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Sounds Wild and Broken by David George Haskell
Category: Science
An awe-inspiring exploration of the sounds of the living Earth, and the joys and threats of human music, language and noise. 'A symphony, filled with the music of life . . . fascinating, heartbreaking, and beautifully written.' ELIZABETH KOLBERT, author of The Sixth Extinction 'Sounds Wild and Broken af ...Show more
Sounds Wild and Broken: Sonic Marvels, Evolution's Creativity and the Crisis of Sensory Extinction by David George Haskell
Category: Philosophy and Religion
The Earth's sounds are wonderfully diverse, complex and beautiful - but they are under threat. A lyrical exploration of the diverse sounds of our planet, the creative processes that produced these marvels, and the perils that sonic diversity now faces. We live on a planet alive with song, music and sp ...Show more
The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature by David George Haskell
Category: Animals & Nature | Series: A Year's Watch in Nature
A 2013 Pulitzer Prize Finalist for General Nonfiction Winner of the 2013 Best Book Award from the National Academies A Finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award Winner of the Reed Award from the Southern Environmental Law CenterA biologist ...Show more
The Songs of Trees by David George Haskell
Category: Science
The author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Forest Unseen visits with nature's most magnificent networkers -- trees "Both a love song to trees, an exploration of their biology, and a wonderfully philosophical analysis of their role they play in human history and in modern culture." - Science Friday ...Show more
The Songs of Trees: Stories from Nature's Great Connectors by David George Haskell
Category: Science
The acclaimed author of Pulitzer Prize finalist The Forest Unseen visits with nature's most magnificent networkers - trees.In The Songs of Trees, David George Haskell brings his acute powers of observation to the biological networks that surround all species, including humans. He visits a dozen trees ar ...Show more
Thirteen Ways to Smell a Tree: A celebration of our connection with trees by David George Haskell
Category: Gardening
'My favourite book of the year' - Kate Humble, Radio Times'This is a book for literary connoisseurs, fact-lovers and environmentalists. In short, it is a book about trees and people, for everyone.' - BBC Countryfile'Eclectic, brilliant and beautifully written, David Haskell reboots our aromatic memory r ...Show more
Thirteen Ways to Smell a Tree: Getting to know trees through the language of scent by David George Haskell
Category: Animals & Nature
Thirteen Ways to Smell a Tree takes you on a journey to connect with trees through the sense most aligned to our emotions and memories. Thirteen essays are included that explore the evocative scents of trees, from the smell of a book just printed as you first open its pages, to the calming scent of Lind ...Show more
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