{"product_id":"the-nature-of-desert-nature-paperback","title":"The Nature of Desert Nature - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGary Paul Nabhan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this refreshing collection, one of our best writers on desert places, Gary Paul Nabhan, challenges traditional notions of the desert. Beautiful, reflective, and at times humorous, Nabhan's extended essay also called \"The Nature of Desert Nature\" reveals the complexity of what a desert is and can be. He passionately writes about what it is like to visit a desert and what living in a desert looks like when viewed through a new frame, turning age-old notions of the desert on their heads. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nabhan invites a prism of voices--friends, colleagues, and advisors from his more than four decades of study of deserts--to bring their own perspectives. Scientists, artists, desert contemplatives, poets, and writers bring the desert into view and investigate why these places compel us to walk through their sands and beneath their cacti and acacia. We observe the spines and spears, stings and songs of the desert anew. Unexpected. Surprising. Enchanting. Like the desert itself, each essay offers renewed vocabulary and thoughtful perceptions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The desert inspires wonder. Attending to history, culture, science, and spirit, \u003ci\u003eThe Nature of Desert Nature \u003c\/i\u003ecelebrates the bounty and the significance of desert places. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Contributors \u003cbr\u003e Thomas M. Antonio \u003cbr\u003e Homero Aridjis \u003cbr\u003e James Aronson \u003cbr\u003e Tessa Bielecki \u003cbr\u003e Alberto Búrquez Montijo \u003cbr\u003e Francisco Cantú \u003cbr\u003e Douglas Christie \u003cbr\u003e Paul Dayton \u003cbr\u003e Alison Hawthorne Deming \u003cbr\u003e Father David Denny \u003cbr\u003e Exequiel Ezcurra \u003cbr\u003e Thomas Lowe Fleischner \u003cbr\u003e Jack Loeffler \u003cbr\u003e Ellen McMahon \u003cbr\u003e Rubén Martínez \u003cbr\u003e Curt Meine \u003cbr\u003e Alberto Mellado Moreno \u003cbr\u003e Paul Mirocha \u003cbr\u003e Gary Paul Nabhan \u003cbr\u003e Ray Perotti \u003cbr\u003e Larry Stevens \u003cbr\u003e Stephen Trimble \u003cbr\u003e Octaviana V. Trujillo \u003cbr\u003e Benjamin T. Wilder \u003cbr\u003e Andy Wilkinson \u003cbr\u003e Ofelia Zepeda \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGary Paul Nabhan is the Kellogg Endowed Chair at the University of Arizona's Southwest Center. He is author or editor of more than thirty books, including \u003ci\u003eEnduring Seeds, Gathering in the De\u003c\/i\u003esert, and \u003ci\u003eFood from the Radical Center\u003c\/i\u003e. Honored with a MacArthur \"Genius\" Award, a Lannan Literary Fellowship, the John Burroughs Medal for nature writing, and other awards, Nabhan has lived in the desert for more than forty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 10, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768839733536,"sku":"9780816540280","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b02851526e83119a231a7022b422031c.webp?v=1780338529","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-nature-of-desert-nature-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}