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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New Releases Tagged "Nature"

Country People
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
Go as a River
Once There Were Wolves
Raising Hare: A Memoir
The Island of Missing Trees
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Whalefall
North Woods
Open Throat
A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness
Playground
The Hike
Under Water
Death at SeaWorld by David  KirbyBorn Free by Joy AdamsonThe Love of a Dog by Jo ProutyThe Spotted Sphinx by Joy AdamsonAll Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
Adult Nonfiction Animal Books
600 books — 178 voters

Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. MilneA Bear Called Paddington by Michael BondLittle Bear by Else Holmelund MinarikBrown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Best Bear Books
189 books — 83 voters
DMT by Rick StrassmanThe Cosmic Serpent by Jeremy NarbyTao Te Ching by Lao TzuThe Secret Life of Plants by Peter TompkinsLife Revisited by Laurent  Grenier
Curious Minds
186 books — 157 voters

State of Wonder by Ann PatchettThe Lost City of Z by David GrannThe River of Doubt by Candice MillardMother of God by Paul RosolieJourney to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson
Amazon Rainforest
107 books — 98 voters
The Victory Perspective by E.J. KellettThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerAstronomicon minorem - DMT, Cthulhu and You by Khurt KhaveCreatures of the Dark by Stella PurpleCabello by Grea Alexander
Sinister Literature
49 books — 29 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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