Dirt: A Love Story - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 1611687667 ISBN 13 : 9781611687668

Editeur : University Press of New England, 2015

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Pr�sentation de l'�diteur :

Community farms. Mud spas. Mineral paints. Nematodes. The world is waking up to the beauty and mystery of dirt. This anthology celebrates the Earths generous crust, bringing together essays by award-winning scientists, authors, artists, and dirt lovers to tell dirts exuberant tales. Geographically broad and topically diverse, these essays reveal life as lived by dirt fanaticsadmiring the first worm of spring, taking a childhood twirl across a dusty Kansas farm, calculating how soil breathes, or baking mud pies. Essayists build a dirt house, center a marriage around dirt, sink down into marshy heaven, and learn to read dirts own language. Scientists usher us deep underground with the worms and mycorrhizae to explore the vast and largely ignored natural processes occurring beneath our feet. Whether taking a trek to Venezuela to touch the oldest dirt in the world, or reveling in the blessings of our own native soils, these muscular essays answer the important question: How do you get down with dirt? A literary homage to dirt and its significance in our lives, this book will interest hikers, gardeners, teachers, urbanites, farmers, environmentalists, ecologists, and others intrigued by our planets alluring skin. Essayists include Vandana Shiva, Peter Heller, Janisse Ray, Bernd Heinrich, Linda Hogan, Wes Jackson, BK Loren, David Montgomery, Laura Pritchett, and Deborah Koons Garcia.

Revue de presse :

"Who knew dirt could be a topic of such fascinating diversity?" "Deseret News"

"A love song to the humble earth beneath our feet, this is nature writing at its best." "Daily Camera"

Story Circle Book Reviews"

Who knew dirt could be a topic of such fascinating diversity? --"Deseret News"

A love song to the humble earth beneath our feet, this is nature writing at its best. --"Daily Camera"

Dirt showcases an outstanding chorus of voices, allowing them to intertwine, resonate and amplify each other and build to a kind of lyrical crescendo that will leave readers eager to get out and get down in their own dirt, the lively soil that lives beneath all our feet. --"Story Circle Book Reviews"

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