20 Top nonfiction books like The Open-Air Life: Discover the Nordic Art of Friluftsliv and Embrace Nature Every Day by Linda Åkeson McGurk

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The Open-Air Life: Discover the Nordic Art of Friluftsliv and Embrace Nature Every Day

By: Linda Åkeson McGurk

3.90

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

A complete guide to Friluftsliv, the Nordic secret to unplugging and connecting more deeply with na…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Open-Air Life: Discover the Nordic Art of Friluftsliv and Embrace Nature Every Day by Linda Åkeson McGurk , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. Balanced and Barefoot: How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Children

By: Angela J. Hanscom

4.15

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

In this important book, a pediatric occupational therapist and founder of TimberNook shows how outd… read more

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  • parenting
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life by Richard Louv

2. Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life

By: Richard Louv

3.43

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

From the author of the New York Times bestseller that defined nature-deficit disorder and launched … read more

Similar categories in Richard Louv's Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life book and Linda Åkeson McGurk's The Open-Air Life: Discover the Nordic Art of Friluftsliv and Embrace Nature Every Day

  • nonfiction
  • parenting
  • nature
  • health
Cover of Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids by Kim John Payne, Lisa M. Ross

3. Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids

By: Kim John Payne , Lisa M. Ross

3.77

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

Today's busier, faster, supersized society is waging an undeclared war . . . on childhood. As the p… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • parenting
  • audiobook
Cover of Microadventures: Local Discoveries for Great Escapes by Alastair Humphreys

4. Microadventures: Local Discoveries for Great Escapes

By: Alastair Humphreys

4.00

Format: 158 pages, Paperback

'Enthusiastic, pleasingly madcap' Geographical Adventure - something that's new and exhilarating, o… read more

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  • parenting
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • audiobook

5. Why Can't We Just Play?: What I Did When I Realized My Kids Were Way Too Busy

By: None

4.12

Format: 652 pages, Paperback

Facing summer with her two boys, ages ten and seven, Pam Lobley was sifting through signups for swi… read more

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6. 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

Similar categories in Richard Louv's Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder book and Linda Åkeson McGurk's The Open-Air Life: Discover the Nordic Art of Friluftsliv and Embrace Nature Every Day

  • nature
  • parenting
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • environment
"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

Cover of My Hygge Home: How to Make Home Your Happy Place by Meik Wiking

7. My Hygge Home: How to Make Home Your Happy Place

By: Meik Wiking

4.01

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The author of the New York Times bestseller The Little Book of Hygge, helps you turn your home into… read more

Similar categories in Meik Wiking's My Hygge Home: How to Make Home Your Happy Place book and Linda Åkeson McGurk's The Open-Air Life: Discover the Nordic Art of Friluftsliv and Embrace Nature Every Day

  • self help
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Open-Air Life: Discover the Nordic Art of Friluftsliv and Embrace Nature Every Day by Linda Åkeson McGurk

8. The Open-Air Life: Discover the Nordic Art of Friluftsliv and Embrace Nature Every Day

By: Linda Åkeson McGurk

3.90

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

A complete guide to Friluftsliv, the Nordic secret to unplugging and connecting more deeply with na… read more

Similar categories in Linda Åkeson McGurk's The Open-Air Life: Discover the Nordic Art of Friluftsliv and Embrace Nature Every Day book and Linda Åkeson McGurk's The Open-Air Life: Discover the Nordic Art of Friluftsliv and Embrace Nature Every Day

  • self help
  • parenting
  • adventure
  • health
  • folklore
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • environment
  • nature
  • audiobook
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9. Modern Miss Mason

By: Leah Boden

4.30

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

For every mother who desires to cultivate a lasting foundation of curiosity and wonder for her chil… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • parenting
  • audiobook
Cover of Until the Streetlights Come On: How a Return to Play Brightens Our Present and Prepares Kids for an Uncertain Future by Ginny Yurich

10. Until the Streetlights Come On: How a Return to Play Brightens Our Present and Prepares Kids for an Uncertain Future

By: Ginny Yurich

4.36

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

It may shock you to learn that we spend an average of 4-7 minutes outside each day--while we spend … read more

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  • self help
  • parenting
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of Made for People: Why We Drift into Loneliness and How to Fight for a Life of Friendship by Justin Whitmel Earley

11. Made for People: Why We Drift into Loneliness and How to Fight for a Life of Friendship

By: Justin Whitmel Earley

4.47

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Loneliness is the most dangerous and least talked-about epidemic--but Made for People offers a cure… read more

Similar categories in Justin Whitmel Earley's Made for People: Why We Drift into Loneliness and How to Fight for a Life of Friendship book and Linda Åkeson McGurk's The Open-Air Life: Discover the Nordic Art of Friluftsliv and Embrace Nature Every Day

  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Grow Wild: The Whole-child, Whole-family, Nature-rich Guide to Moving More by Katy Bowman

12. Grow Wild: The Whole-child, Whole-family, Nature-rich Guide to Moving More

By: Katy Bowman

4.34

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

From biomechanist and bestselling author Katy Bowman comes her eagerly anticipated book about getti… read more

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  • parenting
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of Let Them Be Kids: Adventure, Boredom, Innocence, and Other Gifts Children Need by Jessica Smartt

13. Let Them Be Kids: Adventure, Boredom, Innocence, and Other Gifts Children Need

By: Jessica Smartt

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

As parents we want to safeguard our children from the pressures and influences of the world, but al… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • parenting
  • audiobook
"The last few years have shown a push for early preschool attendance. So much so that these words may actually sound like heresy. But I will say them anyways: if you do not want to send your kid to pr…"

-Jessica Smartt, Let Them Be Kids: Adventure, Boredom, Innocence, and Other Gifts Children Need

Cover of Outdoor Kids in an Inside World: Getting Your Family Out of the House and Radically Engaged with Nature by Steven Rinella

14. Outdoor Kids in an Inside World: Getting Your Family Out of the House and Radically Engaged with Nature

By: Steven Rinella

3.89

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The indispensable case for parenting tough, curious, and competent kids who feel at home in the out… read more

Similar categories in Steven Rinella's Outdoor Kids in an Inside World: Getting Your Family Out of the House and Radically Engaged with Nature book and Linda Åkeson McGurk's The Open-Air Life: Discover the Nordic Art of Friluftsliv and Embrace Nature Every Day

  • self help
  • parenting
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of Lagom: Not Too Little, Not Too Much: The Swedish Art of Living a Balanced, Happy Life by Niki Brantmark

15. Lagom: Not Too Little, Not Too Much: The Swedish Art of Living a Balanced, Happy Life

By: Niki Brantmark

3.56

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Uncover the secrets of the Swedish philosophy of life called Lagom – meaning ‘just enough’. At its … read more

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  • self help
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Experts tout many positive reasons to save money, including being able to afford things like a home, car or holiday, becoming financially independent and being prepared for unforeseen expenses or eme…"

-Niki Brantmark, Lagom: Not Too Little, Not Too Much: The Swedish Art of Living a Balanced, Happy Life

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16. The Wild and Free Family: Forging Your Own Path to a Life Full of Wonder, Adventure, and Connection

By: Ainsley Arment

3.90

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

"Ainsley Arment has emerged as one of the most prominent voices in [this] grass-roots community." —… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • parenting
  • audiobook
"The magic of this life isn't found in the hustle and bustle of constant activity but in the intentional, ordinary decisions of our days."

-Ainsley Arment, The Wild and Free Family: Forging Your Own Path to a Life Full of Wonder, Adventure, and Connection

"We sacrifice their childhood on the altar of preparing them for adulthood. But what if childhood was the preparation? What if having a whole childhood was the key to a healthy adulthood?"

-Ainsley Arment, The Wild and Free Family: Forging Your Own Path to a Life Full of Wonder, Adventure, and Connection

"If anything can be said of our homes, may it be that they are safe places for our children. Places where they can be encouraged in their gifts and comforted in their struggles. Places where they can …"

-Ainsley Arment, The Wild and Free Family: Forging Your Own Path to a Life Full of Wonder, Adventure, and Connection

Cover of The Fun Habit: How the Pursuit of Joy and Wonder Can Change Your Life by Mike   Rucker

17. The Fun Habit: How the Pursuit of Joy and Wonder Can Change Your Life

By: Mike Rucker

3.72

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Discover the latest scientific evidence for the potent and revitalizing value of fun and how to mak… read more

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  • audiobook
  • parenting
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
Cover of Njuta: Enjoy, Delight In: The Swedish Art of Savoring the Moment by Niki Brantmark

18. Njuta: Enjoy, Delight In: The Swedish Art of Savoring the Moment

By: Niki Brantmark

3.57

Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition

Do you aspire to live a more peaceful, intentional life of mindfulness, positivity, and gratitude? … read more

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  • self help
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Habits for a Sacred Home: 9 Practices from History to Anchor and Restore Modern Families (Helping Moms Experience Peace & Return to Simple Daily Rhythms from Historic Christians like St. Benedict) by Jennifer Pepito

19. Habits for a Sacred Home: 9 Practices from History to Anchor and Restore Modern Families (Helping Moms Experience Peace & Return to Simple Daily Rhythms from Historic Christians like St. Benedict)

By: Jennifer Pepito

4.14

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Frightened by the chaos in society, many parents fear for their children's futures--and end up rais… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Pepito's Habits for a Sacred Home: 9 Practices from History to Anchor and Restore Modern Families (Helping Moms Experience Peace & Return to Simple Daily Rhythms from Historic Christians like St. Benedict) book and Linda Åkeson McGurk's The Open-Air Life: Discover the Nordic Art of Friluftsliv and Embrace Nature Every Day

  • nonfiction
  • parenting
  • audiobook
Cover of 1000 Hours Outside: Prioritize, Reclaim Childhood and Experience a Fuller life by Ginny Yurich

20. 1000 Hours Outside: Prioritize, Reclaim Childhood and Experience a Fuller life

By: Ginny Yurich

4.26

Format: 175 pages, Paperback

This new book from Ginny Yurich, founder of the global 1000 Hours Outside movement, takes the reade… read more

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  • parenting
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
Cover of The Doorstep Mile: Live More Adventurously Every Day by Alastair Humphreys

21. The Doorstep Mile: Live More Adventurously Every Day

By: Alastair Humphreys

3.86

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

Would you like a more adventurous life?Are you being held back by a lack of time or money? By fear,… read more

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  • audiobook
  • parenting
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • self help

17 Top audiobook books like The Open-Air Life: Discover the Nordic Art of Friluftsliv and Embrace Nature Every Day by Linda Åkeson McGurk

Transform Your Habits

Balanced and Barefoot: How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Children

Angela J. Hanscom

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids

Kim John Payne , Lisa M. Ross

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Microadventures: Local Discoveries for Great Escapes

Alastair Humphreys

4.00

Transform Your Habits

My Hygge Home: How to Make Home Your Happy Place

Meik Wiking

4.01

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15 Top childrens books like 1000 Hours Outside: Prioritize, Reclaim Childhood and Experience a Fuller life by Ginny Yurich

Transform Your Habits

Balanced and Barefoot: How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Children

Angela J. Hanscom

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction Is Hijacking Our Kids -- And How to Break the Trance

Nicholas Kardaras

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Honey for a Child's Heart

Gladys M. Hunt

4.47

Transform Your Habits

Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids

Kim John Payne , Lisa M. Ross

3.77

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