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Pastoral Song: A Farmer’s Journey
Pastoral Song: A Farmer’s Journey
Rebanks, James
4.43
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Sep 17, 2024
Jul 23, 2024
 
In the Spirit of Wetlands: Reviving Habitat in the Illinois River Watershed
In the Spirit of Wetlands: Reviving Habitat in the Illinois River Watershed
Howard, Clare
4.25
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Aug 20, 2024
Jul 23, 2024
 
Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
Flores, Dan *
3.98
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May 23, 2024
May 17, 2024
 
A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings: A Year of Keeping Bees
A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings: A Year of Keeping Bees
Jukes, Helen
3.75
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May 22, 2024
Feb 27, 2024
 
Flight Paths: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration
Flight Paths: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration
Heisman, Rebecca *
4.07
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Nov 28, 2023
Nov 17, 2023
 
World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
Nezhukumatathil, Aimee *
4.06
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Sep 20, 2023
 
How to Look at a Bird: Open Your Eyes to the Joy of Watching and Knowing Birds
How to Look at a Bird: Open Your Eyes to the Joy of Watching and Knowing Birds
Leslie, Clare Walker
4.37
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Jun 02, 2024
Sep 13, 2023
 
Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America's Opioid Epidemic
Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America's Opioid Epidemic
Meier, Barry *
4.04
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Sep 02, 2023
Aug 21, 2023
 
Earth Almanac: A Year of Witnessing the Wild, from the Call of the Loon to the Journey of the Gray Whale
Earth Almanac: A Year of Witnessing the Wild, from the Call of the Loon to the Journey of the Gray Whale
Williams, Ted
4.18
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May 23, 2023
May 17, 2023
 
Murder at the Merton Library (Wrexford & Sloane, #7)
Murder at the Merton Library (Wrexford & Sloane, #7)
Penrose, Andrea *
4.11
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Apr 27, 2023
Apr 23, 2023
 
Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial
Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial
Addison, Corban *
4.46
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Mar 29, 2023
Feb 23, 2023
 
Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe
Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe
Ward, Peter D.
4.10
it was amazing
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Jan 2000
Feb 05, 2023
 
Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit
Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit
Gore, Al
3.80
it was amazing
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Jan 1993
Jan 29, 2023
 
Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think
Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think
Wansink, Brian
3.93
it was amazing
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Aug 08, 2008
Jan 28, 2023
 
A Place for Pluto
A Place for Pluto
Wade, Stef *
4.32
it was amazing
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Jan 13, 2023
Jan 13, 2023
 
Pump: A Natural History of the Heart
Pump: A Natural History of the Heart
Schutt, Bill *
3.77
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Jan 09, 2023
Jan 04, 2023
 
Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus
Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus
Quammen, David *
4.21
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Nov 19, 2022
Aug 09, 2022
 
Rebugging the Planet: The Remarkable Things that Insects (and Other Invertebrates) Do – And Why We Need to Love Them More
Rebugging the Planet: The Remarkable Things that Insects (and Other Invertebrates) Do – And Why We Need to Love Them More
Hird, Vicki
3.51
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Aug 12, 2022
Jun 15, 2022
 
The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees
The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees
May, Meredith *
4.32
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Jul 28, 2022
Jun 15, 2022
 
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
Grant, Adam M. *
4.15
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Jun 07, 2022
May 30, 2022
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