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October 2024

Immerse your book club in the wonders of the natural world with 4 inspiring stories

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Fall is a terrific time to connect with nature. Grab one of these books, gather your friends and get outside!
STARRED REVIEW
October 2024

Immerse your book club in the wonders of the natural world with 4 inspiring stories

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Fall is a terrific time to connect with nature. Grab one of these books, gather your friends and get outside!
October 2024

Immerse your book club in the wonders of the natural world with 4 inspiring stories

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Fall is a terrific time to connect with nature. Grab one of these books, gather your friends and get outside!
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In Wild Girls: How the Outdoors Shaped the Women Who Challenged a Nation, Tiya Miles explores the lives of a group of remarkable women. As she tells the stories of Louisa May Alcott, Harriet Tubman, Pocahontas and other notable female figures, Miles looks at the ways in which the great outdoors impacted their personal development and understanding of the world. Her narrative is a beautifully observed testament to the importance of place. Reading groups will find a range of discussion topics, including women’s empowerment and the influence of nature.

What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds by Jennifer Ackerman offers fresh perspectives on the nocturnal predator. Over the centuries, the owl has been portrayed as intelligent, vigilant and enlightened while remaining strangely inscrutable. Ackerman penetrates the bird’s unique mystique as she teams up with ornithologists and other experts to find out how owls connect with each other, acquire food and migrate. Blending the latest research with her own discerning impressions, Ackerman delivers an exceptional scientific study that’s revealing and accessible.

In Bicycling With Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration, Sara Dykman shares the story of the remarkable odyssey she undertook in 2017. Beginning in Mexico and traveling on a ramshackle bike, Dykman followed the migration course of the eastern monarch butterfly to draw attention to the vulnerability of the species. In a tale that’s funny, insightful and poetic, Dykman reflects on the fragility of nature and the challenges of bike travel, and acquaints readers with the majestic monarch. Themes of ecology, exploration and solitude make this a rewarding book club pick.

Melissa L. Sevigny chronicles the journey of two mavericks in Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon. The hazards of the Colorado River did not deter botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter, who navigated the treacherous waterway in 1938 in order to index the Grand Canyon’s plant species. Aided by a small team, the duo traveled for 43 days. Sevigny brings their expedition to vivid life in a narrative that’s at once a rip-roaring adventure story and a thoughtful account of the natural world.

Bicycling With Butterflies
By Sara Dykman
Timber

ISBN 9781643262185

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Wild Girls

Wild Girls

By Tiya Miles
Norton
ISBN 9781324076155
What an Owl Knows

What an Owl Knows

By Jennifer Ackerman
Penguin Press
ISBN 9780593298909
Bicycling With Butterflies

Bicycling With Butterflies

By Sara Dykman
Timber
ISBN 9781643262185
Brave the Wild River

Brave the Wild River

By Melissa L. Sevigny
Norton
ISBN 9781324076117

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