8 must-read nonfiction books like L.M. Montgomery and the Matter of Nature(s) by Rita Bode

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L.M. Montgomery and the Matter of Nature(s)

By: Rita Bode

4.50

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

L.M. Montgomery's writings are replete with enchanting yet subtle and fluid depictions of nature th…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in L.M. Montgomery and the Matter of Nature(s) by Rita Bode , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. The Alpine Path: The Story of My Career

By: L.M. Montgomery

3.87

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

The Alpine Path is an autobiography of Lucy Maud Montgomery. Originally published as a series of au… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The Alpine path, so hard, so steep, That leads to heights sublime."

-L.M. Montgomery, The Alpine Path: The Story of My Career

"We would reach the "far-off divine event" and look out thence to the aerial spires of our City of Fulfillment."

-L.M. Montgomery, The Alpine Path: The Story of My Career

"I wrote it for love, not money, but very often such books are the most successful, just as everything in the world that is born of true love has life in it, as nothing constructed for mercenary ends …"

-L.M. Montgomery, The Alpine Path: The Story of My Career

"We must follow our "airy voices," follow them through bitter suffering and discouragement and darkness, through doubt and disbelief, through valleys of humiliation and over delectable hills where swe…"

-L.M. Montgomery, The Alpine Path: The Story of My Career

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2. Extraordinary Canadians: L.M. Montgomery

By: Jane Urquhart , John Ralston Saul

3.94

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

New material about the private life of Lucy Maud Montgomery has prompted a searching look at the be… read more

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  • nonfiction
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3. No Spot on Earth More Lovely: The Landscapes that Inspired Anne of Green Gables

By: Catherine Reid , Kerry Michaels

3.91

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Anne of Green Gablesis a worldwide phenomenon that has sold over fifty million copies and inspired … read more

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  • nonfiction

4. The Mabinogion

By: Unknown , Jeffrey Gantz

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

On the bank of the river he saw a tall tree: from roots to crown one half was aflame and the other … read more

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5. Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

By: Lindsay C. Gibson

4.39

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

If you grew up with an emotionally immature, unavailable, or selfish parent, you may have lingering… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Hate is a normal and involuntary reaction when somebody tries to control you for no good reason. It signals that the person is extinguishing your emotional life force by getting his or her needs met …"

-Lindsay C. Gibson, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

"If parents don’t label their own behavior as abusive, their child won’t label it that way either. Even as adults, many people have no idea that what happened to them in childhood was abusive. As a re…"

-Lindsay C. Gibson, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

"How many people get to be awake and aware for the emergence of the person they were always meant to be? How many people get to have two lifetimes in one? So tell me, is it worth the pain to get to li…"

-Lindsay C. Gibson, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

"No child can be good enough to evoke love from a highly self-involved parent. Nevertheless, these children come to believe that the price of making a connection is to put other people first and treat…"

-Lindsay C. Gibson, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

6. The Fragrance of Sweet-Grass: L.M. Montgomery's Heroines and the Pursuit of Romance

By: Elizabeth Rollins Epperly

3.71

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Anne Shirley is the best known of a memorable group of heroines created by Lucy Maud Montgomery, a … read more

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7. Maud

By: Melanie J. Fishbane

4.53

Format: 288 pages,

Fourteen-year-old Lucy Maud Montgomery--Maud to her friends--has a dream: to go to college and, jus… read more

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8. Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)

By: L.M. Montgomery

4.22

Format: 276 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When twelve-year-old Anne Shirley came to Avonlea, she quickly won everyone’s heart. Now, she’s fiv… read more

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"I've come home in love with loneliness"

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)

"Everything that's worth having is some trouble…"

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)

"I'm sure I shall always feel like a child in the wood."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)

"She looks just as music sounds, I think,' answered Anne."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)

9. Lucy Maud Montgomery: The Gift of Wings

By: Mary Henley Rubio

1.33

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

Mary Henley Rubio has spent over two decades researching Montgomery's life, and has put together a … read more

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10. Such a Simple Little Tale: Critical Responses to L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables

By: Mavis Reimer

4.24

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

New in paperback 2003. Here is a compilation of the best critical essays on this enduring classic. … read more

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11. Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

By: Kate Beaton

4.41

Format: 430 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated cartoonist Kate Beaton vividly presents the untold story of Canada. Before there was … read more

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  • nonfiction
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12. Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3)

By: L.M. Montgomery

4.27

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

New adventures lie ahead as Anne Shirley packs her bags, waves good-bye to childhood, and heads for… read more

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"Home and I are such good friends."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3)

"Have you any unfulfilled dreams, Anne?"

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3)

"Words aren't made — they grow,' said Anne."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3)

"We mustn't let next week rob us of this week's joy."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3)

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13. Pure Colour

By: Sheila Heti

3.46

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Pure Colour is a galaxy of a novel: explosive, celestially bright, huge, and streaked with beauty. … read more

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"And what opens one heart opens many."

-Sheila Heti, Pure Colour

"The body becomes a woman and it cannot turn back."

-Sheila Heti, Pure Colour

"And a glimpse into one heart is a glimpse into many."

-Sheila Heti, Pure Colour

"Why did it seem like the only way to live-was to disobey?"

-Sheila Heti, Pure Colour

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14. In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing

By: Elena Ferrante

3.81

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Four new and revelatory essays by the author of My Brilliant Friend and The Lost Daughter In 202… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Literary work couldn't seriously force the whirlpool of debris that constituted the real into any grammatical or syntactical order."

-Elena Ferrante, In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing

"Dealings with the world, yes, at any time they are entirely ours. But the words--the written form in which we enclose them, attentive to the red margins of our notebooks--are not. We have to accept t…"

-Elena Ferrante, In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing

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15. What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat

By: Aubrey Gordon

4.41

Format: 197 pages, Hardcover

From the creator of Your Fat Friend, an explosive indictment of the systemic and cultural bias faci… read more

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  • nonfiction
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16. L.M. Montgomery and the Matter of Nature(s)

By: Rita Bode

4.50

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

L.M. Montgomery's writings are replete with enchanting yet subtle and fluid depictions of nature th… read more

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