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Becoming Animal
by David Abram • 2010
Literacy silenced the land; reconnection runs through the body, the birds, and the air.
4.18
2k+
Becoming Animal Summary
Becoming Animal 93%
Literacy silenced the land; reconnection runs through the body, the birds, and the air.
by David Abram 2010
4.18
2k+ ratings
Rooted
by Lyanda Lynn Haupt • 2021
A field guide to living on a troubled earth, where science, wildness, and spirit converge.
4.00
5k+
Rooted Summary
Rooted 93%
A field guide to living on a troubled earth, where science, wildness, and spirit converge.
by Lyanda Lynn Haupt 2021
4.00
5k+ ratings
The Spell of the Sensuous
by David Abram • 1996
The alphabet didn't just capture speech. It taught us the natural world had nothing to say.
4.17
5k+
The Spell of the Sensuous Summary
The Spell of the Sensuous 92%
The alphabet didn't just capture speech. It taught us the natural world had nothing to say.
by David Abram 1996
4.17
5k+ ratings
Braiding Sweetgrass
by Robin Wall Kimmerer • 2013
Two sciences braided: a Potawatomi botanist on why plants are teachers and earth is a gift.
4.51
177k+
Braiding Sweetgrass Summary
Braiding Sweetgrass 92%
Two sciences braided: a Potawatomi botanist on why plants are teachers and earth is a gift.
by Robin Wall Kimmerer 2013
4.51
177k+ ratings
Providence
by Daniel Quinn • 1994
A week of uncanny coincidences sets him on a fifty-year search for the story humanity forgot.
3.70
1k+
Providence Summary
Providence 92%
A week of uncanny coincidences sets him on a fifty-year search for the story humanity forgot.
by Daniel Quinn 1994
3.70
1k+ ratings
The Comfort of Crows
by Margaret Renkl • 2023
One suburban yard across four seasons: grief, fox kits, and the wisdom of letting things grow wild.
4.16
15k+
The Comfort of Crows Summary
The Comfort of Crows 92%
One suburban yard across four seasons: grief, fox kits, and the wisdom of letting things grow wild.
by Margaret Renkl 2023
4.16
15k+ ratings
Scatterlings
by Martin Shaw • 2019
Myths were never metaphors. They are the earth's living speech, and they have not fallen silent.
4.63
106
Scatterlings Summary
Scatterlings 91%
Myths were never metaphors. They are the earth's living speech, and they have not fallen silent.
by Martin Shaw 2019
4.63
106 ratings
The Practice of the Wild
by Gary Snyder • 1990
The rules for real freedom are written in forests, watersheds, and the food chain.
4.19
3k+
The Practice of the Wild Summary
The Practice of the Wild 91%
The rules for real freedom are written in forests, watersheds, and the food chain.
by Gary Snyder 1990
4.19
3k+ ratings
Church of the Wild
by Victoria Loorz • 2021
A pastor trades the church for the forest and discovers the sacred was never inside.
4.25
734
Church of the Wild Summary
Church of the Wild 91%
A pastor trades the church for the forest and discovers the sacred was never inside.
by Victoria Loorz 2021
4.25
734 ratings
The Book of Nature
by Barbara Mahany • 2023
Nature, God's first testament, written in birds and seasons. No translation needed, only attention.
4.26
100
The Book of Nature Summary
The Book of Nature 91%
Nature, God's first testament, written in birds and seasons. No translation needed, only attention.
by Barbara Mahany 2023
4.26
100 ratings
How Forests Think
by Eduardo Kohn • 2013
Thought lives in forests, jaguars, and signs. Anthropology has never known how to listen.
3.86
1k+
How Forests Think Summary
How Forests Think 91%
Thought lives in forests, jaguars, and signs. Anthropology has never known how to listen.
by Eduardo Kohn 2013
3.86
1k+ ratings
Eight Master Lessons of Nature
by Gary Ferguson • 2019
The trees, wolves, and elephants already solved your biggest problems. Eight lessons they can teach.
4.12
1k+
Eight Master Lessons of Nature Summary
Eight Master Lessons of Nature 91%
The trees, wolves, and elephants already solved your biggest problems. Eight lessons they can teach.
by Gary Ferguson 2019
4.12
1k+ ratings
The Enchanted Life
by Sharon Blackie • 2018
The world went flat, and your soul noticed. A path back through body, land, and story.
4.04
2k+
The Enchanted Life Summary
The Enchanted Life 91%
The world went flat, and your soul noticed. A path back through body, land, and story.
by Sharon Blackie 2018
4.04
2k+ ratings
A Life in Nature
by Marc Hamer • 2019
A molecatcher's memoir: what a lifetime of killing teaches about nature, loss, and wild belonging.
4.16
2k+
A Life in Nature Summary
A Life in Nature 91%
A molecatcher's memoir: what a lifetime of killing teaches about nature, loss, and wild belonging.
by Marc Hamer 2019
4.16
2k+ ratings
The Living Stones
by Ithell Colquhoun • 1957
A surrealist painter flees the Blitz for a Cornish shack. The prehistoric stones are alive.
3.99
167
The Living Stones Summary
The Living Stones 91%
A surrealist painter flees the Blitz for a Cornish shack. The prehistoric stones are alive.
by Ithell Colquhoun 1957
3.99
167 ratings
Our Green Heart
by Diana Beresford-Kroeger • 2024
Chlorophyll and hemoglobin are subatomic twins. When forests die, so does the animal kingdom.
4.09
521
Our Green Heart Summary
Our Green Heart 91%
Chlorophyll and hemoglobin are subatomic twins. When forests die, so does the animal kingdom.
by Diana Beresford-Kroeger 2024
4.09
521 ratings
Wild Comfort
by Kathleen Dean Moore • 2010
The natural world holds no cure for grief, only a rhythm vast enough to carry it.
4.12
753
Wild Comfort Summary
Wild Comfort 91%
The natural world holds no cure for grief, only a rhythm vast enough to carry it.
by Kathleen Dean Moore 2010
4.12
753 ratings
The Klamath Knot
by David Rains Wallace • 1983
An Oregon forest 40 million years old: evolution still running experiments Darwin never imagined.
4.20
184
The Klamath Knot Summary
The Klamath Knot 91%
An Oregon forest 40 million years old: evolution still running experiments Darwin never imagined.
by David Rains Wallace 1983
4.20
184 ratings
The Living Mountain
by Nan Shepherd • 1977
Nan Shepherd walked one mountain for sixty years and discovered how to disappear into granite.
4.26
10k+
The Living Mountain Summary
The Living Mountain 91%
Nan Shepherd walked one mountain for sixty years and discovered how to disappear into granite.
by Nan Shepherd 1977
4.26
10k+ ratings
The Wisdom of Wilderness
by Gerald G. May • 2006
Nature heals the self modern life fractures. The treatments: silence, storms, and fear itself.
4.18
344
The Wisdom of Wilderness Summary
The Wisdom of Wilderness 91%
Nature heals the self modern life fractures. The treatments: silence, storms, and fear itself.
by Gerald G. May 2006
4.18
344 ratings
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
by Annie Dillard • 1974
A year beside one creek reveals a world where grace and violence are the same water.
4.08
30k+
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Summary
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek 90%
A year beside one creek reveals a world where grace and violence are the same water.
by Annie Dillard 1974
4.08
30k+ ratings
The Songs of Trees
by David George Haskell • 2017
Forests are societies. Underground networks let trees communicate, trade, and compete.
4.05
2k+
The Songs of Trees Summary
The Songs of Trees 90%
Forests are societies. Underground networks let trees communicate, trade, and compete.
by David George Haskell 2017
4.05
2k+ ratings
Ecological Intelligence
by Ian McCallum • 2005
The environmental crisis is a crisis of self: we cannot save what we refuse to see as part of us.
4.08
109
Ecological Intelligence Summary
Ecological Intelligence 90%
The environmental crisis is a crisis of self: we cannot save what we refuse to see as part of us.
by Ian McCallum 2005
4.08
109 ratings
The Sacred Balance
by David Suzuki • 1997
You are made from the planet's air, water, and soil. Forgetting this is the emergency.
4.14
2k+
The Sacred Balance Summary
The Sacred Balance 90%
You are made from the planet's air, water, and soil. Forgetting this is the emergency.
by David Suzuki 1997
4.14
2k+ ratings
Animal Speak
by Ted Andrews • 2002
The animal that keeps finding you chose you first. Here's what it came to teach.
4.24
12k+
Animal Speak Summary
Animal Speak 90%
The animal that keeps finding you chose you first. Here's what it came to teach.
by Ted Andrews 2002
4.24
12k+ ratings
Sacred Nature
by Karen Armstrong • 2022
Our environmental crisis is a spiritual one, and the blueprint is older than scripture.
3.67
2k+
Sacred Nature Summary
Sacred Nature 90%
Our environmental crisis is a spiritual one, and the blueprint is older than scripture.
by Karen Armstrong 2022
3.67
2k+ ratings
The Druidry Handbook
by John Michael Greer • 2006
A Druid's threefold path: seasonal ritual, daily meditation, and living like the land depends on it.
3.98
1k+
The Druidry Handbook Summary
The Druidry Handbook 90%
A Druid's threefold path: seasonal ritual, daily meditation, and living like the land depends on it.
by John Michael Greer 2006
3.98
1k+ ratings
The Forest Reminds Us Who We Are
by Seaan Paadraig O'Donoghue • 2021
The forest resets your nervous system in ways modern medicine overlooks. Here is how to return.
4.37
19
The Forest Reminds Us Who We Are Summary
The Forest Reminds Us Who We Are 90%
The forest resets your nervous system in ways modern medicine overlooks. Here is how to return.
by Seaan Paadraig O'Donoghue 2021
4.37
19 ratings
The Peregrine
by J.A. Baker • 2004
One man's decade of chasing peregrines to see an English estuary through their hunting eyes.
4.15
6k+
The Peregrine Summary
The Peregrine 90%
One man's decade of chasing peregrines to see an English estuary through their hunting eyes.
by J.A. Baker 2004
4.15
6k+ ratings
Four Elements
by John O'Donohue • 2010
Four elements, one modern forgetting: a poet restores the conversation between landscape and soul.
4.25
415
Four Elements Summary
Four Elements 90%
Four elements, one modern forgetting: a poet restores the conversation between landscape and soul.
by John O'Donohue 2010
4.25
415 ratings
The Web of Meaning
by Jeremy Lent • 2021
Separation is a myth. Science is catching up to what ancient traditions have always taught.
4.26
568
The Web of Meaning Summary
The Web of Meaning 90%
Separation is a myth. Science is catching up to what ancient traditions have always taught.
by Jeremy Lent 2021
4.26
568 ratings
Gathering Moss
by Robin Wall Kimmerer • 2003
They drink fog, build forests, bridge worlds. A scientist and Potawatomi woman on what mosses know.
4.38
21k+
Gathering Moss Summary
Gathering Moss 90%
They drink fog, build forests, bridge worlds. A scientist and Potawatomi woman on what mosses know.
by Robin Wall Kimmerer 2003
4.38
21k+ ratings
Trialogues at the Edge of the West
by Rupert Sheldrake • 1992
Nature learns, chaos creates, and three minds argue the cosmos has a memory and a soul.
4.05
748
Trialogues at the Edge of the West Summary
Trialogues at the Edge of the West 90%
Nature learns, chaos creates, and three minds argue the cosmos has a memory and a soul.
by Rupert Sheldrake 1992
4.05
748 ratings
The Secret Knowledge of Water
by Craig Childs • 2000
To understand water, go to the land without it. A quest for hidden pools, caves, and desert floods.
4.29
3k+
The Secret Knowledge of Water Summary
The Secret Knowledge of Water 90%
To understand water, go to the land without it. A quest for hidden pools, caves, and desert floods.
by Craig Childs 2000
4.29
3k+ ratings
The Serviceberry
by Robin Wall Kimmerer • 2024
Nature's economy is a gift economy. An ecologist shows how it works, and why markets can't.
4.27
70k+
The Serviceberry Summary
The Serviceberry 90%
Nature's economy is a gift economy. An ecologist shows how it works, and why markets can't.
by Robin Wall Kimmerer 2024
4.27
70k+ ratings
The Cottage Fairy Companion
by Paola Merrill • 2022
You do not need the cottage. The slow life and its wonder are built from the inside out.
4.29
1k+
The Cottage Fairy Companion Summary
The Cottage Fairy Companion 90%
You do not need the cottage. The slow life and its wonder are built from the inside out.
by Paola Merrill 2022
4.29
1k+ ratings
Tom Brown's Science and Art of Tracking
by Tom Brown Jr. • 1999
Read an animal's hunger and fear from soil, then discover how tracking becomes a spiritual practice.
4.10
335
Tom Brown's Science and Art of Tracking Summary
Tom Brown's Science and Art of Tracking 90%
Read an animal's hunger and fear from soil, then discover how tracking becomes a spiritual practice.
by Tom Brown Jr. 1999
4.10
335 ratings
Walking in Wonder
by John O'Donohue • 2018
The modern world dulls the soul. Wonder, nature, grief, and aging are the doorways back.
4.45
1k+
Walking in Wonder Summary
Walking in Wonder 90%
The modern world dulls the soul. Wonder, nature, grief, and aging are the doorways back.
by John O'Donohue 2018
4.45
1k+ ratings
The Lion Tracker's Guide To Life
by Boyd Varty • 2014
Find purpose like a lion tracker: ignore the big picture, follow one footprint, trust the silence.
4.26
3k+
The Lion Tracker's Guide To Life Summary
The Lion Tracker's Guide To Life 90%
Find purpose like a lion tracker: ignore the big picture, follow one footprint, trust the silence.
by Boyd Varty 2014
4.26
3k+ ratings
Medicine Wheel for the Planet
by Jennifer Grenz • 2024
Restoration ecology worships a pristine past. Land actually heals through kinship, not conquest.
4.31
558
Medicine Wheel for the Planet Summary
Medicine Wheel for the Planet 90%
Restoration ecology worships a pristine past. Land actually heals through kinship, not conquest.
by Jennifer Grenz 2024
4.31
558 ratings
Phosphorescence
by Julia Baird • 2020
What sustains you when optimism fails: nature, deep friendship, and the discipline of noticing.
3.77
12k+
Phosphorescence Summary
Phosphorescence 90%
What sustains you when optimism fails: nature, deep friendship, and the discipline of noticing.
by Julia Baird 2020
3.77
12k+ ratings
Science and Spiritual Practices
by Rupert Sheldrake • 2018
Spiritual practices change your biology. The harder question is what you are connecting to.
3.79
527
Science and Spiritual Practices Summary
Science and Spiritual Practices 90%
Spiritual practices change your biology. The harder question is what you are connecting to.
by Rupert Sheldrake 2018
3.79
527 ratings
Staying with the Trouble
by Donna J. Haraway • 2016
There is no escape from collapse, only forging ties with critters, compost, and the dead.
4.04
3k+
Staying with the Trouble Summary
Staying with the Trouble 89%
There is no escape from collapse, only forging ties with critters, compost, and the dead.
by Donna J. Haraway 2016
4.04
3k+ ratings
Small Wonder
by Barbara Kingsolver • 2002
A novelist watches hummingbirds and dying rivers and finds the lesson America keeps ignoring.
4.03
11k+
Small Wonder Summary
Small Wonder 89%
A novelist watches hummingbirds and dying rivers and finds the lesson America keeps ignoring.
by Barbara Kingsolver 2002
4.03
11k+ ratings
The Green Witch's Grimoire
by Arin Murphy-Hiscock • 2020
Craft a living grimoire: a map of your green path, rooted in local plants and self-reflection.
4.14
544
The Green Witch's Grimoire Summary
The Green Witch's Grimoire 89%
Craft a living grimoire: a map of your green path, rooted in local plants and self-reflection.
by Arin Murphy-Hiscock 2020
4.14
544 ratings
The End of Nature
by Bill McKibben • 1989
Nature once stood apart from human affairs. We altered the atmosphere, and that separation fell.
3.94
3k+
The End of Nature Summary
The End of Nature 89%
Nature once stood apart from human affairs. We altered the atmosphere, and that separation fell.
by Bill McKibben 1989
3.94
3k+ ratings
Enchantment
by Katherine May • 2023
Wonder is not rare. It waits in ordinary things for anyone who remembers how to look.
3.59
13k+
Enchantment Summary
Enchantment 89%
Wonder is not rare. It waits in ordinary things for anyone who remembers how to look.
by Katherine May 2023
3.59
13k+ ratings
Eternal Echoes
by John O'Donohue • 1998
Celtic wisdom reframes longing as the soul pulling you toward belonging, not a void to escape.
4.42
1k+
Eternal Echoes Summary
Eternal Echoes 89%
Celtic wisdom reframes longing as the soul pulling you toward belonging, not a void to escape.
by John O'Donohue 1998
4.42
1k+ ratings
Nature in Indian Philosophy and Cultural Traditions
by Meera Baindur • 2015
Nature as trust, not property. Non-violence to all life: the framework the West never tried.
3.00
1
Nature in Indian Philosophy and Cultural Traditions Summary
Nature in Indian Philosophy and Cultural Traditions 89%
Nature as trust, not property. Non-violence to all life: the framework the West never tried.
by Meera Baindur 2015
3.00
1 ratings
The Book of (More) Delights
by Ross Gay • 2023
A year of looking closely: when joy and sorrow share the same sentence.
4.25
3k+
The Book of (More) Delights Summary
The Book of (More) Delights 89%
A year of looking closely: when joy and sorrow share the same sentence.
by Ross Gay 2023
4.25
3k+ ratings
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