Nature Lit — Literature & Oral Tradition, with regard to the Natural World

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The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York
The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York 3.68 avg rating — 324,970 ratings
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The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Frontier Landscapes that Inspired the Little House Books
The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Frontier Landscapes that Inspired the Little House Books 4.03 avg rating — 1,222 ratings
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Elemental South: An Anthology of Southern Nature Writing
Elemental South: An Anthology of Southern Nature Writing 3.81 avg rating — 21 ratings
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William Bartram, The Search for Nature's Design: Selected Art, Letters, and Unpublished Writings (Wormsloe Foundation Nature Books)
William Bartram, The Search for Nature's Design: Selected Art, Letters, and Unpublished Writings (Wormsloe Foundation Nature Books) 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth / My First Summer in the Sierra / The Mountains of California / Stickeen / Essays
Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth / My First Summer in the Sierra / The Mountains of California / Stickeen / Essays
by: John Muir
4.29 avg rating — 950 ratings
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The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows 4.02 avg rating — 235,235 ratings
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The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden 4.16 avg rating — 1,263,040 ratings
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Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux 4.12 avg rating — 18,419 ratings
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Story Line: Exploring the Literature of the Appalachian Trail
Story Line: Exploring the Literature of the Appalachian Trail 3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Kon-Tiki
Kon-Tiki 4.16 avg rating — 24,591 ratings
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Mountain Folk Remedies: The Foxfire Americana Library (9)
Mountain Folk Remedies: The Foxfire Americana Library (9) 4.48 avg rating — 127 ratings
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The Man Who Planted Trees
The Man Who Planted Trees 4.19 avg rating — 18,618 ratings
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Silent Spring
Silent Spring 4.05 avg rating — 53,314 ratings
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A Dog's History of America: How Our Best Friend Explored, Conquered, and Settled a Continent
A Dog's History of America: How Our Best Friend Explored, Conquered, and Settled a Continent
by: Mark Derr
3.51 avg rating — 95 ratings
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H is for Hawk
H is for Hawk 3.74 avg rating — 78,922 ratings
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Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry
Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry 4.61 avg rating — 473 ratings
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The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot
The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot 4.13 avg rating — 11,033 ratings
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The Revenant
The Revenant 3.96 avg rating — 53,468 ratings
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Tao Te Ching
Tao Te Ching
by: Lao Tzu
4.29 avg rating — 176,922 ratings
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The Marvels of the World: An Anthology of Nature Writing Before 1700
The Marvels of the World: An Anthology of Nature Writing Before 1700 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Norton Book of Nature Writing
Norton Book of Nature Writing 4.03 avg rating — 194 ratings
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Dugdråbeverden
Dugdråbeverden 4.62 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Hoagland on Nature: Essays
Hoagland on Nature: Essays 4.28 avg rating — 53 ratings
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The Jewish Study Bible: Featuring the Jewish Publication Society Tanakh Translation
The Jewish Study Bible: Featuring the Jewish Publication Society Tanakh Translation 4.46 avg rating — 1,673 ratings
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Metamorphoses
Metamorphoses
by: Ovid
4.10 avg rating — 76,400 ratings
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Journal of Light: The Visual Diary of a Florida Nature Photographer
Journal of Light: The Visual Diary of a Florida Nature Photographer 4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Mountains, Rivers, and the Great Earth: Reading Gary Snyder and Dogen in an Age of Ecological Crisis
Mountains, Rivers, and the Great Earth: Reading Gary Snyder and Dogen in an Age of Ecological Crisis 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings
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The New Sylva: A Discourse of Forest and Orchard Trees for the Twenty-First Century
The New Sylva: A Discourse of Forest and Orchard Trees for the Twenty-First Century 4.71 avg rating — 45 ratings
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The Future of Nature: Writing on Human Ecology from Orion Magazine
The Future of Nature: Writing on Human Ecology from Orion Magazine 4.11 avg rating — 121 ratings
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The Earth Has a Soul: The Nature Writings of C.G. Jung
The Earth Has a Soul: The Nature Writings of C.G. Jung
by: C.G. Jung
4.33 avg rating — 541 ratings
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Sir William Temple upon the gardens of Epicurus featuring other 17th century garden essays. Authors include John Evelyn, Abraham Cowley, Sir Thomas Browne, ... (British Digital History Collection Book 1)
Sir William Temple upon the gardens of Epicurus featuring other 17th century garden essays. Authors include John Evelyn, Abraham Cowley, Sir Thomas Browne, ... (British Digital History Collection Book 1) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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The Book of Music and Nature: An Anthology of Sounds, Words, Thoughts
The Book of Music and Nature: An Anthology of Sounds, Words, Thoughts 4.28 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Wild Things: The Joy of Reading Children's Literature as an Adult
Wild Things: The Joy of Reading Children's Literature as an Adult 3.75 avg rating — 1,891 ratings
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Travels and Other Writings
Travels and Other Writings 3.99 avg rating — 96 ratings
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Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History
Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History 4.13 avg rating — 3,561 ratings
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The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell 4.19 avg rating — 11,414 ratings
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I Have Landed: The End of a Beginning in Natural History
I Have Landed: The End of a Beginning in Natural History 3.93 avg rating — 486 ratings
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Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation
Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation 4.01 avg rating — 1,821 ratings
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Wordsworth: Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series)
Wordsworth: Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series) 4.12 avg rating — 547 ratings
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Andy Goldsworthy: A Collaboration with Nature
Andy Goldsworthy: A Collaboration with Nature 4.01 avg rating — 51,513 ratings
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Wordsworth's Gardens
Wordsworth's Gardens 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Collected Essays on Evolution, Nature, and the Cosmos, Vol. 2: The Invisible Pyramid / The Night Country / Essays from The Star Thrower
Collected Essays on Evolution, Nature, and the Cosmos, Vol. 2: The Invisible Pyramid / The Night Country / Essays from The Star Thrower 4.30 avg rating — 23 ratings
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When the Trees Say Nothing: Writings on Nature
When the Trees Say Nothing: Writings on Nature 4.10 avg rating — 336 ratings
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The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World 4.32 avg rating — 28,487 ratings
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Aunt Arie: A Foxfire Portrait
Aunt Arie: A Foxfire Portrait 4.39 avg rating — 114 ratings
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Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,198 ratings
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Hal Borland's Twelve Moons of the Year
Hal Borland's Twelve Moons of the Year 4.35 avg rating — 68 ratings
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The Foxfire Book
The Foxfire Book 4.35 avg rating — 1,874 ratings
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Loren Eiseley: Collected Essays on Evolution, Nature, and the Cosmos: A Library of America Boxed Set
Loren Eiseley: Collected Essays on Evolution, Nature, and the Cosmos: A Library of America Boxed Set 4.72 avg rating — 29 ratings
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The Foxfire Book, Foxfire 2-3
The Foxfire Book, Foxfire 2-3 4.44 avg rating — 221 ratings
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Nature and Selected Essays
Nature and Selected Essays 4.11 avg rating — 2,267 ratings
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Communities and Conservation: Histories and Politics of Community-Based Natural Resource Management
Communities and Conservation: Histories and Politics of Community-Based Natural Resource Management 4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Foxfire
Foxfire 3.74 avg rating — 859 ratings
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Walden or, Life in the Woods
Walden or, Life in the Woods 3.78 avg rating — 200,846 ratings
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Bartram's Living Legacy: The Travels and the Nature of the South
Bartram's Living Legacy: The Travels and the Nature of the South it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder 3.94 avg rating — 19,450 ratings
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The Origin of Species
The Origin of Species 4.01 avg rating — 120,185 ratings
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A Little House Traveler: Writings from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Journeys Across America (Little House Nonfiction)
A Little House Traveler: Writings from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Journeys Across America (Little House Nonfiction) 4.10 avg rating — 945 ratings
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Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass 4.11 avg rating — 114,641 ratings
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The Wilder Heart of Florida: More Writers Inspired by Florida Nature
The Wilder Heart of Florida: More Writers Inspired by Florida Nature 4.28 avg rating — 29 ratings
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The Prairie (Leatherstocking Tales, #5)
The Prairie (Leatherstocking Tales, #5) 3.60 avg rating — 1,906 ratings
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Coastal Nature, Coastal Culture: Environmental Histories of the Georgia Coast
Coastal Nature, Coastal Culture: Environmental Histories of the Georgia Coast 3.78 avg rating — 18 ratings
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The Pathfinder (The Leatherstocking Tales, #3)
The Pathfinder (The Leatherstocking Tales, #3) 3.89 avg rating — 4,930 ratings
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The Jungle Books
The Jungle Books 4.01 avg rating — 88,663 ratings
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Nature as Measure: The Selected Essays of Wes Jackson
Nature as Measure: The Selected Essays of Wes Jackson 4.33 avg rating — 60 ratings
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The Deerslayer (The Leatherstocking Tales, #1)
The Deerslayer (The Leatherstocking Tales, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 14,486 ratings
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Antlers of Water: Writing on the Nature and Environment of Scotland
Antlers of Water: Writing on the Nature and Environment of Scotland 4.02 avg rating — 243 ratings
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The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2)
The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2) 3.70 avg rating — 101,122 ratings
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Among the Forest People (Among the People #2)
Among the Forest People (Among the People #2) 4.30 avg rating — 139 ratings
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City Wilds: Essays and Stories about Urban Nature
City Wilds: Essays and Stories about Urban Nature 3.85 avg rating — 27 ratings
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The Praise Of Gardens, An Epitome Of The Literature Of The Garden Art: With A Historical Epilogue (1899)
The Praise Of Gardens, An Epitome Of The Literature Of The Garden Art: With A Historical Epilogue (1899) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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The Pioneers (Leatherstocking Tales, #4)
The Pioneers (Leatherstocking Tales, #4) 3.44 avg rating — 3,406 ratings
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Just So Stories
Just So Stories 4.05 avg rating — 49,166 ratings
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Nature's Warnings: Classic Stories of Eco-Science Fiction
Nature's Warnings: Classic Stories of Eco-Science Fiction 3.87 avg rating — 119 ratings
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Weeds: How Vagabond Plants Gatecrashed Civilisation and Changed the Way We Think About Nature
Weeds: How Vagabond Plants Gatecrashed Civilisation and Changed the Way We Think About Nature 3.83 avg rating — 950 ratings
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Edward O. Wilson: Biophilia / The Diversity of Life / Naturalist
Edward O. Wilson: Biophilia / The Diversity of Life / Naturalist 4.52 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Inner Journey: Views from Native Traditions (PARABOLA Anthology Series) (Inner Journey, #8)
Inner Journey: Views from Native Traditions (PARABOLA Anthology Series) (Inner Journey, #8)
by: Black Elk
4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Nature Encyclopedia: An A-Z Guide to Life on Earth
Nature Encyclopedia: An A-Z Guide to Life on Earth it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Literary Excursions in the Southern Highlands: Essays on Natural History
Literary Excursions in the Southern Highlands: Essays on Natural History really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Two Little Savages ; Being the Adventures of two Boys who Lived as Indians and What They Learned. Written and Illustrated by Ernest Thompson Seton
Two Little Savages ; Being the Adventures of two Boys who Lived as Indians and What They Learned. Written and Illustrated by Ernest Thompson Seton 4.36 avg rating — 517 ratings
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Earth Almanac: Nature's Calendar for Year-Round Discovery
Earth Almanac: Nature's Calendar for Year-Round Discovery 4.31 avg rating — 45 ratings
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American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau
American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau 4.24 avg rating — 607 ratings
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The Eight Master Lessons of Nature: What Nature Teaches Us About Living Well in the World
The Eight Master Lessons of Nature: What Nature Teaches Us About Living Well in the World 4.13 avg rating — 1,110 ratings
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This is the American Earth
This is the American Earth 4.07 avg rating — 55 ratings
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The Weather Detective: Rediscovering Nature's Secret Signs
The Weather Detective: Rediscovering Nature's Secret Signs 3.44 avg rating — 1,444 ratings
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The Sierra Club Wetlands Reader: A Literary Companion
The Sierra Club Wetlands Reader: A Literary Companion 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil
Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil 4.30 avg rating — 948 ratings
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Keeping a Nature Journal: Discover a Whole New Way of Seeing the World Around You
Keeping a Nature Journal: Discover a Whole New Way of Seeing the World Around You 4.26 avg rating — 1,082 ratings
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Dersu the Trapper
Dersu the Trapper 4.29 avg rating — 1,251 ratings
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American Indian Literature, Environmental Justice, and Ecocriticism: The Middle Place
American Indian Literature, Environmental Justice, and Ecocriticism: The Middle Place 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings
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The Natural Navigator: The Rediscovered Art of Letting Nature Be Your Guide
The Natural Navigator: The Rediscovered Art of Letting Nature Be Your Guide 3.78 avg rating — 1,227 ratings
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Trees: An Anthology of Writings and Paintings
Trees: An Anthology of Writings and Paintings 4.40 avg rating — 177 ratings
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The Nature Instinct: Relearning Our Lost Intuition for the Inner Workings of the Natural World
The Nature Instinct: Relearning Our Lost Intuition for the Inner Workings of the Natural World 3.76 avg rating — 556 ratings
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Speaking for Nature: The Literary Naturalists, from Transcendentalism to the Birth of the American Environmental Movement (Dover Books on Plants and Animals)
Speaking for Nature: The Literary Naturalists, from Transcendentalism to the Birth of the American Environmental Movement (Dover Books on Plants and Animals) 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings
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The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs: Use Outdoor Clues to Find Your Way, Predict the Weather, Locate Water, Track Animals―and Other Forgotten Skills
The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs: Use Outdoor Clues to Find Your Way, Predict the Weather, Locate Water, Track Animals―and Other Forgotten Skills 3.77 avg rating — 4,914 ratings
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American Sea Writing: A Literary Anthology
American Sea Writing: A Literary Anthology 4.03 avg rating — 37 ratings
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The Science of Planetary Signatures in Medicine: Restoring the Cosmic Foundations of Healing
The Science of Planetary Signatures in Medicine: Restoring the Cosmic Foundations of Healing really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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American Indian Literature, Environmental Justice, and Ecocriticism: The Middle Place
American Indian Literature, Environmental Justice, and Ecocriticism: The Middle Place 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Red Holler: Contemporary Appalachian Literature (Linda Bruckheimer Series in Kentucky Literature)
Red Holler: Contemporary Appalachian Literature (Linda Bruckheimer Series in Kentucky Literature) 3.64 avg rating — 50 ratings
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Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder 3.93 avg rating — 14,733 ratings
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