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| 1 | The Orphan Conspiracies: 29 Conspiracy Theories from The Orphan Trilogy by 
James Morcan (Goodreads Author)
 
          
                 3.85 avg rating — 453 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 300,
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| 2 | Saving Wild: Inspiration from 50 Leading Conservationists by 
Lori  Robinson (Goodreads Author)
 
          
                 3.82 avg rating — 71 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 200,
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| 2 | The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth by 
Ben Rawlence (Goodreads Author)
 
          
                 4.24 avg rating — 1,772 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 200,
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| 4 | Isle of Fire: The Political Ecology of Landscape Burning in Madagascar (Volume 245) (University of Chicago Geography Research Papers) by 
          
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              score: 100,
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| 4 | Saving Paradise (Pono Hawkins #1) by 
Mike Bond (Goodreads Author)
 
          
                 3.73 avg rating — 2,936 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 100,
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| 4 | Lemurs of the Lost World by 
Jane Wilson-Howarth (Goodreads Author)
 
          
                 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 100,
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| 4 | Bread, Wine, Chocolate: The Slow Loss of Foods We Love by 
          
                 3.75 avg rating — 757 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 100,
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| 4 | Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico by 
Marty Essen (Goodreads Author)
 
          
                 4.10 avg rating — 62 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 100,
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| 4 | We Are Amphibians by 
          
                it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 100,
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| 4 | The World of the Salt Marsh: Appreciating and Protecting the Tidal Marshes of the Southeastern Atlantic Coast by 
          
                 4.23 avg rating — 94 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 100,
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| 4 | Veritas The Pharmacological Endgame by 
Alessandro Boccaletti (Goodreads Author)
 
          
                 4.54 avg rating — 65 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 100,
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| 4 | One Shot: Trees as Our Last Chance for Survival by 
          
                 4.30 avg rating — 27 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 100,
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| 4 | Second Nature: Saving Tiger Landscapes in the Twenty-First Century by 
Sanjay Gubbi (Goodreads Author)
 
          
                 4.64 avg rating — 25 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 100,
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| 4 | Treed by 
Virginia Arthur (Goodreads Author)
 
          
                 4.27 avg rating — 22 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 100,
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| 4 | In This Together: How Republicans, Democrats, Capitalists and Activists Are Uniting to Tackle Climate Change and More by 
          
                 4.64 avg rating — 14 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 100,
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| 4 | Guardians of the Trees: A Journey of Hope Through Healing the Planet: A Memoir by 
Kinari Webb (Goodreads Author)
 
          
                 4.21 avg rating — 463 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 100,
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| 4 | Rough Waters: Alaska to Oregon by 
Nancy Danielson Mendenhall (Goodreads Author)
 
          
                 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 100,
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| 18 | Forest and Labor in Madagascar: From Colonial Concession to Global Biosphere by 
          
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              score: 99,
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| 18 | Serengeti Shall Not Die by 
          
                 4.30 avg rating — 253 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 99,
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| 18 | Enclosed: Conservation, Cattle, and Commerce among the Q'eqchi' Maya Lowlanders by 
          
                 3.61 avg rating — 23 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 99,
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| 18 | The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth by 
Ben Rawlence (Goodreads Author)
 
          
                 4.24 avg rating — 1,772 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 99,
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| 22 | American Environmentalism: Readings In Conservation History by 
          
                 3.64 avg rating — 33 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 98,
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| 22 | The Archipelago of Hope: Wisdom and Resilience from the Edge of Climate Change by 
Gleb Raygorodetsky (Goodreads Author)
 
          
                 4.08 avg rating — 197 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 98,
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| 22 | The Feather Wars: and the Great Crusade to Save America's Birds by 
          
                it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
          
         
            
              score: 98,
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| 25 | African Wildlife and Livelihoods: The Promise and Performance of Community Conservation by 
David Hulme (Editor)
 
          
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              score: 97,
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| 26 | Rich Forests, Poor People: Resource Control and Resistance in Java by 
          
                 4.31 avg rating — 42 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 96,
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| 27 | Greening the great Red Island: Madagascar in Nature and Culture by 
Jeffery C. Kaufmann (Editor)
 
          
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              score: 95,
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| 28 | Political Ecology: An Integrative Approach to Geography and Environment-Development Studies by 
Karl S. Zimmerer (Editor)
 
          
                 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 94,
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| 29 | Integral Ecology: Uniting Multiple Perspectives on the Natural World (Integral Books) by 
          
                 4.36 avg rating — 33 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 93,
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| 30 | Parks in Peril: People, Politics, and Protected Areas by 
Katrina Brandon (Editor)
 
          
                 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 92,
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| 31 | Smallholders, Householders: Farm Families and the Ecology of Intensive, Sustainable Agriculture by 
          
                 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 91,
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| 32 | Environmentality: Technologies of Government and the Making of Subjects by 
          
                 3.81 avg rating — 47 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 90,
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| 33 | Critical Political Ecology by 
          
                 4.10 avg rating — 29 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 89,
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| 34 | People and Forests: Communities, Institutions, and Governance by 
Clark C. Gibson (Editor)
 
          
                 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 88,
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| 35 | Nature's Geography: New Lessons for Conservation in Developing Countries by 
          
                it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating
          
         
            
              score: 87,
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| 36 | Global Visions, Local Landscapes: A Political Ecology of Conservation, Conflict, and Control in Northern Madagascar by 
          
                 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 86,
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| 37 | Linking Social and Ecological Systems: Management Practices and Social Mechanisms for Building Resilience by 
Fikret Berkes (Editor)
 
          
                 3.81 avg rating — 16 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 85,
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| 38 | Conservation Is Our Government Now: The Politics of Ecology in Papua New Guinea by 
          
                 3.85 avg rating — 152 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 84,
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| 39 | Panarchy: Understanding Transformations in Human and Natural Systems by 
          
                 3.95 avg rating — 87 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 83,
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| 40 | Communities and Conservation: Histories and Politics of Community-Based Natural Resource Management by 
J. Peter Brosius (Contributor)
 
          
                 4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 82,
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| 41 | Getting Biodiversity Projects to Work: Towards More Effective Conservation and Development (Biology and Resource Management Series) by 
Thomas O. McShane (Editor)
 
          
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              score: 81,
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| 42 | Natural Connections: Perspectives In Community-Based Conservation by 
David Western (Editor)
 
          
                 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 80,
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| 43 | Rural Livelihoods and Diversity in Developing Countries by 
          
                 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 79,
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| 44 | Harvesting Wild Species: Implications for Biodiversity Conservation by 
Curtis H. Freese (Editor)
 
          
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              score: 78,
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| 45 | Political Ecology: A Critical Introduction by 
          
                 3.92 avg rating — 208 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 77,
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| 46 | Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions) by 
          
                 4.22 avg rating — 1,221 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 76,
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| 47 | Environment, Subsistence and System: The Ecology of Small-Scale Social Formations by 
          
                 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
          
         
            
              score: 75,
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