A Shape in the Dark: Living and Dying with Brown Bears
By: Bjorn Dihle
4.17
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
In A Shape in the Dark, wilderness guide and lifelong Alaskan Bjorn Dihle weaves personal experienc…
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1. The Grizzly Maze: Timothy Treadwell's Fatal Obsession with Alaskan Bears
By: Nick Jans
3.77
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
With a new introduction on Werner Herzog’s film entitled The Grizzly Man Timothy Treadwell, self-st… read more
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- nonfiction
- animals
- nature
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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- science
- history
- animals
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
3. Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod
By: Gary Paulsen
2.83
Format: 124 pages, Paperback
Paulsen and his team of dogs endured snowstorms, frostbite, dogfights, moose attacks, sleeplessness… read more
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- animals
- nonfiction
- memoir
4. Alone: Orphaned on the Ocean
By: Tere Duperrault , None
4.16
Format: 331 pages, Hardcover
Terry Jo Duperrault was 11 when her family was murdered at sea aboard a chartered sailboat off the … read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
5. Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
By: Ben Montgomery
4.42
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2014 National Outdoor Book Awards for History/Biography Emma Gatewood told her family… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- nature
- audiobook
Similar categories in Jack Olsen's Night of the Grizzlies book and Bjorn Dihle's A Shape in the Dark: Living and Dying with Brown Bears
- history
- animals
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
7. American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon
By: Steven Rinella
3.50
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the host of the Travel Channel's "The Wild Within." A hunt for the American buffalo--an advent… read more
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- science
- history
- animals
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- nature
- audiobook
8. Truth, Lies, and O-Rings: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
By: James R. Hansen , Allan J. McDonald
3.41
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
What they didn't want you to know "We all watched in shock and disbelief when Challenger was lost. … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
- audiobook
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- animals
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10. H is for Hawk
By: Helen Macdonald
3.65
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Obsession, madness, memory, myth, and history combine to achieve a distinctive blend of nature writ… read more
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11. Of Wolves and Men
By: Barry Lopez
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Originally published in 1978, this classic exploration of humanity's complex relationship with and … read more
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12. American Serengeti: The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains
By: Dan Flores
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Winner of the Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book PrizeAmerica's Great Plains once possess… read more
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13. Braving it: A Father, a Daughter, and an Unforgettable Journey into the Alaskan Wild
By: James Campbell
0.00
Format: 126 pages,
The powerful and affirming story of a father's journey with his teenage daughter to the far reaches… read more
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14. The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman
By: Margot Mifflin
2.57
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In 1851 Olive Oatman was a thirteen-year old pioneer traveling west toward Zion, with her Mormon fa… read more
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15. Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
By: Andrea Lankford
3.76
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From a former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- nature
- audiobook
"A solo woman is more likely to survive a perilous incident in the outdoors than a solo man. Yet, the average female hiker fears for her safety more than the average guy does. Ironically, this phenome…"-Andrea Lankford, Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
16. The Wolf
By: Nate Blakeslee
4.39
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
ASIN moved from this edition The enthralling story of the rise and reign of O-Six, the celebrat… read more
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- audiobook
- history
- animals
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
"By the 1920’s, the wolves had been all but eliminated from the continental United States, except for a small population in northern Minnesota and Michigan’s upper peninsula. It was a campaign unprece…"-Nate Blakeslee, The Wolf
17. Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
By: Ben Goldfarb
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2019 PEN/EO Wilson Award for Literary Science Writing In Eager, environmental jour… read more
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- audiobook
- history
- animals
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
"Pandemonium isn’t convenient, but often it’s more natural than stability."-Ben Goldfarb, Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
18. Corrupt Bodies: Death and Dirty Dealing in a London Morgue
By: Peter Everett
4.05
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Must-read memoir of managing a morgue, dealing with death and murder to chaos, corruption and organ… read more
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- science
- memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
19. Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
By: Thomas Halliday
4.13
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
A stirring, eye-opening journey into deep time, from the Ice Age to the first appearance of microb… read more
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- science
- history
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
"In their own sweepstake fashion, hippopotamuses will reach Malta, Sicily and Crete over the water, and become dwarfed to tiny forms. In many islands, dwarf elephants will roam. With a single, large n…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
"To talk of the first humans is to hammer a signpost into an ancient river saying 'no humans beyond this point', no matter the ever flowing stream around it's base. There is nothing essential to human…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
20. 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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- audiobook
- history
- animals
- nonfiction
- adult
- nature
- science
"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
21. Down From The Mountain: The Life and Death of a Grizzly Bear
By: Bryce Andrews
4.13
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The story of a grizzly bear named Millie: her life, death, and cubs, and what they reveal about the… read more
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- animals
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
22. The Twenty-Ninth Day
By: Alex Messenger
4.07
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A six-hundred-mile canoe trip in the Canadian wilderness is a seventeen-year-old’s dream adventure,… read more
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- memoir
- animals
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
23. Wolf Island: Discovering the Secrets of a Mythic Animal
By: L. David Mech
3.91
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
The world’s leading wolf expert describes the first years of a major study that transformed our und… read more
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- history
- memoir
- animals
- nonfiction
- nature
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24. Lost on Purpose: Adventures of a 21st Century Mountain Man (Real-Life Adventures of the Texas Yeti Book 1)
By: Patrick Taylor
4.08
Format: 191 pages, Kindle Edition
“Lost on Purpose” is the non-fiction adventure narrative of a former technology executive who took … read more
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- history
- memoir
- audiobook
25. Wisdom of Wolves, The: Lessons From the Sawtooth Pack
By: Jim Dutcher
4.19
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From the world-famous couple who lived alongside a three-generation wolf pack, this book of inspira… read more
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- audiobook
- animals
- nonfiction
- adult
- nature
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26. The Bears of Brooks Falls: Wildlife and Survival on Alaska's Brooks River
By: Michael Fitz
4.55
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
On the Alaska Peninsula, where exceptional landscapes are commonplace, a small river attracts atten… read more
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- animals
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27. A Shape in the Dark: Living and Dying with Brown Bears
By: Bjorn Dihle
4.17
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
In A Shape in the Dark, wilderness guide and lifelong Alaskan Bjorn Dihle weaves personal experienc… read more
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- history
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- animals
- nonfiction
- adult
- nature
- science
28. How to Disappear: Notes on Invisibility in a Time of Transparency
By: Akiko Busch
3.30
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
It is time to reevaluate the merits of the inconspicuous life, to search out some antidote to conti… read more
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- nature
- audiobook
"When identity is derived from projecting an image in the public realm, something is lost, some core of identity diluted, some sense of authority or interiority sacrificed. It is time to question the …"-Akiko Busch, How to Disappear: Notes on Invisibility in a Time of Transparency
29. Private Rites
By: Julia Armfield
3.92
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a speculative reimagining of King Lear, c… read more
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- adult
"To be misunderstood is one thing, but the curious hostility of a sibling's approach lies less in what they miss than in the strange backdated nature of the things they choose to know. A person can be…"-Julia Armfield, Private Rites
