Unrooted: Botany, Motherhood, and the Fight to Save an Old Science
By: Erin Zimmerman
4.45
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An exploration of science, motherhood, and academia, and a stirring account of a woman at a persona…
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1. 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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- ecology
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- nonfiction
- nature
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2. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
By: Amy Tan
4.14
Format: 320 pages, Flexibound
A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight. … read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- nature
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"If there is anything I have learned these past six years, it is this: Each bird is surprising and thrilling in its own way. But the most special is the bird that pauses when it is eating, looks and a…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"The (Anna's Hummingbird) males are deadbeat dads that contribute nothing to making the nest, or to feeding either the female or the nestlings. They are off to find other females they can impress with…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"During daylight hours, they (Anna's Hummingbirds) feed every 15 minutes, be it tiny insects or nectar from flowers or feeders. If they don't consume food often enough, they can die during the day. If…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"I asked Bernd Heinrich if he knew why feeder birds, like finches, discard so many seeds. It turns out he and other scientiests did research on this back in the 1990s - of course, he did -measuring di…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
3. Somehow: Thoughts on Love
By: Anne Lamott
3.95
Format: 204 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow , a joyful celebration of lo… read more
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- memoir
"I don’t know"-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"…nobody in isolation becomes who they were designed to be."-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"Sometimes it all just sucks, as Jesus says somewhere in the Gospels (although off the top of my head I can’t recall chapter and verse."-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"When I first got sober, a man told me that upon waking every morning, instead of reciting the standard flowery recovery prayer, he said, “Whatever,“ and at night when he turned off his lights to go t…"-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
4. The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
By: Zoë Schlanger
4.37
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning environment and science reporter Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popu… read more
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- ecology
- plants
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
5. Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit
By: Lyanda Lynn Haupt
4.04
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Deepen your connection to the natural world with this inspiring meditation, "a path to the place wh… read more
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- nonfiction
- ecology
- nature
- science
6. The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature
By: Peter Wohlleben
3.74
Format: 258 pages, Hardcover
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES A powerful return to the… read more
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- ecology
- history
- plants
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
"The ancient tie that binds us to nature is not and never has been severed. We have just ignored it for a while."-Peter Wohlleben, The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature
7. Anyone
By: Charles Soule
3.90
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Charles Soule brings his signature knowledge—and wariness--of technology to his sophomore novel set… read more
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8. This Isn't Going to End Well: The True Story of a Man I Thought I Knew
By: Daniel Wallace
3.80
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
“A memoir wrapped in an elegy… [that] maps a strangely stunning life… [Wallace] imbues this chronic… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
9. Lovers and Liars
By: Amanda Eyre Ward
3.40
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Three wildly different sisters reunite for a destination wedding at an English castle in this heart… read more
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10. Cræft: An Inquiry Into the Origins and True Meaning of Traditional Crafts
By: Alex Langlands
3.79
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
“Hypnotic.… [Langlands] begins to see not just the beauty of an object.… but the deeper purpose for… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- nature
11. Dispersals: On Plants, Borders, and Belonging
By: Jessica J. Lee
4.19
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A prize-winning memoirist and nature writer turns to the lives of plants entangled in our human wor… read more
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- plants
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12. 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
13. Remembering Peasants: A Personal History of a Vanished World
By: Patrick Joyce
3.77
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A landmark new history of the peasant experience, exploring a now neglected way of life that once e… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- memoir
14. Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age
By: Kathleen Sheppard
3.65
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The never-before-told story of the women Egyptologists who paved the way of exploration in Egypt an… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- history
15. What It Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World
By: Prentis Hemphill
4.54
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From one of the most prominent voices in the trauma conversation comes a groundbreaking new way to … read more
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- nonfiction
16. Cactus Country: A Boyhood Memoir
By: Zoë Bossiere
4.37
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A striking literary memoir of genderfluidity, class, masculinity, and the American Southwest that c… read more
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- memoir
17. Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World
By: Edward Dolnick
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A historical adventure story about the eccentric Victorians who discovered dinosaur bones, leading … read more
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- history
- nature
- science
18. She Who Knows (She Who Knows #1)
By: Nnedi Okorafor
4.13
Format: 161 pages, Hardcover
Part science fiction, part fantasy, and entirely infused with West African culture and spirituality… read more
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19. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
4.68
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, a bold and inspiring vision … read more
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- ecology
- nature
- science
20. Unrooted: Botany, Motherhood, and the Fight to Save an Old Science
By: Erin Zimmerman
4.45
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An exploration of science, motherhood, and academia, and a stirring account of a woman at a persona… read more
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- history
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- feminism
- plants
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
