| Description |
1 online resource |
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Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award for Creative Nonfiction |
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Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award for Creative Nonfiction.
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| Contents |
Shadow Grounds -- Homing -- The Other Shore -- The Memory of Land and Water -- An Accumulation of Light -- Gifts -- Among Reeds -- Time in the Karst Country -- The Distance between Us -- A Family Field Guide -- On Passage -- The Wood for the Trees -- A Winter Moth -- The Circumference of a Second -- The Small Heart of Things -- Faith in a Forgotten Place -- Shifting Shadows |
| Summary |
This book intimately examines the myriad ways in which connections to the natural world can be deepened through an equality of perception, whether it's a caterpillar carrying its house of leaves, transhumant shepherds ranging high mountain pastures, a quail taking cover on an empty steppe, or a Turkmen family emigrating from Afghanistan to Istanbul. The narrative spans the common - and often contested - ground that supports human and natural communities alike, seeking the unsung stories that sustain us. Distinguished by the author's belief that through awareness, curiosity, and openness we have the potential to forge abiding relationships with a range of places, this book illuminates how these many connections can teach us to be at home in the world |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Travel.
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Natural history.
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travel.
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natural sciences.
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Essays.
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NATURE -- Essays.
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Natural history
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Travel
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780820346359 |
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0820346357 |
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1299954790 |
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9781299954793 |
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