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Sierra Magazine Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge, Erica Gies

Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge

Erica Gies
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Erica Gies's Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge (University of Chicago Press, 2022) is a buzzy symposium of a book, with more locations than a James Bond film. https://t.co/t6gomfMHaD

Hardcover, 2022

$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Kindred: Gift Edition, Octavia E. Butler

Kindred: Gift Edition

Octavia E. Butler
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"Persistently looking forward and backward, #OctaviaButler saw this: How we were, and would be, trapped by and in between those worlds, especially if we didn't address the unfinished business." https://t.co/GHtOkbEMhu

Hardcover, 2022

$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Dinosaurs, Lydia Millet

Dinosaurs

Lydia Millet
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Lydia Millet's latest novel, Dinosaurs (W.W. Norton, 2022), is the deceptively simple story of an Arizona man's relationship with the family living in a glass house next door. https://t.co/BZuEL0Mph4

Hardcover, 2022

$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Graceland, at Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache from the American South, Margaret Renkl

Graceland, at Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache from the American South

Margaret Renkl
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Graceland, At Last, by @MargaretRenkl, makes for perfect beach reading—or, for that matter, lake-side reading, creek-side reading, stream-bank reading, pond-edge reading, or wherever you’re spending your summer holiday. https://t.co/6r4q0V8Chl

Paperback, 2023

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants, Karen Bakker

The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants

Karen Bakker
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In The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants (Princeton University Press, 2022), Karen Bakker explores the "hidden world of nonhuman sound." https://t.co/cItDpHJtJq

Paperback, 2024

$21.95$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Fat Girls Hiking: An Inclusive Guide to Getting Outdoors at Any Size or Ability, Summer Michaud-Skog

Fat Girls Hiking: An Inclusive Guide to Getting Outdoors at Any Size or Ability

Summer Michaud-Skog
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Summer Michaud-Skog’s Fat Girls Hiking: An Inclusive Guide to Getting Outdoors at Any Size or Ability, aims to empower experienced and aspiring hikers alike. https://t.co/HT7dsmvsGW

Paperback, 2022

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle, Jody Rosen

Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle

Jody Rosen
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Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of The Bicycle, by @jodyrosen reels through cycling history, engineering, and politics. https://t.co/6r4q0V8Chl

Paperback, 2023

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Kindred, Octavia Butler

Kindred

Octavia Butler
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.@lynellgeorge on the gripping, spectral, and genre-defying spectacle that is Octavia Butler’s Kindred.

Paperback, 2004

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Fema: Are You Ready? An In-Depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness, Department Of Homeland Security

Fema: Are You Ready? An In-Depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness

Department Of Homeland Security
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Young had applied for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. But FEMA didn't compensate Young's family for the barn or the contents of their home, because they still have a livable space upstairs. https://t.co/nSPJCtMzFk

Paperback, 2017

$13.76$6.88 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic, Emily Monosson

Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic

Emily Monosson
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If you are the type of person who enjoys spending a nice day at the beach reading about things that could kill you, consider Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic by Emily Monosson. https://t.co/SwcX7sKtCn

Hardcover, 2023

$28.95$14.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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