Orion Book Award

56 opere 63,009 libri 2,598 recensioni ½ 3.9
The Orion Book Award was founded in 2007 to recognize books that deepen our connection to the natural world, present new ideas about our relationship with nature, and achieve excellence in writing.
Fasi:
Tutto, Winner (12), Finalist (44)
Categorie:
Tutto, Narrativa (8), Saggistica (9), Nessuna categoria (39)
Anni:
Tutto, 2016 (4), 2015 (9), 2014 (8), 2013 (5), 2012 (5), 2011 (5), 2010 (5), 2009 (5), 2008 (5), 2007 (5)

Winner 12

OperaCategoriaAnno
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness di Sy Montgomery2016
The Bees di Laline PaullFiction2015
Feral: Rewilding the Land, the Sea, and Human Life di George MonbiotNonfiction2015
L'altro inizio di Margaret AtwoodFiction2014
Sightlines di Kathleen JamieNonfiction2014
Apocalyptic Planet: Field Guide to the Everending Earth di Craig Childs2013
The View from Lazy Point: A Natural Year in an Unnatural World di Carl Safina2012
Insectopedia di Hugh Raffles2011
Some of the Dead Are Still Breathing: Living in the Future di Charles Bowden2010
Trespass: Living at the Edge of the Promised Land di Amy Irvine2009
The Zookeeper's Wife di Diane Ackermann2008
Wild: An Elemental Journey di Jay Griffiths2007

Finalist 44

OperaCategoriaAnno
The Oyster War: The True Story of a Small Farm, Big Politics, and the Future of Wilderness in America di Summer Brennan2016
H Is for Hawk di Helen Macdonald2016
A river runs again : India's natural world in crisis di Meera Subramanian2016
Long Man di Amy GreeneFiction2015
Invisible Beasts di Sharona MuirFiction2015
Divine Animal di Scott Russell SandersFiction2015
Zoologies: On Animals and the Human Spirit di Alison Hawthorne DemingNonfiction2015
Windfall: The Booming Business of Global Warming di McKenzie FunkNonfiction2015
A Country Called Childhood: Children and the Exuberant World di Jay GriffithsNonfiction2015
La sesta estinzione: una storia innaturale di Elizabeth KolbertNonfiction2015
All the Land to Hold Us: A Novel di Rick BassFiction2014
The Last Animal di Abby GeniFiction2014
Archipelago di Monique RoffeyFiction2014
The Urban Bestiary: Encountering the Everyday Wild di Lyanda Lynn HauptNonfiction2014
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants di Robin Wall KimmererNonfiction2014
Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth? di Alan WeismanNonfiction2014
La collina delle farfalle di Barbara Kingsolver2013
Things That Are di Amy Leach2013
Le antiche vie. Un elogio del camminare di Robert Macfarlane2013
The Mountain and the Fathers: Growing Up on The Big Dry di Joe Wilkins2013
Fire Season: Field Notes From a Wilderness Lookout di Philip Connors2012
Oil on Water di Helon Habila2012
Swamplandia! Benvenuti nella terra degli alligatori di Karen Russell2012
Raising Elijah: Protecting Our Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis (A Merloyd Lawrence Book) di Sandra Steingraber2012
Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology di David Abram2011
About a Mountain di John D'Agata2011
La tigre. Un'avventura siberiana di vendetta e sopravvivenza di John Vaillant2011
Deep Blue Home: An Intimate Ecology of Our Wild Ocean di Julia Whitty2011
The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World di Wade Davis2010
Rewilding the West: Restoration in a Prairie Landscape di Richard Manning2010
Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing: Stories (P.S.) di Lydia Peelle2010
The Barbaric Heart: Faith, Money, and the Crisis of Nature di Curtis White2010
Luoghi selvaggi. In viaggio a piedi tra isole, vette, brughiere e foreste di Robert Macfarlane2009
The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability di James Gustave Speth2009
Inventing Niagara: Beauty, Power, and Lies di Ginger Strand2009
Finding Beauty in a Broken World di Terry Tempest Williams2009
Strange as this Weather Has Been di Ann Pancake2008
The Wild Trees di Richard Preston2008
Sky Time in Gray's River: Living for Keeps in a Forgotten Place di Robert Michael Pyle2008
Il mondo senza di noi di Alan Weisman2008
The Lives of Rocks di Rick Bass2007
Inferno di Charles Bowden2007
Returning to Earth di Jim Harrison2007
Il dilemma dell'onnivoro di Michael Pollan2007

Descrizioni

The Orion Book Award was founded in 2007 to recognize books that deepen our connection to the natural world, present new ideas about our relationship with nature, and achieve excellence in writing. (English, Scritto da un membro)
The Orion Book Award is given annually to a book that addresses the human relationship with the natural world in a fresh, thought provoking, and engaging manner. Four additional books are named as finalists. Books eligible for the Orion Book Award are judged against these criteria: • That it deepens our connection to the natural world • That it presents new ideas about our relationship with nature • That it achieves excellence in writing The Orion Book Award recognizes books published in North America during the previous calendar year. Nominations for the award are made by advisors, writers, editors, and contributing editors of Orion. Selection of the winning book and four finalists are made by a five-person selection committee, which changes annually. Nominations from authors or from publishers, editors, or agents of books that they have been involved with are not accepted. More information about previous Orion Book Award winners and finalists is available here. (English, Scritto da un membro)

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