Second Nature
By: Nathaniel Rich
3.76
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
We live at a time in which scientists race to reanimate extinct beasts, our most essential ecosyste…
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1. Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
By: Neil Shubin
4.03
Format: 229 pages, Hardcover
Why do we look the way we do? What does the human hand have in common with the wing of a fly? Are b… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- nature
- science
"We were not designed rationally, but are products of a convoluted history."-Neil Shubin, Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
"Look at the first arch in a human and a shark, and you find a very similar state of affairs: jaws."-Neil Shubin, Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
"In a perfectly designed world —one with no history— we would not have to suffer everything from hemorrhoids to cancer."-Neil Shubin, Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
"Many of the molecules that microbes use to cause us misery are primitive versions of the molecules that make our own bodies possible."-Neil Shubin, Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
2. Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power
By: Rebecca Solnit
3.99
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
With Hope in the Dark, Rebecca Solnit makes a radical case for hope as a commitment to act in a wor… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- essays
- environment
- audiobook
"We are winning,"-Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power
"The moon is profound except when we land on it."-Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power
"Perfection is a stick with which to beat the possible."-Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power
"Waiting until everything looks feasible is too long to wait."-Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power
3. The World Without Us
By: Alan Weisman
4.09
Format: 296 pages,
A penetrating, page-turning tour of a post-human Earth In The World Without Us, Alan Weisman offers… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- environment
- nature
- science
4. Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
By: Therese Anne Fowler
3.67
Format: None pages, ebook
A dazzling novel that captures all of the romance, glamour, and tragedy of the first flapper, Zelda… read more
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5. Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
By: Richard Louv
3.93
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
"I like to play indoors better 'cause that's where all the electrical outlets are," reports a fourt… read more
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- nonfiction
- environment
- nature
- science
"The woods were my Ritalin. Nature calmed me, focused me, and yet excited my senses."-Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
"The logical extension of synthetic nature is the irrelevance of "true" nature--the certainty that it's not even worth looking at. (62)"-Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
"An environment-based education movement--at all levels of education--will help students realize that school isn't supposed to be a polite form of incarceration, but a portal to the wider world."-Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
"Joni Mitchell had it right: "They paved paradise / and put up a parking lot." But perhaps, in the near future, we could add a line of hopeful epilogue to that song: then they tore down the parking lo…"-Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
6. The Laws of Medicine: Field Notes from an Uncertain Science
By: Siddhartha Mukherjee
3.75
Format: 166 pages, Hardcover
Essential, required reading for doctors and patients alike: A Pulitzer Prize-winning author and one… read more
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7. The End of Drum-Time
By: Hanna Pylväinen
3.94
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An epic love story in the vein of Cold Mountain and The Great Circle, about a young reindeer herder… read more
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- audiobook
8. God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning
By: Meghan O'Gieblyn
4.27
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
A meditation on what it might mean to be human in an age of ever-accelerating technology. read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- essays
- science
"As black-box technologies become more widespread, there have been no shortage of demands for increased transparency. In 2016 the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation included in its st…"-Meghan O'Gieblyn, God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning
9. The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative
By: Florence Williams
3.97
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
An intrepid investigation into nature’s restorative benefits by a prize-winning author. For cent… read more
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- nature
- science
- nonfiction
- environment
- audiobook
10. Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future
By: Oliver Franklin-Wallis
4.44
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
An award-winning investigative journalist takes a deep dive into the global waste crisis, exposing … read more
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- audiobook
- nature
- nonfiction
- climate change
- environment
- science
"Cleaning up is expensive; arson is cheap."-Oliver Franklin-Wallis, Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future
"As modern agriculture and supply chains have made food cheap, diverse, and plentiful, it can also sometimes feel that we have forgotten to value the food we do eat, or understand the environmental or…"-Oliver Franklin-Wallis, Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future
"Nuclear waste is unlike other wastes. It is not only the danger…but the timescale. Trash inside a landfill might decay over decades, plastics over hundreds or thousands of years - the truth is we don…"-Oliver Franklin-Wallis, Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future
11. Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard
By: Douglas W. Tallamy
4.37
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Douglas W. Tallamy’s first book, Bringing Nature Home, sparked a national conversation about the li… read more
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- nature
- science
- nonfiction
- environment
- audiobook
12. The Promised Neverland, Vol. 2
By: Kaiu Shirai
4.45
Format: 189 pages, Paperback
The children of the Grace Field House orphanage have their happy lives upended when they find out t… read more
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13. The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
By: David Wallace-Wells
4.01
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
It is worse, much worse, than you think. If your anxiety about global warming is dominated by fears… read more
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- audiobook
- history
- nonfiction
- climate change
- environment
- nature
- science
"A state of half-ignorance and half-indifference is a much more pervasive climate sickness than true denial or true fatalism."-David Wallace-Wells, The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
"The last time the earth was four degrees warmer, as Peter Brannen has written, there was no ice at either pole and sea level was 260 feet higher."-David Wallace-Wells, The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
"The world has, at most, about three decades to completely decarbonize before truly devastating climate horrors begin. You can't halfway your way to a solution to a crisis this large."-David Wallace-Wells, The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
"Especially those who have imbibed several centuries of Western triumphalism tend to see the story of human civilization as an inevitable conquest of the earth, rather than the saga of an insecure cul…"-David Wallace-Wells, The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
14. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
By: Tim Alberta
4.45
Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition
Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
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15. 約束のネバーランド 10 [Yakusoku no Neverland 10]
By: Kaiu Shirai
4.52
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
With Lucas’s help, Emma is able to finally uncover the mystery of William Minerva. While their help… read more
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16. Your House Will Pay
By: Steph Cha
4.09
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A powerful and taut novel about racial tensions in L.A., following two families—one Korean-American… read more
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- audiobook
"Don’t martyr yourself. Your workers’ comp won’t cover it.' --Shawn's boss, Manny."-Steph Cha, Your House Will Pay
"But she held tight to all her principles, and the most important of these was that family came first."-Steph Cha, Your House Will Pay
"Every day there had been rotten cops in the news and still she had been bamboozled. ‘I mean, they’re supposed to protect people, right? How can they be so bad at their jobs?’ ‘They protect people fro…"-Steph Cha, Your House Will Pay
17. Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country
By: Sierra Crane Murdoch
3.76
Format: 379 pages, Hardcover
When Lissa Yellow Bird was released from prison in 2009, she found her home, the Fort Berthold Indi… read more
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- history
- audiobook
"Percy and Lissa shared a father, but as far as Lissa was concerned, calling him her “half brother"-Sierra Crane Murdoch, Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country
"Her precociousness hardened into defiance, and her defiance broke into a reckless rage that scared even her own mother."-Sierra Crane Murdoch, Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country
"The casino was at the center of a constellation of transactions. I saw fishermen come to fish the lake; a woman looking for a job; elders cracking crab legs at the casino buffet—one of two restaurant…"-Sierra Crane Murdoch, Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country
"The tribe was unprepared for the boom, he believed. After centuries of colonization—of federal entities weakening and displacing tribal institutions—it did not have the resources, let alone the exper…"-Sierra Crane Murdoch, Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country
18. Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
By: Elizabeth Kolbert
4.10
Format: 234 pages, Hardcover
The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity’s transformative impa… read more
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- audiobook
- history
- nonfiction
- climate change
- environment
- nature
- science
"I was struck, and not for the first time, by how much easier it is to ruin an ecosystem than to run one."-Elizabeth Kolbert, Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
"If control is the problem, then, by the logic of the Anthropocene, still more control must be the solution."-Elizabeth Kolbert, Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
"He’s a burly man with sparse white hair and a white beard who looks like Santa might look if Santa, in the off-season, carried a tackle box."-Elizabeth Kolbert, Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
"Here I was, trying to finish a book about the world spinning out of control, only to find the world spinning so far out of control that I couldn't finish the book."-Elizabeth Kolbert, Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
19. The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works
By: Helen Czerski
4.23
Format: 446 pages, Hardcover
A scientist’s exploration of the "ocean engine"―the physics behind the ocean’s systems―and why it m… read more
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- nature
- history
- nonfiction
- environment
- science
20. Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell: A heartwarming compassionate portrait of injured turtles, perfect for nature lovers.
By: Sy Montgomery
4.07
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
National Book Award finalist for The Soul of an Octopus and New York Times bestseller Sy Montgome… read more
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- nature
- science
- nonfiction
- environment
- audiobook
"Never give up on a turtle. Because turtles never give up."-Sy Montgomery, Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell: A heartwarming compassionate portrait of injured turtles, perfect for nature lovers.
21. The Rise of Wolf 8: Witnessing the Triumph of Yellowstone’s Underdog
By: Rick McIntyre
4.23
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Yellowstone National Park was once home to an abundance of wild wolves—but park rangers killed the … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
22. 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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- audiobook
- nature
- history
- nonfiction
- environment
- 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
23. Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence
By: James Bridle
4.17
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Artist, technologist, and philosopher James Bridle's Ways of Being is a brilliant, searching explor… read more
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- nature
- science
- nonfiction
- environment
- audiobook
"What would it mean to build artificial intelligences and other machines that were more like octopuses, more like fungi, or more like forests?"-James Bridle, Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence
"We can’t read water in the same way as we can’t read data…Working with it makes us more aware of the distance between ourselves and the matter under consideration: it reminds us that we share this wo…"-James Bridle, Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence
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24. 約束のネバーランド 9 [Yakusoku no Neverland 9]
By: Kaiu Shirai
4.58
Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition
仲間に導かれてGPの秘密の部屋へと入ったエマは、その中にある永く閉ざされていた扉の鍵を開ける。そして、明らかになったW・ミネルヴァの真意とは!? 永遠の子供達よ、絶望に立ち向かえ！ 衝撃の脱獄ファン… read more
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25. Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being
By: Neil Theise
4.02
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An electrifying introduction to complexity theory, the science of how complex systems behave—from c… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
- science
26. The Reign of Wolf 21: The Saga of Yellowstone’s Legendary Druid Pack
By: Rick McIntyre
4.34
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Male and female wolves have the unique ability to form long-lasting, deeply emotional bonds. This i… read more
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- science
- history
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
"I imagined him then walking the few feet to the hilltop, where he had bedded down so many times next his life partner, and lying down to rest. As he slowly drifted off to sleep, I would like to think…"-Rick McIntyre, The Reign of Wolf 21: The Saga of Yellowstone’s Legendary Druid Pack
27. Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
By: Frans de Waal
4.20
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Mama’s Last Hug is a fascinating exploration of the rich emotional lives of animals, beginning with… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
- science
"I seriously doubt that the smile is our species’s “happy"-Frans de Waal, Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
"Estar resentido por el éxito de otro puede parecer mezquino, pero a la larga evita que abusen de uno."-Frans de Waal, Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
"Nuestros sentimientos de felicidad dependen de la comparación entre los ingresos propios y los ajenos."-Frans de Waal, Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
"Al ser parte del tejido de la naturaleza, constantemente sopesamos nuestros intereses con los de otros organismos, casi siempre a favor de los nuestros."-Frans de Waal, Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
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28. 約束のネバーランド 6 [Yakusoku no Neverland 6]
By: Kaiu Shirai
4.48
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
早急な安全の確保を目指す子供達に接触した謎の少女。彼女は一体!? 一方囮として皆と離れたレイを鬼の追手が完全包囲する。彼は再び仲間と会えるのか!? 永遠の子供達よ、絶望に立ち向かえ! 衝撃の脱獄ファ… read more
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29. 約束のネバーランド 11 [Yakusoku no Neverland 11]
By: Kaiu Shirai
4.53
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
圧倒的な力で子供達の前に立ちはだかるレウウィス。窮地の中、勝利を信じ戦いに身を投じるエマ達。総力をあげた猟場での決戦は、最終局面を迎える!! 永遠の子供達よ、絶望に立ち向かえ！ 衝撃の脱獄ファンタジ… read more
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"Sometimes I need to know when to stop. Right now isn't one of those times."-Kaiu Shirai, 約束のネバーランド 11 [Yakusoku no Neverland 11]
30. The Future Is Analog: How to Create a More Human World
By: David Sax
3.45
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling culture writer David Sax lays out the case against a false digital utopia—and for a mor… read more
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- audiobook
31. Second Nature
By: Nathaniel Rich
3.76
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
We live at a time in which scientists race to reanimate extinct beasts, our most essential ecosyste… read more
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