Nature & the Outdoors
Reconnecting with the natural world through exploration and wonder
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John de Graaf
How Overconsumption Is Killing Us and How to Fight Back. Berrett-Koehler, 2014.
Sonia Shah
Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond. Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
Rebecca Rupp
Curious (but True) Stories of Common Vegetables. Storey Publishing, 2011.
Steve Brusatte
A New History of a Lost World. William Morrow, 2018.
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Sam Kean
And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements. Little, Brown and Company, 2010.
Mark Miodownik
Exploring the Marvelous Materials that Shape Our Man-Made World. Mariner Books, 2015.
Kirk Wallace Johnson
Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century. Penguin Books, 2018.
Kassia St. Clair
The Secret Lives of Color. Penguin Books, 2017.
Randall Munroe
Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Jane Goodall
A Survival Guide for Trying Times. Celadon Books, 2021.
Jody Rosen
The History and Mystery of the Bicycle. Crown, 2022
Greg Ip
Why Safety Can Be Dangerous and How Danger Makes Us Safe. Little, Brown and Company, 2015.
Laura Lee
How the Weather Has Changed History. HarperCollins, 2006.
David Goggins
Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds. Lioncrest, 2018.
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Kate Raworth
Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist. Random House Business Books, 2017.
Richard Dawkins
The Long Reach of the Gene. Oxford University Press, 1982.
Bill Perkins
Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020.
Rebecca Rupp
Curious (but True) Stories of Common Vegetables. Storey Publishing, 2011.
Laura Lee
How the Weather Has Changed History. HarperCollins, 2006.
Carl Safina
What Animals Think and Feel. Harry Holt & Co, 2015.
Wallace J. Nichols
The Surprising Science that Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected, and Better at What You Do. Little, Brown Spark. 2014.
Lilian Cheung
Mindful Eating, Mindful Life. Harper Collins USA, 2011.
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David Wann
How Overconsumption Is Killing Us and How to Fight Back. Berrett-Koehler, 2014.
Sonia Shah
Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond. Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
Rebecca Rupp
Curious (but True) Stories of Common Vegetables. Storey Publishing, 2011.
Steve Brusatte
A New History of a Lost World. William Morrow, 2018.
Scott D. Sampson
The Art and Science of Falling in Love with Nature. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.
Carl Safina
What Animals Think and Feel. Harry Holt & Co, 2015.
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