Studying Wisconsin: The Life of Increase Lapham, early chronicler of plants, rocks, rivers, mounds and all things Wisconsin
By: Martha Bergland
4.28
Format: 424 pages, Hardcover
With masterful storytelling, Bergland and Hayes demonstrate how Lapham blended his ravenous curiosi…
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1. Children of God (The Sparrow, #2)
By: Mary Doria Russell
4.09
Format: 451 pages, Paperback
Mary Doria Russell's debut novel, The Sparrow, took us on a journey to a distant planet and into th… read more
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"How can you hear your soul if everyone is talking?"-Mary Doria Russell, Children of God (The Sparrow, #2)
"And you believe you will succeed, where God has failed me?"-Mary Doria Russell, Children of God (The Sparrow, #2)
"The sign of a good decision is the multiplicity of reasons for it."-Mary Doria Russell, Children of God (The Sparrow, #2)
"Love is a debt, she thought. When the bill comes, you pay in grief."-Mary Doria Russell, Children of God (The Sparrow, #2)
2. Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
By: Jenny Lawson
3.84
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In LET'S PRETEND THIS NEVER HAPPENED, Jenny Lawson baffled readers with stories about growing up th… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
3. The Wright Brothers
By: David McCullough
2.60
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story-behind-the-story ab… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
4. The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
By: Jim DeFede
4.37
Format: None pages, Paperback
Perfect for fans of the hit Broadway musical Come from Away When 38 jetliners bound for the United … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
5. 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
- history
- nature
- science
"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
6. Ethan Frome
By: Edith Wharton
2.00
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Ethan Frome works his unproductive farm and struggles to maintain a bearable existence with his dif… read more
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7. Bird by Bird
By: Anne Lamott
4.24
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
A newer edition of this title can be found here. "Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
"Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird."-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
"A writer paradoxically seeks the truth and tells lies every step of the way."-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
"If your wife locks you out of the house, you don't have a problem with your door."-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
"You don't always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too."-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
8. The Brass Verdict (Harry Bosch, #14; Mickey Haller, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #17)
By: Michael Connelly
4.71
Format: None pages,
Things are finally looking up for defense attorney Mickey Haller. After two years of wrong turns, H… read more
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9. 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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10. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
By: Isabel Wilkerson
3.69
Format: 121 pages, Hardcover
In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chroni… read more
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11. The President Is Missing
By: Bill Clinton
3.85
Format: 513 pages, Kindle Edition
President Bill Clinton and bestselling novelist James Patterson have written a spellbinding thrille… read more
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"The media knows what sells—conflict and division. It’s also quick and easy. All too often anger works better than answers; resentment better than reason; emotion trumps evidence. A sanctimonious, sne…"-Bill Clinton, The President Is Missing
12. River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
By: Candice Millard
3.84
Format: 349 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of RIVER OF DOUBT and DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC, the stirr… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- nature
"..the charm of the scenery was perhaps enhanced by the reflection that my eyes might never look upon it again....Masses of brown-purple clouds covered the quarter of the heavens where the sun was abo…"-Candice Millard, River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
13. How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question
By: Michael Schur
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the creator of The Good Place and the cocreator of Parks and Recreation, a hilarious, thought-… read more
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- nonfiction
"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better. —MAYA ANGELOU"-Michael Schur, How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question
"Part of the wonder of being human is that we get to learn about the extraordinary levels of virtue of which other humans are capable."-Michael Schur, How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question
"Our behaviors create deep grooves in our personalities, like a heavy chair forming impressions in a shaggy rug, and it becomes harder and harder to escape them."-Michael Schur, How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question
"... There is no way to achieve a higher-level enjoyment from running, because there's no way to achieve any enjoyment from running, because there is nothing enjoyable about running. Running is awful,…"-Michael Schur, How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question
14. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
By: Ed Yong
4.47
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A grand tour through the hidden realms of animal senses that will transform the way you perceive th… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
- science
"It's ironic that we associate taste with connoisseurship, subtlety, and fine discrimination when it is among the coarsest of senses."-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
"We are closer than ever to understanding what it is like to be another animal, but we have made it harder than ever for other animals to be."-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
"Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal can only tap into a small fraction of realities fullness. Each is enclos…"-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
"A striking pattern emerged on days with the most intense solar storms, grey whales were 4 times more likely to beach themselves. This correlation doesn't prove that whales have a compass but it stron…"-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
15. Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
By: Barbara Demick
4.45
Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition
Nothing to Envy follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years—a chaotic period that saw… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
"...the strength of the regime came from its ability to isolate its own citizens completely."-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
"In North Korea, you don’t own your own home; you are merely awarded the right to live there."-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
"He would wait hours for her, maybe two or three. It didn’t matter. The cadence of life is slower in North Korea. Nobody owned a watch."-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
"Even in parts of the showcase capital of Pyongyang, you can stroll down the middle of a main street at night without being able to see the buildings on either side."-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
16. Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
By: Andrea Elliott
4.72
Format: 602 pages, Hardcover
The riveting, unforgettable story of a girl whose indomitable spirit is tested by homelessness, pov… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
".. they assume that intelligence is a pre-ordained trait, [...], their perceived destiny, which flows from another belief, that the poor are to blame for their condition. Poverty is the proof of defi…"-Andrea Elliott, Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
17. Mercy (Atlee Pine, #4)
By: David Baldacci
4.35
Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition
FBI Agent Atlee Pine’s harrowing search for her long-lost sister Mercy reaches a boiling point in t… read more
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18. Thistlefoot
By: GennaRose Nethercott
3.96
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The Yaga siblings--Bellatine, a young woodworker, and Isaac, a wayfaring street performer and con a… read more
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"what is a memory if not a ghost?"-GennaRose Nethercott, Thistlefoot
"Memory, it was nothing but a leash"-GennaRose Nethercott, Thistlefoot
"This song is for the goners, whose smiles are dust"-GennaRose Nethercott, Thistlefoot
"Leaves fell like one thousand small, flaming hands."-GennaRose Nethercott, Thistlefoot
19. What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
By: Jennifer Ackerman
4.16
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An instant New York Times bestseller! From the author of The Genius of Birds and The Bird Way, a… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
- science
20. Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
By: Tricia Hersey
4.08
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Far too many of us have claimed productivity as the cornerstone of success. Brainwashed by capitali… read more
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- nonfiction
21. Long Road to Mercy (Atlee Pine, #1)
By: David Baldacci
3.93
Format: 405 pages, Hardcover
Introducing a remarkable new character from #1 New York Times bestselling writer David Baldacci: At… read more
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22. The Guardians
By: John Grisham
4.14
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
In the small north Florida town of Seabrook, a young lawyer named Keith Russo was shot dead at his … read more
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23. The Lost Girls of Paris
By: Pam Jenoff
3.91
Format: 377 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the runaway bestseller The Orphan’s Tale comes a remarkable story of friendship … read more
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"Create a story of which you will be proud."-Pam Jenoff, The Lost Girls of Paris
24. When the White Pine Was King: A History of Lumberjacks, Log Drives, and Sawdust Cities in Wisconsin
By: Jerry Apps
3.97
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
“From the ring of the ax in the woods, to the scream of the saw blade in the mill, to the founding … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
25. Studying Wisconsin: The Life of Increase Lapham, early chronicler of plants, rocks, rivers, mounds and all things Wisconsin
By: Martha Bergland
4.28
Format: 424 pages, Hardcover
With masterful storytelling, Bergland and Hayes demonstrate how Lapham blended his ravenous curiosi… read more
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- history
- biography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
26. Indian Mounds of Wisconsin
By: Robert A. Birmingham
4.27
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
More mounds were built by ancient Native American societies in Wisconsin than in any other region o… read more
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