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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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Miss Benson's Beetle
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Miss Benson's Beetle

By Rachel Joyce ,

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The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod
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The Outermost House

By Henry Beston ,

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Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
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Why Fish Don't Exist

By Lulu Miller ,

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Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis
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Chrysalis

By Kim Todd ,

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The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
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The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

By Jacqueline Kelly ,

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Darwin: The Life of a Tormented Evolutionist
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Darwin

By Adrian Desmond , James A. Moore ,

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A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir
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A Passion for Nature

By Donald Worster ,

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My Last Continent
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My Last Continent

By Midge Raymond ,

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Diary of a Young Naturalist
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Diary of a Young Naturalist

By Dara McAnulty ,

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On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson
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On a Farther Shore

By William Souder ,

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A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: The Life of William Dampier: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer
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A Pirate of Exquisite Mind

By Diana Preston , Michael Preston ,

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Woman, Watching: Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and the Songbirds of Pimisi Bay
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Woman, Watching

By Merilyn Simonds ,

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Untamed: The Wildest Woman in America and the Fight for Cumberland Island
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Untamed

By Will Harlan ,

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The Young John Muir: An Environmental Biography
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The Young John Muir

By Steven J. Holmes ,

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Across the Shaman's River: John Muir, the Tlingit Stronghold, and the Opening of the North
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Across the Shaman's River

By Daniel Lee Henry ,

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Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent
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Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent

By Alexander von Humboldt ,

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Walking It Off: A Veteran's Chronicle of War And Wilderness
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Walking It Off

By Doug Peacock ,

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The Anthropology of Turquoise: Reflections on Desert, Sea, Stone, and Sky
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The Anthropology of Turquoise

By Ellen Meloy ,

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Out of School and Into Nature: The Anna Comstock Story
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Out of School and Into Nature

By Suzanne Slade , Jessica Lanan (illustrator) ,

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Confessions of a Barbarian: Selections from the Journals of Edward Abbey, 1951-1989
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Confessions of a Barbarian

By Edward Abbey , David Petersen (editor) ,

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Illuminating Natural History: The Art and Science of Mark Catesby
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Illuminating Natural History

By Henrietta McBurney ,

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Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science
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Finding Wonders

By Jeannine Atkins ,

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Charles Darwin: Voyaging
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Charles Darwin

By Janet Browne ,

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Charles Darwin: The Power of Place
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Charles Darwin

By Janet Browne ,

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The Lady and the Octopus: How Jeanne Villepreux-Power Invented Aquariums and Revolutionized Marine Biology
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The Lady and the Octopus

By Danna Staaf ,

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