The Source: How Rivers Made America and America Remade Its Rivers
By: Martin Doyle
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
“An original and thought-provoking exploration of the sinuous course that water has carved through …
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1. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
By: Annie Dillard
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
An exhilarating meditation on nature and its seasons—a personal narrative highlighting one year's e… read more
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- nonfiction
- environment
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"Innocence is a better world."-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
"The creatures I seek do not want to be seen."-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
"I never saw a tree that was no tree in particular."-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
"I am a fugitive and a vagabond, a sojourner seeking signs."-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
2. Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History
By: Dan Flores
3.41
Format: 331 pages, Hardcover
Finalist for thePEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award "A masterly synthesis of scientific … read more
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- history
- natural history
- nonfiction
- nature
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3. The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon
By: Kevin Fedarko
3.94
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From one of Outsidemagazine's "Literary All-Stars" comes the thrilling true tale of the fastest boa… read more
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- nature
- nonfiction
- history
- environment
4. Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water
By: Marc Reisner
4.53
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
The story of the American West is the story of a relentless quest for a precious resource: water. I… read more
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- american history
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- nature
- science
5. A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
By: Aldo Leopold
4.30
Format: 269 pages, Paperback
First published in 1949, A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Tho… read more
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- nature
- history
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- nonfiction
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"In our attempt to make conservation easy, we have made it trivial."-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
"That the situation is hopeless should not prevent us from doing our best."-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
"Education, I fear, is learning to see one thing by going blind to another."-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
"The evolution of a land ethic is an intellectual as well as emotional process."-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
6. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
By: Elizabeth Kolbert
4.12
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Over the last half-billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- environment
- nature
- science
7. Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness
By: Craig Nelson
4.22
Format: 206 pages, Hardcover
Published in time for the 75th anniversary, a gripping and definitive account of theevent that chan… read more
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8. Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
By: Neil Gaiman
4.02
Format: 365 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In the deft hands of Neil Gaiman, magic is no mere illusion... and anything is possible. In this, G… read more
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"As we write we summon little demons."-Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
"He was the boy with the book. Always and forever."-Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
"It was love, I knew, and it tasted like champagne in my mind."-Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
" Love will be an impulse that will inspire and ruin in equal measure."-Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
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10. 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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- environment
- science
11. Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World
By: Michael Pollan
3.72
Format: 2 pages, Audible Audio
Listening time = 2h 2m Pollan takes us on a journey through the history of the drug, which was f… read more
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12. A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
By: Andrew H. Knoll
3.95
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Odds are, where you’re standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering… read more
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- geology
- natural history
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- environment
- nature
- science
13. All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
By: Tiya Miles
3.95
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
In a display case in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture sits… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
"Though necessary to the work of uncovering the past, archives are nevertheless limited and misleading storehouses of information. While at times imposing and formal enough as to seem all-encompassing…"-Tiya Miles, All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
14. The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet
By: Jeff Goodell
4.32
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The world is waking up to a new wildfires are now seasonal in California, the Northeast is getting… read more
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- environment
- science
15. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
By: Adam Higginbotham
4.60
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more
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- american history
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- science
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
16. That Wild Country: An Epic Journey through the Past, Present, and Future of America's Public Lands
By: Mark Kenyon
4.10
Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition
From prominent outdoorsman and nature writer Mark Kenyon comes an engrossing reflection on the past… read more
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- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- environment
- nature
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"There are some wild places across our nation's public lands that physically move you, creating a tightening in the chest, a loss of breath, or a tingling along the spine."-Mark Kenyon, That Wild Country: An Epic Journey through the Past, Present, and Future of America's Public Lands
"It was easy to see what Bundy and anti-public-land politicians really wanted: for public lands to be given to certain people. People who want land for their own gains--to mine it, graze it, drill it,…"-Mark Kenyon, That Wild Country: An Epic Journey through the Past, Present, and Future of America's Public Lands
"Far from the luxuries of home, camp life forces a slower, more thoughtful approach to living. Mornings are savored. Coffee is sipped rather than drained. Making meals is less a chore and more an even…"-Mark Kenyon, That Wild Country: An Epic Journey through the Past, Present, and Future of America's Public Lands
"As much as I love hiking and hunting and fishing and camping, I might love the meals that follow just as much. The post-adventure meal is akin to a religious experience. It just cannot be beat. Every…"-Mark Kenyon, That Wild Country: An Epic Journey through the Past, Present, and Future of America's Public Lands
17. The Half Life of Valery K
By: Natasha Pulley
4.20
Format: 375 pages, Hardcover
From the author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street and The Kingdoms, an epic Cold War novel set i… read more
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"Guilt like that, it's a sort of arrogance, you know? An assumption that everything is your own fault when that's clearly absurd."-Natasha Pulley, The Half Life of Valery K
18. Friday Black
By: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
4.05
Format: 194 pages, Paperback
From the start of this extraordinary debut, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s writing will grab you, haunt… read more
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"We’re in How-It-Was class."-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Friday Black
"Buy One Get One stops for no one."-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Friday Black
"I locate: your life is in the hands of someone who doesn't even know you and thinks you don't deserve it."-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Friday Black
"You have to grab for happiness in places like this because there isn't enough to go around for everybody."-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Friday Black
19. The Accidental Ecosystem: People and Wildlife in American Cities
By: Peter S. Alagona
4.10
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
One of Smithsonian Magazine 's Favorite Books of 2022 With wildlife thriving in cities, we have th… read more
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20. Strange Survivors: How Organisms Attack and Defend in the Game of Life
By: Oné R. Pagán
3.88
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Life is beautiful, ruthless, and very, very strange. In the evolutionary arms race that has rage… read more
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21. The Source: How Rivers Made America and America Remade Its Rivers
By: Martin Doyle
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
“An original and thought-provoking exploration of the sinuous course that water has carved through … read more
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- natural history
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