02580nam 2200493 450 991081403840332120220913232428.00-8165-4028-4(CKB)5590000000002724(OCoLC)1202598071(MdBmJHUP)muse85722(MiAaPQ)EBC6370319(EXLCZ)99559000000000272420210302d2020 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe nature of desert nature /edited by Gary Paul NabhanTucson, AZ :The University of Arizona Press,[2020]©20201 online resource (vii, 180 pages) illustrations (some color)The Southwest Center series0-8165-4204-X Includes bibliographical references.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.Southwest Center series.Desert ecologyDesertsEssaysEssays.lcgftDesert ecology.Deserts.Essays.577.54Nabhan Gary PaulMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814038403321The nature of desert nature3995192UNINA