9 Best nature books like The Life of Plants: A Metaphysics of Mixture by Emanuele Coccia

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The Life of Plants: A Metaphysics of Mixture

By: Emanuele Coccia

3.88

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

We barely talk about them and seldom know their names. Philosophy has always overlooked them; even …

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1. How Should a Person Be?

By: Sheila Heti

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the internationally acclaimed author of The Middle Storiesand Ticknorcomes a bold interrogatio… read more

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2. Cosmicomics

By: Italo Calvino , William Weaver

3.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

Italo Calvino's extraordinary imagination and intelligence combine here in an enchanting series of … read more

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3. Eros the Bittersweet

By: Anne Carson

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

A book about love as seen by the ancients, Erosis Anne Carson's exploration of the concept of "eros… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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4. Brilliant Green: The Surprising History and Science of Plant Intelligence

By: Stefano Mancuso , Alessandra Viola , Joan Benham

4.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Are plants intelligent? Can they solve problems, communicate, and navigate their surroundings? Or a… read more

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  • ecology
  • biology
  • philosophy
  • plants
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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5. Kuolleet vedet: sarjoja yleisistä ja yksityisistä mytologioista

By: Eeva-Liisa Manner

3.47

Format: 288 pages,

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6. The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins

By: Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing

4.58

Format: 226 pages, Hardcover

Matsutake is the most valuable mushroom in the world--and a weed that grows in human-disturbed fore… read more

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7. Sweet Days of Discipline

By: Tim Parks , Fleur Jaeggy

4.50

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Set in postwar Switzerland, Fleur Jaeggy's eerily beautiful novel begins simply and innocently enou… read more

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8. Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene

By: Donna J. Haraway

3.89

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the midst of spiraling ecological devastation, multispecies feminist theorist Donna J. Haraway o… read more

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9. Testo Junkie: Sex, Drugs, and Biopolitics in the Pharmacopornographic Era

By: Paul B. Preciado , Bruce Benderson

3.98

Format: None pages, Paperback

What constitutes a "real" man or woman in the twenty-first century? Since birth control pills, erec… read more

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10. Elolliset

By: Iida Turpeinen

4.38

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Vuonna 1741 luonnontieteilijä ja teologi Georg Wilhelm Steller seilaa kapteeni Vitus Beringin retki… read more

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  • nature
  • environment
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11. Väylä

By: Rosa Liksom

4.01

Format: 267 pages, Hardcover

Rosa Liksomin odotettu romaani pienen kylän tytöstä ja Lapin sodasta. Syyskuu 1944. Kymmenet tuh… read more

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12. In the Eye of the Wild

By: Nastassja Martin

3.96

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

In the Eye of the Wild begins with a terrifying account of the anthropologist Nastassja Martin’s ne… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
"Da anni scrivo di confini, del margine, della liminarità, della zona di frontiera, del tra-due-mondi; a proposito di questo luogo molto speciale dove è possibile incontrare una potenza “altra"

-Nastassja Martin, In the Eye of the Wild

"İnsanların, kayalara yapışan istiridyeler gibi, başkalarının acılarına yapışmak gibi tuhaf bir saplantıları var. Başıma gelen şey onları kendileriyle yüzleştiriyor sanki. Bu trajedi organlarının, der…"

-Nastassja Martin, In the Eye of the Wild

"Cette nuit-là, j'écris qu'il faut croire aux fauves, à leurs silences, à leur retenue ; croire au qui-vive, aux murs blancs et nus, aux draps jaunes de cette chambre d'hôpital ; croire au retrait qui…"

-Nastassja Martin, In the Eye of the Wild

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13. Motherhood

By: Sheila Heti

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the author of How Should a Person Be? (“one of the most talked-about books of the year”—Time M… read more

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"Maybe motherhood means honoring one's mother."

-Sheila Heti, Motherhood

"Alone, one feels the whole universe, and none of one's personality."

-Sheila Heti, Motherhood

"To fit oneself into the smallest spaces in the hopes of being loved -that is entirely womanly"

-Sheila Heti, Motherhood

"The Jewish religion says it's not a child until it's two-thirds out of the woman's body--until the head has completely emerged."

-Sheila Heti, Motherhood

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14. The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.60

Format: 5 pages, ebook

In The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction, visionary author Ursula K. Le Guin retells the story of human… read more

Similar categories in Ursula K. Le Guin's The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction book and Emanuele Coccia's The Life of Plants: A Metaphysics of Mixture

  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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15. Ideias Para Adiar o Fim do Mundo

By: Ailton Krenak

4.25

Format: 71 pages, Kindle Edition

Uma parábola sobre os tempos atuais, por um de nossos maiores pensadores indígenas. Ailton Krena… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • ecology
  • environment
"Eu não percebo onde tem alguma coisa que não seja natureza. Tudo é natureza. O cosmos é natureza. Tudo em que eu consigo pensar é natureza."

-Ailton Krenak, Ideias Para Adiar o Fim do Mundo

"Os únicos núcleos que ainda consideram que precisam ficar agarrados nessa terra são aqueles que ficaram meio esquecidos pelas bordas do planeta, nas margens dos rios, nas beiras dos oceanos, na Áfric…"

-Ailton Krenak, Ideias Para Adiar o Fim do Mundo

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16. Réinventer l'amour: Comment le patriarcat sabote les relations hétérosexuelles

By: Mona Chollet

4.05

Format: 276 pages, Paperback

Nombre de femmes et d'hommes qui cherchent l'épanouissement amoureux ensemble se retrouvent très dé… read more

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  • nonfiction
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17. The Lady with the Little Dog

By: Anton Chekhov

3.72

Format: 15 pages, Kindle Edition

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) may have suffered an untimely death, but he squeezed the most out of his … read more

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"Anna Sergeevna e lui si amavano come due esseri molto vicini, affini, come marito e moglie, come se il destino li avesse destinati l'uno all'altra e non capivano perché li aveva fatti sposare con alt…"

-Anton Chekhov, The Lady with the Little Dog

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18. Pure Colour

By: Sheila Heti

3.46

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Pure Colour is a galaxy of a novel: explosive, celestially bright, huge, and streaked with beauty. … read more

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  • philosophy
"And what opens one heart opens many."

-Sheila Heti, Pure Colour

"The body becomes a woman and it cannot turn back."

-Sheila Heti, Pure Colour

"And a glimpse into one heart is a glimpse into many."

-Sheila Heti, Pure Colour

"Why did it seem like the only way to live-was to disobey?"

-Sheila Heti, Pure Colour

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19. Kapitalismin suuri illuusio

By: Riina Tanskanen

4.30

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

Kapitalismi on täynnä virheitä. Riina Tanskanen ja Samu Kuoppa esittelevät yhdeksän keskeistä valhe… read more

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  • nonfiction
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20. Mikään ei todella katoa

By: Laura Gustafsson

3.59

Format: 263 pages, Hardcover

Pyörremyrskymäinen tarina eläinteollisuudesta, idealismista ja lajirajat ylittävästä kumppanuudesta… read more

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21. Pikkuporvarit

By: Anna Kontula

3.76

Format: 194 pages, Hardcover

Riittääkö hyvään elämään Vallilan verhot, vai pitääkö olla myös valkoinen sohva? Voiko kunnollisuus… read more

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  • nonfiction
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22. Down to Earth: Politics in the New Climatic Regime

By: Bruno Latour

3.77

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

The present ecological mutation has organized the whole political landscape for the last thirty yea… read more

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  • nature
  • ecology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • science
"Man macht sich gar nicht klar genug, dass die gesamte Politik der Gegenwart auf das Problem der Klimaleugnung fokussiert ist."

-Bruno Latour, Down to Earth: Politics in the New Climatic Regime

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23. Halla Helle

By: Niillas Holmberg

3.75

Format: 455 pages, Hardcover

Papin poika Samu jättää etelän taakseen ja muuttaa Saamenmaalle. Merkillisen vahva voima vetää hänt… read more

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  • nature
"Kukapa sitä ei muovihärpäkkeen sijaan tekisi mieluummin ornamentoidulla sarvikävyllä."

-Niillas Holmberg, Halla Helle

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24. Animalia

By: Eeva Kilpi

3.70

Format: 91 pages, Hardcover

Tuttuun tyyliin, vailla turhia koukeroita Eeva Kilpi käy kiinni tärkeisiin aiheisiin runon keinoin.… read more

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  • nature
"Voi jättää kukan taittamatta. Voi jättää puun pystyyn. Voi olla tappamatta. Voi olla lyömättä. Ei voi olla olematta surullinen silloin tällöin."

-Eeva Kilpi, Animalia

"Äkkiä intohimo astuu päivän ja ne kohoavat siivilleen toisiinsa kietoutuneina ja siitä liitosta synnyn minä kuin metsänelävä, vapaa mutta uhanalainen, kevyt ja unohdettua nautintoa täynnä, talviuni j…"

-Eeva Kilpi, Animalia

"Ei saa arvostella eläinkokeitten tekijöitä. Heillä on tunteet. He kaipaavat vapautta ja raitista ilmaa, hellyyttä ja hyväksyntää, oikeutta olla oma itsensä, toimia niin kuin heille on luontaista. Hei…"

-Eeva Kilpi, Animalia

"Ota minut mukaan, äiti, älä jätä tänne. Olen iso jo. Olen valmis. Olen nähnyt että aikuisten maa on vielä ankarampi kuin lasten ja kaikki mitä luulin kauniiksi onkin julmaa. Älä jätä minua tänne, äit…"

-Eeva Kilpi, Animalia

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25. Haavamaa

By: Pontus Purokuru

3.70

Format: 174 pages, Hardcover

Aforistisen tarkka kuvaus romahduksen odotuksesta. Pontus Purokurun toinen fiktioteos kuvaa brut… read more

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26. Vieras eläin ja muita uusia luontokappaleita

By: Riikka Kaihovaara

3.88

Format: 243 pages, Hardcover

Ajatuksia ravitseva teos palauttaa ihmisen muiden eläinten joukkoon. Kaikella elollisella on näl… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • environment
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27. The Life of Plants: A Metaphysics of Mixture

By: Emanuele Coccia

3.88

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

We barely talk about them and seldom know their names. Philosophy has always overlooked them; even … read more

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  • italy
  • nature
  • ecology
  • biology
  • research
  • philosophy
  • plants
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • science
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28. Hajonneen maailman käyttöohje

By: Ville-Juhani Sutinen

3.56

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

Hajonneen maailmaan käyttöohje on Ville-Juhani Sutisen esseekokoelma, joka etsii tuoretta näkökulma… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
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29. Pohjoistuulen metsä : kuvauksia viimeisistä luonnonmetsistä

By: Ritva Kovalainen

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Pohjoistuulen metsä on Ritva Kovalaisen ja Sanni Sepon valokuvataiteellinen tietokirja Suomen luonn… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
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30. Gruuga

By: Mirva Haltia

4.57

Format: 118 pages, Paperback

This trilingual poem book was written for you rodnoi rahvaz, my kith and kin, who are on a journey … read more

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31. Outras naturezas, outras culturas

By: Philippe Descola

3.78

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Nesta breve conferência, o eminente antropólogo francês Philippe Descola parte da observação de out… read more

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Anne Carson

4.00

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Brilliant Green: The Surprising History and Science of Plant Intelligence

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4.62

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Ursula K. Le Guin

4.60

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Ailton Krenak

4.25

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4.38

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3.59

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Juhani Karila

4.35

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