Book Description
The Nature Book is your one-stop guide to reconnecting and appreciating nature once more.
Author : Marianne Taylor
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 33,46 MB
Release : 2013-12-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1782432434
The Nature Book is your one-stop guide to reconnecting and appreciating nature once more.
Author : Gary Paul Nabhan
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 19,16 MB
Release : 2020-11-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0816540284
In this refreshing collection, one of our best writers on desert places, Gary Paul Nabhan, challenges traditional notions of the desert. Beautiful, reflective, and at times humorous, Nabhan’s extended essay also called “The Nature of Desert Nature” reveals the complexity of what a desert is and can be. He passionately writes about what it is like to visit a desert and what living in a desert looks like when viewed through a new frame, turning age-old notions of the desert on their heads. Nabhan invites a prism of voices—friends, colleagues, and advisors from his more than four decades of study of deserts—to bring their own perspectives. Scientists, artists, desert contemplatives, poets, and writers bring the desert into view and investigate why these places compel us to walk through their sands and beneath their cacti and acacia. We observe the spines and spears, stings and songs of the desert anew. Unexpected. Surprising. Enchanting. Like the desert itself, each essay offers renewed vocabulary and thoughtful perceptions. The desert inspires wonder. Attending to history, culture, science, and spirit, The Nature of Desert Nature celebrates the bounty and the significance of desert places. Contributors Thomas M. Antonio Homero Aridjis James Aronson Tessa Bielecki Alberto Búrquez Montijo Francisco Cantú Douglas Christie Paul Dayton Alison Hawthorne Deming Father David Denny Exequiel Ezcurra Thomas Lowe Fleischner Jack Loeffler Ellen McMahon Rubén Martínez Curt Meine Alberto Mellado Moreno Paul Mirocha Gary Paul Nabhan Ray Perotti Larry Stevens Stephen Trimble Octaviana V. Trujillo Benjamin T. Wilder Andy Wilkinson Ofelia Zepeda
Author : Jim Igoe
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 31,59 MB
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0816530440
"A thoughtful treatise on how popular representations of nature, through entertainment and tourism, shape how we imagine environmental problems and their solutions"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Kate Soper
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,10 MB
Release : 1995-09-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780631188919
'This is an excellent book. It addresses what, in both conceptual and political terms, is arguably the most important source of tension and confusion in current arguments about the environment, namely the concept of nature; and it does so in a way that is both sensitive to, and critical of, the two antithetical ways of understanding this that dominate existing discussions.' Russell Keat, University of Edinburgh
Author : Loyal Rue
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 30,19 MB
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 143843801X
Claims that the natural world, as opposed to a supernatural realm, can inspire a religious sensibility and a conviction that life is meaningful.
Author : John Shaw
Publisher : Amphoto Books
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 21,63 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9780817440527
One of the country's foremost nature photographers offers closeup techniques and covers exposure, equipment and composition along with special equipments and lenses.
Author : Florence Williams
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 16,97 MB
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 0393242722
"Highly informative and remarkably entertaining." —Elle From forest trails in Korea, to islands in Finland, to eucalyptus groves in California, Florence Williams investigates the science behind nature’s positive effects on the brain. Delving into brand-new research, she uncovers the powers of the natural world to improve health, promote reflection and innovation, and strengthen our relationships. As our modern lives shift dramatically indoors, these ideas—and the answers they yield—are more urgent than ever.
Author : Jennifer Lavallee
Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 34,70 MB
Release : 2022-05-17
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1771646519
For kids who love to draw and create, this captivating picture book fosters an appreciation for nature and features craft ideas to inspire young artists. Kids will be inspired to create: Fingerprint bumblebees Sculptures made of sand Rainbow colored jars And more! Nature is an Artist explores different art forms that kids can find in the natural world. In the book, a group of children follow Nature—the most inspiring of teachers—as they discover the world’s greatest art show hidden in plain sight. As they witness beautiful landscapes, stunning vistas, and unusual creatures, each child is inspired to recreate their own fine work of art. With charming, rhythmic text from Jennifer Lavalee and vivid, eye-catching illustrations from Natalia Colombo, Nature is an Artist celebrates nature’s beauty and variety, and instills kids with: The confidence to see themselves as artists! Respect and appreciation for nature. After reading, kids will appreciate the art in their own outdoor surroundings.
Author : Joy Williams
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 46,12 MB
Release : 2015-10-10
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1493023713
Most of us watch with mild concern the fast disappearing wild spaces or the recurrence of pollution - related crises such as oil spills, toxic blooms in fertilizer-enriched rivers, and the increasing violence in our own country. Joy Williams does much more than watch. With guts and passion, she sounds the alarm over the general disconnection from the natural world that our consumer culture has created. The culling of elephants, electron-probed chimpanzees, and the vanishing wetlands are just some of her subjects. Razor-sharp, controversial, scathingly opinionated, and refreshingly unafraid of conflict, Williams refuses to compromise as she lashes out at the greed of Americans and decries our own turpitude. It is not enough to mourn the passing of the natural world, Ill Nature shouts. Get out of our homes and our cars and our cubicles and do something...now.
Author : Daniel N. Robinson
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 42,79 MB
Release : 2012-02-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1441148515
A concise commentary on Kant's aims and arguments in his celebrated First Critique, within the context of the dominant schools of philosophy of his time.