Natural Grace – The Charm, Wonder, and Lessons of Pacific Northwest Animals and Plants: Natural Grace
Autor William Dietrich, Brenda Cunninghamen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 dec 2002
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780295982939
ISBN-10: 0295982934
Pagini: 246
Ilustrații: 19 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Editura: MV – University of Washington Press
Seria Natural Grace
ISBN-10: 0295982934
Pagini: 246
Ilustrații: 19 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Editura: MV – University of Washington Press
Seria Natural Grace
Recenzii
"In snappy, thoughtful, sometimes soaring and often funny prose, Bill Dietrich gives us a remarkable and memorable tour of our biotic realm. His penetrating portraits of flora and fauna both favorite and despised make us realize and cherish our rich natural setting as never before. Natural Grace burgeons forth in a happy parade of neat creatures riding the rain, the snow, the tides, and the quakes, leaving us no excuse at all for ignoring their beauty, fascination, and plight.--Robert Michael Pyle"William Dietrich approaches the damp woods and shimmering waterways of the Pacific Northwest with a journalists curiosity and naturalists sense of wonder. The stories he finds there never fail to inform and delight. Natural Grace celebrates the mystery, complexity, and quirkiness of this still-wild corner of the earth. And it prompts us, even more deeply, to care for it.--Tim McNulty"If you enjoyed Snow Falling on Cedars, perhaps youd enjoy knowing more about snow, about cedars, and about every other natural phenomenon that makes the Northwest the most fecund and spectacular corner of our continent. This book should be as useful for anyone living in Oregon and Washington as the Portland and Seattle phonebooks.--Bill McKibben"Bill Dietrich makes the little things that run the world come gloriously and delightfully to life. If you havent loved jellyfish and plain old dirt before, you will now. Dietrich writes with wit and charm and sound knowledge of the natural world. This is classic natural history at its best.--Ann Zwinger
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Descriere
This informative and engaging selection of natural history essays has been adapted from articles published in the "Seattle Times" magazine, "Pacific Northwest." Neither a field guide nor an environmental policy book, "Natural Grace" is intended as a primer for people who are curious about the environment in which they live and the pressures upon it.
Cuprins
Introduction
Taken for Granted
Jellyfish
Alder
Deer
Gulls
Sea Otters
Coyote, Crow, Raccoon, & Possum
Secret & Small
Dirt
Stream Life
Mosses & Lichens
Mosquitos
Spiders
The Clockwork World
Geology
Tides
Weather
Snow
Northwest Icons
Cedar
Geoducks
Crabs
Cougars
Bald Eagles
Killer Whales
Epilogue
Suggested Reading
Index