Unavailable
Unavailable
Unavailable
Audiobook6 hours
The Nature of Desert Nature: Meditations on the Nature of Deserts
Written by Gary Paul Nabhan
Narrated by Gary Tiedemann and Angela Juarez
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this audiobook
In 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.
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.
The desert inspires wonder. Attending to history, culture, science, and spirit, The Nature of Desert Nature celebrates the bounty and the significance of desert places.
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.
The desert inspires wonder. Attending to history, culture, science, and spirit, The Nature of Desert Nature celebrates the bounty and the significance of desert places.
Unavailable
Author
Gary Paul Nabhan
Gary Paul Nabhan is an Ecumenical Franciscan Brother, MacArthur "genius" award winner, and ethnobotanist of Arab-American descent. His food and farming books include Food from the Radical Center, Where Our Food Comes From, and the forthcoming Jesus for Farmers and Fishers.
More audiobooks from Gary Paul Nabhan
Agave Spirits: The Past, Present, and Future of Mezcals Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFood from the Radical Center: Healing Our Land and Communities Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related to The Nature of Desert Nature
Related audiobooks
Writing Landscape Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Nature of Desert Nature: Meditations on the Nature of Deserts Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOutcast of Redwall Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5All the Colors We Will See: Reflections on Barriers, Brokenness, and Finding Our Way Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsI Never Met a Rattlesnake I Didn't Like Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDesert of Inspiration: Poems by Roger Blakiston Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Dead Wander in the Desert Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSeeing With the Heart Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Making Music With the Wild Things Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSafari to the Soul: A Guide to Survival, Success and Serenity in this Savage Paradise Called Life Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Tarzan at the Earth's Core Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Book of Wings Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Last Giants: The Rise and Fall of the African Elephant Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Rattler's Tale: When Wild Animals Encounter Humans Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStage Four: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIce Walker: A Polar Bear's Journey through the Fragile Arctic Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJoyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I am a child of Africa: Dreams from a wild and beautiful land Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Mountains Within: Poems of the Wild Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhere Flows the Creek: a Romp in the eDimension Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLove Notes from the Hollow Tree Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Sloth Lemur’s Song: Madagascar from the Deep Past to the Uncertain Present Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sincerity Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHeroes of the Final Frontier 3: The World of Waldyra Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCrossways Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Collected Public Domain Poems of Wallace Stevens, Volume 1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsArctic Traverse: A Thousand-Mile Summer of Trekking the Brooks Range Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsElephants Have Wings Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSummer Snow: New Poems Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Nature For You
Shelter: A Love Letter to Trees Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Uncertain Sea: Fear is everywhere. Embrace it. Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Roxane Gay & Everand Originals: My Year of Psychedelics: Lessons on Better Living Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Venom Doc: The Edgiest, Darkest, Strangest Natural History Memoir Ever Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cactus Jack: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief, and Compassion: Surprising Observations of a Hidden World Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Animals Strike Curious Poses Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Genius of Birds Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Elephant Whisperer: My Life With the Herd in the African Wild Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Beyond Coffee: A Sustainable Guide to Nootropics, Adaptogens, and Mushrooms Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Escaping from Eden: Does Genesis teach that the human race was created by God or engineered by ETs? Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Reviews for The Nature of Desert Nature
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews