The Secret Life of Flies
By: Erica McAlister
4.13
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
Stories and science about nature's most complex, crucial and highly adaptive insect. The Secret …
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1. 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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2. The Tyrannosaur Chronicles: The Biology of the Tyrant Dinosaurs
By: David Hone
5.00
Format: 64 pages, Hardcover
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3. Children of Time
By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
3.82
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A race for survival among the stars... Humanity's last survivors escaped earth's ruins to find a ne… read more
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4. My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)
By: Gerald Durrell , Helma Lapiņa
4.17
Format: 273 pages, Paperback
When the unconventional Durrell family can no longer endure the damp, gray English climate, they do… read more
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"Larry was always full of ideas about things of which he had no experience."-Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)
"'All we need is a book,' roared Leslie; 'don't panic, hit 'em with a book."-Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)
"I can't be expected to produce deathless prose in an atmosphere of gloom and eucalyptus."-Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)
"Gradually the magic of the island [Corfu] settled over us as gently and clingingly as pollen."-Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)
5. 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
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6. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
By: Merlin Sheldrake
4.35
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
There is a lifeform so strange and wondrous that it forces us to rethink how life works…Neither pla… read more
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"I have tried to find ways to enjoy the ambiguities that fungi present, but it's not always easy to be comfortable in the space created by open questions. Agoraphobia can set in. It's tempting to hide…"-Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
"Anthropomorphism is usually thought of as an illusion that arises like a blister in soft human minds: untrained, undisciplined, unhardened. There are good reasons for this: when we humanise the world…"-Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
"Fungi make worlds. They also unmake them. There are lots of ways to catch them in the act. When you cook mushroom soup, or just eat it. When you go out gathering mushrooms, or buy them. When you ferm…"-Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
7. 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
8. Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
By: Thomas Halliday
4.13
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
A stirring, eye-opening journey into deep time, from the Ice Age to the first appearance of microb… read more
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"In their own sweepstake fashion, hippopotamuses will reach Malta, Sicily and Crete over the water, and become dwarfed to tiny forms. In many islands, dwarf elephants will roam. With a single, large n…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
"To talk of the first humans is to hammer a signpost into an ancient river saying 'no humans beyond this point', no matter the ever flowing stream around it's base. There is nothing essential to human…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
9. Buzz, Sting, Bite: Why We Need Insects
By: Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
4.22
Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition
An enthusiastic, witty, and informative introduction to the world of insects and why we—and the pla… read more
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"As far as we know, our planet is the only place in the universe where there is life. Many would say that we humans have a moral duty to rein in our dominance of the Earth and give our millions of fel…"-Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson, Buzz, Sting, Bite: Why We Need Insects
10. A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters
By: Henry Gee
4.05
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
In the beginning, Earth was an inhospitably alien place―in constant chemical flux, covered with chu… read more
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"For if life on Earth was forged in fire, it was hardened in ice."-Henry Gee, A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters
"Therefore, do not despair. The Earth abides, and life is living yet."-Henry Gee, A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters
11. 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
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- nature
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12. The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think
By: Jennifer Ackerman
4.22
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Genius of Birds, a radical investigation into the… read more
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- animals
- natural history
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
"We dig up dinosaurs to try and figure out what happened to them. Perhaps someday dinosaurs, in the form of corvids, will dig us up to figure out what happened to us."-Jennifer Ackerman, The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think
13. A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life
By: Heather E. Heying
3.77
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
A bold, provocative exploration of the tension between our evolutionary history and our modern woes… read more
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"Our differences are fascinating, but our similarities make us human."-Heather E. Heying, A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life
"Love develops for every evolutionary pairing that requires devotion."-Heather E. Heying, A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life
"Pain is information about the environment, and how your body is responding to it."-Heather E. Heying, A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life
"Male and female are complementary states, and there is a healthy natural tension between them."-Heather E. Heying, A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life
14. The Glass House
By: Eve Chase
3.98
Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition
Outside a remote manor house in an idyllic wood, a baby girl is found. The Harrington family tak… read more
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"The closer you are to death, the more alive you feel."-Eve Chase, The Glass House
"Don't worry what other people think, be who you want to be."-Eve Chase, The Glass House
"Families can also be formed without blood ties. Good things really can happen."-Eve Chase, The Glass House
15. Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse
By: Dave Goulson
4.32
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Insects are essential for life as we know it. As they become more scarce, our world will slowly gri… read more
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16. The Seabird's Cry: The Lives and Loves of the Planet's Great Ocean Voyagers
By: Adam Nicolson
4.36
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
In The Seabird's Cry, Adam Nicolson travels ocean paths, fusing traditional knowledge with astonish… read more
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17. Ancient Sea Reptiles: Plesiosaurs, Ichthyosaurs, Mosasaurs, and More
By: Darren Naish
4.26
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Dive into prehistoric waters and discover extraordinary sea monsters who reigned the ocean for 150 … read more
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18. A Sorceress Comes to Call
By: T. Kingfisher
4.24
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A dark retelling of the Brothers Grimm's Goose Girl, rife with secrets, murder, and forbidden magic… read more
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19. Carville's Cure: Leprosy, Stigma, and the Fight for Justice
By: Pam Fessler
4.28
Format: 409 pages, Kindle Edition
The unknown story of the only leprosy colony in the continental United States, and the thousands of… read more
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20. Dinopedia: A Brief Compendium of Dinosaur Lore (Pedia Books, 5)
By: Darren Naish
4.30
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
An illuminating and entertaining collection of dinosaur facts, from A to Z Dinopedia is an illus… read more
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21. The Secret Life of Flies
By: Erica McAlister
4.13
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
Stories and science about nature's most complex, crucial and highly adaptive insect. The Secret … read more
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