Orion Book Award

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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:
Tous, Winner (12), Finalist (44)
Catégories:
Années:
Tous, 2016 (4), 2015 (9), 2014 (8), 2013 (5), 2012 (5), 2011 (5), 2010 (5), 2009 (5), 2008 (5), 2007 (5)

Winner 12

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

Finalist 44

ŒuvreCatégorieAnnée
The Oyster War: The True Story of a Small Farm, Big Politics, and the Future of Wilderness in America par Summer Brennan2016
M pour Mabel par Helen Macdonald2016
A river runs again : India's natural world in crisis par Meera Subramanian2016
Long Man par Amy GreeneFiction2015
Invisible Beasts par Sharona MuirFiction2015
Divine Animal par Scott Russell SandersFiction2015
Zoologies: On Animals and the Human Spirit par Alison Hawthorne DemingNonfiction2015
Windfall: The Booming Business of Global Warming par McKenzie FunkNonfiction2015
A Country Called Childhood: Children and the Exuberant World par Jay GriffithsNonfiction2015
La 6e extinction par Elizabeth KolbertNonfiction2015
Toute la terre qui nous possède par Rick BassFiction2014
The Last Animal par Abby GeniFiction2014
Archipelago par Monique RoffeyFiction2014
The Urban Bestiary: Encountering the Everyday Wild par Lyanda Lynn HauptNonfiction2014
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants par Robin Wall KimmererNonfiction2014
Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth? par Alan WeismanNonfiction2014
Dans la lumière par Barbara Kingsolver2013
Things That Are par Amy Leach2013
The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot par Robert Macfarlane2013
The Mountain and the Fathers: Growing Up on The Big Dry par Joe Wilkins2013
Fire Season: Field Notes From a Wilderness Lookout par Philip Connors2012
Oil on Water par Helon Habila2012
Swamplandia par Karen Russell2012
Raising Elijah: Protecting Our Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis (A Merloyd Lawrence Book) par Sandra Steingraber2012
Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology par David Abram2011
About a Mountain par John D'Agata2011
Le Tigre : Une histoire de survie dans la Taïga par John Vaillant2011
Deep Blue Home: An Intimate Ecology of Our Wild Ocean par Julia Whitty2011
Pour ne pas disparaitre : Pourquoi nous avons besoin de la sagesse ancestrale par Wade Davis2010
Rewilding the West: Restoration in a Prairie Landscape par Richard Manning2010
Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing: Stories (P.S.) par Lydia Peelle2010
The Barbaric Heart: Faith, Money, and the Crisis of Nature par Curtis White2010
The Wild Places par Robert Macfarlane2009
The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability par James Gustave Speth2009
Inventing Niagara: Beauty, Power, and Lies par Ginger Strand2009
Finding Beauty in a Broken World par Terry Tempest Williams2009
Strange as this Weather Has Been par Ann Pancake2008
The Wild Trees par Richard Preston2008
Sky Time in Gray's River: Living for Keeps in a Forgotten Place par Robert Michael Pyle2008
Homo disparitus par Alan Weisman2008
La vie des pierres par Rick Bass2007
Inferno par Charles Bowden2007
Retour en terre par Jim Harrison2007
(The Omnivore's Dilemma: The Search for a Perfect Meal in a Fast-Food World) By Michael Pollan (Author) Paperback on (Jan , 2011) par Michael Pollan2007

Descriptions

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, Member-written)
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, Member-written)

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