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The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
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The Invention of Nature

By Andrea Wulf ,

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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
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The Sixth Extinction

By Elizabeth Kolbert ,

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The Old Ways
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The Old Ways

By Robert Macfarlane ,

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Abominable Science! Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids
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Abominable Science! Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids

By Daniel Loxton , Donald R. Prothero ,

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A Sand County Almanac: And Sketched Here and There
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A Sand County Almanac

By Aldo Leopold ,

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Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot
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Skyfaring

By Mark Vanhoenacker ,

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Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History
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Coyote America

By Dan Flores ,

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The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us
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The Human Age

By Diane Ackerman ,

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Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
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Eager

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Weeds: In Defense of Nature's Most Unloved Plants
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Weeds

By Richard Mabey ,

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The Story of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet
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The Story of Earth

By Robert M. Hazen ,

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Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees
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Buzz

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The Bees in Your Backyard: A Guide to North America's Bees
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The Bees in Your Backyard

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The Soul of the Ape & My Friends the Baboons
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The Soul of the Ape & My Friends the Baboons

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The World Before Us: The New Science Behind Our Human Origins
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The World Before Us

By Tom Higham ,

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Origins: How Earth's History Shaped Human History
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Origins

By Lewis Dartnell ,

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The Once and Future World: Nature As It Was, As It Is, As It Could Be
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The Once and Future World

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Where Do Camels Belong?: Why Invasive Species Aren't All Bad
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Where Do Camels Belong?

By Ken Thompson ,

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Journeys to the Other Side of the World
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Journeys to the Other Side of the World

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The Human Planet: How We Created the Anthropocene
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The Human Planet

By Simon L. Lewis , Mark A. Maslin ,

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Soul of a Lion: One Woman's Quest to Rescue Africa's Wildlife Refugees
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Soul of a Lion

By Barbara Bennett ,

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Monarchs and Milkweed: A Migrating Butterfly, a Poisonous Plant, and Their Remarkable Story of Coevolution
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Monarchs and Milkweed

By Anurag Agrawal ,

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More Than Birds: Adventurous Lives of North American Naturalists
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More Than Birds

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Gods, Wasps and Stranglers: The Secret History and Redemptive Future of Fig Trees
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Gods, Wasps and Stranglers

By Mike Shanahan ,

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The Songs of Trees: Stories from Nature's Great Connectors
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The Songs of Trees

By David George Haskell ,

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The Inner Life of Animals
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The Inner Life of Animals

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Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer
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Cat Wars

By Peter P. Marra , Chris Santella ,

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The Wood: The Life & Times of Cockshutt Wood
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The Wood

By John Lewis-Stempel ,

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Dancing with Bees: A Journey Back to Nature
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Dancing with Bees

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The Devil's Cormorant
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The Devil's Cormorant

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The Story of Vermont: A Natural and Cultural History
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The Story of Vermont

By Christopher McGrory Klyza , Stephen C. Trombulak ,

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Burning Planet
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Burning Planet

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