Природа

Живой мир пульсирует тайнами, ожидающими разгадки — от замысловатого танца генов до мудрости диких мест и секретов устойчивого образа жизни. Благодаря тщательным исследованиям и глубоким личным переживаниям эти книги освещают сложные связи между человеком и природными системами, которые поддерживают всех нас.

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Hagitude

— Sharon Blackie • 2022

Menopause opens more than it closes. The Celtic myths and elderhood traditions that show how.

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🔥 Menopause And Aging 🌙 Feminist Spirituality 🌀 Celtic Mythology 👵 Elderhood 🎭 Archetypal Psychology

Hagitude

Menopause opens more than it closes. The Celtic myths and elderhood traditions that show how.

— Sharon Blackie 2022 319 стр.

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🔥 Menopause And Aging 🌙 Feminist Spirituality 🌀 Celtic Mythology 👵 Elderhood 🎭 Archetypal Psychology

The Outermost House

— Henry Beston • 1928

A year on Cape Cod's outermost beach, tracking the ocean's rhythm and the birds' ancient passage.

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🖋️ Nature Writing 🌊 Coastal Ecology 🍂 Seasonal Observation 🏠 Solitude And Nature 🏖️ Cape Cod

The Outermost House

A year on Cape Cod's outermost beach, tracking the ocean's rhythm and the birds' ancient passage.

— Henry Beston 1928 218 стр.

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🖋️ Nature Writing 🌊 Coastal Ecology 🍂 Seasonal Observation 🏠 Solitude And Nature 🏖️ Cape Cod

The Modern Herbal Dispensatory

— Thomas Easley • 2016

Turn your kitchen into a pharmacy. A field guide to making potent herbal medicines at home.

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🌿 Herbal Medicine 🔬 Herbal Energetics 🧪 Herbal Preparations ⚗️ Herbal Formulations 🍲 Kitchen Medicine

The Modern Herbal Dispensatory

Turn your kitchen into a pharmacy. A field guide to making potent herbal medicines at home.

— Thomas Easley 2016 376 стр.

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🌿 Herbal Medicine 🔬 Herbal Energetics 🧪 Herbal Preparations ⚗️ Herbal Formulations 🍲 Kitchen Medicine

A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived

— Adam Rutherford • 2016

The genome reveals one family: shared ancestors 3,400 years ago. Race was never real.

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🧬 Human Genetics 🏺 Ancient DNA 🌍 Human Origins 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Race And Genetics 🧩 Nature Vs Nurture

A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived

The genome reveals one family: shared ancestors 3,400 years ago. Race was never real.

— Adam Rutherford 2016 419 стр.

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🧬 Human Genetics 🏺 Ancient DNA 🌍 Human Origins 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Race And Genetics 🧩 Nature Vs Nurture

Снежное дитя

— Иоуин Айви • 2012

After a childless couple builds a snow girl, a mysterious child appears at their Alaskan homestead.

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👑 Fairy Tale Retelling 🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness 💔 Childless Couple 🌿 Wild Child ✨ Ambiguous Magic

Снежное дитя

After a childless couple builds a snow girl, a mysterious child appears at their Alaskan homestead.

— Иоуин Айви 2012 423 стр.

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👑 Fairy Tale Retelling 🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness 💔 Childless Couple 🌿 Wild Child ✨ Ambiguous Magic

The Unsettling of America

— Wendell Berry • 1977

America's farming crisis is really a crisis of character. The soil tells the story.

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🧑‍🌾 Agrarian Philosophy 🌍 Land Ethics 🚜 Farming Criticism 🏘️ Localism ⚖️ Moral Economy

The Unsettling of America

America's farming crisis is really a crisis of character. The soil tells the story.

— Wendell Berry 1977 246 стр.

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🧑‍🌾 Agrarian Philosophy 🌍 Land Ethics 🚜 Farming Criticism 🏘️ Localism ⚖️ Moral Economy

Herbs for Stress & Anxiety

— Rosemary Gladstar • 1999

Soothe stress with kitchen-crafted remedies that strengthen the nervous system, not just numb it.

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🌿 Herbal Remedies 🧠 Holistic Mental Health 💪 Adaptogens 🏡 Home Herbalism 🧬 Nervous System Health

Herbs for Stress & Anxiety

Soothe stress with kitchen-crafted remedies that strengthen the nervous system, not just numb it.

— Rosemary Gladstar 1999 128 стр.

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🌿 Herbal Remedies 🧠 Holistic Mental Health 💪 Adaptogens 🏡 Home Herbalism 🧬 Nervous System Health

Left for Dead

— Beck Weathers • 2000

Blind, frozen, and left for dead on Everest. He survived to save his marriage.

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🏔️ Mountaineering Memoirs 💀 Near-Death Experiences ❤️ Marriage Memoirs 🔗 Obsession And Recovery 🩺 Physical Rehabilitation

Left for Dead

Blind, frozen, and left for dead on Everest. He survived to save his marriage.

— Beck Weathers 2000 352 стр.

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🏔️ Mountaineering Memoirs 💀 Near-Death Experiences ❤️ Marriage Memoirs 🔗 Obsession And Recovery 🩺 Physical Rehabilitation

Cesar's Rules

— Cesar Millan • 2006

Dogs read us better than we read ourselves. Become the leader your dog already needs.

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🐕 Dog Training 🧠 Dog Behavior 🐺 Pack Leadership 🍖 Positive Reinforcement 🎾 Canine Enrichment

Cesar's Rules

Dogs read us better than we read ourselves. Become the leader your dog already needs.

— Cesar Millan 2006 320 стр.

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🐕 Dog Training 🧠 Dog Behavior 🐺 Pack Leadership 🍖 Positive Reinforcement 🎾 Canine Enrichment

The Upcycle

— William McDonough • 2013

Less harm is still harm. The blueprint for designing products, buildings, and systems that heal.

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🔄 Circular Economy 🦋 Biomimicry 🌱 Regenerative Design 💼 Sustainable Business 🔗 Systems Thinking

The Upcycle

Less harm is still harm. The blueprint for designing products, buildings, and systems that heal.

— William McDonough 2013 257 стр.

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🔄 Circular Economy 🦋 Biomimicry 🌱 Regenerative Design 💼 Sustainable Business 🔗 Systems Thinking

Caesar's Last Breath

— Sam Kean • 2017

Your next breath shares molecules with Caesar's last, and with every war and volcano since.

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🌀 Atmospheric Science 🔬 Periodic Table 📜 Science History 🌍 Geoengineering 🦋 Chaos Theory

Caesar's Last Breath

Your next breath shares molecules with Caesar's last, and with every war and volcano since.

— Sam Kean 2017 384 стр.

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🌀 Atmospheric Science 🔬 Periodic Table 📜 Science History 🌍 Geoengineering 🦋 Chaos Theory

Animal Madness

— Laurel Braitman • 2014

Dogs get panic attacks. Parrots self-harm. What animal mental illness reveals about our own.

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🧠 Animal Cognition 🏥 Animal Mental Illness 🔗 Captive Animal Welfare 🫂 Anthropomorphism 🐾 Human Animal Bond

Animal Madness

Dogs get panic attacks. Parrots self-harm. What animal mental illness reveals about our own.

— Laurel Braitman 2014 384 стр.

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🧠 Animal Cognition 🏥 Animal Mental Illness 🔗 Captive Animal Welfare 🫂 Anthropomorphism 🐾 Human Animal Bond

Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine

— Andrew Chevallier • 2000

550 herbs and the chemistry that makes them heal, with recipes for a safe home pharmacy.

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🌿 Herbal Medicine 🪴 Medicinal Plants 🏡 Home Remedies 🫖 Herbal Preparations 🌍 Global Traditions

Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine

550 herbs and the chemistry that makes them heal, with recipes for a safe home pharmacy.

— Andrew Chevallier 2000 336 стр.

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🌿 Herbal Medicine 🪴 Medicinal Plants 🏡 Home Remedies 🫖 Herbal Preparations 🌍 Global Traditions

Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet

— Thich Nhat Hanh • 2021

The planet won't be saved by exhausted people. A Zen practice for staying in the fight.

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🧘 Zen Buddhism 🌿 Buddhist Ecology 🧠 Mindfulness Practice 🕸️ Interconnectedness 💗 Compassion Practice

Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet

The planet won't be saved by exhausted people. A Zen practice for staying in the fight.

— Thich Nhat Hanh 2021 320 стр.

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🧘 Zen Buddhism 🌿 Buddhist Ecology 🧠 Mindfulness Practice 🕸️ Interconnectedness 💗 Compassion Practice

Animals Make Us Human

— Temple Grandin • 2009

Wolf packs are families, not dominance fights. What that means for your dog.

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🐾 Animal Behavior 🦮 Dog Training 🧠 Animal Cognition 💙 Animal Emotions 🎾 Positive Reinforcement

Animals Make Us Human

Wolf packs are families, not dominance fights. What that means for your dog.

— Temple Grandin 2009 352 стр.

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🐾 Animal Behavior 🦮 Dog Training 🧠 Animal Cognition 💙 Animal Emotions 🎾 Positive Reinforcement

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

— Stephen Chbosky • 2022

When revolution fails him, a poet retreats to the countryside and memory to rebuild his spirit.

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🖋️ Romantic Poetry 📜 Verse Autobiography ⛰️ Sublime Landscapes 🧠 Memory And Restoration ✨ Imagination Over Reason

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

When revolution fails him, a poet retreats to the countryside and memory to rebuild his spirit.

— Stephen Chbosky 2022

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🖋️ Romantic Poetry 📜 Verse Autobiography ⛰️ Sublime Landscapes 🧠 Memory And Restoration ✨ Imagination Over Reason

Bad Astronomy

— Philip Plait • 2002

From seasons to tides to falling stars: what you've gotten wrong about the night sky.

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Bad Astronomy

From seasons to tides to falling stars: what you've gotten wrong about the night sky.

— Philip Plait 2002 277 стр.

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A Year of Living Simply

— Kate Humble • 2024

Owning less, fixing more, knowing your neighbors: a year of discovering what enough feels like.

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🌻 Simple Living 🌿 Nature Connection 🛠 Repair And Reuse 🤝 Community Building 🌱 Home Gardening

A Year of Living Simply

Owning less, fixing more, knowing your neighbors: a year of discovering what enough feels like.

— Kate Humble 2024 306 стр.

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🌻 Simple Living 🌿 Nature Connection 🛠 Repair And Reuse 🤝 Community Building 🌱 Home Gardening

Undaunted Courage

— Stephen E. Ambrose • 1996

A brave captain mapped the West for Jefferson, then got lost in his own mind.

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🏞️ American Frontier 🗺️ Expedition Narratives 🌅 Manifest Destiny 🪶 Indigenous Relations 🪖 Early U.S. Army

Undaunted Courage

A brave captain mapped the West for Jefferson, then got lost in his own mind.

— Stephen E. Ambrose 1996 592 стр.

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🏞️ American Frontier 🗺️ Expedition Narratives 🌅 Manifest Destiny 🪶 Indigenous Relations 🪖 Early U.S. Army

The Path of Paganism

— John Beckett • 2017

Four centers of practice around which any pagan path can grow, no single tradition required.

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🌿 Contemporary Paganism 📜 Neopaganism 🌍 Earth-Based Spirituality ☀️ Everyday Spirituality 🕯️ Modern Ritual Practice

The Path of Paganism

Four centers of practice around which any pagan path can grow, no single tradition required.

— John Beckett 2017 338 стр.

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🌿 Contemporary Paganism 📜 Neopaganism 🌍 Earth-Based Spirituality ☀️ Everyday Spirituality 🕯️ Modern Ritual Practice

Just So

— Alan W. Watts • 2020

Real wealth is felt, not figured. The self that tallies is a phantom.

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🌊 Nonduality 🧠 Language And Reality 🧘 Present Awareness 💰 Money And Meaning ⚖️ Balancing Opposites

Just So

Real wealth is felt, not figured. The self that tallies is a phantom.

— Alan W. Watts 2020 216 стр.

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🌊 Nonduality 🧠 Language And Reality 🧘 Present Awareness 💰 Money And Meaning ⚖️ Balancing Opposites

To Infinity and Beyond

— Neil deGrasse Tyson • 2023

A cosmic tour where emptiness isn't empty, time bends, and most of reality remains invisible.

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🔭 Astrophysics 🪐 Solar System 🌌 Cosmology 🚀 Space Exploration 🌍 Cosmic Perspective

To Infinity and Beyond

A cosmic tour where emptiness isn't empty, time bends, and most of reality remains invisible.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson 2023 319 стр.

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🔭 Astrophysics 🪐 Solar System 🌌 Cosmology 🚀 Space Exploration 🌍 Cosmic Perspective

The Legacy

— David Suzuki • 2010

GDP counts car crashes as growth. An elder's vision for measuring what actually sustains us.

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🌍 Environmental Philosophy 🌱 Traditional Ecological Knowledge 📉 Post-Growth Economics 🌳 Ecosystem Services 💚 Biophilia

The Legacy

GDP counts car crashes as growth. An elder's vision for measuring what actually sustains us.

— David Suzuki 2010 128 стр.

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🌍 Environmental Philosophy 🌱 Traditional Ecological Knowledge 📉 Post-Growth Economics 🌳 Ecosystem Services 💚 Biophilia

A Walk in the Park

— Kevin Fedarko • 2024

A writer and a photographer attempt a rim-to-rim hike. The Grand Canyon has other ideas.

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🏜️ Grand Canyon 🛶 Whitewater Rafting 🥾 Wilderness Trekking 🎒 Adventure Memoir 🌿 Nature Writing

A Walk in the Park

A writer and a photographer attempt a rim-to-rim hike. The Grand Canyon has other ideas.

— Kevin Fedarko 2024 488 стр.

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🏜️ Grand Canyon 🛶 Whitewater Rafting 🥾 Wilderness Trekking 🎒 Adventure Memoir 🌿 Nature Writing

Tracks

— Robyn Davidson • 1980

Four camels, a dog, 1700 miles of Australian desert. What solitude cost, and what it gave back.

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🏜️ Desert Expeditions 🎒 Solo Travel 🦘 Australian Outback 💔 Grief And Loss 🐪 Human-Animal Bond

Tracks

Four camels, a dog, 1700 miles of Australian desert. What solitude cost, and what it gave back.

— Robyn Davidson 1980 288 стр.

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🏜️ Desert Expeditions 🎒 Solo Travel 🦘 Australian Outback 💔 Grief And Loss 🐪 Human-Animal Bond

Geography for Dummies

— Charles A. Heatwole • 2002

How to read the world: a plain-language tour of Earth's lands, waters, people, and borders.

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🗺️ Introductory Geography 🌍 World Geography 🧭 Spatial Thinking 🗾 Map Reading 🌋 Earth Systems

Geography for Dummies

How to read the world: a plain-language tour of Earth's lands, waters, people, and borders.

— Charles A. Heatwole 2002 386 стр.

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🗺️ Introductory Geography 🌍 World Geography 🧭 Spatial Thinking 🗾 Map Reading 🌋 Earth Systems

Walden and Civil Disobedience

— Henry David Thoreau • 1849

A cabin, a pond, two years, one tax refusal: the American original on freedom and conscience.

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🏞️ American Transcendentalism 🌿 Nature Writing 🏡 Simple Living 🚶 Nonconformity ✊ Civil Disobedience

Walden and Civil Disobedience

A cabin, a pond, two years, one tax refusal: the American original on freedom and conscience.

— Henry David Thoreau 1849 352 стр.

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🏞️ American Transcendentalism 🌿 Nature Writing 🏡 Simple Living 🚶 Nonconformity ✊ Civil Disobedience

This Is Vegan Propaganda

— Ed Winters • 2022

How one diet shift cuts your climate impact, ends animal suffering, and prevents the next pandemic.

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🏭 Factory Farming ✊ Animal Liberation 🌱 Veganism 🌍 Climate Impact Of Food 🐾 Speciesism

This Is Vegan Propaganda

How one diet shift cuts your climate impact, ends animal suffering, and prevents the next pandemic.

— Ed Winters 2022 320 стр.

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🏭 Factory Farming ✊ Animal Liberation 🌱 Veganism 🌍 Climate Impact Of Food 🐾 Speciesism

A Field Guide to Getting Lost

— Rebecca Solnit • 2005

Getting lost is where transformation begins. The unknown is the destination, not the detour.

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🖋️ Lyric Essay 🌿 Nature Essays 🗺️ Psychogeography 🏔️ Landscape And Memory ❓ Limits Of Knowledge

A Field Guide to Getting Lost

Getting lost is where transformation begins. The unknown is the destination, not the detour.

— Rebecca Solnit 2005 209 стр.

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🖋️ Lyric Essay 🌿 Nature Essays 🗺️ Psychogeography 🏔️ Landscape And Memory ❓ Limits Of Knowledge

When It All Burns

— Jordan Thomas • 2025

A hotshot watches a megafire push ancient sequoias toward extinction and asks who lit the fuse.

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🌲 Fire Ecology 🔥 Wildfire History 🌾 Cultural Burning 💰 Disaster Capitalism 🛢️ Climate Denialism

When It All Burns

A hotshot watches a megafire push ancient sequoias toward extinction and asks who lit the fuse.

— Jordan Thomas 2025 361 стр.

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🌲 Fire Ecology 🔥 Wildfire History 🌾 Cultural Burning 💰 Disaster Capitalism 🛢️ Climate Denialism

Providence

— Daniel Quinn • 1994

A week of uncanny coincidences sets him on a fifty-year search for the story humanity forgot.

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📖 Spiritual Memoir 🌍 Ecological Philosophy 🔮 Animism 🏛️ Civilization Critique 🌱 Ecological Belonging

Providence

A week of uncanny coincidences sets him on a fifty-year search for the story humanity forgot.

— Daniel Quinn 1994 175 стр.

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📖 Spiritual Memoir 🌍 Ecological Philosophy 🔮 Animism 🏛️ Civilization Critique 🌱 Ecological Belonging

The Secret Wisdom of Nature

— Peter Wohlleben • 2017

Wolves reshape rivers, salmon fertilize forests, and most human fixes only make ecosystems worse.

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🌲 Forest Ecology 🔑 Keystone Species 🦌 Rewilding 📚 Popular Ecology 🌱 Natural Regeneration

The Secret Wisdom of Nature

Wolves reshape rivers, salmon fertilize forests, and most human fixes only make ecosystems worse.

— Peter Wohlleben 2017 272 стр.

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🌲 Forest Ecology 🔑 Keystone Species 🦌 Rewilding 📚 Popular Ecology 🌱 Natural Regeneration

Letters to a Young Scientist

— Edward O. Wilson • 2013

Think like an artist, then work like an accountant. The real path to scientific discovery.

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🧪 Scientific Careers 🔬 Field Biology 💡 Scientific Creativity 🍂 Natural History 🌍 Biodiversity

Letters to a Young Scientist

Think like an artist, then work like an accountant. The real path to scientific discovery.

— Edward O. Wilson 2013 256 стр.

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🧪 Scientific Careers 🔬 Field Biology 💡 Scientific Creativity 🍂 Natural History 🌍 Biodiversity

The Art of Frugal Hedonism

— Annie Raser-Rowland • 2017

Spend nothing to feel rich: how to live luxuriously on less by retraining your senses.

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🧮 Frugal Living 🌿 Simple Living 🚫 Anti-Consumerism 🧘 Mindful Consumption ♻️ Waste Reduction

The Art of Frugal Hedonism

Spend nothing to feel rich: how to live luxuriously on less by retraining your senses.

— Annie Raser-Rowland 2017 256 стр.

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🧮 Frugal Living 🌿 Simple Living 🚫 Anti-Consumerism 🧘 Mindful Consumption ♻️ Waste Reduction

The Omnivore's Dilemma

— Richie Chevat • 2015

Most of what you eat begins as corn, and the price tag hides the real cost.

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🍽️ Food Systems 🐄 Factory Farming 🇺🇸 American Diet 🗳️ Food Politics 🌾 Sustainable Agriculture

The Omnivore's Dilemma

Most of what you eat begins as corn, and the price tag hides the real cost.

— Richie Chevat 2015 352 стр.

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🍽️ Food Systems 🐄 Factory Farming 🇺🇸 American Diet 🗳️ Food Politics 🌾 Sustainable Agriculture

This Is Your Brain on Parasites

— Kathleen McAuliffe • 2016

A parasite makes rats run toward cats. It may shape your personality, politics, and disgust.

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🧠 Parasite Manipulation 🧫 Gut-Brain Axis 🤢 Disgust Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🦠 Microbiome Health

This Is Your Brain on Parasites

A parasite makes rats run toward cats. It may shape your personality, politics, and disgust.

— Kathleen McAuliffe 2016 268 стр.

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🧠 Parasite Manipulation 🧫 Gut-Brain Axis 🤢 Disgust Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🦠 Microbiome Health

Joyful

— Ingrid Fetell Lee • 2018

Color, curves, and a window with a view: ten physical switches that lift any room's mood.

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🧠 Environmental Psychology 🌸 Everyday Aesthetics 🎨 Color Psychology 🌿 Biophilic Design 👁️ Sensory Design

Joyful

Color, curves, and a window with a view: ten physical switches that lift any room's mood.

— Ingrid Fetell Lee 2018 318 стр.

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🧠 Environmental Psychology 🌸 Everyday Aesthetics 🎨 Color Psychology 🌿 Biophilic Design 👁️ Sensory Design

The Call of the Wild / White Fang

— Jack London • 1903

A stolen dog and a wild cub take opposite journeys across the brutal Klondike gold rush.

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🐾 Animal Protagonist 🐕 Man And Dog Bond 🌲 Tame And Wild ⛏️ Gold Rush 🏔️ Alaskan Frontier

The Call of the Wild / White Fang

A stolen dog and a wild cub take opposite journeys across the brutal Klondike gold rush.

— Jack London 1903 292 стр.

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🐾 Animal Protagonist 🐕 Man And Dog Bond 🌲 Tame And Wild ⛏️ Gold Rush 🏔️ Alaskan Frontier

Meet Your Dog

— Kim Brophey • 2018

Your dog's behavior puzzle has four pieces. Most advice only hands you one.

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🐕 Dog Behavior 🔬 Ethology 🏡 Environmental Enrichment 📚 Owner Education ⚙️ Behavioral Management

Meet Your Dog

Your dog's behavior puzzle has four pieces. Most advice only hands you one.

— Kim Brophey 2018 256 стр.

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🐕 Dog Behavior 🔬 Ethology 🏡 Environmental Enrichment 📚 Owner Education ⚙️ Behavioral Management

Modern Text Book of Zoology

— R.L. Kotpal • 1995

The vertebrate body plan and its 500-million-year unfolding, from the notochord to the amniotic egg.

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🐟 Vertebrate Zoology 🦴 Comparative Anatomy 🐸 Water To Land Transition 🦎 Adaptive Radiation 🧬 Evolutionary Biology

Modern Text Book of Zoology

The vertebrate body plan and its 500-million-year unfolding, from the notochord to the amniotic egg.

— R.L. Kotpal 1995

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🐟 Vertebrate Zoology 🦴 Comparative Anatomy 🐸 Water To Land Transition 🦎 Adaptive Radiation 🧬 Evolutionary Biology

No Impact Man

— Colin Beavan • 2009

90 gallons of trash in 4 days: a Manhattan family aims for zero, for a year.

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🏙️ Urban Sustainability 🧪 Lifestyle Experiments 🗑️ Waste Reduction 🥕 Local Food 🧘 Voluntary Simplicity

No Impact Man

90 gallons of trash in 4 days: a Manhattan family aims for zero, for a year.

— Colin Beavan 2009 288 стр.

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🏙️ Urban Sustainability 🧪 Lifestyle Experiments 🗑️ Waste Reduction 🥕 Local Food 🧘 Voluntary Simplicity

If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal

— Justin Gregg • 2022

Human intelligence is overrated. Animal cognition reveals why our big brains are a liability.

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🧠 Animal Cognition 🧐 Human Exceptionalism 🐬 Animal Consciousness ⚖️ Moral Psychology 💀 Death Awareness

If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal

Human intelligence is overrated. Animal cognition reveals why our big brains are a liability.

— Justin Gregg 2022 320 стр.

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🧠 Animal Cognition 🧐 Human Exceptionalism 🐬 Animal Consciousness ⚖️ Moral Psychology 💀 Death Awareness

The Dorito Effect

— Mark Schatzker • 2015

We bred flavor out of food and sprayed imitation back on. Your body noticed.

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🧪 Food Science 🚜 Industrial Agriculture 🏭 Processed Food 👅 Flavor Science 🗳️ Food Politics

The Dorito Effect

We bred flavor out of food and sprayed imitation back on. Your body noticed.

— Mark Schatzker 2015

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🧪 Food Science 🚜 Industrial Agriculture 🏭 Processed Food 👅 Flavor Science 🗳️ Food Politics

The Genius of Birds

— Jennifer Ackerman • 2016

Beneath a tiny skull is a brain that rivals primates in tool making, navigation, and culture.

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🧠 Animal Cognition 🧩 Avian Intelligence 🐦 Bird Behavior 🗺️ Bird Migration 🔬 Ethology

The Genius of Birds

Beneath a tiny skull is a brain that rivals primates in tool making, navigation, and culture.

— Jennifer Ackerman 2016 352 стр.

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🧠 Animal Cognition 🧩 Avian Intelligence 🐦 Bird Behavior 🗺️ Bird Migration 🔬 Ethology

Learning from Leonardo

— Fritjof Capra • 2013

He traced water, drew muscles, and built wings. He also painted the Mona Lisa.

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🧠 Systems Thinking 🔍 Scientific Method 🏛️ Renaissance Science 🌳 Holistic Science 🎨 Art And Science

Learning from Leonardo

He traced water, drew muscles, and built wings. He also painted the Mona Lisa.

— Fritjof Capra 2013 408 стр.

3.96

108 оценок

🧠 Systems Thinking 🔍 Scientific Method 🏛️ Renaissance Science 🌳 Holistic Science 🎨 Art And Science

The Demon in the Machine

— Paul C.W. Davies • 2020

Life runs on information, not chemistry. Molecular demons manage it with near-perfect efficiency.

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🧬 Origin Of Life 📡 Information Theory 🧪 Molecular Biology 🔀 Complexity Science ⚛️ Quantum Biology

The Demon in the Machine

Life runs on information, not chemistry. Molecular demons manage it with near-perfect efficiency.

— Paul C.W. Davies 2020 320 стр.

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🧬 Origin Of Life 📡 Information Theory 🧪 Molecular Biology 🔀 Complexity Science ⚛️ Quantum Biology

Climate Change

— Joseph Romm • 2015

Climate change is accelerating faster than predicted. The most expensive thing we can do is nothing.

4.22

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— Alex Bellos • 2014

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The Grapes of Math

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— Alex Bellos 2014 322 стр.

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— Steven Rinella • 2022

Trade screen time for creek time: the family adventures that build resilient, nature-connected kids.

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Outdoor Kids in an Inside World

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— Steven Rinella 2022 208 стр.

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Evolution

— Carl Zimmer • 2001

One idea explains elaborate plumage, the fossil record, and why antibiotics stop working: evolution.

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🎯 Natural Selection 🦴 Paleontology ☄️ Mass Extinctions 🦚 Sexual Selection

Evolution

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— Carl Zimmer 2001 528 стр.

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