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Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer
An inspired weaving of indigenous knowledge, plant science, and personal narrative from a distinguished professor of science and a Native American whose previous book, Gathering Moss, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing.
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How to Be An Artist
Jerry Saltz
Irreverent and inspiring advice for awakening your creative potential, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic. This beautiful and useful small-format hardcover-teeming with full-color art, sidebars, and contributions from art-world legends and everyday creatives. How to Be an Artist is a book for anyone who’s ever yearned to make the arts a part of their life.
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The Spell of the Sensuous
Perception and Language in A More-than-human World
David Abram
Animal tracks, word magic, the speech of stones, the power of letters, and the taste of the wind all figure prominently in this intellectual tour de force that returns us to our senses and to the sensuous terrain that sustains us. This is a major work of ecological philosophy that startles the senses out of habitual ways of perception.
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Untamed
The Wildest Woman in America and the Fight for Cumberland Island
Will Harlan
What happens when a dirt-poor naturalist with only a high school diploma becomes an outspoken advocate on a celebrated but divisive island? Untamed is the story of an American original standing her ground and fighting for what she believes in, no matter the cost.
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Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
Max, a naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things where he becomes their king.
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Your Brain on Art
How the Arts Transform Us
Susan Magsamen
A life-altering journey through the science of neuroaesthetics, which offers proof for how our brains and bodies transform when we participate in the arts–and how this knowledge can improve our health, enable us to flourish, and build stronger communities.