18 best-selling nonfiction books like Fungipedia: A Brief Compendium of Mushroom Lore (Pedia Books, 2) by Lawrence Millman

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Fungipedia: A Brief Compendium of Mushroom Lore (Pedia Books, 2)

By: Lawrence Millman

4.08

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

This little book is big fun.--Michael Pollan An illustrated mini-encyclopedia of fungal lore, f…

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1. Kraken: The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing Science of Squid

By: Wendy Williams

3.41

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Kraken is the traditional name for gigantic sea monsters, and this book introduces one of the most … read more

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  • biology
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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2. Chasm City

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.17

Format: 200 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The once-utopian Chasm City -a doomed human settlement on an otherwise inhospitable planet- has bee… read more

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  • audiobook
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3. Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival

By: Bernd Heinrich

3.79

Format: 128 pages,

From award-winning writer and biologist Bernd Heinrich, an intimate, accessible and eloquent illumi… read more

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  • biology
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science

4. The Hidden Lives of Owls: The Science and Spirit of Nature's Most Elusive Birds

By: Leigh Calvez

3.80

Format: 25 pages,

A naturalist probes the forest, mainly at night, to comprehend the secret lives of owls in this boo… read more

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5. Consider the Lobster and Other Essays

By: David Foster Wallace

4.31

Format: 66 pages, Hardcover

Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a funny bone? What is John Updike's deal, anyway? And w… 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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  • science
  • history
  • biology
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
"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

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7. 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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  • science
  • history
  • biology
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
"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

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8. In Defense of Plants: An Exploration into the Wonder of Plants (Plant Guide, Horticulture, Trees)

By: Matt Candeias

4.17

Format: 279 pages, Hardcover

“Matt Candeias succeeds in evoking the wonder of plants with wit and wisdom.” ― James T. Costa , Ph… read more

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  • science
  • biology
  • gardening
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
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9. Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls

By: Kai Cheng Thom

4.18

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

What happens when we imagine loving the people--and the parts of ourselves--that we do not believe … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"i have questions about heaven. i have questions about the Revolution. those questions are the same: upon whose bones do you intend to build your paradise?"

-Kai Cheng Thom, Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls

"you don't need to heal others to heal yourself, you can just heal yourself. you do not need to give love to others to love yourself, you can just love yourself."

-Kai Cheng Thom, Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls

"find the lie in your heart. the one you tell to yourself and all the world, sometimes without even knowing it. pare that lie down to its barest core, strip back the skin, and behold the truth: i am w…"

-Kai Cheng Thom, Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls

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10. For the Love of Men: A New Vision for Mindful Masculinity

By: Liz Plank

4.30

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

A nonfiction investigation into masculinity, For the Love of Men provides actionable steps for how … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"It reveals itself in the way we're more comfortable with the image of a boy playing with a toy gun rather than a boy playing with a toy doll, because we're more comfortable seeing a boy hold somethin…"

-Liz Plank, For the Love of Men: A New Vision for Mindful Masculinity

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11. The Secret Life of Fungi: Discoveries From A Hidden World

By: Aliya Whiteley

3.60

Format: 195 pages, Hardcover

Aliya Whiteley has always been in love with the wondrous and bizarre world of fungi - from a childh… read more

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  • science
  • history
  • biology
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
"This particular orchid gets all its energy from fungi, sometimes from different kinds of fungi simultaneously. It never even begins to turn to the sun. No photosynthesis here. It relies utterly on it…"

-Aliya Whiteley, The Secret Life of Fungi: Discoveries From A Hidden World

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12. The Mushroom Fan Club

By: Elise Gravel

4.38

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

Join Elise Gravel as she explores the science of some of nature’s weirdest and wildest characters—m… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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13. The Hidden Kingdom of Fungi: Exploring the Microscopic World in Our Forests, Homes, and Bodies

By: Keith Seifert

4.00

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Entangled Life and The Hidden Life of Trees comes an illuminating account of the “in… read more

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  • science
  • history
  • biology
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
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14. The Stonewall Reader

By: New York Public Library

4.36

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

For the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, an anthology chronicling the tumultuous fig… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"Defend the fairies!"

-New York Public Library, The Stonewall Reader

"This place was the “ART"

-New York Public Library, The Stonewall Reader

"I just want you all to know,"

-New York Public Library, The Stonewall Reader

"You can’t call us fags anymore, we’re gay."

-New York Public Library, The Stonewall Reader

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15. Fungipedia: A Brief Compendium of Mushroom Lore (Pedia Books, 2)

By: Lawrence Millman

4.08

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

This little book is big fun.--Michael Pollan An illustrated mini-encyclopedia of fungal lore, f… read more

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  • cultural
  • science
  • history
  • biology
  • gardening
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • nature
  • audiobook
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16. Florapedia: A Brief Compendium of Floral Lore (Pedia Books, 3)

By: Carol Gracie

3.88

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

A delightful illustrated treasury of botanical facts and fancy Florapedia is an eclectic A-Z com… read more

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  • nature
  • science
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17. Synesthesia

By: Richard E. Cytowic

3.87

Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition

An accessible, concise primer on the neurological trait of synesthesia—vividly felt sensory couplin… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. Insectpedia: A Brief Compendium of Insect Lore (Pedia Books)

By: Eric R. Eaton

4.20

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

A fun and fact-filled A-Z treasury for the insect lover in all of us Insectpedia introduces you … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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19. Treepedia: A Brief Compendium of Arboreal Lore (Pedia Books Book 1)

By: Joan Maloof

4.03

Format: 153 pages, Kindle Edition

A captivating A-Z treasury for the tree hugger in all of us Treepedia is an entertaining and fac… read more

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  • nature
  • science
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20. Neuropedia: A Brief Compendium of Brain Phenomena (Pedia Books)

By: Eric H. Chudler

4.31

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A fun and fact-filled A-Z treasury for anyone with a head on their shoulders Neuropedia journeys… read more

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  • science
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21. Serial Killers - Philosophy for Everyone: Being and Killing

By: S. Waller

3.33

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Serial Killers - Philosophy for Everyone investigates our profound intrigue with mass-murderers. Ex… read more

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4.07

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Dan Egan

4.23

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