Orion Book Award

56 Obras 63,009 Libros 2,598 Reseñas 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.
Stages:
Todos, Winner (12), Finalist (44)
Categorias:
Todos, Ficción (8), No-ficción (9), No Category (39)
Years:
Todos, 2016 (4), 2015 (9), 2014 (8), 2013 (5), 2012 (5), 2011 (5), 2010 (5), 2009 (5), 2008 (5), 2007 (5)

Winner 12

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

Finalist 44

ObraCategoríaAño
The Oyster War: The True Story of a Small Farm, Big Politics, and the Future of Wilderness in America por Summer Brennan2016
H de halcón por Helen Macdonald2016
A river runs again : India's natural world in crisis por Meera Subramanian2016
Long Man por Amy GreeneFiction2015
Invisible Beasts por Sharona MuirFiction2015
Divine Animal por Scott Russell SandersFiction2015
Zoologies: On Animals and the Human Spirit por Alison Hawthorne DemingNonfiction2015
Windfall: The Booming Business of Global Warming por McKenzie FunkNonfiction2015
A Country Called Childhood: Children and the Exuberant World por Jay GriffithsNonfiction2015
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History por Elizabeth KolbertNonfiction2015
All the Land to Hold Us: A Novel por Rick BassFiction2014
The Last Animal por Abby GeniFiction2014
Archipelago por Monique RoffeyFiction2014
The Urban Bestiary: Encountering the Everyday Wild por Lyanda Lynn HauptNonfiction2014
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants por Robin Wall KimmererNonfiction2014
La cuenta atrás / The countdown (Spanish Edition) por Alan WeismanNonfiction2014
Conducta migratoria por Barbara Kingsolver2013
Things That Are por Amy Leach2013
The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot por Robert Macfarlane2013
The Mountain and the Fathers: Growing Up on The Big Dry por Joe Wilkins2013
Fire Season: Field Notes From a Wilderness Lookout por Philip Connors2012
Oil on Water por Helon Habila2012
Tierra de caimanes por Karen Russell2012
Raising Elijah: Protecting Our Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis (A Merloyd Lawrence Book) por Sandra Steingraber2012
Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology por David Abram2011
Sobre una montaña por John D'Agata2011
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival por John Vaillant2011
Deep Blue Home: An Intimate Ecology of Our Wild Ocean por Julia Whitty2011
The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World por Wade Davis2010
Rewilding the West: Restoration in a Prairie Landscape por Richard Manning2010
Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing: Stories (P.S.) por Lydia Peelle2010
The Barbaric Heart: Faith, Money, and the Crisis of Nature por Curtis White2010
The Wild Places por Robert Macfarlane2009
The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability por James Gustave Speth2009
Inventing Niagara: Beauty, Power, and Lies por Ginger Strand2009
Finding Beauty in a Broken World por Terry Tempest Williams2009
Strange as this Weather Has Been por Ann Pancake2008
The Wild Trees por Richard Preston2008
Sky Time in Gray's River: Living for Keeps in a Forgotten Place por Robert Michael Pyle2008
El mundo sin nosotros por Alan Weisman2008
The Lives of Rocks por Rick Bass2007
Inferno por Charles Bowden2007
Returning to Earth por Jim Harrison2007
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals por Michael Pollan2007

Descripciones

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, Escritos por miembros)
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, Escritos por miembros)

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