Wild Horse Country: The History, Myth, and Future of the Mustang, America's Horse
By: David Philipps
4.31
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
The wild horse is so ingrained in the American imagination that even those who have never seen one …
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1. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
By: Annie Dillard
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
An exhilarating meditation on nature and its seasons—a personal narrative highlighting one year's e… read more
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"Innocence is a better world."-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
"The creatures I seek do not want to be seen."-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
"I never saw a tree that was no tree in particular."-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
"I am a fugitive and a vagabond, a sojourner seeking signs."-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
2. The Faraway Horses: The Adventures and Wisdom of One of America's Most Renowned Horsemen
By: Buck Brannaman
3.96
Format: 425 pages,
Nearly every week of the year, Buck Brannaman is on the road, conducting horsemanship clinics in wh… read more
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3. The Unknown Masterpiece
By: Arthur C. Danto , Honoré de Balzac , Richard Howard
3.64
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
One of Honore de Balzac's most celebrated tales, "The Unknown Masterpiece" is the story of a painte… read more
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4. Fossil Legends of the First Americans
By: Adrienne Mayor
3.96
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
The burnt-red badlands of Montana's Hell Creek are a vast graveyard of the Cretaceous dinosaurs tha… read more
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5. Arthur: The dog who crossed the jungle to find a home
By: Mikael Lindnord
3.37
Format: 395 pages,
When you are racing 435 miles through the jungles and mountains of South America, the last thing yo… read more
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6. The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology In Greek And Roman Times
By: Adrienne Mayor
3.96
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Griffins, Centaurs, Cyclopes, and Giants--these fabulous creatures of classical mythology continue … read more
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7. Blue Horses
By: Mary Oliver
4.24
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
In this stunning collection of new poems, Mary Oliver returns to the imagery that has defined her l… read more
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8. An Entirely Synthetic Fish: How Rainbow Trout Beguiled America and Overran the World
By: None
3.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Anders Halverson provides an exhaustively researched and grippingly rendered account of the rainbow… read more
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9. The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
By: Riley Black
3.95
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books! "This is top-drawer science writi… read more
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"That's the goal of paleontology, after all - to start with the offerings of death and work back towards life."-Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
"It's an extension of how we often cope in the wake of our own personal traumas, remembering the wounds as we struggle to see the growth stimulated by terrible events. Resilience has no meaning withou…"-Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
"In time, extinction comes for all species. Some leave descendants. Others do not. Beautiful as the image is, there is no tree of life. The shape of biodiversity is more like a chaotic blanket, indivi…"-Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
10. The Pirate's Wife: The Remarkable True Story of Sarah Kidd
By: Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos
3.29
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The dramatic and deliciously swashbuckling story of Sarah Kidd, the wife of the famous pirate Capta… read more
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- audiobook
11. The Edge of Summer
By: Viola Shipman
4.01
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Bestselling author Viola Shipman delights with this captivating summertime escape set along the spa… read more
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"Just when you think life is stable, the unknown strikes out of nowhere, and your entire world is poisoned, and you don’t know if life will ever be right again."-Viola Shipman, The Edge of Summer
12. The Trackers
By: Charles Frazier
3.71
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Cold Mountain and Varina, a stunning new novel that p… read more
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"Wiltson, every time you open your mouth, it's like you're competing against yourself to say something stupider than yesterday. And you always win."-Charles Frazier, The Trackers
13. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
By: Hampton Sides
4.51
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more
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- history
- audiobook
14. Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
By: David W. Blight
4.15
Format: 888 pages, Hardcover
As a young man, Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland. He was … read more
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- history
- politics
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- audiobook
"Douglass told white northern voters that 'The blood of the slave is on your garments. You have said that slavery is better than freedom. That war is better than peace. And that cruelty is better than…"-David W. Blight, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
15. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
By: Steve Brusatte
4.20
Format: 404 pages, Hardcover
The dinosaurs. Sixty-six million years ago, the Earth’s most fearsome creatures vanished. Today the… read more
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"There is a dinosaur outside my window. I'm watching it as I write this."-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
"The Great Hall of Dinosaurs at Yale's Peabody Museum may not bill itself as a place of spiritual pilgrimage, but that's sure what it feels like to me."-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
"...let's not forget about those birds--they are dinosaurs, they survived, they are still with us. The dinosaur empire may be over, but the dinosaurs remain."-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
"...another trove of spectacular fossils, found in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia...provide unprecedented insight into the lifestyles of dinosaurs and early birds."-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
16. Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon
By: Melissa L. Sevigny
4.20
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the summer of 1938, botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter set off down the Colorado River, acc… read more
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- nature
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17. What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
By: Jennifer Ackerman
4.16
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An instant New York Times bestseller! From the author of The Genius of Birds and The Bird Way, a… read more
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- nature
- audiobook
18. The Lights of Sugarberry Cove
By: Heather Webber
4.07
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The Lights of Sugarberry Cove is a charming, delightful story of family, healing, love, and small t… read more
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"As soon as I stepped outside, the scent of the lake hit me full force – twisting something deep within me – something that recognized this place as home. Home is where your heart is. I'd never been a…"-Heather Webber, The Lights of Sugarberry Cove
19. All the Horses of Iceland
By: Sarah Tolmie
3.53
Format: 111 pages, Paperback
A hypnotic historical fantasy with gorgeous and unusual literary prose, from the captivating author… read more
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"While Eyvind never became a literate man, he saw as he went on that books contained words that could transform men into priests and kings and healers."-Sarah Tolmie, All the Horses of Iceland
"That was the way it was with languages, Eyvind had observed once he left home and realized how many there were: some he could see into and some he could not. Listening to them was like looking down i…"-Sarah Tolmie, All the Horses of Iceland
20. Song for a Whale
By: Lynne Kelly
4.23
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
The story of a deaf girl's connection to a whale whose song can't be heard by his species, and the … read more
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"A sound can move anything if it's strong enough."-Lynne Kelly, Song for a Whale
21. A Sharp Solitude (Glacier Mystery #4)
By: Christine Carbo
3.97
Format: 356 pages, Paperback
A gripping new mystery from the “fresh new voice in the thriller genre” (Steve Berry, New York Time… read more
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22. Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs
By: Johann Hari
4.31
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling author of Lost Connections and Stolen Focus offers a revelatory look at the drugs u… read more
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23. No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
By: Rachel Louise Snyder
4.50
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In No Visible Bruises, journalist Rachel Louise Snyder frames this urgent and immersive account of … read more
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"Michelle saw was what so many other women before her had seen: that an abuser appears more powerful than the system."-Rachel Louise Snyder, No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
"The average batterer, Adams told me, “is more likable than his victim, because domestic violence affects victims a lot more than it affects batterers."-Rachel Louise Snyder, No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
"When I questioned whether she believed he really had changed, she said yes, but she also said she believed she could probably trigger him again in a minute."-Rachel Louise Snyder, No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
"The very fact that intimate partner violence is so often addressed in civil court, rather than criminal court, gives insight into how we as a society still view it."-Rachel Louise Snyder, No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
24. History of Bourbon
By: Ken Albala
3.77
Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio
3 hours and 55 minutes Is bourbon the quintessential American liquor? Bourbon is not just alcoho… read more
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25. Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir
By: Brianna Madia
4.22
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
In this stunning and triumphant memoir, the author of the New York Times bestseller Nowhere for Ver… read more
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26. The Curse of the Marquis de Sade: A Notorious Scoundrel, a Mythical Manuscript, and the Biggest Scandal in Literary History
By: Joel Warner
3.60
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The captivating, deeply reported true story of how one of the most notorious novels ever written—Ma… read more
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- nonfiction
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27. Kingdom of Exiles (The Beast Charmer, #1)
By: Maxym M. Martineau
3.95
Format: 438 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Note: This is the original Adult (fantasy/romance) version. Fantastic Beasts meets Assassin's Cr… read more
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"It’s safer to love someone who’ll never have the opportunity to break your heart."-Maxym M. Martineau, Kingdom of Exiles (The Beast Charmer, #1)
28. Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War’s Most Persistent Myth (Civil War America)
By: Kevin M. Levin
4.31
Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition
More than 150 years after the end of the Civil War, scores of websites, articles, and organizations… read more
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29. Wild Horse Country: The History, Myth, and Future of the Mustang, America's Horse
By: David Philipps
4.31
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
The wild horse is so ingrained in the American imagination that even those who have never seen one … read more
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30. The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity
By: Timothy C. Winegard
4.14
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER An International Bestseller A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read Book An Amazo… read more
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