Plant Families: A Guide for Gardeners and Botanists
By: Ross Bayton
4.45
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Most of us lump plants together in one big family, and when pressed can only explain their grouping…
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1. The Wall
By: Shaun Whiteside , Marlen Haushofer
4.04
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
First published to acclaim in Germany, The Wall chronicles the life of the last surviving human on … read more
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"Even now I’m nothing but a thin skin covering a mountain of memories."-Shaun Whiteside, The Wall
"My only teacher is as ignorant and untrained as I am, for my only teacher is myself."-Shaun Whiteside, The Wall
"Never again shall I sit above the alpine roses in the midday sun, listening to the great silence."-Shaun Whiteside, The Wall
"External freedom has probably never existed, but neither have I ever known anyone who knew inner freedom."-Shaun Whiteside, The Wall
2. The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
By: Arthur Conan Doyle , Anne Perry , Sidney Paget , Maria Buitoni Duca
4.13
Format: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In this, one of the most famous of Doyle's mysteries, the tale of an ancient curse and a savage gho… read more
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"The devil’s agents may be of flesh and blood, may they not?"-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
"It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I covet your skull."-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
"Watson: "You may be right." Holmes: "The probability lies in that direction."-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
"The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes."-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
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
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- biology
- nonfiction
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4. Walden
By: Henry David Thoreau
2.57
Format: 210 pages, Paperback
Walden, or, Life in the Woods, is an American book written by noted transcendentalist Henry David T… read more
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5. Upstream: Selected Essays
By: Mary Oliver
2.43
Format: None pages,
Comprising a selection of essays, Upstreamfinds beloved poet Mary Oliver reflecting on her astonish… read more
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6. The Divine Comedy
By: Dante Alighieri , Eugenio Montale , Allen Mandelbaum
4.29
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
The Divine Comedy, translated by Allen Mandelbaum, begins in a shadowed forest on Good Friday in th… read more
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7. A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
By: Aldo Leopold
4.30
Format: 269 pages, Paperback
First published in 1949, A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Tho… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
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"In our attempt to make conservation easy, we have made it trivial."-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
"That the situation is hopeless should not prevent us from doing our best."-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
"Education, I fear, is learning to see one thing by going blind to another."-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
"The evolution of a land ethic is an intellectual as well as emotional process."-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
8. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
By: Elizabeth Kolbert
4.12
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Over the last half-billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life… read more
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- biology
- nonfiction
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- science
9. I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America after Twenty Years Away
By: Bill Bryson
3.42
Format: None pages,
After living in Britain for two decades, Bill Bryson recently moved back to the United States with … read more
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10. 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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- plants
- nonfiction
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"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
11. The Sickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition for Upbuilding and Awakening
By: Søren Kierkegaard , Edna Hatlestad Hong , Howard Vincent Hong
4.06
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A companion piece to The Concept of Anxiety, this work continues Soren Kierkegaard's radical and co… read more
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12. The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America: Second Edition
By: David Allen Sibley
3.85
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Flexibound Now completely revised and updated--the indispensable resource for all birders seeking a… read more
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13. How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines
By: Thomas C. Foster
3.17
Format: 319 pages,
What does it mean when a fictional hero takes a journey? Shares a meal? Gets drenched in a sudden r… read more
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14. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
4.04
Format: 226 pages, Hardcover
As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer as been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of sci… read more
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15. The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
4.13
Format: 180 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In this second novel in the Earthsea series, Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and n… read more
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"COME HOME, TENAR! COME HOME!"-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
"The road goes upward towards the light; but the laden traveler may never reach the end of it."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
"He had made follow him. He had called her by her name, and she had come crouching to his hand."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
"Pride kept her from confiding in the other girls, and caution kept her from confessing to the older women."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
16. The Farthest Shore (Earthsea Cycle, #3)
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
4.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
Book Three of Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea CycleDarkness threatens to overtake Earthsea: the world … read more
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17. Night Sky with Exit Wounds
By: Ocean Vuong
4.00
Format: 258 pages, Paperback
Ocean Vuong's first full-length collection aims straight for the perennial "big"--and very human--s… read more
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18. 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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19. Botany for Gardeners
By: Brian Capon
3.07
Format: None pages, Paperback
A bestseller since its debut in 1990, this indispensable and handy reference has now been expanded … read more
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20. The Island of Dr. Moreau
By: H.G. Wells
4.67
Format: 46 pages, Paperback
Ranked among the classic novels of the English language and the inspiration for several unforgettab… read more
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21. Salvage the Bones
By: Jesmyn Ward
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2011 National Book Award for FictionA hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, … read more
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22. Wyrd Sisters (Discworld, #6; Witches #2)
By: Terry Pratchett
3.33
Format: 75 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Kingdoms wobble, crowns topple and knives flash on the magical Discworld as the statutory three wit… read more
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23. Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside
By: Nick Offerman
3.71
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A humorous and rousing set of literal and figurative sojourns as well as a mission statement about … read more
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- nature
"...when you make art with confidence, then clumsiness doesn't play as clumsiness, but panache."-Nick Offerman, Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside
"Break up your cycle. Get out of your rut. Find a way in your normal setting to "feel alive." One thing I'll do is get up early and see the sunrise from my yard, or for some bonus points, from my roof…"-Nick Offerman, Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside
24. The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
By: Michael Pollan
4.06
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
Every schoolchild learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers: The bee coll… read more
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"Memory is the enemy of wonder"-Michael Pollan, The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
"For great many species today, “fitness"-Michael Pollan, The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
"The bubble logic driving tulipomania has since acquired a name: “the greater fool theory."-Michael Pollan, The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
"It has become much harder, in the past century, to tell where the garden leaves off and pure nature begins."-Michael Pollan, The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
25. A Better Man (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #15)
By: Louise Penny
4.30
Format: 437 pages, Hardcover
Catastrophic spring flooding, blistering attacks in the media, and a mysterious disappearance greet… read more
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"Consequences,"-Louise Penny, A Better Man (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #15)
"Civility. How can we expect it if we don't give it?"-Louise Penny, A Better Man (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #15)
"It was, he knew, a sign of End of Days. Ruth refusing booze."-Louise Penny, A Better Man (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #15)
"Chief Inspector Gamache’s says there are ‘four sentences that lead to wisdom: I don’t know. I need help. I’m sorry. I was wrong."-Louise Penny, A Better Man (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #15)
26. An Abundance of Katherines
By: John Green
3.51
Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition
When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton’s type is girls named Katherine. And when it comes … read more
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"Je pense que j'taime"-John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
"All hurt is brain hurt."-John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
"I thought you hung the moon."-John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
"The future lay before him, inevitable but invisible."-John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
27. Celestial Bodies
By: Jokha Alharthi
3.41
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
In the village of al-Awafi in Oman, we encounter three sisters: Mayya, who marries after a heartbre… read more
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"Laughter looks so disgusting sometimes."-Jokha Alharthi, Celestial Bodies
"Como nos sentimos livres, quando já não nos limitamos a ser uma extensão ou uma personificação da fantasia de outra pessoa, mesmo que essa pessoa seja o nosso pai."-Jokha Alharthi, Celestial Bodies
"I could not believe how much pain was crackling through the air, generated simply by Mayya's being there. Haloes of light embraced that presence. If I were to just put my hand out, I felt, I could to…"-Jokha Alharthi, Celestial Bodies
"Não tinhas a mínima noção do que é o amor, Mayya? Não sentiste nada do que eu passei enquanto andava à volta da tua casa como um peregrino em volta da Caaba, uma, duas, sete vezes? Como pôde a casa t…"-Jokha Alharthi, Celestial Bodies
28. Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden
By: Camille T. Dungy
4.19
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
A seminal work that expands how we talk about the natural world and the environment as National Boo… read more
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- nonfiction
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29. Think Like a Mountain
By: Aldo Leopold
3.86
Format: 85 pages, Paperback
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.In this lyrica… read more
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30. Plant Families: A Guide for Gardeners and Botanists
By: Ross Bayton
4.45
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Most of us lump plants together in one big family, and when pressed can only explain their grouping… read more
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- reference
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31. Northeast Medicinal Plants: Identify, Harvest, and Use 111 Wild Herbs for Health and Wellness
By: Liz Neves
4.57
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
In Northeast Medicinal Plants, herbalist Liz Neves is the reader's trusted guide to finding, identi… read more
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