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The God of Wild Places

by Rebecca Foster

Tony Jones’s meditative memoir "The God of Wild Places" is about leaving the ministry but remaining alive to spirituality through outdoor adventures in Minnesota and further afield. It was Jones’s childhood ambition to become a... Read More

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Wild Chorus

by Rachel Jagareski

Brenda Peterson’s passionate essay collection "Wild Chorus" is “a celebration of the wonder and wisdom of other animals.” Peterson, whose childhood as a forest ranger’s daughter was peripatetic, is an accomplished, assured... Read More

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Otter Country

by Kristen Rabe

In her beautiful, mesmerizing memoir "Otter Country", Miriam Darlington traces her year-long exploration of rivers, estuaries, and marshlands in Great Britain in search of the provocative, secretive otter. An entrancing storyteller,... Read More

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The Last Pool of Darkness

by Kristen Rabe

Combining detailed descriptions of Connemara’s history, folklore, artistry, geology, and nature, Tim Robinson’s "The Last Pool of Darkness" is a sprawling, joyful romp along Ireland’s western coastline. The second volume in a... Read More

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The Two-Headed Whale

by Kristen Rabe

Sandy Winterbottom’s "The Two-Headed Whale" intertwines her engrossing 2016 Antarctica travel account with the story of a whaling ship deckhand in the early 1950s. Winterbottom spent six weeks on a “sleek, beautiful, hand-built—and... Read More

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Enchanted Forests

by Kristen Rabe

Boria Sax’s "Enchanted Forests" spurs the imagination with its wide-ranging examination of literature, folklore, and visual art related to forests and their creatures. This engaging, scholarly volume summarizes how, throughout history,... Read More

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