12 must-read science books like Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry by Elizabeth Bradfield

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Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry

By: Elizabeth Bradfield

4.73

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Have you ever been so filled up with the wonder of a place that it wants to spill out as a song? We…

If you liked the science plot in Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry by Elizabeth Bradfield , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating

By: Elisabeth Tova Bailey

3.67

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In a work that beautifully demonstrates the rewards of closely observing nature, Elisabeth Bailey s… read more

Similar categories in Elisabeth Tova Bailey's The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating book and Elizabeth Bradfield's Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry

  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science

2. Mink River

By: Brian Doyle

3.91

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

Like Dylan Thomas' "Under Milk Wood" and Sherwood Anderson's "Winesburg, Ohio, " Brian Doyle's stun… read more

Similar categories in Brian Doyle's Mink River book and Elizabeth Bradfield's Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry

3. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

By: Robin Wall Kimmerer

3.87

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

In this series of linked personal essays, Robin Wall Kimmerer leads general readers and scientists … read more

Similar categories in Robin Wall Kimmerer's Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses book and Elizabeth Bradfield's Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry

4. How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems 1975-2002

By: Joy Harjo

3.62

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Over a quarter-century's work from the 2003 winner of the Arrell Gibson Award for Lifetime Achievem… read more

Similar categories in Joy Harjo's How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems 1975-2002 book and Elizabeth Bradfield's Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry

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5. 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

Similar categories in Amy Tan's The Backyard Bird Chronicles book and Elizabeth Bradfield's Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry

  • art
  • nonfiction
  • 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

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6. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

By: Michael Harriot

4.59

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly… read more

Similar categories in Michael Harriot's Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America book and Elizabeth Bradfield's Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry

  • nonfiction
Cover of This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life by Lyz Lenz

7. This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life

By: Lyz Lenz

3.99

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America… read more

Similar categories in Lyz Lenz's This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life book and Elizabeth Bradfield's Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry

  • nonfiction
"So much of our culture depicts young girls dreaming about their weddings. But every middle-aged woman I know dreams about living alone in the woods, maybe with a dog."

-Lyz Lenz, This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life

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8. Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis

By: Annie Proulx

3.65

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A lifelong acolyte of the natural world, Annie Proulx brings her witness and research to the subjec… read more

Similar categories in Annie Proulx's Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis book and Elizabeth Bradfield's Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry

  • ecology
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • nature
  • science
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9. The Book of (More) Delights: Essays

By: Ross Gay

4.28

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Delights and Inciting Joy is back with a new c… read more

Similar categories in Ross Gay's The Book of (More) Delights: Essays book and Elizabeth Bradfield's Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • nature
"I've completed another year of delights. Or maybe I should say another year of delights has completed me."

-Ross Gay, The Book of (More) Delights: Essays

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10. Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life

By: Dacher Keltner

3.64

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Awe is mysterious. How do we begin to quantify the goose bumps we feel when we see the Grand Canyon… read more

Similar categories in Dacher Keltner's Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life book and Elizabeth Bradfield's Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry

  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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11. Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1)

By: L.M. Sagas

3.92

Format: 407 pages, Paperback

L. M. Sagas' debut, Cascade Failure, is a highly commercial, sci-fi adventure blending J. S. Dewes'… read more

Similar categories in L.M. Sagas's Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1) book and Elizabeth Bradfield's Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry

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12. Crow Talk

By: Eileen Garvin

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Nationally bestselling author of The Music of Bees Eileen Garvin returns with a moving story of hop… read more

Similar categories in Eileen Garvin's Crow Talk book and Elizabeth Bradfield's Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry

  • nature
Cover of 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

13. 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

Similar categories in Sy Montgomery's Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell: A heartwarming compassionate portrait of injured turtles, perfect for nature lovers. book and Elizabeth Bradfield's Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry

  • nature
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • science
"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.

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14. Wrong Norma

By: Anne Carson

4.33

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

As with her most recent publications, Wrong Norma is a facsimile edition of the original hand-desig… read more

Similar categories in Anne Carson's Wrong Norma book and Elizabeth Bradfield's Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
"Last thing: one Sunday evening about a year before all this we were on the telephone, my mother and I; it was just after we sold the house and she’d moved to the facility, where she was allowed a sma…"

-Anne Carson, Wrong Norma

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15. Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss

By: Margaret Renkl

4.30

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

Growing up in Alabama, Renkl was a devoted reader, an explorer of riverbeds and red-dirt roads, and… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Renkl's Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss book and Elizabeth Bradfield's Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry

  • poetry
  • nature
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • science
"The loss you don't know about is no less a loss, but it costs you nothing and so it causes you no pain."

-Margaret Renkl, Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss

"When I didn't die, however, and then didn't die some more, I came one day to understand: I wasn't dying; I was grieving. I wasn't dying. Not yet."

-Margaret Renkl, Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss

"Back on the caregiving roller coaster, I struggled to remember the lesson I had just learned so painfully with Mom: the end of caregiving isn't freedom. The end of caregiving is grief."

-Margaret Renkl, Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss

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16. The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape

By: Katie Holten

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Inspiring. . . . insights that are scientific, intimate and surprising. . . . … read more

Similar categories in Katie Holten's The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape book and Elizabeth Bradfield's Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry

  • poetry
  • nature
  • ecology
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • science
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17. The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth

By: Elizabeth Rush

4.12

Format: 424 pages, Hardcover

An astonishing, vital book about Antarctica, climate change, and motherhood from the author of Risi… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Rush's The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth book and Elizabeth Bradfield's Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry

  • nature
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • science
"It occurred to me... I ought to treat Antarctica not as a desolate outpost at the end of the earth but as a place where life begins."

-Elizabeth Rush, The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth

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18. Superpod: Saving the Endangered Orcas of the Pacific Northwest

By: Nora Nickum

4.67

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

*Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection * Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (PNBA) Be… read more

Similar categories in Nora Nickum's Superpod: Saving the Endangered Orcas of the Pacific Northwest book and Elizabeth Bradfield's Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry

  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • science
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19. Instructions for Traveling West: Poems

By: Joy Sullivan

4.45

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A vivid and inspiring poetry collection about what’s possible when we heed our instincts and honor … read more

Similar categories in Joy Sullivan's Instructions for Traveling West: Poems book and Elizabeth Bradfield's Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
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20. American Wildflowers: A Literary Field Guide

By: Susan Barba

4.04

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Organized as a field guide, a literary anthology filled with classic and contemporary poems and ess… read more

Similar categories in Susan Barba's American Wildflowers: A Literary Field Guide book and Elizabeth Bradfield's Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry

  • poetry
  • art
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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21. The Wild Delight of Wild Things

By: Brian Turner

4.79

Format: 100 pages, Paperback

Although grief is at the forefront of these poems, The Wild Delight of Wild Things is a simple love… read more

Similar categories in Brian Turner's The Wild Delight of Wild Things book and Elizabeth Bradfield's Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry

  • poetry
Cover of Iwigara: The Kinship of Plants and People: American Indian Ethnobotanical Traditions and Science by Enrique Salmón

22. Iwigara: The Kinship of Plants and People: American Indian Ethnobotanical Traditions and Science

By: Enrique Salmón

4.38

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

The belief that all life-forms are interconnected and share the same breath—known in the Rarámuri t… read more

Similar categories in Enrique Salmón's Iwigara: The Kinship of Plants and People: American Indian Ethnobotanical Traditions and Science book and Elizabeth Bradfield's Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry

  • ecology
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • nature
  • science
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23. Lunar Boy

By: Jacinta Wibowo

4.25

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

For fans of The Witch Boy and Squished, Lunar Boy is a must-have heartwarming coming-of-age graphic… read more

Similar categories in Jacinta Wibowo's Lunar Boy book and Elizabeth Bradfield's Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry

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24. Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry

By: Elizabeth Bradfield

4.73

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Have you ever been so filled up with the wonder of a place that it wants to spill out as a song? We… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Bradfield's Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry book and Elizabeth Bradfield's Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry

  • poetry
  • art
  • nature
  • ecology
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • science
Cover of The Hunger of Women by Marosia Castaldi

25. The Hunger of Women

By: Marosia Castaldi

3.59

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Rosa, midway through life, is alone. Her husband passed away long ago, and her cosmopolitan daughte… read more

Similar categories in Marosia Castaldi's The Hunger of Women book and Elizabeth Bradfield's Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry

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26. The True Account of Myself as a Bird (Penguin Poets)

By: Robert Wrigley

3.60

Format: 106 pages, Kindle Edition

From an award-winning poet, a new collection that endeavors to pass along what the things of the ea… read more

Similar categories in Robert Wrigley's The True Account of Myself as a Bird (Penguin Poets) book and Elizabeth Bradfield's Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry

  • poetry
Cover of Cascadia Revealed: A Guide to the Plants, Animals, and Geology of the Pacific Northwest Mountains by Daniel Mathews

27. Cascadia Revealed: A Guide to the Plants, Animals, and Geology of the Pacific Northwest Mountains

By: Daniel Mathews

4.58

Format: 584 pages, Paperback

“A love poem to the living things that inhabit the mountains and rivers of Washington, coastal Oreg… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Mathews's Cascadia Revealed: A Guide to the Plants, Animals, and Geology of the Pacific Northwest Mountains book and Elizabeth Bradfield's Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry

  • nonfiction
  • nature
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28. Tales of a Distance

By: Andrew C Gottlieb

4.82

Format: 86 pages, Paperback

Poetry can speak most resonantly at those times when the distance between our lives and death shrin… read more

Similar categories in Andrew C Gottlieb's Tales of a Distance book and Elizabeth Bradfield's Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry

Cover of Salmon, Cedar, Rock & Rain: Washington’s Olympic Peninsula by Tim McNulty

29. Salmon, Cedar, Rock & Rain: Washington’s Olympic Peninsula

By: Tim McNulty

4.63

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In the Pacific Northwest, many of us delight in Olympic National Park, a unique and magical UNESCO … read more

Similar categories in Tim McNulty's Salmon, Cedar, Rock & Rain: Washington’s Olympic Peninsula book and Elizabeth Bradfield's Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry

  • nonfiction
Cover of And After All: Poems by Rhina P. Espaillat

30. And After All: Poems

By: Rhina P. Espaillat

4.89

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

Rhina P. Espaillat’s And after All meditates on the passage of time. The perspective sweeps from th… read more

Similar categories in Rhina P. Espaillat's And After All: Poems book and Elizabeth Bradfield's Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry

Cover of Dear America: Letters of Hope, Habitat, Defiance, and Democracy by Simmons B. Buntin

31. Dear America: Letters of Hope, Habitat, Defiance, and Democracy

By: Simmons B. Buntin

4.84

Format: 424 pages, Paperback

America is at a crossroads. Conflicting political and social perspectives reflect a need to collect… read more

Similar categories in Simmons B. Buntin's Dear America: Letters of Hope, Habitat, Defiance, and Democracy book and Elizabeth Bradfield's Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry

  • nonfiction

20 Best nonfiction books like Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry by Elizabeth Bradfield

Transform Your Habits

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating

Elisabeth Tova Bailey

3.67

Transform Your Habits

The Backyard Bird Chronicles

Amy Tan

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

Michael Harriot

4.59

Transform Your Habits

This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life

Lyz Lenz

3.99

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20 must-read nonfiction books like The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape by Katie Holten

Transform Your Habits

Call Me By My True Names: The Collected Poems of Thich Nhat Hanh

Thich Nhat Hanh

4.37

Transform Your Habits

Plainwater: Essays and Poetry

Anne Carson

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Les Diners de Gala

Salvador Dalí , J. Peter Moore

3.57

Transform Your Habits

The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year

Margaret Renkl

4.37

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