13 Best history books like Return of the Sea Otter by Todd McLeish

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Return of the Sea Otter

By: Todd McLeish

4.15

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

A science journalist's journey along the Pacific Coast from California to Alaska to track the statu…

If you liked the history plot in Return of the Sea Otter by Todd McLeish , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food

By: Paul Greenberg , Paul Greenberg

4.06

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

In Four Fish, award-winning writer and lifelong fisherman Paul Greenberg takes us on a culinary jou… read more

Similar categories in Paul Greenberg's Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food book and Todd McLeish's Return of the Sea Otter

  • history
  • biology
  • animals
  • natural history
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • nature
  • science
"Humans seem to have an innate drive to master other creatures."

-Paul Greenberg, Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food

"When reeling a fish in to not simply feel “the power of wildness intimately but the same time recognize the right of that wildness to continue"

-Paul Greenberg, Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food

"Natural selection has a new aspect, one that is psychological denial. Such denial where the “individual benefits as an individual from his ability to deny the truth even though society as a whole, wh…"

-Paul Greenberg, Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food

"It was one of those rare moments where one has a vision of the scope of the wild ocean. Not just small cylinders firing to keep a tiny engine running, but rather the giant, massive gears of nature, e…"

-Paul Greenberg, Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food

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2. The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon

By: Kevin Fedarko

3.94

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From one of Outsidemagazine's "Literary All-Stars" comes the thrilling true tale of the fastest boa… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Fedarko's The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon book and Todd McLeish's Return of the Sea Otter

  • nature
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • environment
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3. The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness

By: Sy Montgomery

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this astonishing book from the author of the bestselling memoir The Good Good Pig, Sy Montgomery… read more

Similar categories in Sy Montgomery's The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness book and Todd McLeish's Return of the Sea Otter

  • biology
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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4. The Places in Between

By: Rory Stewart

3.89

Format: 7 pages, Paperback

In January 2002 Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan-surviving by his wits, his knowledge of Pers… read more

Similar categories in Rory Stewart's The Places in Between book and Todd McLeish's Return of the Sea Otter

  • nonfiction
  • history
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5. The Death and Life of Monterey Bay: A Story of Revival

By: Stephen R. Palumbi , Carolyn Sotka

3.38

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Anyone who has ever stood on the shores of Monterey Bay, watching the rolling ocean waves and froli… read more

Similar categories in Stephen R. Palumbi's The Death and Life of Monterey Bay: A Story of Revival book and Todd McLeish's Return of the Sea Otter

  • nature
  • history
  • biology
  • natural history
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • science
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6. The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed

By: John Vaillant

4.38

Format: None pages, Paperback

When a shattered kayak and camping gear are found on an uninhabited island in the Pacific Northwest… read more

Similar categories in John Vaillant's The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed book and Todd McLeish's Return of the Sea Otter

  • nature
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • science

7. Home: A Memoir of My Early Years

By: Julie Andrews Edwards

3.95

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

Since her first appearance on screen in Mary Poppins, Julie Andrews has played a series of memorabl… read more

Similar categories in Julie Andrews Edwards's Home: A Memoir of My Early Years book and Todd McLeish's Return of the Sea Otter

8. Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains

By: Jon Krakauer

4.38

Format: 234 pages,

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Similar categories in Jon Krakauer's Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains book and Todd McLeish's Return of the Sea Otter

9. Playing Big: Find Your Voice, Your Mission, Your Message

By: None

3.81

Format: None pages, Paperback

A groundbreaking women's leadership expert and popular conference speaker gives women the practical… read more

Similar categories in None's Playing Big: Find Your Voice, Your Mission, Your Message book and Todd McLeish's Return of the Sea Otter

10. Creatures of the Kingdom

By: James A. Michener

3.33

Format: 153 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In these sixteen wonderful stories, bestselling author James A. Michener lights up nature's most aw… read more

Similar categories in James A. Michener's Creatures of the Kingdom book and Todd McLeish's Return of the Sea Otter

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11. Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

By: Andrea Lankford

3.76

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From a former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Lankford's Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail book and Todd McLeish's Return of the Sea Otter

  • nonfiction
  • nature
"A solo woman is more likely to survive a perilous incident in the outdoors than a solo man. Yet, the average female hiker fears for her safety more than the average guy does. Ironically, this phenome…"

-Andrea Lankford, Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

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12. Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter

By: Ben Goldfarb

4.29

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the 2019 PEN/EO Wilson Award for Literary Science Writing In Eager, environmental jour… read more

Similar categories in Ben Goldfarb's Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter book and Todd McLeish's Return of the Sea Otter

  • ecology
  • history
  • biology
  • animals
  • natural history
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • nature
  • science
"Pandemonium isn’t convenient, but often it’s more natural than stability."

-Ben Goldfarb, Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter

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13. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America

By: Heather Cox Richardson

4.42

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

“Engaging and highly accessible.” —Boston Globe “A vibrant, and essential history of America's u… read more

Similar categories in Heather Cox Richardson's Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America book and Todd McLeish's Return of the Sea Otter

  • nonfiction
  • history
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14. Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard

By: Douglas W. Tallamy

4.37

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Douglas W. Tallamy’s first book, Bringing Nature Home, sparked a national conversation about the li… read more

Similar categories in Douglas W. Tallamy's Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard book and Todd McLeish's Return of the Sea Otter

  • ecology
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • conservation
  • environment
  • nature
  • science
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15. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

By: Suzanne Simard

4.22

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

From the world's leading forest ecologist who forever changed how people view trees and their conne… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Simard's Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest book and Todd McLeish's Return of the Sea Otter

  • nature
  • ecology
  • biology
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • science
"Plants are attuned to one another's strengths and weaknesses, elegantly giving and taking to attain exquisite balance. There is grace in complexity, in actions cohering, in sum totals."

-Suzanne Simard, Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

"Such a marvel, the tenacity of the buds to surge with life every spring, to greet the lengthening days and warming weather with exuberance, no matter what hardships were brought by winter."

-Suzanne Simard, Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

"This Mother Tree was the central hub that the saplings and seedlings nested around, with threads of different fungal species, of different colors and weights, linking them, layer upon layer, in a str…"

-Suzanne Simard, Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

"I was lucky to become one of the first in the new generation of women in the logging industry, but what I found was not what I had grown up to understand. Instead I discovered vast landscapes cleared…"

-Suzanne Simard, Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

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16. A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?

By: Kelly Weinersmith

4.06

Format: 448 pages, ebook

Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away—no climate change, no … read more

Similar categories in Kelly Weinersmith's A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through? book and Todd McLeish's Return of the Sea Otter

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
"For now, if leaving Earth is humanity leaving the cradle, well, humanity is going straight to its neighbor's basement."

-Kelly Weinersmith, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?

"The Moon isn't just sort of a gray Sahara without air. Its surface is made of jagged, electrically charged microscopic glass and stone, which clings to pressure suits and landing vehicles. Nor is Mar…"

-Kelly Weinersmith, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?

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17. Odder

By: Katherine Applegate

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Meet Odder, the Queen of Play: Nobody has her moves. She doesn't just swim to the bottom, s… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Odder book and Todd McLeish's Return of the Sea Otter

  • animals
  • nature
Cover of The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World by Patrik Svensson

18. The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World

By: Patrik Svensson

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Remarkably little is known about the European eel, Anguilla anguilla. So little, in fact, that scie… read more

Similar categories in Patrik Svensson's The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World book and Todd McLeish's Return of the Sea Otter

  • history
  • biology
  • animals
  • natural history
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
Cover of Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years by Julie Andrews Edwards

19. Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

By: Julie Andrews Edwards

3.88

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn this follow-up to her critically acclaimed memoir, Home, Julie Andrews … read more

Similar categories in Julie Andrews Edwards's Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years book and Todd McLeish's Return of the Sea Otter

  • nonfiction
  • history
"All my life I have struggled with making decisions—which I blame on being a true Libra—"

-Julie Andrews Edwards, Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

"I know that I am—all that I am. And all that I am is full and ripe. All that I am is standing still, waiting and watching and bursting with life. Holding the straining seams of my skin, my passion an…"

-Julie Andrews Edwards, Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

"Dancers can look at a mirror, a writer can look at a page, and a painter can look at a canvas and see their work reflected back at them. But singers can only hear and feel what they are doing. After …"

-Julie Andrews Edwards, Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

"Dancers can look at a mirror, a writer can look at a page, and a painter can look at a canvas and see their work reflected back at them. But singers can only hear and feel what they are doing. After …"

-Julie Andrews Edwards, Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

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20. The Tusks of Extinction

By: Ray Nayler

3.85

Format: 192 pages, ebook

When you bring back a long-extinct species, there’s more to success than the DNA. Moscow has res… read more

Similar categories in Ray Nayler's The Tusks of Extinction book and Todd McLeish's Return of the Sea Otter

  • animals
"When you bring back a long-extinct species, there's more to success than the DNA."

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

"But there were links [to memories] that were broken as well. That no longer led to other memories. Were those memories still there, disconnected but whole, like planets that had escaped the gravity o…"

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

"He was afraid to lose this memory. He returned to it often, like a person checking their pockets to make sure their keys were still there. He had lost so many memories of her. The further away he mov…"

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

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21. A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World’s Smartest Birds of Prey

By: Jonathan Meiburg

4.18

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An enthralling account of a modern voyage of discovery as we meet the clever, social birds of prey … read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Meiburg's A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World’s Smartest Birds of Prey book and Todd McLeish's Return of the Sea Otter

  • history
  • biology
  • animals
  • natural history
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • nature
  • science
Cover of The Breath of a Whale: The Science and Spirit of Pacific Ocean Giants by Leigh Calvez

22. The Breath of a Whale: The Science and Spirit of Pacific Ocean Giants

By: Leigh Calvez

3.85

Format: None pages, Audio CD

From the author of The Hidden Lives of Owls, an exploration of the elusive lives of whales in the P… read more

Similar categories in Leigh Calvez's The Breath of a Whale: The Science and Spirit of Pacific Ocean Giants book and Todd McLeish's Return of the Sea Otter

  • ecology
  • biology
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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

23. 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 Todd McLeish's Return of the Sea Otter

  • nature
  • biology
  • animals
  • 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.

Cover of The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America by Matt Kracht

24. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America

By: Matt Kracht

4.01

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

For those who have a disdain for birds, or for bird lovers with a sense of humor, this snarky illus… read more

Similar categories in Matt Kracht's The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America book and Todd McLeish's Return of the Sea Otter

  • animals
  • natural history
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
Cover of Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea by Rita Chang-Eppig

25. Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea

By: Rita Chang-Eppig

3.49

Format: 281 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Outlawed, Piranesi, and The Night Tiger, a riveting, roaring adventure novel about a… read more

Similar categories in Rita Chang-Eppig's Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea book and Todd McLeish's Return of the Sea Otter

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26. The Hidden World of the Fox

By: Adele Brand

3.81

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

Ecologist Adele Brand has devoted her life to understanding the fabled yet enigmatic fox. Now she r… read more

Similar categories in Adele Brand's The Hidden World of the Fox book and Todd McLeish's Return of the Sea Otter

  • ecology
  • biology
  • animals
  • natural history
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • nature
  • science
Cover of Ever Green: Saving Big Forests to Save the Planet by John W. Reid

27. Ever Green: Saving Big Forests to Save the Planet

By: John W. Reid

4.06

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Clear, provocative, and persuasive, Ever Green is an inspiring call to action to conserve Earth’s i… read more

Similar categories in John W. Reid's Ever Green: Saving Big Forests to Save the Planet book and Todd McLeish's Return of the Sea Otter

  • ecology
  • natural history
  • nonfiction
  • conservation
  • environment
  • nature
  • science
Cover of Life on the Rocks: Building a Future for Coral Reefs by Juli Berwald

28. Life on the Rocks: Building a Future for Coral Reefs

By: Juli Berwald

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The story of the urgent fight to save coral reefs, and why it matters to us all Coral reefs are … read more

Similar categories in Juli Berwald's Life on the Rocks: Building a Future for Coral Reefs book and Todd McLeish's Return of the Sea Otter

  • ecology
  • biology
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • nature
  • science
Cover of 888 Love and the Divine Burden of Numbers by Abraham  Chang

29. 888 Love and the Divine Burden of Numbers

By: Abraham Chang

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Young Wang has received plenty of wisdom from his beloved uncle: don’t take life too seriously, get… read more

Similar categories in Abraham Chang's 888 Love and the Divine Burden of Numbers book and Todd McLeish's Return of the Sea Otter

Cover of On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service by Anthony Fauci

30. On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service

By: Anthony Fauci

4.59

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and w… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Fauci's On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service book and Todd McLeish's Return of the Sea Otter

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
Cover of Return of the Sea Otter by Todd McLeish

31. Return of the Sea Otter

By: Todd McLeish

4.15

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

A science journalist's journey along the Pacific Coast from California to Alaska to track the statu… read more

Similar categories in Todd McLeish's Return of the Sea Otter book and Todd McLeish's Return of the Sea Otter

  • ecology
  • history
  • biology
  • animals
  • natural history
  • nonfiction
  • conservation
  • environment
  • nature
  • science

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Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food

Paul Greenberg , Paul Greenberg

4.06

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The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon

Kevin Fedarko

3.94

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The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness

Sy Montgomery

4.33

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Rory Stewart

3.89

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Why Grizzly Bears Should Wear Underpants

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4.39

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Dave Barry

3.87

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Kate Beaton

3.57

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