Recommended Nature Writing

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List of the Month: April 2021 Add your recommended works of nature writing to the list. Nonfiction, fiction, and poetry are all welcome. Please only thumb down if the books is not a work of nature writing.
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1
Reading the Forested Landscape: A Natural History of New England
de Tom Wessels
300 membros
3 resenhas
½ 4.4
Global Rank 52
2 Members
Bookmarque, kristilabrie
Explicações
kristilabrie: We used this book in my Natural History course at UMO: such beautiful illustrations and illustrative writing, I still follow these concepts on my nature hikes.
2
Field Guide to Birds of North America
de Edward S. Brinkley
165 membros
1 resenha
4.2
Global Rank 61
2 Members
tardis, kristilabrie
Explicações
tardis: Field guides are a key way of enhancing one's knowledge and appreciation of nature. I love them.
kristilabrie: Yes it's a field guide—not sure if I'm bending the rules here—but I use this book so often, I LOVE birding and checking off new species in the back.
3
The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming
de Masanobu Fukuoka
997 membros
21 resenhas
4.2
Global Rank 190
Member
kristilabrie
Explicações
kristilabrie: If you've never explored the world of permaculture, read this book. He's one of the (new) founders of permaculture (if you don't count our ancestors).
4
Mushrooms of Northeast North America: Midwest to New England
de George Barron
81 membros
2 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 252
Member
kristilabrie
Explicações
kristilabrie: Another field guide, okay, but I also love mushrooms. This is a great introduction to identifying them. Make sure to get spore prints, too!
5
Walden
de Henry David Thoreau
14,101 membros
190 resenhas
3.8
Global Rank 12
8 Members
hipdeep, SilentInAWay, dhm, jburlinson, FAMeulstee, shelfoflisa, gypsysmom, kristilabrie
Explicações
kristilabrie: One of my first loves in nature writing. An early favorite.