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Nature Book Summaries

The Extended Phenotype Summary
The Extended Phenotype
The Long Reach of the Gene
by Richard Dawkins 1982 336 pages
4.12
9k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Genetics
Heroes of the Environment Summary
Heroes of the Environment
True Stories of People Who Help Protect Our Planet
by Harriet Rohmer 2009 112 pages
3.96
100+ ratings
Science
Biography
Environment
Deep Survival Summary
Deep Survival
Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
by Laurence Gonzales 1998 295 pages
3.94
13k+ ratings
Psychology
Survival
Adventure
The World Without Us Summary
The World Without Us
by Alan Weisman 2007 324 pages
3.81
42k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Nature
Reaching the Animal Mind Summary
Reaching the Animal Mind
Clicker Training and What It Teaches Us About All Animals
by Karen Pryor 2008 272 pages
4.39
1k+ ratings
Dogs
Animals
Science
The Wisdom of Wilderness Summary
The Wisdom of Wilderness
Experiencing the Healing Power of Nature
by Gerald G. May 2006 224 pages
4.20
100+ ratings
Spirituality
Nature
Philosophy
Wisdom Summary
Wisdom
From Philosophy to Neuroscience
by Stephen S. Hall 2010 352 pages
3.75
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
Ecological Intelligence Summary
Ecological Intelligence
Rediscovering Ourselves in Nature
by Ian McCallum 2005 239 pages
4.05
100+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Nature
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Summary
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
A Year of Food Life
by Barbara Kingsolver 2007 370 pages
4.05
100k+ ratings
Food
Memoir
Gardening
Gardening for a Lifetime Summary
Gardening for a Lifetime
How to Garden Wiser as You Grow Older
by Sydney Eddison 2010 208 pages
3.74
100+ ratings
Gardening
Nature
Self Help
Letters to a Young Scientist Summary
Letters to a Young Scientist
by Edward O. Wilson 2013 256 pages
3.90
4k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Nature
The Future of Life Summary
The Future of Life
by Edward O. Wilson 2002 220 pages
4.15
3k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Environment
Last Chance to See Summary
Last Chance to See
by Douglas Adams 1990 222 pages
4.32
25k+ ratings
Science
Travel
Nature
Earthing Summary
Earthing
The Most Important Health Discovery Ever?
by Clinton Ober 2010 272 pages
3.98
2k+ ratings
Health
Science
Nature
Learning From the Octopus Summary
Learning From the Octopus
How Secrets from Nature Can Help Us Fight Terrorist Attacks, Natural Disasters, and Disease
by Rafe Sagarin 2012 320 pages
3.75
100+ ratings
Science
Nature
Biology
Animals in Translation Summary
Animals in Translation
Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior
by Temple Grandin 2004 358 pages
4.14
9k+ ratings
Animals
Science
Psychology
A Garden of Marvels Summary
A Garden of Marvels
How We Discovered that Flowers Have Sex, Leaves Eat Air, and Other Secrets of Plants
by Ruth Kassinger 2014 416 pages
3.84
100+ ratings
Science
Nature
Gardening
Buddhist Biology Summary
Buddhist Biology
Ancient Eastern Wisdom Meets Modern Western Science
by David Philip Barash 2013 216 pages
3.80
100+ ratings
Science
Buddhism
Philosophy
The Backyard Parables Summary
The Backyard Parables
Lessons on Gardening, and Life
by Margaret Roach 2013 288 pages
3.64
100+ ratings
Gardening
Memoir
Nature
Herbs for Reducing Stress & Anxiety Summary
Herbs for Reducing Stress & Anxiety
by Rosemary Gladstar 1999 80 pages
4.30
100+ ratings
Herbs
Health
Reference
The New Organic Grower Summary
The New Organic Grower
A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener
by Eliot Coleman 1989 340 pages
4.42
1k+ ratings
Gardening
Agriculture
Food
Wild Comfort Summary
Wild Comfort
The Solace of Nature
by Kathleen Dean Moore 2010 256 pages
4.12
500+ ratings
Nature
Memoir
Essays
The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs Summary
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
by Tristan Gooley 2014 416 pages
3.77
4k+ ratings
Nature
Science
Travel
The Genius of Birds Summary
The Genius of Birds
by Jennifer Ackerman 2016 352 pages
4.05
12k+ ratings
Science
Nature
Birds
Climate Change Summary
Climate Change
What Everyone Needs to Know
by Joseph Romm 2015 328 pages
4.23
500+ ratings
Science
Climate Change
Environment
The Emotional Lives of Animals Summary
The Emotional Lives of Animals
A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy - and Why They Matter
by Marc Bekoff 2007 256 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Animals
Science
Nature
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? Summary
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
by Frans de Waal 2016 340 pages
3.97
15k+ ratings
Science
Animals
Nature
Biomimicry Summary
Biomimicry
Innovation Inspired by Nature
by Janine M. Benyus 1997 308 pages
4.01
2k+ ratings
Science
Design
Sustainability
Designing Regenerative Cultures Summary
Designing Regenerative Cultures
by Daniel Christian Wahl 2016 288 pages
4.23
100+ ratings
Sustainability
Environment
Nature
Darwin Comes to Town Summary
Darwin Comes to Town
How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution
by Menno Schilthuizen 2018 304 pages
4.10
2k+ ratings
Science
Nature
Biology
The Modern Herbal Dispensatory Summary
The Modern Herbal Dispensatory
A Medicine-Making Guide
by Thomas Easley 2016 484 pages
4.54
500+ ratings
Health
Herbs
Reference
The Secret Wisdom of Nature Summary
The Secret Wisdom of Nature
Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things ― Stories from Science and Observation
by Peter Wohlleben 2017 272 pages
4.06
6k+ ratings
Nature
Science
Environment
Mosquito Summary
Mosquito
A Natural History of Our Most Persistent and Deadly Foe
by Andrew Spielman 2001 256 pages
3.89
100+ ratings
Science
History
Biology
The Way of Herbs Summary
The Way of Herbs
Fully Updated with the Latest Developments in Herbal Science
by Michael Tierra 1980 416 pages
4.28
500+ ratings
Health
Herbs
Reference
Silent Spring Summary
Silent Spring
by Rachel Carson 1962 378 pages
4.05
51k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Nature
Movement Matters Summary
Movement Matters
Essays on Movement Science, Movement Ecology, and the Nature of Movement
by Katy Bowman 2016 248 pages
4.27
500+ ratings
Health
Science
Essays
The Eight Master Lessons of Nature Summary
The Eight Master Lessons of Nature
What Nature Teaches Us About Living Well in the World
by Gary Ferguson 2019 272 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
Nature
Science
Self Help
The Future We Choose Summary
The Future We Choose
Surviving the Climate Crisis
by Christiana Figueres 2020 210 pages
4.06
6k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Marine Biology Summary
Marine Biology
A Very Short Introduction
by Philip V. Mladenov 2013 184 pages
4.18
100+ ratings
Science
Biology
Ecology
Climate Justice Summary
Climate Justice
by Mary Robinson 2018 176 pages
4.07
2k+ ratings
Environment
Climate Change
Science
Phosphorescence Summary
Phosphorescence
On Awe, Wonder and Things That Sustain You When the World Goes Dark
by Julia Baird 2020 320 pages
3.78
11k+ ratings
Self Help
Memoir
Science
Wintering Summary
Wintering
The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
by Katherine May 2020 241 pages
3.84
60k+ ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Mental Health
If Women Rose Rooted Summary
If Women Rose Rooted
The Power of the Celtic Woman
by Sharon Blackie 2016 400 pages
4.28
4k+ ratings
Feminism
Spirituality
Nature
Wild Mind Summary
Wild Mind
A Field Guide to the Human Psyche
by Bill Plotkin 2013 320 pages
4.28
100+ ratings
Psychology
Spirituality
Nature
Green Philosophy Summary
Green Philosophy
How to Think Seriously About the Planet
by Roger Scruton 2011 464 pages
3.88
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Environment
Soulcraft Summary
Soulcraft
Crossing into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche
by Bill Plotkin 2003 400 pages
4.26
1k+ ratings
Spirituality
Psychology
Nature
Inside of a Dog Summary
Inside of a Dog
What Dogs See, Smell, and Know
by Alexandra Horowitz 2009 353 pages
3.62
17k+ ratings
Dogs
Animals
Science
Healing Mushrooms Summary
Healing Mushrooms
A Practical and Culinary Guide to Using Mushrooms for Whole Body Health
by Tero Isokauppila 2017 224 pages
4.19
500+ ratings
Health
Food
Nutrition
Life Ascending Summary
Life Ascending
The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution
by Nick Lane 2009 352 pages
4.12
5k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
Oxygen Summary
Oxygen
The Molecule that Made the World
by Nick Lane 2002 384 pages
4.14
2k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Chemistry
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