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Home in the Woods by Eliza Wheeler
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis stunningly beautiful picture book from New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Eliza Wheeler is based on her grandmother's childhood and pays homage to a family's fortitude as they discover the meaning of home...Categorized as:
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![Robert Frost's Poems by Robert Frost, Louis Untermeyer]()
Robert Frost's Poems by Robert Frost, Louis Untermeyer
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA proven bestseller time and time again, Robert Frost's Poems contains all of Robert Frost's best-known poems-and dozens more-in a portable anthology. Here are "Birches," "Mending Wall," "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," "Two Tramps at Mudtime," "Choose Something Like a Star," and "The Gift Outright," which Frost read at the inauguration of John F. Kennedy... -
![The Land Breakers (NYRB Classics) by John Ehle, Linda Spalding]()
The Land Breakers (NYRB Classics) by John Ehle, Linda Spalding
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSet deep in the Appalachian wilderness between the years of 1779 and 1784, The Land Breakers is a saga like the Norse sagas or the book of Genesis, a story of first and last things, of the violence of birth and death, of inescapable sacrifice and the faltering emergence of community... -
![Home for a Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown]()
Home for a Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGenerations of children have followed this furry, lovable bunny on his journey to find a home. Margaret Wise Brown’s simple yet playful tale is beautifully complemented by Garth Williams’s exquisite artwork.From the Hardcover Library Binding edition... -
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![Be Still the Water by Karen Emilson]()
Be Still the Water by Karen Emilson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFinalist 2019 Canadian Book Club AwardsShortlisted for the 2017 Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction2017 IPPY Silver Medal WinnerSet in 1906 along the unspoiled shores of Lake Manitoba, Be Still the Water brings us into the fold of the Gudmundsson Family—immigrants determined to begin life anew in the Icelandic farming and fishing community of Siglunes...Categorized as:
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![Robinson Jeffers: Selected Poems by Robinson Jeffers]()
Robinson Jeffers: Selected Poems by Robinson Jeffers
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRobinson Jeffers died in 1962 at the age of seventy-five, ending one of the most controversial poetic careers of this century.The son of a theology professor at Western Seminary in Pittsburgh, Jeffers was taught Greek, Latin, and Hebrew as a boy, and spent three years in Germany and Switzerland before entering the University of Western Pennsylvania (now Pittsburgh) at fifteen... -
![Island: The Complete Stories by Alistair MacLeod]()
Island: The Complete Stories by Alistair MacLeod
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe sixteen exquisitely crafted stories in Island prove Alistair MacLeod to be a master. Quietly, precisely, he has created a body of work that is among the greatest to appear in English in the last fifty years.A book-besotted patriarch releases his only son from the obligations of the sea. A father provokes his young son to violence when he reluctantly sells the family horse... -
![The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven by Nathaniel Ian Miller]()
The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven by Nathaniel Ian Miller
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn this "briskly entertaining" (New York Times Book Review), "transporting and wholly original" (People Magazine) novel, one man banishes himself to a solitary life in the Arctic Circle, and is saved by good friends, a loyal dog, and a surprise visit that changes everything...Categorized as:
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![The First Forty-Nine Stories by Ernest Hemingway]()
The First Forty-Nine Stories by Ernest Hemingway
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFrom Ernest Hemingway's Preface: 'There are many kinds of stories in this book. I hope you will find some that you like- In going where you have to go, and doing what you have to do, and seeing what you have to see, you dull and blunt the instrument you write with... -
![Collected Poems 1945-1990 by R.S. Thomas, Andrew Motion]()
Collected Poems 1945-1990 by R.S. Thomas, Andrew Motion
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPublished to mark the poet's 80th birthday, this is a collection of poems by R.S. Thomas, written between 1945 and 1990. Thomas won numerous awards for his work, including the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1964... -
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Summit by Harry Farthing
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA summit is a summit, and the truth is the truth. But the view from 8,848 meters isn't always so clear. Two men, seventy years apart, push for the top of Mount Everest, driven by forces beyond their control and something inside that says climb. After eight successful summits, Mount Everest guide Neil Quinn is confident he can handle anything the mountain throws his way... -
![The Collected Poems by Sergei Yesenin]()
The Collected Poems by Sergei Yesenin
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"Preserving in English the immortal spirit and rhyme of the great Russian genius."Biographical notes on Esenin and Isadora Duncan precede each vol. and some chapters.Includes several color reproductions of landscape paintings by Isaac Levitan mounted on pages with captions, and other photos, including a portrait photo of Esenin and his wife Isadora Duncan, American dancer (v. 2, p. [7])... -
![Selected Poems: Robert Frost by Robert Frost]()
Selected Poems: Robert Frost by Robert Frost
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe book contains 40 poems covering the entire span of Frost's career and drawn from nine collections. There are detailed notes to aid student comprehension and in addition an Approaches section looks at Frost's life, Imagery and Themes, and the poet's voices... -
![Collected Works by Lorine Niedecker, Jenny Lynn Penberthy]()
Collected Works by Lorine Niedecker, Jenny Lynn Penberthy
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"The Brontës had their moors, I have my marshes," Lorine Niedecker wrote of flood-prone Black Hawk Island in Wisconsin, where she lived most of her life. Her life by water, as she called it, could not have been further removed from the avant-garde poetry scene where she also made a home... -
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![The Origin by Irving Stone]()
The Origin by Irving Stone
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"The Origin" fills an important gap in literature on Charles Darwin. In 1832 at age 22, Charles Darwin was invited to sail with H.M.S. Beagle as a naturalist. The surveying voyage would encircle the globe... -
![To Build a Fire and Other Stories by Jack London]()
To Build a Fire and Other Stories by Jack London
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis edition of To Build a Fire and Other Stories includes an Introduction, Biographical Note, and Afterword by David Lubar. In these collected stories of man against the wilderness, London lays claim to the title of greatest outdoor adventure writer of all time...Categorized as:
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![Boundary Waters by William Kent Krueger]()
Boundary Waters by William Kent Krueger
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe Quetico-Superior Wilderness: more than two million acres of forest, white-water rapids, and uncharted islands on the Canadian/American border. Somewhere in the heart of this unforgiving territory, a young woman named Shiloh -- a country-western singer at the height of her fame -- has disappeared... -
![The Mountain Poems of Stonehouse by Shiwu Qinggong, Stonehouse]()
The Mountain Poems of Stonehouse by Shiwu Qinggong, Stonehouse
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWinner of the 2015 Washington State Book Award in Poetry Translation " The Mountain Poems of Stonehouse [is] a tough-spirited book of enlightened free verse."— Kyoto Journal The Zen master and mountain hermit Stonehouse—considered one of the greatest Chinese Buddhist poets—used poetry as his medium of instruction... -
![Close Range: Brokeback Mountain and Other stories by Annie Proulx]()
Close Range: Brokeback Mountain and Other stories by Annie Proulx
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsClose Range "Brokeback Mountain" The inspiration behind 'Life of Pi' director Ang Lee's 'Brokeback Mountain' is one of the short stories to be found in this haunting collection of Wyoming tales... -
![The Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin Dann]()
The Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin Dann
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA group of forest animals unite to help each other to safety in this classic tale of tolerance, cooperation, survival, and friendship. When bulldozers enter Farthing Wood, the animals must escape before their homes are destroyed. They promise to stick together and protect each other—but then they get caught in a fire and nearly drown crossing a river...Categorized as:
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![Incident at Hawk's Hill by Allan W. Eckert]()
Incident at Hawk's Hill by Allan W. Eckert
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSix-year-old Ben is very small for his age, and gets along better with animals than people. One June day in 1870, Ben wanders away from his home on Hawk's Hill and disappears into the waving prairie grass. This is the story of how a shy, lonely boy survives for months in the wilds and forges a bond with a female badger. ALA Notable Book. Newbery Honor Book...Categorized as:
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![Lost in the Barrens by Farley Mowat]()
Lost in the Barrens by Farley Mowat
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAwasin, a Cree Indian boy, and Jamie, a Canadian orphan living with his uncle, the trapper Angus Macnair, are enchanted by the magic of the great Arctic wastes. They set out on an adventure that proves longer and more dangerous than they could have imagined...Categorized as:
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Farmer by Jim Harrison
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJoseph is 43, a farmer-teacher who suddenly finds himself at a crossroads. Forced to choose between two lovers - one a tantalizing young student, the other his childhood friend, he must also decide whether or not to stay on the farm or seek employment in the outside world... -
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![Smoky the Cow Horse by Will James]()
Smoky the Cow Horse by Will James
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSmoky knows only one way of life: freedom. Living on the open range, he is free to go where he wants and do what he wants. And being a smart colt, he learns what he must in order to survive. He can beat any enemy whether it be a rattlesnake or a hungry wolf. He is as much a part of the Wild West as it is of him, and Smokey can't imagine anything else...Categorized as:
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Poppy by Avi
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsAt the very edge of Dimwood Forest stood an old charred oak where, silhouetted by the moon, a great horned owl sat waiting. The owl's name was Mr. Ocax, and he looked like death himself. With his piercing gaze, he surveyed the lands he called his own, watching for the creatures he considered his subjects. Not one of them ever dared to cross his path . .Categorized as:
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![Big Woods by William Faulkner]()
Big Woods by William Faulkner
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBig Woods is a collection of Faulkner's best hunting stories. An avid hunter as well as one of America's greatest writers, Faulkner spent many days hunting in the big woods near Oxford, Mississippi.Included here is his most famous hunting story, "The Bear", as well as "The Old People", "A Bear Hunt", and "Race at Morning"... -
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![Wolf Moon by Julio Llamazares]()
Wolf Moon by Julio Llamazares
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHaving lost the Civil War in Spain, four republican rebels lead a fugitive existence deep in the Cantabrian mountains. They are on the run, skirmishing with Franco's soldiers, knowing that surrender means execution...Categorized as:
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![Te Kaihau: The Windeater by Keri Hulme]()
Te Kaihau: The Windeater by Keri Hulme
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStories deal with dreams, a woman who accidently injures her son, sheep herders, whales, violence, and family life... -
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To Autumn by John Keats
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"To Autumn" is a poem by English Romantic poet John Keats (31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821). The work was composed on 19 September 1819 and published in 1820 in a volume of Keats's poetry that included Lamia and The Eve of St. Agnes. "To Autumn" is the final work in a group of poems known as Keats's "1819 odes"... -
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Wintering by Peter Geye
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA highly acclaimed novelist now gives us a true epic: a love story that spans sixty years, generations worth of feuds, and secrets withheld and revealed...Categorized as:
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![Snow by Maxence Fermine, Chris Mulhern]()
Snow by Maxence Fermine, Chris Mulhern
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"Yuko Akita had two passions. Haiku. And snow. " An international bestseller, "Snow "is "a novel that reads like a poem. Limpid, delicate, and pure like its title."* In nineteenth-century Japan, a young haiku poet named Yuko journeys through snow-covered mountains on a quest for art and finds love instead...Categorized as:
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![Lord Tyger by Philip José Farmer]()
Lord Tyger by Philip José Farmer
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSavage, heroic, and beautiful, Ras Tyger is master of the world. And he rules his kingdom with sex, savagery, and sublime innocence. Until one day, the insane reality of his existence begins to unfold... -
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![Island War by Patricia Reilly Giff]()
Island War by Patricia Reilly Giff
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA two-time Newbery Honor-winning author spins a tale of children surviving on their own on a remote Japanese-occupied island during World War II. Izzy has come to the remote Aleutian Island in 1941 because her mother is studying the rare birds there. Matt has been dragged there by his father, who has a secret job for the U.S. government. Neither is a fan of the other. But then the U.S...Categorized as:
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![The White Bone by Barbara Gowdy]()
The White Bone by Barbara Gowdy
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA thrilling journey into the minds of African elephants as they struggle to survive. If, as many recent nonfiction bestsellers have revealed, animals possess emotions and awareness, they must also have stories. In The White Bone, a novel imagined entirely from the perspective of African elephants, Barbara Gowdy creates a world whole and separate that yet illuminates our own...Categorized as:
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![When the Legends Die by Hal Borland]()
When the Legends Die by Hal Borland
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBetrayed by both the white man and his own people, a Ute Indian tries to obliterate all trace of the heritage of his fathers...Categorized as:
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![Green Mansions: A Novel by William H. Hudson, John Galsworthy]()
Green Mansions: A Novel by William H. Hudson, John Galsworthy
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsLavishly illustrated with 60 drawings by Keith Henderson, W.H. Hudson’s most famous novel, Green Mansions is the book that sparked the nature conservation movement. The inspiration for the movie starring Audrey Hepburn, Green Mansions stunningly recreates the untouched forests of South America with amazing detail... -
![The Abominable by Dan Simmons]()
The Abominable by Dan Simmons
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsALA Reading List Award for History, Short ListA thrilling tale of high-altitude death and survival set on the snowy summits of Mount Everest, from the bestselling author of The TerrorIt's 1924 and the race to summit the world's highest mountain has been brought to a terrified pause by the shocking disappearance of George Mallory and Sandy Irvine high on the shoulder of Mt. Everest...Categorized as:
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![The Boy and the River by Henri Bosco]()
The Boy and the River by Henri Bosco
Rated: 3.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis simple and moving tale is the story of Pascalet and his river. He was forbidden to go near it, but once or twice every year the flood waters ran swiftly over the low fields to Pascalet's door. From time to time the river called to him in the shape of Bargabot the fisherman, who told Pascalet of its fish and beaches and lonely islands...Categorized as:
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![The Levee by William Kent Krueger, J.D. Jackson]()
The Levee by William Kent Krueger, J.D. Jackson
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn audio original novella from the bestselling author of Ordinary Grace and This Tender Land, The Levee is a powerful, captivating story of a family, a storm, a complicated rescue, and the true cost of survival.It’s 1927, and the most devastating flood in American history has swelled the Mississippi River to a width of eighty miles...Categorized as:
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![The Elephant Keeper (Unabridged Audiobook) by Christopher Nicholson, Roger May]()
The Elephant Keeper (Unabridged Audiobook) by Christopher Nicholson, Roger May
Rated: 3.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the middle of the 18th century, a ship docks at Bristol with an extraordinary cargo: two young elephants. Bought by a wealthy landowner, they are taken to his estate in the English countryside. A stable boy, Tom Page, is given the task of caring for them. The Elephant Keeper is Tom's account of his life with the elephants...
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