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
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Country People
Moss'd in Space (Moss'd in Space, #1)
All That's Unseen: An Appalachian Memoir
Misery's Wife
Fierce Country: The Untold Story of Three Women Who Ignited America's Love for the Wild
The Great Outdoors
The Jellyfish Problem
Ghost-Eye
What Came West
The Traveler: One Man's Quest for Humanity from the South Seas to Revolutionary Paris
Fires in the Night: The Earth Liberation Front, the FBI, and a Secret History of Eco-Sabotage
Togetherness: Symbiosis and the Hidden Story of Life's Greatest Collaborations
Poking the Squid: What We Can Learn from Animal Sex
In Defense of Sunlight: The Surprising Science of Sun Exposure
The Beasts of the East: The Fall and Rise of America's Eastern Wilderness
Wild Dark Shore
Heartwood
A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
Country People
Go as a River
The Island of Missing Trees
Once There Were Wolves
Raising Hare: A Memoir
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
North Woods
Whalefall
All That's Unseen: An Appalachian Memoir
Open Throat
A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness
Playground
The Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThe Ultimate Human Secrets - The Hidden Power in our Mysterio... by Ramzi NajjarThe You Beyond You by Ramzi NajjarThe Power of Now by Eckhart TolleThe Echoes of Enigma by Ramzi Najjar
Best New Age Books
483 books — 348 voters

Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonA Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldThe Lorax by Dr. SeussThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanDesert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Best Environmental Books
1,108 books — 1,278 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondSocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovQuantum Energetics and Spirituality Volume 1 by Kenneth Schmitt
Non-fiction - Something for Everyone
4,156 books — 1,553 voters
Animal Speak by Ted AndrewsParticles of Light by David Emerson TrimThe Realms of the Gods by Tamora PierceLearning Their Language by Marta WilliamsThe Man Who Listens to Horses by Monty Roberts
Animal Communication
111 books — 85 voters

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
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
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Walden or, Life in the Woods
A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
H is for Hawk
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Silent Spring
Into the Wild
Where the Crawdads Sing
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

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