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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9787100104685 |
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Publisher: | China National Publications Import & Export Corp |
Publication date: | 04/01/2014 |
Pages: | 334 |
Product dimensions: | 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d) |
Language: | Chinese |
About the Author
To listen to a collection of sounds from the trees in this book, visit dghaskell.com.
Table of Contents
Preface xi
January 1st-Partnerships 1
January 17thKepler's Gift 8
January 21stThe Experiment 12
January 30thWinter Plants 21
February 2ndFootprints 25
February 16thMoss 35
February 28thSalamander 41
March 13thHepatica 46
March 13thSnails 51
March 25thSpring Ephemerals 54
April 2ndChainsaw 63
April 2ndFlowers 68
April 8thXylem 73
April 14thMoth 78
April 16thSunrise Birds 81
April 22ndWalking Seeds 86
April 29thEarthquake 93
May 7thWind 97
May 18thHerbivory 102
May 25thRipples 109
June 2ndQuest 117
June 10thFerns 122
June 20thA Tangle 127
July 2ndFungi 131
July 13thFireflies 137
July 27thSunfleck 141
August 1st-Eft and Coyote 147
August 8thEarthstar 156
August 26thKatydid 160
September 21stMedicine 164
September 23rdCaterpillar 169
September 23rdVulture 174
September 26thMigrants 180
October 5thAlarm Waves 184
October 14thSamara 188
October 29thFaces 194
November 5thLight 199
November 15thSharp-shinned Hawk 207
November 21stTwigs 213
December 3rdLitter 222
December 6thUnderground Bestiary 230
December 26thTreetops 236
December 31stWatching 239
Epilogue 243
Acknowledgments 247
Bibliography 249
Index 261
What People are Saying About This
“In the style of Aldo Leopold, John Muir, and Thoreau, David Haskell has captured the beauty and intricacy of evolution in these pages. For those who are looking for inspiration to spend more time in the wild, this book is the perfect companion. Haskell’s vast knowledge of the forest and all its creatures is the perfect guide to exploring wilderness. The prose is a perfect match for the poetic tranquility found through the study of nature. A true naturalist’s manifesto.”
"Haskell leads the reader into a new genre of nature writing, located between science and poetry, in which the invisible appear, the small grow large, and the immense complexity and beauty of life are more clearly revealed."
"[Haskell] thinks like a biologist, writes like a poet, and gives the natural world the kind of open-minded attention one expects from a Zen monk rather than a hypothesis-driven scientist." The New York Times
“Haskell leads the reader into a new genre of nature writing, located between science and poetry, in which the invisible appear, the small grow large, and the immense complex and beauty of life are more clearly revealed.”
"David Haskell trains his eye on a single square meter of the Cumberland Plateau, and manages in the process to see the whole living planet as clearly as any writer in many years. Each chapter will teach you something new!"