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🌊 Man Versus Nature

Stories of human beings pitted against the raw, indifferent forces of the natural world — survival narratives that strip life down to its most elemental stakes.
To Build a Fire
by Jack London • 2003
Crossing the frozen Yukon, a man trusts his own judgment while his dog knows better.
3.99
28k+
🏔️ Naturalist Fiction🏕️ Wilderness Survival🌊 Man Vs Nature
To Build a Fire Summary
To Build a Fire 88%
Crossing the frozen Yukon, a man trusts his own judgment while his dog knows better.
by Jack London 2003
3.99
28k+ ratings
🏔️ Naturalist Fiction🏕️ Wilderness Survival🌊 Man Vs Nature
One Man's Wilderness
by Sam Keith • 1973
At fifty-one he walked into the Alaskan wilderness, built a cabin by hand, and began again.
4.37
10k+
🏔️ Wilderness Memoir🔨 Self-Reliance🐻 Animal Encounters
One Man's Wilderness Summary
One Man's Wilderness 88%
At fifty-one he walked into the Alaskan wilderness, built a cabin by hand, and began again.
by Sam Keith 1973
4.37
10k+ ratings
🏔️ Wilderness Memoir🔨 Self-Reliance🐻 Animal Encounters
Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer • 1996
A young man sheds his name and cash, walks into the Alaskan wild, and never returns.
4.02
1.2M+
📖 Narrative Nonfiction🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness🏃 Runaway Idealist
Into the Wild Summary
Into the Wild 88%
A young man sheds his name and cash, walks into the Alaskan wild, and never returns.
by Jon Krakauer 1996
4.02
1.2M+ ratings
📖 Narrative Nonfiction🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness🏃 Runaway Idealist
The Way of the Hermit
by Ken Smith • 2023
One man, a remote Scottish loch, a hand-built cabin, and forty years of solitude and storms.
4.21
3k+
🏚️ Off-Grid Living🏕️ Wilderness Survival🍄 Foraging
The Way of the Hermit Summary
The Way of the Hermit 88%
One man, a remote Scottish loch, a hand-built cabin, and forty years of solitude and storms.
by Ken Smith 2023
4.21
3k+ ratings
🏚️ Off-Grid Living🏕️ Wilderness Survival🍄 Foraging
The River
by Peter Heller • 2019
Canoeing remote Canada, two friends are trapped between a forest fire and a couple's deadly secrets.
3.85
47k+
🏕️ Wilderness Survival📚 Literary Thriller🤝 Male Friendship
The River Summary
The River 88%
Canoeing remote Canada, two friends are trapped between a forest fire and a couple's deadly secrets.
by Peter Heller 2019
3.85
47k+ ratings
🏕️ Wilderness Survival📚 Literary Thriller🤝 Male Friendship
The Latte Factor
by David Bach • 2019
He ran the Iditarod to prove himself. His dogs ran it to save his soul.
3.83
8k+
🌲 Wilderness Memoir🐕 Man And Dog Bond🧠 Animal Intelligence
The Latte Factor Summary
The Latte Factor 88%
He ran the Iditarod to prove himself. His dogs ran it to save his soul.
by David Bach 2019
3.83
8k+ ratings
🌲 Wilderness Memoir🐕 Man And Dog Bond🧠 Animal Intelligence
Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen • 1987
After the pilot dies, a 13-year-old crash-lands alone in the Canadian woods with only a hatchet.
3.80
456k+
🏕️ Wilderness Survival🪓 Self-Reliance🇨🇦 Canadian Wilderness
Hatchet Summary
Hatchet 87%
After the pilot dies, a 13-year-old crash-lands alone in the Canadian woods with only a hatchet.
by Gary Paulsen 1987
3.80
456k+ ratings
🏕️ Wilderness Survival🪓 Self-Reliance🇨🇦 Canadian Wilderness
Mawson's Will
by Lennard Bickel • 1977
He ate the dogs to live. The livers were poison, and he was still alone.
4.26
2k+
🧊 Polar Exploration🇦🇶 Antarctic Expeditions🏕️ Survival Narratives
Mawson's Will Summary
Mawson's Will 87%
He ate the dogs to live. The livers were poison, and he was still alone.
by Lennard Bickel 1977
4.26
2k+ ratings
🧊 Polar Exploration🇦🇶 Antarctic Expeditions🏕️ Survival Narratives
Mars and Venus Starting Over
by John Gray • 2002
He crossed Antarctica solo to finish what Shackleton started. After 800 miles, his organs gave out.
3.85
968
🧊 Polar Exploration🫡 Crisis Leadership💪 Extreme Endurance
Mars and Venus Starting Over Summary
Mars and Venus Starting Over 87%
He crossed Antarctica solo to finish what Shackleton started. After 800 miles, his organs gave out.
by John Gray 2002
3.85
968 ratings
🧊 Polar Exploration🫡 Crisis Leadership💪 Extreme Endurance
A Life in Nature
by Marc Hamer • 2019
A molecatcher's memoir: what a lifetime of killing teaches about nature, loss, and wild belonging.
4.16
2k+
🌿 Nature Memoir🇬🇧 British Countryside🐾 Animal Ethics
A Life in Nature Summary
A Life in Nature 87%
A molecatcher's memoir: what a lifetime of killing teaches about nature, loss, and wild belonging.
by Marc Hamer 2019
4.16
2k+ ratings
🌿 Nature Memoir🇬🇧 British Countryside🐾 Animal Ethics
The End of Nature
by Bill McKibben • 1989
Nature once stood apart from human affairs. We altered the atmosphere, and that separation fell.
3.94
3k+
🌍 Anthropocene Philosophy🌿 Deep Ecology⚖️ Environmental Ethics
The End of Nature Summary
The End of Nature 87%
Nature once stood apart from human affairs. We altered the atmosphere, and that separation fell.
by Bill McKibben 1989
3.94
3k+ ratings
🌍 Anthropocene Philosophy🌿 Deep Ecology⚖️ Environmental Ethics
My Side of the Mountain
by Jean Craighead George • 1959
Armed with a penknife, a boy runs away to live alone on a forgotten mountain farm.
4.10
86k+
🏕️ Wilderness Survival🦅 Falconry🏃 Runaway Adventure
My Side of the Mountain Summary
My Side of the Mountain 87%
Armed with a penknife, a boy runs away to live alone on a forgotten mountain farm.
by Jean Craighead George 1959
4.10
86k+ ratings
🏕️ Wilderness Survival🦅 Falconry🏃 Runaway Adventure
The Lost Men
by Kelly Tyler-Lewis • 2006
Ten men, stranded in Antarctica, marched 1,300 miles laying depots for an explorer they barely knew.
4.15
2k+
🧊 Polar Exploration🏔️ Survival Narratives🗺️ Expedition History
The Lost Men Summary
The Lost Men 87%
Ten men, stranded in Antarctica, marched 1,300 miles laying depots for an explorer they barely knew.
by Kelly Tyler-Lewis 2006
4.15
2k+ ratings
🧊 Polar Exploration🏔️ Survival Narratives🗺️ Expedition History
Last Breath
by Peter Stark • 2001
Drowning, freezing, overheating: death by nature follows a script your body already knows.
4.01
735
🫀 Human Physiology🏥 Wilderness Medicine🏔️ Extreme Environments
Last Breath Summary
Last Breath 87%
Drowning, freezing, overheating: death by nature follows a script your body already knows.
by Peter Stark 2001
4.01
735 ratings
🫀 Human Physiology🏥 Wilderness Medicine🏔️ Extreme Environments
The Outermost House
by Henry Beston • 1928
A year on Cape Cod's outermost beach, tracking the ocean's rhythm and the birds' ancient passage.
4.07
4k+
🖋️ Nature Writing🌊 Coastal Ecology🍂 Seasonal Observation
The Outermost House Summary
The Outermost House 87%
A year on Cape Cod's outermost beach, tracking the ocean's rhythm and the birds' ancient passage.
by Henry Beston 1928
4.07
4k+ ratings
🖋️ Nature Writing🌊 Coastal Ecology🍂 Seasonal Observation
Castaway
by Lucy Irvine • 1983
A visa marriage, a deserted island, a year alone. The real survival test? Each other.
3.76
871
🏝️ Castaway Narratives🧠 Isolation Psychology🆘 Survival Psychology
Castaway Summary
Castaway 87%
A visa marriage, a deserted island, a year alone. The real survival test? Each other.
by Lucy Irvine 1983
3.76
871 ratings
🏝️ Castaway Narratives🧠 Isolation Psychology🆘 Survival Psychology
Give Your Heart to the Hawks
by Win Blevins • 1973
Three hundred miles from the nearest law, mountain men ruled only themselves. It could not last.
3.98
425
🏜️ American West🏔️ Mountain Men🗽 Frontier Individualism
Give Your Heart to the Hawks Summary
Give Your Heart to the Hawks 87%
Three hundred miles from the nearest law, mountain men ruled only themselves. It could not last.
by Win Blevins 1973
3.98
425 ratings
🏜️ American West🏔️ Mountain Men🗽 Frontier Individualism
The Wall
by Marlen Haushofer • 1999
An invisible wall seals a woman inside a mountain valley, the world beyond it frozen dead.
3.99
42k+
🏔️ Literary Dystopia💨 Quiet Apocalypse🌿 Female Survivalist
The Wall Summary
The Wall 87%
An invisible wall seals a woman inside a mountain valley, the world beyond it frozen dead.
by Marlen Haushofer 1999
3.99
42k+ ratings
🏔️ Literary Dystopia💨 Quiet Apocalypse🌿 Female Survivalist
Endurance
by Alfred Lansing • 1959
Ice crushed their ship. For 497 days, 28 men drifted. Escape meant 800 miles in a lifeboat.
4.46
169k+
🧊 Polar Exploration🛟 Survival Narratives⚓ Expedition Leadership
Endurance Summary
Endurance 87%
Ice crushed their ship. For 497 days, 28 men drifted. Escape meant 800 miles in a lifeboat.
by Alfred Lansing 1959
4.46
169k+ ratings
🧊 Polar Exploration🛟 Survival Narratives⚓ Expedition Leadership
The Peregrine
by J.A. Baker • 2004
One man's decade of chasing peregrines to see an English estuary through their hunting eyes.
4.15
6k+
🏕️ Nature Memoir🦅 Avian Obsession🌿 Lyrical Naturalism
The Peregrine Summary
The Peregrine 87%
One man's decade of chasing peregrines to see an English estuary through their hunting eyes.
by J.A. Baker 2004
4.15
6k+ ratings
🏕️ Nature Memoir🦅 Avian Obsession🌿 Lyrical Naturalism
The Sea Around Us
by Rachel Carson • 1951
Half the Earth is a sunless abyss holding mountains, phantom currents, and drifting life.
4.17
5k+
🌊 Oceanography🐟 Marine Biology🦑 Deep Sea
The Sea Around Us Summary
The Sea Around Us 87%
Half the Earth is a sunless abyss holding mountains, phantom currents, and drifting life.
by Rachel Carson 1951
4.17
5k+ ratings
🌊 Oceanography🐟 Marine Biology🦑 Deep Sea
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
by Luis Sepúlveda • 1995
An elderly widower in the Amazon must hunt a killer ocelot. His only comfort: romance novels.
3.94
32k+
🌴 Amazon Rainforest🌿 Literary Eco-Fiction🧘 Meditative Fiction
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories Summary
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories 87%
An elderly widower in the Amazon must hunt a killer ocelot. His only comfort: romance novels.
by Luis Sepúlveda 1995
3.94
32k+ ratings
🌴 Amazon Rainforest🌿 Literary Eco-Fiction🧘 Meditative Fiction
The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs
by Tristan Gooley • 2014
Puddles that point north, trees that forecast rain: the outdoor clues hiding in plain sight.
3.77
5k+
🧭 Outdoor Navigation☁️ Weather Prediction🐾 Animal Tracking
The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs Summary
The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs 87%
Puddles that point north, trees that forecast rain: the outdoor clues hiding in plain sight.
by Tristan Gooley 2014
3.77
5k+ ratings
🧭 Outdoor Navigation☁️ Weather Prediction🐾 Animal Tracking
The River
by Gary Paulsen • 1991
A lightning strike leaves his partner comatose, and a teenage survivalist must raft a deadly river.
3.83
33k+
🌲 Wilderness Survival🌊 River Survival🏕️ Teen Survivalist
The River Summary
The River 87%
A lightning strike leaves his partner comatose, and a teenage survivalist must raft a deadly river.
by Gary Paulsen 1991
3.83
33k+ ratings
🌲 Wilderness Survival🌊 River Survival🏕️ Teen Survivalist
Deep Survival
by Laurence Gonzales • 1998
Gear doesn't save you. Skills don't save you. The brain does, or it doesn't.
3.94
15k+
🧠 Survival Psychology🔍 Cognitive Biases🏔️ Extreme Environments
Deep Survival Summary
Deep Survival 87%
Gear doesn't save you. Skills don't save you. The brain does, or it doesn't.
by Laurence Gonzales 1998
3.94
15k+ ratings
🧠 Survival Psychology🔍 Cognitive Biases🏔️ Extreme Environments
Congo
by Michael Crichton • 1980
An expedition hunts Congo diamonds and finds itself hunted by a new species of killer ape.
3.64
180k+
🖥️ Techno Thriller🐒 Creature Feature🐅 Hostile Wildlife
Congo Summary
Congo 87%
An expedition hunts Congo diamonds and finds itself hunted by a new species of killer ape.
by Michael Crichton 1980
3.64
180k+ ratings
🖥️ Techno Thriller🐒 Creature Feature🐅 Hostile Wildlife
Walden or, Life in the Woods
by Henry David Thoreau • 1854
He built a cabin for $28 and lived there two years to measure what life requires.
3.77
205k+
🏛️ Transcendentalism🌲 Nature Writing🏡 Simple Living
Walden or, Life in the Woods Summary
Walden or, Life in the Woods 87%
He built a cabin for $28 and lived there two years to measure what life requires.
by Henry David Thoreau 1854
3.77
205k+ ratings
🏛️ Transcendentalism🌲 Nature Writing🏡 Simple Living
The Klamath Knot
by David Rains Wallace • 1983
An Oregon forest 40 million years old: evolution still running experiments Darwin never imagined.
4.20
184
🏔️ Pacific Northwest🌲 Ancient Forests🧬 Evolutionary Biology
The Klamath Knot Summary
The Klamath Knot 87%
An Oregon forest 40 million years old: evolution still running experiments Darwin never imagined.
by David Rains Wallace 1983
4.20
184 ratings
🏔️ Pacific Northwest🌲 Ancient Forests🧬 Evolutionary Biology
Sidecountry
by John Branch • 2021
Dispatches from sport's wild edge: avalanches, impossible climbs, and the communities left behind.
3.84
2k+
🎒 Adventure Journalism🪂 Extreme Sports📖 Literary Journalism
Sidecountry Summary
Sidecountry 87%
Dispatches from sport's wild edge: avalanches, impossible climbs, and the communities left behind.
by John Branch 2021
3.84
2k+ ratings
🎒 Adventure Journalism🪂 Extreme Sports📖 Literary Journalism
Arctic Homestead
by Norma Cobb • 2000
A blended family claims an Arctic homestead: no road, no laws, and winter closing in.
4.06
2k+
🏡 Homesteading Memoir🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Frontier Family
Arctic Homestead Summary
Arctic Homestead 87%
A blended family claims an Arctic homestead: no road, no laws, and winter closing in.
by Norma Cobb 2000
4.06
2k+ ratings
🏡 Homesteading Memoir🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Frontier Family
Under a White Sky
by Elizabeth Kolbert • 2021
Every environmental solution spawns a new problem. The next ones alter genes and block the sun.
4.10
13k+
🏭 Anthropocene Studies📰 Science Journalism🌿 Ecological Intervention
Under a White Sky Summary
Under a White Sky 87%
Every environmental solution spawns a new problem. The next ones alter genes and block the sun.
by Elizabeth Kolbert 2021
4.10
13k+ ratings
🏭 Anthropocene Studies📰 Science Journalism🌿 Ecological Intervention
Coming Into the Country
by John McPhee • 1977
Alaska, 1970s: a pipeline bonanza and the battle over 375 million acres of the last frontier.
4.21
8k+
🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness✍️ Literary Journalism🪓 Bush Life
Coming Into the Country Summary
Coming Into the Country 87%
Alaska, 1970s: a pipeline bonanza and the battle over 375 million acres of the last frontier.
by John McPhee 1977
4.21
8k+ ratings
🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness✍️ Literary Journalism🪓 Bush Life
Into Thin Air
by Jon Krakauer • 1997
Everest, 1996: a journalist joins a climb, a storm hits, and eight people never come back.
4.26
575k+
🏔️ Everest Expeditions🏔️ Summit Fever🏔️ Expedition Disasters
Into Thin Air Summary
Into Thin Air 86%
Everest, 1996: a journalist joins a climb, a storm hits, and eight people never come back.
by Jon Krakauer 1997
4.26
575k+ ratings
🏔️ Everest Expeditions🏔️ Summit Fever🏔️ Expedition Disasters
In the Heart of the Sea
by Nathaniel Philbrick • 2000
A whale sank the Essex. Twenty men, three boats. Half the survivors ate their shipmates.
4.17
120k+
⚓ Maritime History🌊 Maritime Disasters🐋 Whaling History
In the Heart of the Sea Summary
In the Heart of the Sea 86%
A whale sank the Essex. Twenty men, three boats. Half the survivors ate their shipmates.
by Nathaniel Philbrick 2000
4.17
120k+ ratings
⚓ Maritime History🌊 Maritime Disasters🐋 Whaling History
This Wretched Valley
by Jenny Kiefer • 2024
A hidden rock wall lures four climbers into a Kentucky valley that digests everyone who enters.
3.25
13k+
🏔️ Sentient Landscape🌲 Wilderness Horror🌌 Cosmic Dread
This Wretched Valley Summary
This Wretched Valley 86%
A hidden rock wall lures four climbers into a Kentucky valley that digests everyone who enters.
by Jenny Kiefer 2024
3.25
13k+ ratings
🏔️ Sentient Landscape🌲 Wilderness Horror🌌 Cosmic Dread
The Cay
by Theodore Taylor • 1969
Shipwrecked and blinded, a prejudiced boy must trust an old West Indian sailor to survive.
3.80
39k+
🏝️ Stranded On An Island🤝 Unlikely Friendship🏕️ Survival Skills
The Cay Summary
The Cay 86%
Shipwrecked and blinded, a prejudiced boy must trust an old West Indian sailor to survive.
by Theodore Taylor 1969
3.80
39k+ ratings
🏝️ Stranded On An Island🤝 Unlikely Friendship🏕️ Survival Skills
The Ice at the End of the World
by Jon Gertner • 2019
Greenland's ice holds a climate archive; it shows the planet can flip in a human lifetime.
4.17
1k+
🧊 Polar Exploration🌍 Climate Science🏔️ Glaciology
The Ice at the End of the World Summary
The Ice at the End of the World 86%
Greenland's ice holds a climate archive; it shows the planet can flip in a human lifetime.
by Jon Gertner 2019
4.17
1k+ ratings
🧊 Polar Exploration🌍 Climate Science🏔️ Glaciology
The Climb
by Anatoli Boukreev • 1997
A blizzard at 8,000 meters: a guide without oxygen searches for missing clients in the dark.
3.99
19k+
🧗 Mountaineering💵 Commercial Climbing⛑️ Expedition Disasters
The Climb Summary
The Climb 86%
A blizzard at 8,000 meters: a guide without oxygen searches for missing clients in the dark.
by Anatoli Boukreev 1997
3.99
19k+ ratings
🧗 Mountaineering💵 Commercial Climbing⛑️ Expedition Disasters
Falter
by Bill McKibben • 2019
Engineers want to redesign humans as the climate exit. The two crises share a cause.
4.00
2k+
🤖 Tech Ethics⚠️ Existential Risk🛢️ Fossil Fuel Deception
Falter Summary
Falter 86%
Engineers want to redesign humans as the climate exit. The two crises share a cause.
by Bill McKibben 2019
4.00
2k+ ratings
🤖 Tech Ethics⚠️ Existential Risk🛢️ Fossil Fuel Deception
Man-Eaters of Kumaon
by Jim Corbett • 1944
One tigress, four hundred dead. A lone hunter tracked her on foot through the Indian jungle.
4.31
6k+
🐅 Indian Wildlife🏔️ Adventure Memoir🎯 Hunting Ethics
Man-Eaters of Kumaon Summary
Man-Eaters of Kumaon 86%
One tigress, four hundred dead. A lone hunter tracked her on foot through the Indian jungle.
by Jim Corbett 1944
4.31
6k+ ratings
🐅 Indian Wildlife🏔️ Adventure Memoir🎯 Hunting Ethics
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway • 1952
Eighty-four days empty, an old fisherman rows far offshore and hooks a marlin longer than his boat.
3.81
1.3M+
📘 Allegorical Fiction👴 Mentor And Student🦈 Dignity In Defeat
The Old Man and the Sea Summary
The Old Man and the Sea 86%
Eighty-four days empty, an old fisherman rows far offshore and hooks a marlin longer than his boat.
by Ernest Hemingway 1952
3.81
1.3M+ ratings
📘 Allegorical Fiction👴 Mentor And Student🦈 Dignity In Defeat
The Comfort of Crows
by Margaret Renkl • 2023
One suburban yard across four seasons: grief, fox kits, and the wisdom of letting things grow wild.
4.16
15k+
🏡 Backyard Naturalism📅 Seasonal Nature Writing👁️ Attention As Practice
The Comfort of Crows Summary
The Comfort of Crows 86%
One suburban yard across four seasons: grief, fox kits, and the wisdom of letting things grow wild.
by Margaret Renkl 2023
4.16
15k+ ratings
🏡 Backyard Naturalism📅 Seasonal Nature Writing👁️ Attention As Practice
Shark Life
by Peter Benchley • 2002
Sharks kill fewer than 10 people a year. The author of Jaws explains why.
4.01
845
🐠 Marine Biology🌊 Ocean Conservation🎲 Risk Perception
Shark Life Summary
Shark Life 86%
Sharks kill fewer than 10 people a year. The author of Jaws explains why.
by Peter Benchley 2002
4.01
845 ratings
🐠 Marine Biology🌊 Ocean Conservation🎲 Risk Perception
The White Darkness
by David Grann • 2018
Obsessed with Shackleton, a soldier crossed Antarctica alone. His hero knew when to stop. He didn't.
3.97
10k+
❄️ Polar Exploration📖 Explorer Biographies🕰️ Historical Obsession
The White Darkness Summary
The White Darkness 86%
Obsessed with Shackleton, a soldier crossed Antarctica alone. His hero knew when to stop. He didn't.
by David Grann 2018
3.97
10k+ ratings
❄️ Polar Exploration📖 Explorer Biographies🕰️ Historical Obsession
Eden
by Tim Lebbon • 2020
A team infiltrates a sealed wilderness to find a missing mother, but the land itself hunts.
3.41
2k+
🏞️ Eco Horror🌿 Sentient Wilderness🗺️ Expedition Gone Wrong
Eden Summary
Eden 86%
A team infiltrates a sealed wilderness to find a missing mother, but the land itself hunts.
by Tim Lebbon 2020
3.41
2k+ ratings
🏞️ Eco Horror🌿 Sentient Wilderness🗺️ Expedition Gone Wrong
Barbarian Days
by William Finnegan • 2015
Surfing saved a lonely kid in Hawaii. Fifty years of chasing waves nearly undid him.
4.28
41k+
🌊 Surf Culture🏄 Surf Travel📖 Literary Memoir
Barbarian Days Summary
Barbarian Days 86%
Surfing saved a lonely kid in Hawaii. Fifty years of chasing waves nearly undid him.
by William Finnegan 2015
4.28
41k+ ratings
🌊 Surf Culture🏄 Surf Travel📖 Literary Memoir
Managed Annihilation
by Dean L.Y. Bavington • 2010
The 1992 cod collapse that idled 30,000 workers was not nature's fault but management's.
3.29
21
📜 Environmental History🌍 Political Ecology🎣 Fisheries Management
Managed Annihilation Summary
Managed Annihilation 86%
The 1992 cod collapse that idled 30,000 workers was not nature's fault but management's.
by Dean L.Y. Bavington 2010
3.29
21 ratings
📜 Environmental History🌍 Political Ecology🎣 Fisheries Management
Near the Bone
by Christina Henry • 2021
An isolated wife endures her husband's cruelty, but something worse is watching from the trees.
3.69
22k+
🩸 Survival Horror👹 Creature Feature⛓️ Abusive Marriage
Near the Bone Summary
Near the Bone 86%
An isolated wife endures her husband's cruelty, but something worse is watching from the trees.
by Christina Henry 2021
3.69
22k+ ratings
🩸 Survival Horror👹 Creature Feature⛓️ Abusive Marriage
Underland
by Robert Macfarlane • 2019
Fungal networks, catacombs, nuclear tombs: the vast underground that shapes our fate and our future.
4.22
22k+
🕳️ Underground Exploration⏳ Geological Time🍄 Subterranean Networks
Underland Summary
Underland 86%
Fungal networks, catacombs, nuclear tombs: the vast underground that shapes our fate and our future.
by Robert Macfarlane 2019
4.22
22k+ ratings
🕳️ Underground Exploration⏳ Geological Time🍄 Subterranean Networks
Tom Brown's Science and Art of Tracking
by Tom Brown Jr. • 1999
Read an animal's hunger and fear from soil, then discover how tracking becomes a spiritual practice.
4.10
335
🐾 Animal Tracking🏕️ Wilderness Skills👣 Track Interpretation
Tom Brown's Science and Art of Tracking Summary
Tom Brown's Science and Art of Tracking 86%
Read an animal's hunger and fear from soil, then discover how tracking becomes a spiritual practice.
by Tom Brown Jr. 1999
4.10
335 ratings
🐾 Animal Tracking🏕️ Wilderness Skills👣 Track Interpretation
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