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    We Loved It All: A Memory of Life

    Lydia Millet

    Hardback

    A personal evocation of the glory of nature, our vexed position in the animal kingdom and the difficulty of adoring what we destroy

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    Get Me Through the Next Five Minutes: Odes to Being Alive

    James Parker

    Hardback

    From the vertiginously talented Atlantic staff writer James Parker, a collection of uproarious prose odes that show how to find gratitude in unexpected places

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    Ghost Dogs: On Killers and Kin

    Andre Dubus III

    Hardback

    Essays from the literary master and best-selling author of Townie on a life of challenges, contradictions and fulfillments

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    Transient and Strange: Notes on the Science of Life

    Nell Greenfieldboyce

    Hardback

    An astonishing debut from the beloved NPR science correspondent: intimate essays about the intersection of science and everyday life

  • Butterflies: Reflections, Tales, and Verse

    Hermann Hesse, Volker Michels, Elisabeth Lauffer, Jakob Hübner

    Hardback

    This volume gathers the most alluring stories, recollections, contemplations and poems on butterflies by Herman Hesse.