>>2452404Continued part 2
Desert solitare by Edward Abbey
You already know about this one. I don't really like it because I find Edward to be a whiney baby but there are some good quoteables and it's a classic.
Compact farms by Josh volk and Michael Ableman
Very practical case study guide on how to run a successful agricultural operation on an undersized plot of land (top tip is to get free labour basically)
The boundless sea by David Abulafia
Exhaustive history up to the present of mankind's relationship to the sea. Long book, great read. Really gets ones romanticism to the waves pumped up.
Underland by Robert Macfarlane
Deals with all things subterranean. Caves, catacombs, mines, underground micilia and rhizomes, etc. The writer takes a sensetive writing style and perspective to the topic. Not bad.
A natural history of North American trees by Donald Culross Peattie
The name says it all, though it's a lot less dry than one might expect. Peattie waxes poetic at times and gives some character to the topic.
A sand county almanac by Also Leopold
You already know. The reader for this audiobook is top notch, it's comfy stuff
The language of butterflies by Wendy williams
Not gunna lie, this one is unmemorable. It's about butterflies, but I don't remember much else.
Braiding sweetness by Robin Wall Kimmerer
A sweet and beautiful collection of essays essentially, all dealing with naturalistic and botanical wisdom. The writer is first Nations, and there is a good deal of native lore and legend in here, but she doesn't spend too much time smack talking whitey so that's cool.
The spell of the sensuous by David Abram
Our spiritual and philosophical interconnectedness with the natural world. Beautifully written. Pretty deep stuff. Would recommend
(Cont part 2/3, maybe 4 if I miscalculated again.)
