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    Robin Wall Kimmerer
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    Braiding Sweetgrass weaves indigenous wisdom with scientific knowledge, transforming our relationship with nature. A New York Times bestseller for 181 consecutive weeks, this ecological masterpiece has been described by Pulitzer winner Richard Powers as flowing from "a font of endless knowledge, both mental and spiritual."

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