Kings of the Yukon: One Summer Paddling Across the Far North
By: Adam Weymouth
4.09
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
One man's thrilling and transporting journey by canoe across Alaska in search of the king salmon …
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1. Alone Against the North: An Expedition into the Unknown
By: Adam Shoalts
3.93
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Canada's real-life Indiana Jones reminds us that the age of exploration is not over When Adam Sh… read more
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2. One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey
By: None , None , Sam Keith , Richard L. Proenneke
4.35
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
To live in a pristine land unchanged by man...to roam a wilderness through which few other humans h… read more
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"This country makes a man younger than his birthdays."-None, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey
"The more I see as I sit here among the rocks, the more I wonder about what I am not seeing."-None, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey
"There is always a sadness about packing. I guess you wonder if where you're going is as good as where you've been."-None, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey
"I enjoy working for my heat. I don't just press a button or twist a thermostat dial. I use the big crosscut saw and the axe, and while I'm getting my heat supply I'm working up an appetite that makes…"-None, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey
3. Embers: One Ojibway's Meditations
By: Richard Wagamese
4.01
Format: 205 pages, Paperback
"Life sometimes is hard. There are challenges. There are difficulties. There is pain. As a younger … read more
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4. Dragon Springs Road
By: Janie Chang
4.44
Format: None pages, Paperback
From the author of Three Soulscomes a vividly imagined and haunting new novel set in early 20th cen… read more
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5. The Boat People
By: Sharon Bala
4.50
Format: 282 pages,
When a rusty cargo ship carrying Mahindan and five hundred fellow refugees from Sri Lanka's bloody … read more
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6. The Shepherd's Life: A People's History of the Lake District
By: James Rebanks
4.18
Format: 578 pages, Hardcover
THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER Some people's lives are entirely their own creations. James … read more
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7. Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
By: Edmund Conway
4.52
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed… read more
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"You can get anything you want from anywhere in the world at a bargain price, but don't [whatever you do] expect to understand how it was made or how it got to you."-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"Brothers and sisters,’ said the man. ‘I want to tell you this. The greatest thing on earth is to have the love of God in your heart, and the next greatest thing is to have electricity in your house.’…"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"To say that concrete is everywhere is hardly an exaggeration. Despite the fact that we only began mass producing this mixture of sand, aggregates and cement just over a century ago, there are now mor…"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"A few years ago some geologists sifted through the data [and] estimated that the amount of sand, soil and rock we humans mine and quarry and dredge each year is some 24 times greater than the amount …"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
8. In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir of Resilience (The Regina Collection, 11)
By: Helen Knott
4.53
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Long-listed for the 2020 RBC Taylor Prize A memoir of addiction, intergenerational trauma, a… read more
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9. Coasting: Running Around the Coast of Britain – Life, Love and (Very) Loose Plans
By: Elise Downing
4.03
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Running away from your problems doesn’t solve anything – but sometimes it’s more fun than dealing w… read more
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10. Pastoral Song: A Farmer’s Journey
By: James Rebanks
4.43
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
As a boy, James Rebanks's grandfather taught him to work the land the old way. Their family farm in… read more
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"There were profoundly important questions about the potential effects of each new technology that it was nobody's job to ask or answer. There was no mechanism for farmers or ecologists to judge wheth…"-James Rebanks, Pastoral Song: A Farmer’s Journey
"There is something about planting trees that feels good. If you have done it well, it will outlast you and leave the world a little richer and more beautiful because of your efforts. Planting a tree …"-James Rebanks, Pastoral Song: A Farmer’s Journey
"Agricultural education is still overwhelmingly about change and innovation, and "disruption," not what is sustainable and what will work in the long run. From the modernizing perspective, the student…"-James Rebanks, Pastoral Song: A Farmer’s Journey
11. Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories
By: Aviaq Johnston
3.74
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
“Taaqtumi” is an Inuktitut word that means “in the dark”—and these spine-tingling horror stories by… read more
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12. SOLO: What running across mountains taught me about life
By: Jenny Tough
4.27
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The incredible story of a six-continent journey of self-discovery Jenny Tough is an endurance athl… read more
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13. The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth
By: Ben Rawlence
4.25
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Elizabeth Kolbert and Barry Lopez, a powerful, poetic and deeply absorbing acco… read more
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14. The Farmer's Wife: My Life in Days
By: Helen Rebanks
3.89
Format: 319 pages, Hardcover
A portrait of life at Helen Rebanks' Lake District farmhouse that beautifully captures the unsung w… read more
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15. 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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"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
16. The Whisper on the Night Wind: The True History of a Wilderness Legend
By: Adam Shoalts
3.81
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Spellbinding adventure from Canada's most beloved modern-day explorer. Traver… read more
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17. The Golden Mole: and Other Living Treasure
By: Katherine Rundell
4.42
Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition
The world is more astonishing, more miraculous and more wonderful than our wildest imaginings. In … read more
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"We live in a world of such marvels. We should wake in the morning and as we put on our trousers we should remember the seahorse and we should scream with awe and not stop screaming until we fall asle…"-Katherine Rundell, The Golden Mole: and Other Living Treasure
18. Nomad Century: How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World
By: Gaia Vince
3.87
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
“We are facing a species emergency. We can survive, but to do so will require a planned and deliber… read more
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19. The Lost Pianos of Siberia
By: Sophy Roberts
3.99
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
From acclaimed journalist Sophy Roberts, a journey through one of the harshest landscapes on earth … read more
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"Siberia is a nightmare or a myth full of impenetrable forests and limitless plains, its murderous proportions strung with groaning oil derricks and sagging wires. Siberia is all those things, and mor…"-Sophy Roberts, The Lost Pianos of Siberia
20. Dit is Europa
By: Hendrik Vos
4.29
Format: 650 pages, Hardcover
De geschiedenis van een unie Na eeuwenlange verdeeldheid sloegen zes landen in Europa de handen … read more
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21. Kings of the Yukon: One Summer Paddling Across the Far North
By: Adam Weymouth
4.09
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
One man's thrilling and transporting journey by canoe across Alaska in search of the king salmon … read more
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