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A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William B. Irvine

A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy

William B. Irvine

314 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

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nonfiction philosophy psychology self help informative reflective slow-paced
Wild at Heart: America's Turbulent Relationship with Nature, from Exploitation to Redemption by Alice Outwater

Wild at Heart: America's Turbulent Relationship with Nature, from Exploitation to Redemption

Alice Outwater

352 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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nonfiction history nature challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Fishing Through the Apocalypse: An Angler's Adventures in the 21st Century by Matthew L. Miller

Fishing Through the Apocalypse: An Angler's Adventures in the 21st Century

Matthew L. Miller

240 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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nonfiction nature adventurous informative medium-paced
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius by Donald J. Robertson

How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius

Donald J. Robertson

304 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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nonfiction history philosophy psychology challenging informative slow-paced
The Truth about Animals: Stoned Sloths, Lovelorn Hippos, and Other Tales from the Wild Side of Wildlife by Lucy Cooke

The Truth about Animals: Stoned Sloths, Lovelorn Hippos, and Other Tales from the Wild Side of Wildlife

Lucy Cooke

352 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

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nonfiction nature science funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
Book of the Moon: A Guide to Our Closest Neighbor by Maggie Aderin-Pocock

Book of the Moon: A Guide to Our Closest Neighbor

Maggie Aderin-Pocock

240 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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nonfiction science adventurous informative slow-paced
The Language of Butterflies: How Thieves, Hoarders, Scientists, and Other Obsessives Unlocked the Secrets of the World's Favorite Insect by Wendy Williams

The Language of Butterflies: How Thieves, Hoarders, Scientists, and Other Obsessives Unlocked the Secrets of the World's Favorite Insect

Wendy Williams

256 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

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nonfiction nature science informative medium-paced
The Rise of Athens: The Story of the World's Greatest Civilization by Anthony Everitt

The Rise of Athens: The Story of the World's Greatest Civilization

Anthony Everitt

512 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

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nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here by Hope Jahren

The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here

Hope Jahren

224 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

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nonfiction nature science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Honourbound by Rachel Harrison

Honourbound

Severina Raine

Rachel Harrison

496 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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fiction science fiction adventurous dark fast-paced