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The Origin of Species The Origin of Species (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 125,037 ratings — published 1859
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 460,589 ratings — published 1998
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Zeitoun Zeitoun (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.05 — 80,977 ratings — published 2009
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Walden & Civil Disobedience Walden & Civil Disobedience (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 39,756 ratings — published 1849
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The Selfish Gene The Selfish Gene (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 198,701 ratings — published 1976
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A Short History of Nearly Everything A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 437,936 ratings — published 2003
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Reliquary (Pendergast, #2) Reliquary (Pendergast, #2)
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avg rating 4.04 — 52,249 ratings — published 1997
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The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 120,990 ratings — published 1997
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Everything Is Going to Kill Everybody: The Terrifyingly Real Ways the World Wants You Dead Everything Is Going to Kill Everybody: The Terrifyingly Real Ways the World Wants You Dead (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.71 — 2,236 ratings — published 2010
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Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.71 — 3,332,481 ratings — published 1954
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Walden or, Life in the Woods Walden or, Life in the Woods (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.77 — 209,347 ratings — published 1854
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Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 56,191 ratings — published 2020
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Jingo (Discworld, #21; City Watch, #4) Jingo (Discworld, #21; City Watch, #4)
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avg rating 4.19 — 76,205 ratings — published 1997
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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 75,854 ratings — published 1999
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A Natural History of the Senses A Natural History of the Senses (Trade Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 8,029 ratings — published 1990
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Игра на выживание Игра на выживание (Unknown Binding)
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avg rating 3.73 — 62 ratings — published
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The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 93,999 ratings — published 2015
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The Cabinet of Curiosities (Pendergast, #3; Nora Kelly, #0B) The Cabinet of Curiosities (Pendergast, #3; Nora Kelly, #0B)
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avg rating 4.26 — 57,433 ratings — published 2002
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The Snow Leopard The Snow Leopard (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 21,736 ratings — published 1978
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The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 42,619 ratings — published 1986
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The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 7,000 ratings — published 1980
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Last Chance to See Last Chance to See (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.32 — 26,776 ratings — published 1990
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Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 8,386 ratings — published 2016
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Green Angel (Green Angel, #1) Green Angel (Green Angel, #1)
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avg rating 3.96 — 12,640 ratings — published 2003
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Green for Life Green for Life (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 2,235 ratings — published 2005
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When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need to Survive When Disaster Strikes When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need to Survive When Disaster Strikes (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.87 — 1,609 ratings — published 2006
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.27 — 594,218 ratings — published 1997
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The Children's Blizzard The Children's Blizzard (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 13,710 ratings — published 2004
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Never Cry Wolf: The Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves Never Cry Wolf: The Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 26,432 ratings — published 1963
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Slightly Out of Tune Slightly Out of Tune (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 70 ratings — published 2014
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The Lost Book of Remedies - Discover The Forgotten Power of Plant The Lost Book of Remedies - Discover The Forgotten Power of Plant (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.59 — 868 ratings — published 2021
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.49 — 192,533 ratings — published 2013
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Nation Nation (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 39,062 ratings — published 2008
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H is for Hawk H is for Hawk (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.73 — 86,254 ratings — published 2014
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The Signature of All Things The Signature of All Things (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 128,251 ratings — published 2013
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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 82,783 ratings — published 2014
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Voyage of the Beagle Voyage of the Beagle (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 8,710 ratings — published 1839
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Ship Breaker (Ship Breaker, #1) Ship Breaker (Ship Breaker, #1)
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avg rating 3.75 — 45,246 ratings — published 2010
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The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.05 — 23,151 ratings — published 2010
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Five on a Treasure Island (Famous Five, #1) Five on a Treasure Island (Famous Five, #1)
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avg rating 4.13 — 37,793 ratings — published 1942
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The Dead and the Gone (Last Survivors, #2) The Dead and the Gone (Last Survivors, #2)
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avg rating 3.85 — 43,240 ratings — published 2008
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Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.14 — 9,359 ratings — published 2007
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Wings (Wings, #1) Wings (Wings, #1)
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avg rating 3.76 — 83,945 ratings — published 2009
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Hoot Hoot (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 112,283 ratings — published 2002
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The Water Wars The Water Wars (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.19 — 5,256 ratings — published 2011
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The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.14 — 19,116 ratings — published 2009
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The Immense Journey The Immense Journey (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.31 — 2,607 ratings — published 1957
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Green Hills of Africa Green Hills of Africa (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.53 — 13,952 ratings — published 1935
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The Eternal Frontier: An Ecological History of North America and Its Peoples The Eternal Frontier: An Ecological History of North America and Its Peoples (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 966 ratings — published 2001
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Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.62 — 1,491 ratings — published 2009
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Gertrude Stein
“Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense. They listen so much that they forget to be natural. This is a nice story.”
― Gertrude Stein, Selected Operas and Plays

Dorothy L. Sayers
“A man once asked me ... how I managed in my books to write such natural conversation between men when they were by themselves. Was I, by any chance, a member of a large, mixed family with a lot of male friends? I replied that, on the contrary, I was an only child and had practically never seen or spoken to any men of my own age till I was about twenty-five. "Well," said the man, "I shouldn't have expected a woman (meaning me) to have been able to make it so convincing." I replied that I had coped with this difficult problem by making my men talk, as far as possible, like ordinary human beings. This aspect of the matter seemed to surprise the other speaker; he said no more, but took it away to chew it over. One of these days it may quite likely occur to him that women, as well as men, when left to themselves, talk very much like human beings also.”
― Dorothy L. Sayers, Are Women Human? Penetrating, Sensible and Witty Essays on the Role of Women in Society

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