Nature Writing Books


The Noble WildsThe Noble Wilds
Best Price: $20.00
Human beings exhibit their humanitarian side most readily toward their animal companions...
Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and WhyDeep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
Best Price: $8.25
I can't say much more about it than other posters but my final judgment on the book was that I...
American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau (Library of America)American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau (Library of America)
Best Price: $26.40
As America and the world grapple with the consequences of global environmental change, writer...
The Last American ManThe Last American Man
Best Price: $8.11
I enjoyed reading this book and I have often dreamed of living the type of lifestyle that...
Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation: The Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of SexDr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation: The Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of Sex
Best Price: $8.75
This is a fun, somewhat tongue-in-cheek, look at the evolutionary biology of how many different...


Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Harper Perrennial Modern Classics)Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Harper Perrennial Modern Classics)
Best Price: $8.37
I first read this book in High School. I was impressed but 8 years later re-read the book to my...
A Natural History of the SensesA Natural History of the Senses
Best Price: $5.00
A Natural History of the Senses is a wild romp through smell, taste, hearing, touch and sight....
Shear Spirit: Ten Fiber Farms, Twenty Patterns, and Miles of YarnShear Spirit: Ten Fiber Farms, Twenty Patterns, and Miles of Yarn
Best Price: $19.79
An artisan who captures Maine’s summer air in her sun-and-sea-dyed yarns. A weaver and...
The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human WorldThe Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World
Best Price: $8.40
I have been trying to figure out how to write about this book for years; all I can say, really,...
Desert SolitaireDesert Solitaire
Best Price: $3.00
This is "classic Abbey" and his best work. What else can be said? This book should be...


Modoc: The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever LivedModoc: The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived
Best Price: $6.93
This is truly one of the best books I have ever read. Someone gave me this book as a gift and I...
Kinship with All Life : Simple, Challenging, Real-Life Experiences Showing How Animals Communicate with Each Other and with the People Who Understand ThemKinship with All Life : Simple, Challenging, Real-Life Experiences Showing How Animals Communicate with Each Other and with the People Who Understand Them
Best Price: $7.89
I can't count how many copies I've bought of this book because I keep giving it to people. Years...
Walden With Ralph Waldo Emerson's Essay on Thoreau (Everyman's Library)Walden With Ralph Waldo Emerson's Essay on Thoreau (Everyman's Library)
Best Price: $5.86
My first copy of this book was indubitably from some other publisher. So I'm not commenting on...
The Unsettling of America: Culture & AgricultureThe Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture
Best Price: $7.89
As I read this book, I agree with Berry on many points, the evolution of householder into...
Primitive Technology - A Book of Earth SkillsPrimitive Technology - A Book of Earth Skills
Best Price: $14.99
This is a pretty good overview and introduction, with good illustrations. The field of primitive...

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2007 (The Best American Series)The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2007 (The Best American Series)
Best Price: $8.00
This year's Best American series seems to be the weakest one yet, and the science and nature...
House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American SouthwestHouse of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest
Best Price: $13.42
I am glad I read HOUSE OF RAIN and I can easily recommend it to others interested in the...
Sand County Almanac (Outdoor Essays & Reflections)Sand County Almanac (Outdoor Essays & Reflections)
Best Price: $3.92
The book was in great condition, at a great price! I got it within just a few days. I would def....
Never Cry Wolf : Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic WolvesNever Cry Wolf : Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves
Best Price: $4.49
I have come to Farley Mowat and NEVER CRY WOLF rather belatedly, considering the author has been...
Marine Diesel EnginesMarine Diesel Engines
Best Price: $18.42
Very helpful guide to understanding a diesel engine and all that relates to it. I will maintain...

The Sense of WonderThe Sense of Wonder
Best Price: $6.99
Rachel Carson reveals the world through her interactions with her young nephew. Our role as...
The Bill McKibben Reader: Pieces from an Active LifeThe Bill McKibben Reader: Pieces from an Active Life
Best Price: $10.40
Powerful, impassioned essays on living and being in the world, from the bestselling author of ...
Coming into the CountryComing into the Country
Best Price: $5.70
This book is a wonderful relic, the last plausible vision of a living American frontier. In the...
A Book of Bees: And How to Keep ThemA Book of Bees: And How to Keep Them
Best Price: $7.98
At first I wasn't sure about this book since it seemed to be more of a biography/memoir rather...
Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-BirdsMind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds
Best Price: $8.44
"Mind of the Raven" is science accessible to the non-scientist. This very...

Flights Against the Sunset: Stories that Reunited a Mother and SonFlights Against the Sunset: Stories that Reunited a Mother and Son
Best Price: $11.00
I finished reading Kenn Kaufman's much-anticipated Flights Against the Sunset last night....
The Secret Knowledge of Water : Discovering the Essence of the American DesertThe Secret Knowledge of Water : Discovering the Essence of the American Desert
Best Price: $5.25
I perhaps shouldn't be writing a review for a book of which I read only 15 pages, but I don't...
The Good LifeThe Good Life
Best Price: $7.96
A very good read for anyone who dreams of ditching the rat race and living a more relaxed life...
Arctic DreamsArctic Dreams
Best Price: $7.94
I bought this book while in the tourist center at McKinley National Park in Alaska because of...
Walden (Concord Library)Walden (Concord Library)
Best Price: $6.35
On the 150th anniversary of its publication, a new edition of the nature classic First...

The Essentials of Living Aboard a BoatThe Essentials of Living Aboard a Boat
Best Price: $11.48
i liked the book. but i would like to read a more positive slant also
Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and PlaceRefuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
Best Price: $1.72
A rare combination of personal journal and field notes, this story compasses the death of a...
Earth Prayers From around the World: 365 Prayers, Poems, and Invocations for Honoring the EarthEarth Prayers From around the World: 365 Prayers, Poems, and Invocations for Honoring the Earth
Best Price: $7.95
Earth Prayers From around the World: 365 Prayers, Poems, and Invocations for Honoring the Earth...
What Are People For?: EssaysWhat Are People For?: Essays
Best Price: $7.91
With sharp insight Berry's essays serve as a vision of a different life with different values:...
The American Woodland Garden: Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous ForestThe American Woodland Garden: Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest
Best Price: $31.53
Loved this book - a keeper for sure. Rick Darke does a great job of writing - I found his prose...

The Outermost House: A Year of Life On The Great Beach of Cape CodThe Outermost House: A Year of Life On The Great Beach of Cape Cod
Best Price: $4.25
The Outermost House is a marvelous book; one of my all-time absolute favorites in the whole...
Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and EncountersTeaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters
Best Price: $4.87
Essays to tease the depths, this collection comprises some pf the best of Dillard's work. Clear...
Remarkable Trees of the WorldRemarkable Trees of the World
Best Price: $17.28
A very nice book, with remarkable trees, however, from the cover I suppose I wrongly assumed...
Encounters with the ArchdruidEncounters with the Archdruid
Best Price: $2.89
Interesting stories that force you to consider both sides of several important environmental...
The Snow Leopard (Penguin Nature Classics)The Snow Leopard (Penguin Nature Classics)
Best Price: $5.49
The Snow Leopard is slow paced and there is little plot. The book is about a long hike and the...

The Immense Journey: An Imaginative Naturalist Explores the Mysteries of Man and NatureThe Immense Journey: An Imaginative Naturalist Explores the Mysteries of Man and Nature
Best Price: $2.98
Most of us do not spend our days thinking about the magic of nature. In fact, it is rare that...
Holy the FirmHoly the Firm
Best Price: $3.33
This has been my favorite book ever since I read it in 1994. Its perfection is other-worldly. ...
Letters From Eden: A Year at Home, in the WoodsLetters From Eden: A Year at Home, in the Woods
Best Price: $15.99
When I first saw this book I felt a little bit like a kid again--and that's exactly where this...
WalkingWalking
Best Price: $4.99
ok it's old english, but it's classical masterpiece. i recommend it to anyone that enjoy and...
Walden: A Fully Annotated EditionWalden: A Fully Annotated Edition
Best Price: $18.50
I have at least six or seven different editions of Thoreau's greatest classic, and this one is...

John Muir : Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth; My First Summer in the Sierra; The Mountains of California; Stickeen; Essays (Library of America)John Muir : Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth; My First Summer in the Sierra; The Mountains of California; Stickeen; Essays (Library of America)
Best Price: $18.67
This is essential reading for anyone interested in conservation and those who simply love nature...
Indian Creek Chronicles: A Winter Alone in the WildernessIndian Creek Chronicles: A Winter Alone in the Wilderness
Best Price: $7.74
I really enjoyed the tale of living it out in the wilds for a newbie outdoorsman. Very well...
The MeadowThe Meadow
Best Price: $2.99
This non-linear piece of prose is elegant in its ability to take us to a place now long-gone. ...
All Flesh Is Grass: Pleasures & Promises Of Pasture FarmingAll Flesh Is Grass: Pleasures & Promises Of Pasture Farming
Best Price: $11.43
I found this as one of the best books on this subject (grazing, non-conventional agriculture,...
Mercruiser Stern Drive, 1964-1991 (Seloc Marine Tune-Up and Repair Manuals)Mercruiser Stern Drive, 1964-1991 (Seloc Marine Tune-Up and Repair Manuals)
Best Price: $20.89
This is a very useful and informative manual. I will continue to use it for years to come.

Outboard Engines: Maintenance, Troubleshooting and RepairOutboard Engines: Maintenance, Troubleshooting and Repair
Best Price: $12.55
In reading over Boating Magazine's Outboard engines, I found the book to be very excellent for...
Travels in the Greater YellowstoneTravels in the Greater Yellowstone
Best Price: $15.90
After an inordinate wait, I have begun 'Travels in Greater Yellowstone'. I have read Turner's...
That Quail, RobertThat Quail, Robert
Best Price: $2.98
An elderly woman friend recommended that I read the small little book "That Quail...
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2006 (The Best American Series)The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2006 (The Best American Series)
Best Price: $2.22
I read the best american series every year, in fact, with science and nature writing, I've been...
The Solace of Open SpacesThe Solace of Open Spaces
Best Price: $4.13
Not being a fan of travel books, my comments may be biased. Years ago when I wandered the globe,...

Storming the Gates of Paradise: Landscapes for PoliticsStorming the Gates of Paradise: Landscapes for Politics
Best Price: $15.00
A friend who said he was reminded of Joan Didion by these essays only made clear to me how much...
Evening ThoughtsEvening Thoughts
Best Price: $11.24
Fr. Thomas Berry emphasizes that all things and beings have a place in Creation. It is a...
Cache Lake Country: Life in the North WoodsCache Lake Country: Life in the North Woods
Best Price: $8.32
I read "Cache Lake Country" in 1968. I was delighted to find it in print again...like...
  
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