Endangered Orcas: The Story of the Southern Residents
By: Monika Wieland Shields
4.78
Format: 402 pages, Paperback
The Southern Resident killer whales are icons of the Pacific Northwest, a beloved population of orc…
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1. 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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- nonfiction
- animals
2. Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain
By: Charles R. Cross
3.99
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The art of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain was all about his private life, but written in a code as obscure a… read more
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- nonfiction
3. Waiting for the Whales
By: Sheryl McFarlane , Ron Lightburn
3.54
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
In this timeless story set on the West Coast, an old man lives alone on a bluff overlooking the sea… read more
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- animals
4. The Lost Whale: The True Story of an Orca Named Luna
By: Michael Parfit , Suzanne Chisholm
4.67
Format: 121 pages, Hardcover
The heartbreaking and true story of a lonely orca named Luna who befriended humans in Nootka Sound,… read more
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- nonfiction
- animals
- natural history
5. The World Is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean's Are One
By: Sylvia A. Earle
3.76
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A Silent Springfor our era, this eloquent, urgent, fascinating book reveals how just 50 years of sw… read more
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- nonfiction
- ecology
- animals
- environment
6. Of Orcas and Men: What Killer Whales Can Teach Us
By: None
3.31
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The orca--otherwise known as the killer whale--is one of earth's most intelligent animals. Remarkab… read more
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7. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
4.04
Format: 226 pages, Hardcover
As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer as been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of sci… read more
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8. Into Great Silence: A Memoir of Discovery and Loss among Vanishing Orcas
By: Eva Saulitis
3.59
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Science entwines with matters of the human heart as a whale researcher chronicles the lives of an e… read more
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9. Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean
By: Peter Matthiessen , None
3.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean, writer, sailor, and surfer Jonathan White takes read… read more
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10. Diablo Mesa (Nora Kelly, #3)
By: Douglas Preston
4.06
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestsellers Preston and Child, archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie … read more
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11. Emperors of the Deep: Sharks--The Ocean's Most Mysterious, Most Misunderstood, and Most Important Guardians
By: William McKeever
3.98
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this remarkable groundbreaking book, a documentarian and conservationist, determined to dispel m… read more
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- environment
- nonfiction
- animals
- natural history
"The salt in the sea is the same as the salt in our blood"-William McKeever, Emperors of the Deep: Sharks--The Ocean's Most Mysterious, Most Misunderstood, and Most Important Guardians
"Taking into account fair labor wages for fishermen and canning employees- and the damage inflicted to the ocean through overfishing and the ecological impact of the slow annihilation of sharks- a sin…"-William McKeever, Emperors of the Deep: Sharks--The Ocean's Most Mysterious, Most Misunderstood, and Most Important Guardians
"If we act today, we can ensure that our children will look out on the ocean and know underneath the surface, a shark will be swimming, standing guard over its dominion, protecting the ocean, the grea…"-William McKeever, Emperors of the Deep: Sharks--The Ocean's Most Mysterious, Most Misunderstood, and Most Important Guardians
"Society's lack of compassion for our fellow people and for animals leads to an ocean where sharks are dying by the millions and slaves are being abused by the thousands. The connection is basic: a di…"-William McKeever, Emperors of the Deep: Sharks--The Ocean's Most Mysterious, Most Misunderstood, and Most Important Guardians
12. World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
By: Aimee Nezhukumatathil
4.06
Format: 165 pages, Hardcover
From beloved, award-winning poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil comes a debut work of nonfiction--a collecti… read more
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- nonfiction
- animals
- environment
"It is this way with wonder: it takes a bit of patience, and it takes putting yourself in the right place at the right time. It requires that we be curious enough to forgo our small distractions in or…"-Aimee Nezhukumatathil, World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
13. How To Be A Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals
By: Sy Montgomery
4.05
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
National Book Award finalist Sy Montgomery reflects on the personalities and quirks of 13 animals-… read more
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- nonfiction
- animals
"Knowing someone who belongs to another species can enlarge your soul in surprising ways."-Sy Montgomery, How To Be A Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals
"I am still learning how to be a good creature. Though I try earnestly, I often fail. But I am having a great life trying..."-Sy Montgomery, How To Be A Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals
"I often wish I could go back in time and tell my young, anxious self that my dreams weren't in vain and my sorrows weren't permanent. I can't do that, but I can do something better. I can tell you th…"-Sy Montgomery, How To Be A Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals
"Even in the wake of tragedy, we could not have felt more amazed had we been visited by an angel that Christmas morning. When the angel met the shepherds in Bethlehem, the shepherds "were sore afraid.…"-Sy Montgomery, How To Be A Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals
14. A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future
By: David Attenborough
4.51
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
See the world. Then make it better. I am 94. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that … read more
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- nonfiction
- environment
"Give and take, that is the essence of what balance is all about."-David Attenborough, A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future
"It seems that, however grave our mistakes, nature will be able to overcome them, given the chance."-David Attenborough, A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future
"We often talk of saving the planet, but the truth is that we must do these things to save ourselves."-David Attenborough, A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future
"We often talk of saving the planet, but the truth is that we must do these things to save ourselves. With or without us, the wild will return."-David Attenborough, A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future
15. Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future
By: Gloria Dickie
4.25
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A New Yorker Best Book of the Year An Economist Best Book of 2023 A Scientific American Best… read more
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- environment
- nonfiction
- animals
- natural history
"Whenever people had asked me which bear was my favorite, I had dithered and hedged. "I like them all equally," I would say, diplomatically. Sun bears were cute with lolling tongues. Grizzlies were em…"-Gloria Dickie, Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future
16. The Breath of a Whale: The Science and Spirit of Pacific Ocean Giants
By: Leigh Calvez
3.85
Format: None pages, Audio CD
From the author of The Hidden Lives of Owls, an exploration of the elusive lives of whales in the P… read more
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- nonfiction
- ecology
- animals
17. 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
- ecology
- environment
18. Come from Away
By: Genevieve Graham
3.88
Format: 324 pages, Paperback
In the fall of 1939, Grace Baker’s three brothers, sharp and proud in their uniforms, board Canadia… read more
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19. The Rise of Wolf 8: Witnessing the Triumph of Yellowstone’s Underdog
By: Rick McIntyre
4.23
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Yellowstone National Park was once home to an abundance of wild wolves—but park rangers killed the … read more
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- nonfiction
- animals
- natural history
20. How to Speak Whale: The Power and Wonder of Listening to Animals
By: Tom Mustill
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
What if animals and humans could speak to one another? Tom Mustill—the nature documentarian who wen… read more
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- ecology
- animals
- natural history
- nonfiction
- environment
"What confounds this dilemma further is that individual animals within a species have varying cognitive abilities. To quote the Yosemite National Park ranger who, when asked why it was proving so hard…"-Tom Mustill, How to Speak Whale: The Power and Wonder of Listening to Animals
21. The Brilliant Abyss
By: Helen Scales
4.04
Format: 288 pages, ebook
A journey into the alien depths of the sea, and into our possible future, from a marine biologist k… read more
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- ecology
- animals
- natural history
- nonfiction
- environment
"The oceans, it turns out, are full of bone-eating worms"-Helen Scales, The Brilliant Abyss
"Not so very long ago, the deep was a tremendous void containing myths, legends and endless unknowns."-Helen Scales, The Brilliant Abyss
"There are no compelling reasons for exploiting the deep, just industry and politics vying to push into that last frontier."-Helen Scales, The Brilliant Abyss
"The deep has no stars at night to remind us it is there, and no moon shining down. And yet, this hidden place reaches into our daily lives and makes vital things happen without our knowing. The deep,…"-Helen Scales, The Brilliant Abyss
22. Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean's Greatest Predator
By: Jason M. Colby
4.15
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
Drawing on interviews, official records, private archives, and his own family history, Jason M. Col… read more
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- environment
- nonfiction
- animals
- natural history
23. Below the Edge of Darkness: A Memoir of Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea
By: Edith Widder
4.18
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A pioneering marine biologist takes us down into the deep ocean to understand bioluminescence—the l… read more
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- environment
- nonfiction
- animals
- natural history
24. Superpod: Saving the Endangered Orcas of the Pacific Northwest
By: Nora Nickum
4.67
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
*Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection * Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (PNBA) Be… read more
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- nonfiction
- animals
- environment
25. Endangered Orcas: The Story of the Southern Residents
By: Monika Wieland Shields
4.78
Format: 402 pages, Paperback
The Southern Resident killer whales are icons of the Pacific Northwest, a beloved population of orc… read more
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- animals
- natural history
- nonfiction
- environment
26. The Last Cold Place: A Field Season Studying Penguins in Antarctica
By: Naira de Gracia
4.12
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Lab Girl meets Why Fish Don’t Exist in this “compelling blend of memoir, environmental writing, and… read more
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- nonfiction
- animals
27. Homewaters: A Human and Natural History of Puget Sound
By: David B. Williams
4.32
Format: 288 pages, ebook
Not far from Seattle skyscrapers live 150-year-old clams, more than 250 species of fish, and underw… read more
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- nonfiction
- ecology
- natural history
28. The Last Sunset in the West: Britain’s Vanishing West Coast Orcas
By: Natalie Sanders
4.05
Format: 254 pages, Hardcover
Britain's west coast is home to only one pod of orca, and they're heading rapidly towards extinctio… read more
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- nonfiction
- animals
- natural history
29. Spirits of the Coast: Orcas in science, art and history
By: Martha Black B.
4.60
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
"A magnificent journey alongside orcas, bringing these beautiful creatures to life." —Jay Ritchlin,… read more
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- nonfiction
- ecology
- animals
- natural history
30. The Killer Whale Journals: Our Love and Fear of Orcas
By: Hanne Strager
4.48
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
When intrepid biology student Hanne Strager volunteered to be the cook on a small research vessel i… read more
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- environment
- nonfiction
- animals
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