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Capital City Reads: My First Summer in the Sierra Readalikes
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Braiding Sweetgrass
by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Explains how developing a wider ecological consciousness can foster an increased understanding of both nature's generosity and the reciprocal relationship humans have with the natural world.
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The Genius of Birds
by Jennifer Ackerman
Explores recent research indicating that birds are much more intelligent than previously thought and are capable of deceiving, manipulating, eavesdropping, gift-giving, playing, and sharing
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How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
by Jenny Odell
A galvanizing critique of the forces vying for our attention--and our personal information--that redefines what we think of as productivity, reconnects us with the environment, and reveals all that we've been too distracted to see about ourselves and our world. Once we can start paying a new kind of attention, we can undertake bolder forms of political action, reimagine humankind's role in the environment, and arrive at more meaningful understandings of happiness and progress.
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Underland: A Deep Time Journey
by Robert Macfarlane
The award-winning author of The Old Ways presents an exploration of the planet's underworlds as they exist in myth, literature, memory and geography, offering unsettling perspectives into whether or not humans are making the correct choices for Earth's future.
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Desert Solitaire
by Edward Abbey
An account of the author's experiences, observations, and reflections as a seasonal park ranger in southeast Utah.
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My Family and Other Animals
by Gerald Durrell
The author relates his memories of a five-year sojourn with his family on the island of Corfu when he was a boy, describing in detail the procession of wild animals he brought back to the family's villa to study.
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How to Be a Good Creature
by Sy Montgomery
A naturalist and adventurer discusses the personalities and quirks of thirteen animals who have profoundly affected her, exploring themes of learning to become empathetic, creating families, coping with loss, and the otherness and sameness of people and animals.
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The Lost Art of Reading Nature's Signs
by Tristan Gooley
Based on the author's outdoor experiences, presents a compendium of information and forecasting details that can be gathered from observations about plants, animals, landscapes, buildings, clouds, stars, sun, and the moon.
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