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Explore the beauty of the natural world with our Nature collection at Thryft. Immerse yourself in captivating narratives about the environment, wildlife, and the mysteries of our planet. From renowned environmentalists to insightful nature writers, there's something for every keen nature enthusiast.
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Jamie Sams
The Thirteen Original Clan Mothers: Your Sacred Path to Discovering the Gifts, Talents, and Abilities of the Feminine
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If you have a thirst for spiritual growth and a respect for indigenous knowledge, "The Thirteen Original Clan Mothers" by Jamie Sams could offer you a harmonious blend of ancestral wisdom and personal empowerment. It's a guide that invites you to connect with the cycles of the moon and explore the unique strengths within you, all while paying tribute to feminine insight and tradition. This book could be the bridge between ancient teachings and your personal development journey.
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Larry Dossey
One Mind: How Our Individual Mind Is Part of a Greater Consciousness and Why It Matters
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If you're fascinated by the interconnectedness of human consciousness, "One Mind" could enrich your perception of existence. Larry Dossey doesn't just philosophize; he backs up the One Mind concept with research and real-world phenomena. The stories and insights provided may not only broaden your worldview but could also offer a deeper understanding of empathy and collective human potential. Reading this could be a transformative experience if you're open to such existential explorations.
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Abigail Tucker
The Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World
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If you've ever wondered how your feline friend managed to find a place not just in your home but in the hearts of millions worldwide, "The Lion in the Living Room" is a pursuit you'll find fascinating. Abigail Tucker takes you on a journey that's as much about natural history as it is about the socio-cultural impact of cats. This book promises a colorful trek through time, textures of science, and the quirkiness of cat mania—all served with a dash of humor. It's the purr-fect read for anyone curious about the silent paws treading powerfully through human history.
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Mark Shapiro, Steve McDowell
Symbiosis
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If you're fascinated by intersections where science and sustainability meet design, "Symbiosis" makes for a compelling read. The book reflects on the creation of a remarkable building with an ethos of collaborative science, suggesting that architecture isn't just about a structure, but about embodying principles that promote human well-being and environmental responsibility. Dive into the thoughtful narrative of how buildings can mirror and advance society’s best aspirations.
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Gemma Cairney
Open Your Mind: Your World and Your Future
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Gemma Cairney's "Open Your Mind: Your World and Your Future" sounds like a trusty companion, like that wise friend who's always there to offer a shoulder and sage advice. Delving into everything from mental health to societal issues, it seeks to guide young folks through the complex maze of the modern world. If you're feeling a bit lost or just in need of some heartfelt counsel, this book can be a kind of roadmap for personal and social understanding.
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Laurence Gonzales
Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
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If you're fascinated by what pushes humans beyond their limits, "Deep Survival" is an absolute page-turner for you. Gonzales doesn't just share survival stories; he dives into the why, merging anecdotal evidence with scientific insights that'll change how you perceive challenges and the human capacity to overcome them. It's thought-provoking material for anyone who loves dissecting the intricacies of the human mind in the face of adversity.
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Melissa Jo Peltier, Cesar Millan
Cesar's Way : The Natural, Everyday Guide to Understanding and Correcting Common Dog Problems
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"Cesar's Way" helps dog owners understand the importance of fulfilling their pet's basic needs, such as exercise, discipline, and affection. Through interesting case studies, Cesar Millan illustrates how to correct common unwanted behavior and improve the relationship with your dog. This book is perfect for any dog owner wanting to develop a stronger bond with their furry friend and create a more fulfilling life for them.
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Sarah Wilson
This One Wild And Precious Life - The Path Back To Connection In A Fractured World
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As seen in USA Today 's hottest releases and The Washington Post 's 10 New Books Spotlight “Sarah Wilson is a force of nature – quite literally. She has taken her pain and grief about our sick and troubled world and alchemized it into action, advocacy, adventure, poetry, and true love.” — ELIZABETH GILBERT Wake up and reclaim your one wild and precious life. New York Times bestselling author Sarah Wilson shows you how in this radical spiritual guidebook, the book we need NOW. Many of us are living with the sense that things are not right with the world and are in a state of spiritual PTSD. We have retreated, morally and psychologically; we are experiencing a crisis of disconnection—from one another, from our true values, from joy, and from life as we feel we are meant to be living it. Sarah Wilson argues that this sense of despair and disconnection is ironically what unites us—that deep down, we are all feeling that same itch for a new way of living. Drawing on science, literature, philosophy and the wisdom of some of the world’s leading experts, and her personal journey, Wilson offers a hopeful path forward to the life we love. En route, she shows us how to wake up and reconnect with life using “wild practices” that include: · Hike. Embrace the “walking cure” as great minds throughout history have. · Go to your edge. Do what scares you and embrace discomfort daily. · #Buylesslivemore. Break the cycle of mindless consumption and get light with your life. · Become a soul nerd. Light up your intellect with the arts. · Get “full-fat spiritual”. Have an active practice and use it to change the world. · Practice wild activism. Through sustained, non-violent protest we can create our better world. The time has come to boldly, wildly imagine better. We are being called upon, individually and as a society, to forge a new path and to find a new way of living. Will you join the journey?
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Alexandra Horowitz
Inside of a Dog
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Recommended for dog lovers who want to learn from a dog's perspective. The unique feature is that it offers insights into the canine world, including their views on humans, smell, and cognition. Users would appreciate the opportunity to learn more about dogs, and the author's credentials make it all the more appealing.
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Akiko Busch
How To Disappear : Notes on Invisibility in a Time of Transparency
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"How to Disappear" is a thought-provoking book that can resonate with anyone tired of the constant pressure to be visible and "connected." It encourages readers to rediscover the beauty of living a private life by exploring different forms of invisibility and their meaning in today's society. Busch's engaging writing style and personal experiences make this book a must-read for anyone seeking a fulfilling and meaningful life outside the spotlight.
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Frans de Waal
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
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This book is the perfect recommendation for animal lovers, nature enthusiasts or anyone who is curious about discovering more about the behaviors and intelligence of the animal kingdom. Frans de Waal provides a comprehensive account of how various animals can be much smarter than we think, largely due to how we underestimate their abilities. Through numerous real-life examples and experiments, the book is not only fascinating but also thought-provoking, challenging our preconceptions about animal intelligence. Overall, this book is an insightful and enjoyable read that is likely to leave a lasting impact on its reader.
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Vanessa Woods, Brian Hare
The Genius of Dogs : Discovering the Unique Intelligence of Man's Best Friend
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The international bestseller that reveals the amazing mind of your favourite friendIs your dog purposefully disobeying you? Probably, and usually behind your back. Should you act like ‘top dog’ to maintain control? No, you’re better off displaying your friendliness – and not just to your dog. Which breed is the cleverest? That’s the wrong question to ask.These are just some of the extraordinary insights to be found in 'The Genius of Dogs' – the seminal book on how dogs evolved their unique intelligence by award-winning scientist Dr Brian Hare. He shares more than two decades of startling discoveries about the mysteries of the dog mind and how you can use his groundbreaking work to build a better relationship with your own dog.
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Alexandra Horowitz
Inside of a Dog : What Dogs See, Smell, and Know
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The answers will surprise and delight you as Alexandra Horowitz, a cognitive scientist, explains how dogs perceive their daily worlds, each other, and other quirky animal, the human. "Horowitz introduces the reader to dogs' perceptual and cognitive abilities and then draws a picture of what it mgiht be like to be a dog. What it's like to be able to smell not just every bit of open food in the house but also to smell sadness in humans, or even the passag eof time? How does a tingy dog manage to play sucessfully with a Great Dane? What is it like to hear the bodily vibrations of insects or the hum of a fluorescent light? Why must a person on a bicycle be chased? What's it like to use your mouth as a hand? In short, what is it like for a dog to experience life from two feet off the ground, amidst the smells of the sidewalk, gazing at our ankles or knees? Inside of a Dog explains these things and much more. The answers can be surprising-once we set aside our natural inclination to anthropomorphize dogs. Inside of a Dog also contains up-to-the-minute-research-on dogs' detection of disease, the secrets of their tails, and their skill at reading our attention-that Horowitz puts into useful context. Although not a formal training guide, Insie of Dog has practical applicaiton for dog lovers interested in understanding why their dogs do what they do. With alight touch and the weight of science behind her, Alexandra Horowtiz examines the animal we think we know best but may actually understand the least. This book is as close as you can get to knowing about dogs without being a dog yourself
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Peter Godfrey-Smith
Other Minds : The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life
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Although mammals and birds are widely regarded as the smartest creatures on earth, it has lately become clear that a very distant branch of the tree of life has also sprouted higher intelligence: the cephalopods, consisting of the squid, the cuttlefish, and above all the octopus. In captivity, octopuses have been known to identify individual human keepers, raid neighboring tanks for food, turn off lightbulbs by spouting jets of water, plug drains, and make daring escapes. How is it that a creature with such gifts evolved through an evolutionary lineage so radically distant from our own? What does it mean that evolution built minds not once but at least twice? The octopus is the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent alien. What can we learn from the encounter? In Other Minds, Peter Godfrey-Smith, a distinguished philosopher of science and a skilled scuba diver, tells a bold new story of how subjective experience crept into being—how nature became aware of itself. As Godfrey-Smith stresses, it is a story that largely occurs in the ocean, where animals first appeared. Tracking the mind’s fitful development, Godfrey-Smith shows how unruly clumps of seaborne cells began living together and became capable of sensing, acting, and signaling. As these primitive organisms became more entangled with others, they grew more complicated. The first nervous systems evolved, probably in ancient relatives of jellyfish; later on, the cephalopods, which began as inconspicuous mollusks, abandoned their shells and rose above the ocean floor, searching for prey and acquiring the greater intelligence needed to do so. Taking an independent route, mammals and birds later began their own evolutionary journeys. But what kind of intelligence do cephalopods possess? Drawing on the latest scientific research and his own scuba-diving adventures, Godfrey-Smith probes the many mysteries that surround the lineage. How did the octopus, a solitary creature with little social life, become so smart? What is it like to have eight tentacles that are so packed with neurons that they virtually “think for themselves”? What happens when some octopuses abandon their hermit-like ways and congregate, as they do in a unique location off the coast of Australia?By tracing the question of inner life back to its roots and comparing human beings with our most remarkable animal relatives, Godfrey-Smith casts crucial new light on the octopus mind—and on our own.
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Alan Levinovitz
Natural - The Seductive Myth Of Nature's Goodness
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This book provides a thought-provoking perspective on our society's obsession with living "naturally." Through a blend of scientific research and cultural analysis, Alan Levinovitz challenges the popular belief that nature holds all the answers to leading a fulfilling life. With a mix of wit and intellect, this book encourages readers to question the consequences of blindly following the idea of a pristine, untouched natural world. A must-read for those seeking a deeper understanding of the complex relationship between humans and nature.
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Sarah Wilson
This One Wild And Precious Life - The Path Back To Connection In A Fractured World
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This book is a powerful reminder of the importance of human connection in a world that often feels fragmented. Through personal stories and insightful reflections, Sarah Wilson guides readers on a path towards rediscovering meaning and purpose. With a blend of vulnerability and resilience, she invites us to embrace the wild and precious moments of life, helping us find our way back to ourselves and to each other.
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Sy Montgomery
The Soul of an Octopus : A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness
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In pursuit of the wild, solitary, predatory octopus, popular naturalist Sy Montgomery has practiced true immersion journalism. From New England aquarium tanks to the reefs of French Polynesia and the Gulf of Mexico, she has befriended octopuses with strikingly different personalities—gentle Athena, assertive Octavia, curious Kali, and joyful Karma. Each creature shows her cleverness in myriad ways: escaping enclosures like an orangutan; jetting water to bounce balls; and endlessly tricking companions with multiple “sleights of hand” to get food.Scientists have only recently accepted the intelligence of dogs, birds, and chimpanzees but now are watching octopuses solve problems and are trying to decipher the meaning of the animal’s color-changing techniques. With her “joyful passion for these intelligent and fascinating creatures” (Library Journal Editors’ Spring Pick), Montgomery chronicles the growing appreciation of this mollusk as she tells a unique love story. By turns funny, entertaining, touching, and profound, The Soul of an Octopus reveals what octopuses can teach us about the meeting of two very different minds.
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Vanessa Woods, Brian Hare
The Genius of Dogs : Discovering the Unique Intelligence of Man's Best Friend
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The Genius of Dogs is a must-read for all dog owners who want to gain a deeper understanding of their canine companion. Dr. Brian Hare's research uncovers the unique intelligence of dogs and helps readers build a better relationship with their furry friends. With engaging anecdotes and scientific evidence, this book provides valuable insights into how dogs think and behave.
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Edward O. Wilson
Consilience : The Unity of Knowledge
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This book is recommended for readers who are curious about the interconnectedness of the world. Wilson's argument about the unity of knowledge and the need to find "consilience" is compelling. He seamlessly weaves together ancient Greek concepts and modern science, and it's fascinating to see how different branches of knowledge can be united. Overall, a must-read for anyone interested in the interconnectedness of our world and the quest for a unified theory of knowledge.
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John Farndon
Big Book of the Brain
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Marvel at the mind-boggling complexity of your brain, more intricate than even the most advanced supercomputer. Discover how human brains differ from those of other anmials, and what they have in common. Journey into the depths of your mind and find out what controls your thoughts, actions, emotions and memories.
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Edward O. Wilson
On Human Nature
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This book is a fascinating exploration of the intricate interplay between nature and nurture in determining human behavior. Edward O. Wilson challenges prevailing misconceptions and dives deep into the realm of biology's influence on our actions. Through his insightful analysis, he presents a compelling argument for the sociobiological limitations that might shape our destiny as humans. If you are intrigued by the hidden forces that drive human behavior, this thought-provoking masterpiece is a must-read. Get ready to delve into a captivating journey that will forever change your understanding of what it means to be human.
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Frederick L. Coolidge, Thomas Wynn
How To Think Like a Neandertal
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This book provides an intriguing look into the mental life and culture of Neanderthals. It explores their language abilities, complex technical skills, and hunting practices, giving readers insight into a long-vanished people. The book also draws comparisons to our own minds and culture, making it a fascinating read for anyone interested in anthropology or psychology.
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Oscar Zárate, Dylan Evans, Richard Appignanesi
Introducing Evolutionary Psychology
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Introducing Evolutionary Psychology is a must-read for people who want to discover the science behind human behavior. The book provides a detailed explanation of how our minds evolved and the reasons behind our behavior. It is fascinating to learn about the mind's universal features, such as cooperation, and how they were designed. Dylan Evans' clear and concise writing, combined with the beautiful and informative illustrations by Oscar Zarate, make this book an exceptional read for anyone interested in understanding the human mind's evolutionary development and behavior.
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Steven H. Strogatz
Sync : The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order
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'Sync' is a perfect read for those interested in understanding complex mathematical themes such as self-organisation and spontaneous emergence of order out of chaos. The author seamlessly connects various applications to exemplify this theme, including human sleep and circadian rhythms, heart arrhythmias, and secret codes. The book has the potential to blow your mind and is highly recommended for those looking for some intellectual challenge.
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Harriet Gross
The Psychology of Gardening - The Psychology of Everything
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If you're intrigued by the deeper intricacies of a cherished pastime, "The Psychology of Gardening" could be a refreshing read for you. This book isn't just about the how-tos of planting and weeding; it digs into the fertile soil of our minds to uncover why gardening can be so therapeutic. Unveiling the connections between gardening, personality, and mindfulness, it offers insight for both the seasoned gardener and the curious onlooker looking to understand this green-fingered passion.
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Guy Murchie
Seven Mysteries of Life
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An American Book Award finalist, Guy Murchie's The Seven Mysteries of Life "embraces all the important information about everything humanity needs to know for continuance aboard planet Earth, or anywhere else in the universe" (Buckminster Fuller)."All life in all worlds"—this was the object of the author's seventeen-year quest for knowledge and discovery, culminating in this book. In a manner unmistakably his own, Murchie delves into the interconnectedness of all life on the planet and of such fields as biology, geology, sociology, mathematics, and physics to provide an astonishing journey into the essence of science, philosophy, and inspiration."Murchie has a remarkably comprehensive knowledge of science and writes about it with the gifts of a poet plus a highly personal, visionary, mystical spirit."— Wall Street Journal"A good book to take to a desert island as sole companion, so rich is it in knowledge and insight."— New York Times best-selling author May Sarton
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Rupert Sheldrake
The Presence of the Past : Morphic Resonance and the Habits of Nature
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"This book is a fascinating analysis of how nature's habits are formed and why they persist, thanks to morphic resonance. Rupert Sheldrake provides a fresh perspective on how an organism's past experiences can influence its present and future behaviors. This is a must-read for anyone interested in gaining a deeper understanding of our natural world."
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Discover the enthralling narratives of the natural world with Thryft's Nature collection. Here, you can find works by celebrated authors and environmentalists who bring the splendour of the earth to life. Whether you're passionate about conservation or enchanted by wilderness tales, our selection offers a variety of perspectives and stories. Explore titles that challenge, inspire, and awaken your ecological curiosity.
Yes, many books in the Nature collection explore crucial environmental issues, offering insights into conservation, biodiversity, and climate change.
Absolutely! Some works bridge the gap between nature and philosophy by exploring deep ecological thoughts. Consider also visiting our Philosophy collection for more contemplative reads.
Yes, our Nature collection includes titles focused on wildlife conservation and the efforts needed to protect various species globally.
We frequently update our Nature collection with new arrivals, so be sure to check back regularly for the latest finds. You might also enjoy exploring our selection in Science for a deeper dive into related topics.