Nature

Nature, in the broadest sense, is equivalent to the natural world, physical world, or material world. "Nature" refers to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. It ranges in scale from the subatomic to the cosmic.

The word nature is derived from the Latin word natura, or "essential qualities, innate disposition", and in ancient times, literally meant "birth". Natura was a Latin translation of the Greek word physis (φύσις), which originally related to the intrinsic characteristics that plants, animals, and other features of the world develop of their own accord. The con
...more

New Releases Tagged "Nature"

The Shark House
Crux
The Briars
The Oak and the Larch: A Forest History of Russia and Its Empires
Undammed: Freeing Rivers and Bringing Communities to Life
Evergreen: The Trees That Shaped America
Wild Dark Shore
A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
Heartwood
Go as a River
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Once There Were Wolves
Raising Hare: A Memoir
The Island of Missing Trees
North Woods
Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
Playground
Crux
Bog Queen
The Colony
The Wood at Midwinter
Jaws by Peter BenchleyThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonMeg by Steve AltenThe BFG by Roald Dahl
Monsters & Beasts
276 books — 71 voters
Drawing Down the Moon by Margot AdlerThree Books of Occult Philosophy by Cornelius AgrippaThe Golden Dawn by Israel RegardiePrometheus Rising by Robert Anton WilsonWicca by Scott Cunningham
Occult Library
852 books — 336 voters

State of Wonder by Ann PatchettThe Lost City of Z by David GrannThe River of Doubt by Candice MillardMother of God by Paul RosolieJourney to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson
Amazon Rainforest
105 books — 97 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootLab Girl by Hope JahrenSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonAlien Earths by Lisa KalteneggerInvisible Women by Caroline Criado Pérez
Women in Science
329 books — 107 voters

Watership Down by Richard  AdamsBlack Beauty by Anna SewellCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteAnimal Farm by George OrwellInto the Wild by Erin Hunter
Best Animal-Themed Books
614 books — 488 voters
A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonDesert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Best Nature Books
1,153 books — 782 voters

The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
The Overstory
Walden or, Life in the Woods
A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
H is for Hawk
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
Silent Spring
Where the Crawdads Sing
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Into the Wild
Desert Solitaire

Related News

Need another excuse to treat yourself to a new book this week? We've got you covered with the buzziest new releases of the day, according to early...
Vincent van Gogh
...and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?
Vincent Willem van Gogh

Sylvia Plath
I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, "This is what it is to be happy. ...more
Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

More quotes...
The Outer Ring Our title is a playful nod to C.S. Lewis’s 1944 lecture, "The Inner Ring." In it, Lewis warns ag…more
2 members, last active 5 months ago
Underground Knowledge — A discussion group This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underrep…more
24,778 members, last active a day ago
Rewildology Book Club How do we save and rewild our natural spaces? How can we restore wildlife populations? How do we…more
42 members, last active 12 days ago
I don't know, I'm just trying to see if this works the way I'd like. …more
1 member, last active one year ago