{"product_id":"stranded-finding-nature-in-uncertain-times-hardcover","title":"Stranded: Finding Nature in Uncertain Times - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaddalena Bearzi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCarl Safina\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarooned in Los Angeles by the pandemic, a marine biologist rediscovers the delights and wonders of the natural world in her own backyard.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eStranded\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us of what we all too easily forget: the sustaining delights of finding beauty and wonder all around us.\" -\u003cb\u003eFlorence Williams\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Nature Fix\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHeartbreak\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConservationist and marine biologist Maddalena Bearzi made her career studying the wild creatures of the deep, but when COVID-19 made landfall on the California coast this seafaring scientist found herself shuttered up ashore, her wide blue world constricted by pandemic lockdown. Never good at sitting idle, she despaired at the confines of her Los Angeles flat--until she began to find wonder in the wilderness of her own backyard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStranded\u003c\/i\u003e charts Bearzi's discovery of both rapture and resilience in the unsung wildlife of urban LA. With a green thumb and a canine sidekick named Genghis, she finds as much to marvel at in her garden's singing blackbirds, night-blooming cacti, and industrious wasps as in the whales, dolphins, and sea lions at the center of her maritime adventures. Discovering in the quotidian an antidote to the grief occasioned by captivity and climate chaos, Bearzi reveals how each of us can take heart, find courage, and discover inspiration in the thrumming systems of life that surround us. With a scientist's precision and a poet's instinct, she invites us to look at, listen to, and revel in the everyday grandeur of the natural world--and to embrace, with urgency, our responsibility to sustain it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaddalena Bearzi\u003c\/b\u003e is president and cofounder of Ocean Conservation Society. She holds a PhD in biology and a postdoctorate from UCLA, and she has been involved in studying marine mammals, with a conservation bias, since 1990. Her research on dolphins and whales off California represents one of the longest investigations worldwide. She has published several scientific peer-reviewed papers, and she is coauthor of \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Minds\u003c\/i\u003e (Harvard University Press) and author of \u003ci\u003eDolphin Confidential\u003c\/i\u003e (University of Chicago Press). Her work has been covered by CNN, NPR, \u003ci\u003eAl Jazeera America\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post, American Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. Born and raised in Italy, she now lives in Los Angeles with her husband and dog.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarl Safina\u003c\/b\u003e is a recipient of a MacArthur \"genius\" grant; Pew, Guggenheim, and National Science Foundation fellowships; book awards from Lannan, Orion, and the National Academies; and the John Burroughs, James Beard, and George Rabb medals. Safina is now the first Endowed Professor for Nature and Humanity at Stony Brook University and is founding president of the not-for-profit Safina Center. He hosted the PBS series \u003ci\u003eSaving the Ocean\u003c\/i\u003e, and his writing appears in\u003ci\u003e The New York Times, TIME, The Guardian, Audubon, Yale e360\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e. Safina is the author of ten books including the classic \u003ci\u003eSong for the Blue Ocean\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eBeyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel\u003c\/i\u003e. His most recent book is \u003ci\u003eBecoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives on Long Island, New York, with his wife Patricia and their dogs and feathered friends.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.1 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 18, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760895361312,"sku":"9781597146043","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e55597736964ec9b8d59ec6439eb6f3b.webp?v=1780193464","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/stranded-finding-nature-in-uncertain-times-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}