Small Creatures and Ordinary Places

2000-11-07 Nature

Author : Allen M. Young
Release : 2000-11-07
Genre : Nature
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Book Rating : 634/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Small Creatures and Ordinary Places written by Allen M. Young. This book was released on 2000-11-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small Creatures and Ordinary Places reveals to us the beauty and value of hornets, bats, katydids, mice, cicadas, and other tiny dwellers in our own backyards. Young, a renowned expert on butterflies and cicadas of the American tropics, records in these charming essays his keen observations of the natural world as he walks through an urban woods near the Lake Michigan shore, or sits on his deck facing his backyard, or gazes at a field of corn stubble in autumn. He invites us to venture into our own yards, neighborhood parks, fields, and forests and pause there . . . to look and to listen. Small creatures have unique and interesting stories to tell us, Young points out. Their brief life cycles illustrate the intricate workings of a bigger clock driving the seasons, and they dominate the larger web of life in which humans are but a strand. Far too often they are ignored, taken for granted, reviled, or misunderstood. Even now, Young writes, as we move into a new millennium as a species and the technological pace of our existence further quickens, we can gain much from appreciating nature close at hand, despite how steadily it is being pushed aside.

Spring

2008-02 Spring

Author : Gary Schmidt
Release : 2008-02
Genre : Spring
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Book Rating : 469/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Spring written by Gary Schmidt. This book was released on 2008-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Explore the gentle unfurling of spring and reflect on how nature celebrates birth and renewal in this collection of reflections by our greatest writers" --back cover.

Autumn

2005-08 Literary Collections

Author : Susan M. Felch
Release : 2005-08
Genre : Literary Collections
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Book Rating : 187/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Autumn written by Susan M. Felch. This book was released on 2005-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover how this transitional season can reveal both the abundance and the limitations of our everyday lives. Autumn, with all its traditional images of colorful trees, frost-covered pumpkins, and piles of wood stored up against winter's cold, can be a season filled with anticipation. The harvest, the imminent onset of cold and snow, the resumption of old routines, and the beginning of the school year all require preparation and planning. If summer has been something of a pause, autumn helps us to see the passage of time more clearly. Autumn is a season of fruition and reaping, of thanksgiving and celebration of abundance and goodness of the earth. But it is also a season that starkly and realistically encourages us to see our own limitations. Warm and stirring pieces by E. B. White, Anne Lamott, P. D. James, Julian of Norwich, May Sarton, Kimiko Hahn, and many others in this beautiful book rejoice in autumn as a time of preparation and reflection, when the results of hard labor are ripe for harvest.

For Small Creatures Such as We

2021-10-05 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Sasha Sagan
Release : 2021-10-05
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 79X/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book For Small Creatures Such as We written by Sasha Sagan. This book was released on 2021-10-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A charming book, ringing with the joy of existence." --Richard Dawkins The perfect gift for a loved one or for yourself, For Small Creatures Such as We is part memoir, part guidebook, and part social history, a luminous celebration of Earth's marvels that require no faith in order to be believed. Sasha Sagan was raised by secular parents, the astronomer Carl Sagan and the writer and producer Ann Druyan. They taught her that the natural world and vast cosmos are full of profound beauty, and that science reveals truths more wondrous than any myth or fable. When Sagan herself became a mother, she began her own hunt for the natural phenomena behind our most treasured occasions--from births to deaths, holidays to weddings, anniversaries, and more--growing these roots into a new set of rituals for her young daughter that honor the joy and significance of each experience without relying on a religious framework. As Sagan shares these rituals, For Small Creatures Such as We becomes a moving tribute to a father, a newborn daughter, a marriage, and the natural world--a celebration of life itself, and the power of our families and beliefs to bring us together.

Animal life in Europe

1870 Animals

Author : Europe
Release : 1870
Genre : Animals
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