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Nature Book Group!

The Nature Book Club meets on the second Tuesday of each month, 1:30 - 3:00 PM
at the Peace United Church of Christ in Webster Groves
.  
Newcomers are welcome!  Contact Lisa Nansteel (636) 391-4898 for more information.


2019 WGNSS Nature Book Club meeting schedule:

February 12 ‒ Death and Life of the Great Lakes, by Dan Egan

March 12 ‒ The Hidden Life of Trees, How They Feel, How They Communicate, by Peter Wohlleben 

​Click here to see the complete reading list of WGNSS Nature Book Club.
Join WGNSS for books, birds, bugs & botany! 
All events are free & open to the public, unless noted. 
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2019 WGNSS Nature Book Club Reading List:
January 8 ‒ Darwin Comes to Town: How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution, by Peter Wohlleben
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2018 WGNSS Nature Book Club Reading List:
December 11 ‒ A Most Improbable Journey: A Big History of Our Planet and Ourselves, by Walter Alvarez
November 13 ‒ Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder from the World of Plants, by Jane Goodall

October 9 ‒ The Elephant Whisperer: My Life with the Herd in the African Wild, by Lawrence Anthony
September 11 ‒ Venomous: How Earth’s Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry, by Christie Wilcox
August 14 ‒ ​Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History, by Dan Flores

July 10 ‒ Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins, by Susan Casey
June 12 ‒ The Reason for Flowers:Their History, Culture, Biology, and How They Change Our LIves, by Stephen Buchmann
May 8 ‒ Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative, by Florence William
April 10 ‒ Songbird Journeys: Four Seasons in the live of Migratory Birds, by Miyoko Chu ​
March 13 ‒ ​The Invention of Nature: Alexander Von Humboldt's New World, by Andrea Wulf  (Chapters 14-23) 
February 13 ‒ ​The Invention of Nature: Alexander Von Humboldt's New World, by Andrea Wulf  (Chapters 1-13)
January 9 ‒ ​Th​e Tide: the Science and Stories Behind the Greatest Force on Earth. by Hugh Aldersey-Williams
2017 WGNSS Nature Book Club Reading List:
December 12 ‒ The Invention of Clouds by Richard Hamblyn
November 14 ‒ Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death by Bernd Heinrich
October 10 ‒ The Most Perfect Thing: Inside (and Outside) a Bird's Egg by Tim Birkhead
September 12 ‒ The Secret Lives of Bats by Merlin Tuttle
August 8 ‒ Sun, Moon, Earth by Tyler Nordgren
​July 11 ‒ House Guest, House Pest by Richard Jones
June 13 ‒ The Thing with Feathers by Noah Stryker
May 9 ‒ Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants 
​              by Robin Wall Kimmerer
April 11 ‒ Death by Black Hole and the Other Cosmic Quandaries byNeil deGrasse Tyson.
March 14 ‒ The Weather Experiment: Pioneers Who Sought to See the Future, by Peter Moore.
February 14 ‒ Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel by Carl Safina
January 10 ‒ Spirals in Time: the Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells by Helen Scales



Click here to see the books we enjoyed in other years.
Join WGNSS for books, birds, bugs & botany! 
All events are free & open to the public, unless noted. Nature bookshelf photo by Anne McCormack

Nature & Science book related blogs

Cool Green Science Nature Book Review 2018
https://blog.nature.org/science/2018/12/11/the-cool-green-holiday-book-review-2018/
(Cool Green Science: https://blog.nature.org/science/) 


Nature Lovers Book Club
http://natureloversbookclub.blogspot.com/


SCIFRI Book Club
https://www.sciencefriday.com/series/scifri-book-club/
(Science Friday: https://www.sciencefriday.com
)

The Well Read Naturalist, The Natural History Book Review

http://www.wellreadnaturalist.com/



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