100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
By: Diana Wells
3.76
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
How did cranes come to symbolize matrimonial happiness? Why were magpies the only creatures that wo…
Want to Read $ 11.99If you liked the nature plot in 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names by Diana Wells , here is a list of 7 books like this:
1. My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)
By: P.G. Wodehouse
4.06
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Who can forget our beloved gentleman's personal gentleman, Jeeves, who ever comes to the rescue whe… read more
Want to Read $ 0.99Similar categories in P.G. Wodehouse's My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1) book and Diana Wells's 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
"Come on," he said. "Bring the poker." I brought the tongs as well. I felt like it."-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)
"I had one of those ideas I do sometimes get, though admittedly a chump of the premier class."-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)
"What a queer thing Life is! So unlike anything else, don't you know, if you see what I mean."-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)
"It was one of those jolly, peaceful mornings that make a chappie wish he'd got a soul or something"-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)
2. Lord John and the Private Matter (Lord John Grey, #1)
By: Diana Gabaldon
3.75
Format: 368 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Includes a sneak preview of the next Outlander novel, An Echo in the Bone . Adored bestselling aut… read more
Want to Read $ 8.99Similar categories in Diana Gabaldon's Lord John and the Private Matter (Lord John Grey, #1) book and Diana Wells's 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
"Oh God. It isn’t Wednesday, is it, Hardy?"-Diana Gabaldon, Lord John and the Private Matter (Lord John Grey, #1)
"Do what must be done, and then deal with the consequences."-Diana Gabaldon, Lord John and the Private Matter (Lord John Grey, #1)
"Got to go to dinner at my brother’s house tomorrow - my sister-in-law is having Lord Worplesdon."-Diana Gabaldon, Lord John and the Private Matter (Lord John Grey, #1)
"What sort of mother talks about whores on her deathbed? Your mother wouldn’t do that, would she?" "I have no idea,"-Diana Gabaldon, Lord John and the Private Matter (Lord John Grey, #1)
3. The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
By: Alice Miller , None
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
As charming performers who skillfully reflect their parents expectations, far too many children gro… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Alice Miller's The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self book and Diana Wells's 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
- nonfiction
4. Gift from the Sea
By: Anne Morrow Lindbergh
3.86
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
In this inimitable, beloved classic--graceful, lucid and lyrical--Anne Morrow Lindbergh shares her … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Anne Morrow Lindbergh's Gift from the Sea book and Diana Wells's 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
- nonfiction
5. The Lost Words
By: Robert Macfarlane , Jackie Morris
2.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From Acorn to Weasel: a gorgeous, hand-illustrated, large-format spellbook celebrating the magic an… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Robert Macfarlane's The Lost Words book and Diana Wells's 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
- nonfiction
- animals
- nature
6. Lincoln in the Bardo
By: George Saunders
4.17
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In his long-awaited first novel, American master George Saunders delivers his most original, transc… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in George Saunders's Lincoln in the Bardo book and Diana Wells's 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
7. Arabella
By: Georgette Heyer
3.67
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
To Arabella Tallant, the eldest daughter of a penniless country clergyman, the invitation to stay w… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Georgette Heyer's Arabella book and Diana Wells's 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
8. London
By: Edward Rutherfurd
2.69
Format: 88 pages,
Here is Edward Rutherfurd's classic novel of London, a glorious pageant spanning two thousand years… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Edward Rutherfurd's London book and Diana Wells's 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
9. Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
By: Oliver Sacks
3.92
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
With the same trademark compassion and erudition he brought to The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a H… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Oliver Sacks's Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain book and Diana Wells's 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
10. The Hummingbird's Daughter
By: Luis Alberto Urrea
3.99
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
The prizewinning writer Luis Alberto Urrea's long-awaited novel is an epic mystical drama of a youn… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Luis Alberto Urrea's The Hummingbird's Daughter book and Diana Wells's 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
11. The Tale of Hawthorn House (The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter, #4)
By: Susan Wittig Albert
3.70
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A brand-new mystery in the endearing Beatrix Potter series from a national bestselling author. Duri… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Susan Wittig Albert's The Tale of Hawthorn House (The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter, #4) book and Diana Wells's 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
12. All Creation Waits: The Advent Mystery of New Beginnings
By: None
4.00
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
Want to ReadSimilar categories in None's All Creation Waits: The Advent Mystery of New Beginnings book and Diana Wells's 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
13. Death Comes for the Archbishop
By: Willa Cather
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
There is something epic--and almost mythic--about this sparsely beautiful novel by Willa Cather, al… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Willa Cather's Death Comes for the Archbishop book and Diana Wells's 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
14. The Tale of Applebeck Orchard (The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter, #6)
By: Susan Wittig Albert
3.62
Format: None pages,
After his haystack was torched, Mr. Harmsworth barricaded a common path through his orchard. But wi… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Susan Wittig Albert's The Tale of Applebeck Orchard (The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter, #6) book and Diana Wells's 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
15. The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride
By: Daniel James Brown
3.59
Format: 464 pages,
In April of 1846, twenty-one-year-old Sarah Graves, intent on a better future, set out west from Il… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Daniel James Brown's The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride book and Diana Wells's 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
16. I Shall Wear Midnight (Discworld, #38; Tiffany Aching, #4)
By: Terry Pratchett
4.36
Format: 349 pages, Hardcover
It starts with whispers. Then someone picks up a stone. Finally, the fires begin. When peo… read more
Want to Read $ 13.49Similar categories in Terry Pratchett's I Shall Wear Midnight (Discworld, #38; Tiffany Aching, #4) book and Diana Wells's 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
"And you know what? Books live. The pages remember!"-Terry Pratchett, I Shall Wear Midnight (Discworld, #38; Tiffany Aching, #4)
"Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things."-Terry Pratchett, I Shall Wear Midnight (Discworld, #38; Tiffany Aching, #4)
"Letitia! What a name. Halfway between a salad and a sneeze."-Terry Pratchett, I Shall Wear Midnight (Discworld, #38; Tiffany Aching, #4)
"Everybody needs a witch, but sometimes they just don't know it."-Terry Pratchett, I Shall Wear Midnight (Discworld, #38; Tiffany Aching, #4)
17. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
By: Charles C. Mann
4.23
Format: 11 pages, Paperback
A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival o… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Charles C. Mann's 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus book and Diana Wells's 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
18. The Tale of Briar Bank (The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter, #5)
By: Susan Wittig Albert
3.98
Format: None pages,
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Susan Wittig Albert's The Tale of Briar Bank (The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter, #5) book and Diana Wells's 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
19. The Corinthian
By: Georgette Heyer
3.88
Format: None pages, Paperback
Penelope Creed will do anything to avoid marrying her repulsive cousin. Dressed in boy's clothing, … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Georgette Heyer's The Corinthian book and Diana Wells's 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
20. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
By: Merlin Sheldrake
4.35
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
There is a lifeform so strange and wondrous that it forces us to rethink how life works…Neither pla… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Merlin Sheldrake's Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures book and Diana Wells's 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
- history
- natural history
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
"I have tried to find ways to enjoy the ambiguities that fungi present, but it's not always easy to be comfortable in the space created by open questions. Agoraphobia can set in. It's tempting to hide…"-Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
"Anthropomorphism is usually thought of as an illusion that arises like a blister in soft human minds: untrained, undisciplined, unhardened. There are good reasons for this: when we humanise the world…"-Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
"Fungi make worlds. They also unmake them. There are lots of ways to catch them in the act. When you cook mushroom soup, or just eat it. When you go out gathering mushrooms, or buy them. When you ferm…"-Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
21. Murder at the Spring Ball (Lord Edgington Investigates, #1)
By: Benedict Brown
4.12
Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition
A little music, a little dancing, a little murder at the spring ball. England, 1925. After years s… read more
Want to Read $ 2.99Similar categories in Benedict Brown's Murder at the Spring Ball (Lord Edgington Investigates, #1) book and Diana Wells's 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
22. Shubeik Lubeik
By: Deena Mohamed
4.50
Format: 528 pages, ebook
A brilliant and imaginative debut graphic novel that brings to life a fantastical Cairo where wishe… read more
Want to Read $ 17.99Similar categories in Deena Mohamed's Shubeik Lubeik book and Diana Wells's 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
23. 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
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Amy Tan's The Backyard Bird Chronicles book and Diana Wells's 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
- animals
- nonfiction
- birds
- nature
- science
"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
24. Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science
By: Erika Engelhaupt
4.09
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Science reporter Erika Engelhaupt investigates the gross, strange, and morbid absurdities of our bo… read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Erika Engelhaupt's Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science book and Diana Wells's 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
- nonfiction
- history
- nature
- science
"This kind of scientific boldness is something the world could use more of. All too often, we’re hemmed in by our fears and our sense of propriety. Some subjects simply aren’t discussed, or aren’t tak…"-Erika Engelhaupt, Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science
25. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
By: Ed Yong
4.47
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A grand tour through the hidden realms of animal senses that will transform the way you perceive th… read more
Want to Read $ 4.99Similar categories in Ed Yong's An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us book and Diana Wells's 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
- animals
- natural history
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
"It's ironic that we associate taste with connoisseurship, subtlety, and fine discrimination when it is among the coarsest of senses."-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
"We are closer than ever to understanding what it is like to be another animal, but we have made it harder than ever for other animals to be."-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
"Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal can only tap into a small fraction of realities fullness. Each is enclos…"-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
"A striking pattern emerged on days with the most intense solar storms, grey whales were 4 times more likely to beach themselves. This correlation doesn't prove that whales have a compass but it stron…"-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
26. All Along You Were Blooming: Thoughts for Boundless Living
By: Morgan Harper Nichols
4.22
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A celebration of hope. An encounter with grace. A restoration of the heart. A healing of wounds. An… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Morgan Harper Nichols's All Along You Were Blooming: Thoughts for Boundless Living book and Diana Wells's 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
- nonfiction
"It takes courage to live through heartbreak. Breathing is n o small feat"-Morgan Harper Nichols, All Along You Were Blooming: Thoughts for Boundless Living
"I will stretch my hands up to the sky, to say, “I am afraid but I will try,"-Morgan Harper Nichols, All Along You Were Blooming: Thoughts for Boundless Living
"While we are trying to make sense of things, may we learn to make peace with things."-Morgan Harper Nichols, All Along You Were Blooming: Thoughts for Boundless Living
"She no longer had the desire to bend herself into the frame of photographs where she was unwelcome"-Morgan Harper Nichols, All Along You Were Blooming: Thoughts for Boundless Living
27. The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century
By: Kirk Wallace Johnson
4.01
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
On a cool June evening in 2009, after performing a concert at London's Royal Academy of Music, twen… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Kirk Wallace Johnson's The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century book and Diana Wells's 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
- history
- animals
- nonfiction
- birds
- nature
- science
28. The Cat Who Knew a Cardinal (Cat Who... #12)
By: Lilian Jackson Braun
3.94
Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. The stage is set for Jim Qwilleran… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Lilian Jackson Braun's The Cat Who Knew a Cardinal (Cat Who... #12) book and Diana Wells's 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
- animals
29. Enchantress from the Stars (Elana, #1)
By: Sylvia Engdahl
3.95
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Elana, though still a first-year student at the academy of the interstellar Anthopological Service,… read more
Want to Read $ 7.31Similar categories in Sylvia Engdahl's Enchantress from the Stars (Elana, #1) book and Diana Wells's 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
"The outcome of belief in magic can certainly surpass all hope..."-Sylvia Engdahl, Enchantress from the Stars (Elana, #1)
"It's a lot more comfortable to live in a world where the rules still apply."-Sylvia Engdahl, Enchantress from the Stars (Elana, #1)
"Why, if nobody believed anything except what they understood, how limited we'd be!"-Sylvia Engdahl, Enchantress from the Stars (Elana, #1)
"Awed, I asked, 'How could you possibly have known enough about Jarel to trust him?' 'I didn't. I trusted you."-Sylvia Engdahl, Enchantress from the Stars (Elana, #1)
30. On the Spectrum: Autism, Faith, and the Gifts of Neurodiversity
By: Daniel Bowman Jr.
4.22
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Nearly everyone knows someone on the autism spectrum, whether it's a niece or nephew, a student… read more
Want to Read $ 11.96Similar categories in Daniel Bowman Jr.'s On the Spectrum: Autism, Faith, and the Gifts of Neurodiversity book and Diana Wells's 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
- nonfiction
"Bad storytelling is bad theology."-Daniel Bowman Jr., On the Spectrum: Autism, Faith, and the Gifts of Neurodiversity
31. 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
By: Diana Wells
3.76
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
How did cranes come to symbolize matrimonial happiness? Why were magpies the only creatures that wo… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Diana Wells's 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names book and Diana Wells's 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names
- history
- language
- animals
- natural history
- nonfiction
- birds
- nature
- science
