North American Bird Watching for Beginners: Field Notes on 150 Species to Start Your Birding Adventures
By: Sharon Stiteler
4.44
Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition
Learn how to identify 150 North American birds From the tiny ruby-throated hummingbird to the pow…
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1. Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder
By: Kenn Kaufman
4.27
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
At sixteen, Kenn Kaufman dropped out of the high school where he was student council president and … read more
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- birds
- nonfiction
- nature
"I could have sworn I saw some kind of mutual salute pass between Rich and the skua"-Kenn Kaufman, Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder
"The list total isn't important, but the birds themselves are important. Every bird you see. So the list is just a frivolous incentive for birding, but the birding itself is worthwhile."-Kenn Kaufman, Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder
"But in the early 1970s, we were not birdwatching. We were birding, and that made all the difference. We were out to seek, to discover, to chase, to learn, to find as many different kinds of birds as …"-Kenn Kaufman, Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder
"We did not know that within twenty years Ted would be recognized as one of the greatest field ornithologists of all time, the ultimate authority on the ultimate bird continent. Mercifully, we did not…"-Kenn Kaufman, Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder
2. A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
By: Flannery O'Connor
4.17
Format: 252 pages, Hardcover
This now classic book revealed Flannery O'Connor as one of the most original and provocative writer… read more
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"The trouble with the world was that nobody stopped or took any care."-Flannery O'Connor, A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
"He had a look of composed dissatisfaction, as if he understood life thoroughly."-Flannery O'Connor, A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
"The thing you do with a boy it is to show him all the to show. Don't hold nothing back."-Flannery O'Connor, A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
"We're all damned," she said, “but some of us have taken off our blindfolds and see that there’s nothing to see. It’s a kind of salvation."-Flannery O'Connor, A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
3. 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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- birds
- nonfiction
- nature
"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
4. Good Birders Don't Wear White: 50 Tips From North America's Top Birders
By: Pete Dunne , Lisa White , Lisa A. White
3.79
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
In these 50 light and fun original essays, the biggest names in birding dispense advice to birders … read more
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- birds
- nonfiction
- nature
5. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters
By: Emil Ferris
4.56
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late '60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monstersis… read more
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6. Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors
By: Carolyn Finney
4.47
Format: None pages, Paperback
Why are African Americans so underrepresented when it comes to interest in nature, outdoor recreati… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
7. The Blessing Way (Leaphorn & Chee, #1)
By: Tony Hillerman
2.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Homicide is always an abomination, but there is something exceptionally disturbing about the victim… read more
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8. 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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9. Love and Friendship
By: Jane Austen
4.14
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
This collection of the early works of Jane Austen uniquely displays the emerging talent of a brilli… read more
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10. Dog Songs
By: None , Mary Oliver
3.60
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Mary Oliver's Dog Songsis a celebration of the special bond between human and dog, as understood th… read more
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11. The Wonder of Birds: What They Tell Us about Ourselves, the World, and a Better Future
By: Jim Robbins
3.66
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating investigation into the miraculous world of birds and the powerful--and surprising--wa… read more
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12. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
By: Amy Tan
4.14
Format: 320 pages, Flexibound
A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight. … read more
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- birds
- nonfiction
- nature
"If there is anything I have learned these past six years, it is this: Each bird is surprising and thrilling in its own way. But the most special is the bird that pauses when it is eating, looks and a…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"The (Anna's Hummingbird) males are deadbeat dads that contribute nothing to making the nest, or to feeding either the female or the nestlings. They are off to find other females they can impress with…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"During daylight hours, they (Anna's Hummingbirds) feed every 15 minutes, be it tiny insects or nectar from flowers or feeders. If they don't consume food often enough, they can die during the day. If…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"I asked Bernd Heinrich if he knew why feeder birds, like finches, discard so many seeds. It turns out he and other scientiests did research on this back in the 1990s - of course, he did -measuring di…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
13. Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta
By: James Hannaham
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In this “dangerously hilarious” novel ( Los Angeles Time s), a trans woman reenters life on the out… read more
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14. Chances Are...
By: Richard Russo
3.70
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning Richard Russo--in his first stand-alone novel in a decade--comes a … read more
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"The only thing a warrior cannot fight is her own fierce nature."-Richard Russo, Chances Are...
"Fear is what makes us human and it is in overcoming fear that we show our strength."-Richard Russo, Chances Are...
"I don't know this song. They haven't taught me it to us at school." " When in doubt, just do what I do, Robs. Hum if you don't know the words"-Richard Russo, Chances Are...
"Bang, bang, bang. Bang, bang, bang. It seemed that only policemen and social workers—people who wanted to take you away—announced their arrival in that way."-Richard Russo, Chances Are...
15. The Hurting Kind: Poems
By: Ada Limon
4.34
Format: 120 pages, Hardcover
An astonishing collection about interconnectedness—between the human and nonhuman, ancestors and ou… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
"There is a solitude in this world I cannot pierce. I would die for it."-Ada Limon, The Hurting Kind: Poems
"Before, the only thing I was interested in was love, how it grips you, how it terrifies you, how it annihilates and resuscitates you. I didn’t know then that it wasn’t even love that I was interested…"-Ada Limon, The Hurting Kind: Poems
16. Where Waters Meet
By: Zhang Ling
3.86
Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition
A daughter discovers the dramatic history that shaped her mother’s secret life in an emotional and … read more
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17. Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
By: Christian Cooper
4.25
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Central Park birder Christian Cooper takes us beyond the viral video th… read more
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- birds
- nonfiction
- nature
"Nor did I know back then that McCartney had written the song as an ode to Black women ("bird" being British slang for a pretty girl) at the pivotal moment of the civil rights struggle. That would onl…"-Christian Cooper, Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
"Writing a memoir is akin to taking off one's clothes in public, and as I learned years ago in the amateur strip contest as Darren and the go-go boys cheered me on, success at such an endeavor can onl…"-Christian Cooper, Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
"Beginning around 1910, The Great Migration saw some 6 million black people surge Northward, out of the states of the former Confederacy, spurred by the same thing that lies behind the yearly migratio…"-Christian Cooper, Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
"What makes birding such a phenomenon? Why not "mammaling" or insecting? Certainly those pursuits have their adherents, as the thousands who visit Africa on safari or who catalog butterflies can attes…"-Christian Cooper, Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
18. Birding Under the Influence: Cycling Across America in Search of Birds and Recovery
By: Dorian Anderson
4.20
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
At a personal and professional crossroads, a man resets his life and finds sobriety, love, and 618 … read more
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- birds
- nonfiction
- nature
19. Birding to Change the World: A Memoir
By: Trish O'Kane
4.42
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
In this uplifting memoir, a professor and activist shares what birds can teach us about life, socia… read more
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- birds
- nonfiction
- nature
20. The Feminist Bird Club's Birding for a Better World: A Guide to Finding Joy and Community in Nature
By: Sydney Anderson
4.16
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
“Through the Feminist Bird Club, Molly Adams and Sydney Golden Anderson have walked the walk of inc… read more
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- birds
- nonfiction
- nature
21. Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit
By: Lyanda Lynn Haupt
4.04
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Deepen your connection to the natural world with this inspiring meditation, "a path to the place wh… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
22. 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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- nonfiction
- nature
"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.
23. You Know What You Did
By: K.T. Nguyen
3.38
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
EDITORIAL REVIEWS A People Magazine Best Book of April 2024 | “The Most Anticipated Crime Fiction … read more
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24. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)
By: Emil Ferris
4.25
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The most anticipated graphic novel of 2024, concluding the story of young Karen Reyes, the most ins… read more
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"Courage isn't about not being scared... It's about carrying your fear into battle."-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)
"No, I do not want any kind of censorship. Anka always said, "The minute they tell you that you should not see something, that is the minute you should make it your business to see or read it or whate…"-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)
"All my life I have seen pictures that show women as being what you call 'sexy' when they are being hurt. That sends send me a message and I think that the message is, women are at their best when the…"-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)
25. The Secret Stealers
By: Jane Healey
4.35
Format: 443 pages, Kindle Edition
A female American spy in Nazi-occupied France finds purpose behind enemy lines in a novel of unpara… read more
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26. Slow Birding: The Art and Science of Enjoying the Birds in Your Own Backyard
By: Joan E. Strassmann
3.67
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A one-of-a-kind guide to birding locally that encourages readers to slow down and notice the specta… read more
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- birds
- nonfiction
- nature
27. Learning the Birds: A Midlife Adventure
By: Susan Fox Rogers
4.00
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
"The thrill of quiet adventure. The constant hope of discovery. The reminder that the world is fill… read more
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- birds
- nonfiction
- nature
28. 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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- birds
- nonfiction
- nature
"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
29. When the Night Comes Falling: A Requiem for the Idaho Student Murders
By: Howard Blum
3.63
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, inside story of the Idaho murders from bestselling author Howard Blum, whose ground… read more
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- nonfiction
30. North American Bird Watching for Beginners: Field Notes on 150 Species to Start Your Birding Adventures
By: Sharon Stiteler
4.44
Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition
Learn how to identify 150 North American birds From the tiny ruby-throated hummingbird to the pow… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
- reference
31. The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty
By: Valerie Bauerlein
4.56
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Power, privilege, and blood—this is the definitive and thrilling true story of Alex Murdaugh’s viol… read more
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- nonfiction
