "a striking new talent"(Sandra Dallas, author of Tallgrass) comes an unforgettable debut novel… read more
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5. The Secret Lives of Bats: My Adventures with the World's Most Misunderstood Mammals
By: Merlin Tuttle
3.87
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A lifetime of adventures with bats around the world reveals why these special and imperiled creatur… read more
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- memoir
- animals
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
6. The Genius of Birds
By: Jennifer Ackerman
3.84
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. According to revolutionary new research, some birds … read more
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7. Homer's Odyssey
By: Gwen Cooper
4.23
Format: 690 pages,
Once in nine lives, something extraordinary happens... The last thing Gwen Cooper wanted was anothe… read more
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8. Project Puffin: The Improbable Quest to Bring a Beloved Seabird Back to Egg Rock
By: Stephen W. Kress , None
3.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The inspiring story of a young ornithologist who reintroduced puffins where none had been seen for … read more
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9. 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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- audiobook
- memoir
- animals
- nonfiction
- birds
- nature
- science
10. Vesper Flights
By: Helen Macdonald
4.10
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Animals don't exist in order to teach us things, but that is what they have always done, and most … read more
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- audiobook
- memoir
- animals
- nonfiction
- birds
- nature
- science
"There's a special phenomenology to walking in woods in winter."-Helen Macdonald, Vesper Flights
"We call them murmurations, but the Danish term, sort sol , is better: black sun."-Helen Macdonald, Vesper Flights
"For even if we don't believe in miracles, they are there, and they are waiting for us to find them."-Helen Macdonald, Vesper Flights
"(P)ulling at your heart on purpose is a compulsion as particular and disconcerting as pressing on a healing bruise."-Helen Macdonald, Vesper Flights
11. Sipsworth
By: Simon Van Booy
4.26
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Over the course of a single week, a woman who is ready to die discovers an unexpected reason to liv… read more
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- animals
- audiobook
12. George: A Magpie Memoir
By: Frieda Hughes
3.83
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
“ He was a hectic, unprincipled bird, but it was impossible not to love him.” From poet and painter… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- animals
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- birds
- nature
- audiobook
"The joy of such a purpose is that it gives you a reason to ignore everything else. There is nothing so effective in taking one's mind off the practical concerns of our lives as a living creature that…"-Frieda Hughes, George: A Magpie Memoir
13. The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird
By: Joshua Hammer
3.82
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A true-crime adventure about a rogue who trades in rare birds and their eggs—and the wildlife detec… read more
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- audiobook
- animals
- nonfiction
- birds
- nature
- science
14. The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century
By: Kirk Wallace Johnson
4.01
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
On a cool June evening in 2009, after performing a concert at London's Royal Academy of Music, twen… read more
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- audiobook
- animals
- nonfiction
- birds
- nature
- science
15. The Love Scribe
By: Amy Meyerson
3.58
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Bookshop of Yesterdays comes a charming novel about a woman with… read more
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- audiobook
"Maybe each time, though, no mater how many loves you'd had before, maybe each time you had to learn again. In that way love was a lot like writing."-Amy Meyerson, The Love Scribe
"People assume the brave part of making art is creating," Joe finally said. "The bravery is in finishing. Saying nothing else I do will make this piece better and it's time to send it into the world. …"-Amy Meyerson, The Love Scribe
16. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
By: Sebastian Junger
3.92
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by t… read more
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- science
- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Everyone has a relationship with death whether they want one or not; refusing to think about death is its own kind of relationship. When we hear about another person's death, we are hearing a version…"-Sebastian Junger, In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
17. Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge
By: Lizzie Pook
3.59
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
An Arctic expedition. A mysterious death. And the lengths to which one woman will go to avenge her … read more
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- audiobook
18. Peril at the Exposition (Captain Jim and Lady Diana Mysteries, #2)
By: Nev March
3.57
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Captain Jim Agnihotri and his new bride, Diana Framji, return in Nev March's Peril at the Expositio… read more
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- audiobook
19. 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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- audiobook
- memoir
- animals
- nonfiction
- 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.
20. The Stolen Child
By: Ann Hood
4.05
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An unlikely duo ventures through France and Italy to solve the mystery of a child’s fate in this mo… read more
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- audiobook
21. Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration
By: Sara Dykman
3.85
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2021 National Outdoor Book Award Sara Dykman made history when she became the first … read more
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- audiobook
- memoir
- animals
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
"If all of us committed to one footprint of land...the world would be a better place."-Sara Dykman, Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration
"We call government support to farmers "subsidies." Support for poor people is instead referred to as "welfare."-Sara Dykman, Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration
"Monarch Watch estimates that each day, 6,000 acres of Monarch breeding habitat in the United States are converted to something else."-Sara Dykman, Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration
"When I was young, I would ride my bike until I was lost...the realization that I could get where I was going on my own, under my own power, unclocked a bigger world for me."-Sara Dykman, Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration
22. Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History
By: Keith O'Brien
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The untold story of five women who fought to compete against men in the high-stakes national air ra… read more
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- biography memoir
- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
23. A Wing and a Prayer: The Race to Save Our Vanishing Birds
By: Anders Gyllenhaal
4.20
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A captivating drama from the frontlines of the race to save birds set against the devastating loss … read more
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- audiobook
- animals
- nonfiction
- birds
- nature
- science
24. The Hummingbirds' Gift: Wonder, Beauty, and Renewal on Wings
By: Sy Montgomery
4.14
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
Hummingbirds fascinate people around the world. The lightest birds in the sky, hummingbirds are cap… read more
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- audiobook
- memoir
- animals
- nonfiction
- birds
- nature
- science
25. The Ravenmaster: My Life with the Ravens at the Tower of London
By: Christopher Skaife
4.04
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
For centuries, the Tower of London has been home to a group of famous avian residents: the ravens. … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- animals
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- birds
- nature
- audiobook
26. Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-Luck Jay
By: Julie Zickefoose
4.40
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Wesley the Owl and The Soul of an Octopus , the story of a sick baby bird nursed back t… read more
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- audiobook
- art
- biography
- memoir
- animals
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- birds
- nature
- science
"You could do worse than to spend your days staring at blue jays."-Julie Zickefoose, Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-Luck Jay
"The presence of a single bird can change everything for one who appreciates them."-Julie Zickefoose, Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-Luck Jay
"The more I work with birds, the more I believe in the undreamt, the things we are not given to know."-Julie Zickefoose, Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-Luck Jay
27. Inferno: A Memoir of Motherhood and Madness
By: Catherine Cho
4.23
Format: 242 pages, Hardcover
Inferno is the riveting memoir of a young mother who is separated from her newborn son and husband … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
28. Rough Beauty: Forty Seasons of Mountain Living
By: Karen Auvinen
3.92
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
In the bestselling tradition of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild and Helen MacDonald’s H Is for Hawk, Karen Au… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- animals
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
"The love of a dog is no small thing."-Karen Auvinen, Rough Beauty: Forty Seasons of Mountain Living
"I didn't want to view nature as something out there. Instead, like a bear denning for winter, I wanted to climb inside."-Karen Auvinen, Rough Beauty: Forty Seasons of Mountain Living
29. A Season On The Wind: Inside the World of Spring Migration
By: Kenn Kaufman
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A close look at one season in one key site that reveals the amazing science and magic of spring bir… read more
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- audiobook
- memoir
- animals
- nonfiction
- birds
- nature
- science
"On a day like this, I can’t imagine anything better that might happen in a person’s life than for them to start paying attention to birds—to become aware of this magical world that exists all around …"-Kenn Kaufman, A Season On The Wind: Inside the World of Spring Migration
30. Brace for Impact
By: Gabe Montesanti
4.33
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A powerful and redemptive story of how the dazzling world of roller derby helped one young woman tr… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
