Urban Forests: A Natural History of Trees and People in the American Cityscape
By: Jill Jonnes
3.81
Format: 394 pages, Hardcover
A celebration of urban trees and the Americans—presidents, plant explorers, visionaries, citizen ac…
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1. The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
By: David McCullough
4.25
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
Published on the fortieth anniversary of its initial publication, this edition of the classic book … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
"One has the feeling that if you could pick it up and turn it over, you would see MADE IN AMERICA stamped on it."-David McCullough, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
"What I wanted-what I needed-was a story wherein the principal characters took on something big and admirable and difficult, and did it right."-David McCullough, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
"Nothing lasts forever. The most unforseen circumstances will swamp you and baffle the wisest calculations. Only vitality and plenty of it helps you. Washington A. Roebling quoted by"-David McCullough, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
"Everywhere about her, lesser men, witless, vulgar, corrupt, men of narrow ambition and the cheapest of values, were prospering as never before, grabbing up power, money, or just about anything else t…"-David McCullough, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
2. Cold Mountain
By: Charles Frazier
3.98
Format: 350 pages,
Cold Mountainis a novel about a soldier's perilous journey back to his beloved near the Civil War's… read more
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3. Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
By: Ben Montgomery
4.42
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2014 National Outdoor Book Awards for History/Biography Emma Gatewood told her family… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- nature
4. Flight Behavior
By: Barbara Kingsolver
3.81
Format: 436 pages, Hardcover
Flight Behavior takes on one of the most contentious subjects of our time: climate change. With a d… read more
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- nature
- environment
"She would die of him or be cured."-Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior
"For scientists, reality is not optional."-Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior
"Be sweet and carry a sharp knife, was her motto."-Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior
"I never learn anything from listening to myself."-Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior
5. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
By: Tim Flannery , Peter Wohlleben , Jane Billinghurst , Suzanne Simard
4.07
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben shares his deep love of woods and forests and explains… read more
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- natural history
- nonfiction
- environment
- nature
- science
"A tree’s most important means of staying connected to other trees is a “wood wide web"-Tim Flannery, The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
"Trees could solve the problems if people trying to improve things would only allow them to takeover"-Tim Flannery, The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
"So many questions remain unanswered. Perhaps we are poorer for having lost a possible explanation or richer for having gained a mystery. But aren't both possibilities equally intriguing?"-Tim Flannery, The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
6. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
By: Michael Pollan
3.66
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Today, buffeted by one food fad after another, America is suffering from what can only be described… read more
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7. American Canopy: Trees, Forests, and the Making of a Nation
By: None
3.88
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In the bestselling tradition of Michael Pollan's Second Nature, this fascinating and unique histori… read more
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8. Birding Without Borders: An Obsession, a Quest, and the Biggest Year in the World
By: Noah Strycker
4.00
Format: 131 pages, Hardcover
Traveling to 41 countries in 2015 with a backpack and binoculars, Noah Strycker became the first pe… read more
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9. Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
By: Kathleen Hanna
4.46
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and… read more
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- nonfiction
"She was the only woman on the whole record and hearing her gave me the first thought that someday I could be in a band."-Kathleen Hanna, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
10. Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It
By: Ethan Kross
3.97
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
AN AWARD-WINNING PSYCHOLOGIST REVEALS THE HIDDEN POWER OF OUR INNER VOICE AND SHOWS HOW WE CAN HARN… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"When supporting others, we need to offer the comfort of Kirk and the intellect of Spock."-Ethan Kross, Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It
"The same brain circuitry that becomes active when we are attracted to someone or consume desirable substances (everything from cocaine to chocolate) also activates when we share information about our…"-Ethan Kross, Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It
"We often think of fight or flight as the main defensive reaction human beings turn to when faced with a threat. When under stress, we flee or hunker down for the impending battle. While this reaction…"-Ethan Kross, Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It
11. Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
By: Ben Goldfarb
4.45
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Notable Book of 2023 and Editors' Choice • A Science News Favorite Book of 2023 • … read more
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- history
- urban planning
- nonfiction
- environment
- nature
- science
12. The Last Word
By: Elly Griffiths
3.92
Format: 338 pages, Hardcover
Natalka and Edwin, whom we met in The Postscript Murders, are running a detective agency in Shoreha… read more
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13. The Stranger Diaries (Harbinder Kaur, #1)
By: Elly Griffiths
3.88
Format: 338 pages, Hardcover
Clare Cassidy is no stranger to murder. A high school English teacher specializing in the Gothic wr… read more
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"Why are Georgette Heyer's covers so naff? When you think of all the exciting things that happen - abductions, false identities, wild horseback chases - the front of the book nearly always shows a wom…"-Elly Griffiths, The Stranger Diaries (Harbinder Kaur, #1)
14. Fire Exit
By: Morgan Talty
3.79
Format: 243 pages, Hardcover
The blood that came out of me was blood that ran through her veins. It’s strange: all blood looks t… read more
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"...what's more sacred than laughter at the dinner table?"-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
"That's my life, though--not knowing, but wishing. [Charles Lamosway]"-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
"We are made of stories, and if we don't know them--the ones that make us--how can we ever be fully realized? How can we ever be who we really are?"-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
"...I was thinking and thinking about how, in just the past year, I had just started to know her, but then I began to unknow her, getting farther and farther away like watching a boat drift from the s…"-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
15. 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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- natural history
- nonfiction
- environment
- 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
16. The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life
By: David Quammen
3.98
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Science writer David Quammen explains how recent discoveries in molecular biology can change our un… read more
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- history
- natural history
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
17. The Best American Short Stories 2021 (The Best American Series ®)
By: Jesmyn Ward
3.76
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A collection of the year's best stories selected by celebrated two-time National Book Award winner … read more
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18. Twelve Trees: The Deep Roots of Our Future
By: Daniel Lewis
4.01
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A compelling global exploration of nature and survival as seen via a dozen species of trees that re… read more
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- nature
- history
- natural history
- nonfiction
- environment
- science
19. Playground
By: Richard Powers
4.35
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A magisterial new novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning and New York Times best-selling author of T… read more
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- nature
- environment
20. Urban Forests: A Natural History of Trees and People in the American Cityscape
By: Jill Jonnes
3.81
Format: 394 pages, Hardcover
A celebration of urban trees and the Americans—presidents, plant explorers, visionaries, citizen ac… read more
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- nature
- history
- natural history
- urban planning
- nonfiction
- urban
- urbanism
- cities
- environment
- science
21. The Tree Collectors: Tales of Arboreal Obsession
By: Amy Stewart
4.26
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Fifty gorgeously illustrated vignettes of remarkable people whose lives have been transformed by th… read more
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- environment
- nature
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