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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
Author: Annie Dillard
ISBN-10: 0061233323
ISBN-13: 9780061233326
Published: 2007-06-12
Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is the story of a dramatic year in Virginia's Blue Ridge valley. Annie Dillard sets out to see what she can see. What she sees are astonishing incidents of "mystery, death, beauty, violence."
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Walden; Or, Life in the Woods (Dover Thrift Editions)
Author: Henry David Thoreau
ISBN-10: 0486284956
ISBN-13: 9780486284958
Published: 1995-04-12
Publisher: Dover Publications
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Book Description:
One of the great books of American letters and a masterpiece of reflective philosophizing. Accounts of Thoreau's daily life on the shores of Walden Pond outside Concord, Massachusetts, are interwoven with musings on the virtues of self-reliance and individual freedom, on society, government, and other topics.
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My First Summer in the Sierra and Selected Essays (Library of America Paperback Classics)
Author: John Muir
ISBN-10: 1598531115
ISBN-13: 9781598531114
Published: 2011-09-29
Publisher: Library of America
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Book Description:
Describing his spiritual awakening amid the mountains and valleys of central California, John Muir's My First Summer in the Sierra is, like Walden, one of the seminal texts in the literature of the American environment. It is presented here with an introduction by writer and activist Bill McKibben and related essays about Yosemite, the Hetch Hetchy Valley, and other wonders of the Sierra Nevada.
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Modoc: The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived
Author: Ralph Helfer
ISBN-10: 0060929510
ISBN-13: 9780060929510
Published: 1998-08-26
Publisher: Harper Perennial
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Book Description:
Spanning seven decades and three continents, Modoc is one of the most amazing true animal stories ever told. Raised together in a small German circus town, a boy and an elephant formed a bond that would last their entire lives, and would be tested time and again; through a near-fatal shipwreck in the Indian Ocean, an apprenticeship with the legendary Mahout elephant trainers in the Indian teak forests, and their eventual rise to circus stardom in 1940s New York City. Modoc is a captivating true story of loyalty, friendship, and high adventure, to be treasured by animal lovers everywhere.
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Excursions
Author: Henry David Thoreau
ISBN-10: 1603863044
ISBN-13: 9781603863049
Published: 2010-02-01
Publisher: Watchmaker Publishing
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Book Description:
An unabridged, illustrated edition with a foreword by Ralph Waldo Emerson, to include: Biographical Sketch - Natural History of Massachusetts - A Walk to Wachusett - The Landlord - A Winter Walk - The Succession of Forest Trees - Walking - Autumnal Tints - Wild Apples - Night and Moonlight
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The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds
Author: Julie Zickefoose
ISBN-10: 0547003099
ISBN-13: 9780547003092
Published: 2012-03-20
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Julie Zickefoose lives for the moment when a wild, free living bird that she has raised or rehabilitated comes back to visit her; their eyes meet and they share a spark of understanding. Her reward for the grueling work of rescuing birds—such as feeding baby hummingbirds every twenty minutes all day long—is her empathy with them and the satisfaction of knowing the world is a birdier and more beautiful place.The Bluebird Effect is about the change that's set in motion by one single act, such as saving an injured bluebird—or a hummingbird, swift, or phoebe. Each of the twenty five chapters covers a different species, and many depict an individual bird, each with its own personality, habits, and quirks. And each chapter is illustrated with Zickefoose's stunning watercolor paintings and drawings. Not just individual tales about the trials and triumphs of raising birds, The Bluebird Effect mixes humor, natural history, and memoir to give readers an intimate story of a life lived among wild birds.
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The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011
Author:
ISBN-10: 0547350635
ISBN-13: 9780547350639
Published: 2011-10-04
Publisher: Mariner Books
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Book Description:
The Best American Series® First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected—and most popular—of its kind. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011 includes Atul Gawande, Jonathan Franzen, Deborah Blum, Malcolm Gladwell, Oliver Sacks, Jon Mooallem, Jon Cohen, Luke Dittrich, and others
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The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
Author: Sebastian Junger
ISBN-10: 0393337014
ISBN-13: 9780393337013
Published: 2009-06-29
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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A real-life thriller that leaves us with the taste of salt on our tongues and a terror of the deep. 8 pages of illustrations
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Cape Cod
Author: Henry David Thoreau
ISBN-10: 0486434931
ISBN-13: 9780486434933
Published: 2004-03-19
Publisher: Dover Publications
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Book Description:
The great naturalist recounts his experiences during a series of beach-combing walking trips around Cape Cod in the early 1850s. His compelling account of the region's plants, animals, topography, weather, and people features captivating tales of exploration, settlement, and survival.
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