6 must-read nature books like Explorers' Sketchbooks: The Art of Discovery & Adventure by Huw Lewis-Jones

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Explorers' Sketchbooks: The Art of Discovery & Adventure

By: Huw Lewis-Jones

4.40

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The sketchbook has been the one constant in explorers' kits for centuries of adventure. Often priva…

If you liked the nature plot in Explorers' Sketchbooks: The Art of Discovery & Adventure by Huw Lewis-Jones , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of Urban Watercolor Sketching: A Guide to Drawing, Painting, and Storytelling in Color by Felix Scheinberger

1. Urban Watercolor Sketching: A Guide to Drawing, Painting, and Storytelling in Color

By: Felix Scheinberger

4.25

Format: 155 pages, Paperback

A guide that shows painters, drawers, doodlers, and urban sketchers how to bring their drawings to … read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • reference
Cover of The Queen and the Cure (The Bird and the Sword Chronicles, #2) by Amy Harmon

2. The Queen and the Cure (The Bird and the Sword Chronicles, #2)

By: Amy Harmon

3.97

Format: 250 pages,

There will be a battle, and you will need to protect your heart. Kjell of Jeru had always known who… read more

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Cover of The Land That Time Forgot (Caspak, #1) by Edgar Rice Burroughs

3. The Land That Time Forgot (Caspak, #1)

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs

3.00

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

In the South Pacific is a mountainous island called Caspak. Winged humanoid creatures, dinosaurs, f… read more

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  • adventure
Cover of Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens, Helen Small, Stephen Wall

4. Little Dorrit

By: Charles Dickens , Helen Small , Stephen Wall

4.00

Format: 1021 pages, Paperback

A novel of serendipity, of fortunes won and lost, and of the spectre of imprisonment that hangs ove… read more

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"One always begins to forgive a place as soon as it’s left behind."

-Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit

"We must have humbug, we all like humbug, we couldn't get on without humbug."

-Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit

"[...] this particular, as in many others, blustering assertion goes for proof, half over the world."

-Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit

"[Credit is a system whereby] a person who can't pay, gets another person who can't pay, to guarantee that he can pay."

-Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit

Cover of In Europe: Travels Through the Twentieth Century by Geert Mak

5. In Europe: Travels Through the Twentieth Century

By: Geert Mak

4.35

Format: 752 pages, Hardcover

From the First World War to the waning days of the Cold War, a poignant exploration on what it mean… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Food Rules: An Eater's Manual by Michael Pollan

6. Food Rules: An Eater's Manual

By: Michael Pollan

4.04

Format: None pages, Paperback

A DEFINITIVE COMPENDIUM OF FOOD WISDOM Eating doesn't have to be so complicated. In this age of eve… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1) by Mary Doria Russell

7. The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1)

By: Mary Doria Russell

3.77

Format: None pages,

In 2019, humanity finally finds proof of extraterrestrial life when a listening post in Puerto Rico… read more

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8. A Canticle for Leibowitz

By: Walter M. Miller Jr.

3.39

Format: 414 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel and widely considered one of the most accomplished, po… read more

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Cover of The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Make Your Loved Ones’ Lives Easier and Your Own Life More Pleasant by Margareta Magnusson

9. The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Make Your Loved Ones’ Lives Easier and Your Own Life More Pleasant

By: Margareta Magnusson

3.59

Format: 251 pages, Hardcover

Funny, wise, and deeply practical, Swedish artist Margareta Magnusson offers advice on how to declu… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of 2666 by Roberto Bolaño

10. 2666

By: Roberto Bolaño

4.21

Format: 1128 pages, Paperback

A cuatro profesores de literatura, Pelletier, Morini, Espinoza y Norton, los une su fascinación por… read more

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"Nothing is ever behind us."

-Roberto Bolaño, 2666

"Reading is never a waste of time."

-Roberto Bolaño, 2666

"Every hundred feet the world changes"

-Roberto Bolaño, 2666

"The sky, at sunset, looked like a carnivorous flower."

-Roberto Bolaño, 2666

11. Reality is Not What it Seems

By: Carlo Rovelli

3.17

Format: 120 pages,

From the best-selling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physicscomes a new book about the mind-bendi… read more

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12. Train Dreams

By: Denis Johnson

3.67

Format: 272 pages,

Denis Johnson's Train Dreamsis an epic in miniature, one of his most evocative and poignant fiction… read more

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13. Nightfall

By: Isaac Asimov , Robert Silverberg

3.00

Format: 108 pages, Paperback

Imagine living on a planet with six suns that never experiences Darkness. Imagine never having seen… read more

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14. Herland

By: Charlotte Perkins Gilman , Ann J. Lane

3.68

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

An all-female society is discovered somewhere in the distant reaches of the earth by three male exp… read more

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15. Dumb Witness (Hercule Poirot, #16)

By: Agatha Christie

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

Everyone blamed Emily's accident on the stairs on her dog, but she was convinced someone was trying… read more

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16. Twelve Years a Slave

By: Solomon Northup

3.58

Format: None pages, ebook

A film tie-in edition of this eloquent and powerful memoir, to accompany the major new film starrin… read more

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Cover of The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #1) by Dorothy Gilman

17. The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #1)

By: Dorothy Gilman

4.16

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

Mrs. Virgil (Emily) Pollifax of New Brunswick, New Jersey, was a widow with grown children. She was… read more

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  • adventure
"there was no safety anywhere in life, except as illusion"

-Dorothy Gilman, The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #1)

"But that is precisely what life is, wouldn’t you agree? Everything is a matter of choice, and when we choose are we not gambling on the unknown and its being a wise choice? And isn’t it free choice t…"

-Dorothy Gilman, The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #1)

18. The Art of Urban Sketching: Drawing On Location Around The World

By: Gabriel Campanario

2.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Art of Urban Sketchingis both a comprehensive guide and a showcase of location drawings by arti… read more

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Cover of At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson

19. At Home: A Short History of Private Life

By: Bill Bryson

3.99

Format: 497 pages, Hardcover

“Houses aren’t refuges from history. They are where history ends up.” Bill Bryson and his family… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
"That's really what history mostly is, masses of people doing ordinary things."

-Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life

"It is perhaps little wonder that the end of Victorianism almost exactly coincided with the invention of psychoanalysis."

-Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life

"It is always quietly thrilling to find yourself looking at a world you know well but have never seen from such an angle before."

-Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life

"At one time he [Cornelius Vanderbilt] personally controlled some 10 percent of all the money in circulation in the United States."

-Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life

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20. The Last Ranger

By:

None

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

The best-selling author of The River returns with a lush and vivid mystery set in Yellowstone Natio… read more

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  • nature
Cover of Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them by Dan Saladino

21. Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them

By: Dan Saladino

4.29

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Dan Saladino's Eating to Extinction is the prominent broadcaster’s pathbreaking tour of the world’s… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • nature
  • science
"The science writer David Quammen puts it: 'When we disrupt ecosystems, we shake viruses loose from their natural hosts, and when they happens, they need a new host. Often, we are it. And so, they spi…"

-Dan Saladino, Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them

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22. The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human

By: Siddhartha Mukherjee

4.28

Format: 473 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the 2023 PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences and the 2023 Chautauq… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • nature
  • science
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23. Martyr!

By: Kaveh Akbar

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves… read more

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  • art
Cover of The Book of Ichigo Ichie: The Art of Making the Most of Every Moment, the Japanese Way by Héctor  García

24. The Book of Ichigo Ichie: The Art of Making the Most of Every Moment, the Japanese Way

By: Héctor García

3.94

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Learn to make every moment a once-in-a-lifetime experience with this definitive guide to the Japane… read more

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  • nonfiction
"You are a miracle, and there has never been-- nor will there ever be--anyone like you - Pau (Pablo) Casals"

-Héctor García, The Book of Ichigo Ichie: The Art of Making the Most of Every Moment, the Japanese Way

Cover of Happier Hour: How to Beat Distraction, Expand Your Time, and Focus on What Matters Most by Cassie Holmes

25. Happier Hour: How to Beat Distraction, Expand Your Time, and Focus on What Matters Most

By: Cassie Holmes

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Learn how to reframe your time around life’s happiest moments to build days that aren’t just full b… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Go Gently: Actionable Steps to Nurture Yourself and the Planet by Bonnie  Wright

26. Go Gently: Actionable Steps to Nurture Yourself and the Planet

By: Bonnie Wright

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring and approachable tip-filled guide to changing your habits, living more sustainably, an… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • reference
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27. Het schaarse licht

By: Nino Haratischwili

4.43

Format: 780 pages, Paperback

‘Hier staan we, het trio dat is ontsnapt, dat de sprong naar het heden heeft gemaakt, wij, de overl… read more

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"Er is geen zin, nergens, in niets. Je geeft zelf zin aan wie je bent en aan wat je doet. Je geeft zin aan degene van wie je houdt."

-Nino Haratischwili, Het schaarse licht

Cover of Spirou chez les Soviets (Une aventure de Spirou et Fantasio par..., #17) by Fred Neidhardt

28. Spirou chez les Soviets (Une aventure de Spirou et Fantasio par..., #17)

By: Fred Neidhardt

2.94

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

Le comte de Champignac a disparu ! Il a été enlevé par des agents du KGB... Des savants russes ont … read more

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Cover of Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 by Adam Hochschild

29. Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939

By: Adam Hochschild

4.21

Format: 485 pages, Kindle Edition

From the acclaimed, best-selling author Adam Hochschild, a sweeping history of the Spanish Civil Wa… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of In Praise of Paths: Walking through Time and Nature by Torbjørn Ekelund

30. In Praise of Paths: Walking through Time and Nature

By: Torbjørn Ekelund

3.83

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

An ode to paths and the journeys we take through nature, as told by a gifted writer who stopped dri… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • nature
Cover of Explorers' Sketchbooks: The Art of Discovery & Adventure by Huw Lewis-Jones

31. Explorers' Sketchbooks: The Art of Discovery & Adventure

By: Huw Lewis-Jones

4.40

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The sketchbook has been the one constant in explorers' kits for centuries of adventure. Often priva… read more

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  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • nature
  • science

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4.35

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3.99

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Dan Saladino

4.29

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4.28

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