Thoreau and the Language of Trees

9 best books like Thoreau and the Language of Trees (Richard Higgins): Walking, Rules for Visiting, In the Penal Colony, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, Big Wolf & Little Wolf, The Lost Words, The Conscious Closet: The Revolutionary Guide to Looking Good While Doing Good, On the Clock: What Low-Wage Work Did to Me and How It Drives America Insane, Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home

Walking

Author	Henry David Thoreau
ISBN	1596058811

The philosophies of Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)—hero to environmentalists and ecologists, profound thinker on humanity's happiness—have greatly influenced the American character, and his writings on human nature, materialism, and the natural world continue to be of profound import...

Rules for Visiting

Author	Jessica Francis Kane
ISBN	0525559221

A beautifully observed and deeply funny novel of May Attaway, a university gardener who sets out on an odyssey to reconnect with four old friends over the course of a year.

At forty, May Attaway is more at home with plants than people. Over the years, she's turned inward, finding pleasure in...

In the Penal Colony

Author

Franz Kafka

Kafka’nın Birinci Dünya Savaşı’nın karanlık günlerinde yazdığı Ceza Kolonisinde isimli öyküde, bilinmeyen bir adadaki koloniyi ziyarete giden bir gezgin, orada tüyler ürpertici bir sistemle karşılaşır. Kişinin suçlu olup olmadığına bakılmaksızın, ona...

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

Author	David W. Blight
ISBN	1416590315

As a young man, Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland. He was fortunate to have been taught to read by his slave owner mistress, and he would go on to become one of the major literary figures of his time. His very existence gave the lie to slave owners: with dignity...

Big Wolf & Little Wolf

Author	Nadine Brun-Cosme
ISBN	1592700845

A story about how life changes when one comes to understand the meaning of friendship and sharing.
Big Wolf lives alone under a tree at the top of a hill. He is alone, but happy. One day he sees another wolf approaching, a little wolf. Without a word, Little Wolf sits down next to Big Wolf. He stays all...

The Lost Words

Author	Robert Macfarlane
ISBN	0241253586

From Acorn to Weasel: a gorgeous, hand-illustrated, large-format spellbook celebrating the magic and wonder of the natural world

All over the country, there are words disappearing from children's lives. Words like Dandelion, Otter, Bramble, Acorn and Lark represent the natural world...

The Conscious Closet: The Revolutionary Guide to Looking Good While Doing Good

Author	Elizabeth L. Cline
ISBN	1524744301

The Conscious Closet is not just a style guide. It is a call to action to transform one of the most polluting industries on earth--fashion--into a force for good. Readers will learn where our clothes are made and how they're made, before connecting to a global and impassioned community of stylish fashion...

On the Clock: What Low-Wage Work Did to Me and How It Drives America Insane

Author	Emily Guendelsberger
ISBN	0316509000

After the local newspaper where she worked as a reporter closed, Emily Guendelsberger took a pre-Christmas job at an Amazon fulfillment center outside Louisville, Kentucky. There, the vending machines were stocked with painkillers, and the staff turnover was dizzying. In the new year, she traveled...

Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home

Author	Heather "Anish" Anderson
ISBN	1680512366

By age 25, Heather Anderson had hiked what is known as the "Triple Crown" of backpacking: the Appalachian Trail (AT), Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), and Continental Divide Trail (CDT)—a combined distance of 7,900 miles with a vertical gain of more than one million feet. A few years later, she left her...