LEADER 03591nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910454777303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-75948-5 010 $a9786612759482 010 $a0-520-93312-5 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520933125 035 $a(CKB)1000000000767068 035 $a(EBL)470963 035 $a(OCoLC)609850110 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000357107 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11261594 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000357107 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10351235 035 $a(PQKB)10205500 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC470963 035 $a(DE-B1597)520271 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520933125 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL470963 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10676184 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL275948 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000767068 100 $a20080123d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBetween earth and sky$b[electronic resource] $eour intimate connections to trees /$fNalini M. Nadkarni 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (338 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-26165-8 311 $a0-520-24856-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 273-297) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledglnents -- $tIntroduction: View from the Top -- $tONE. What Is a Tree? -- $tTWO. Goods and Services -- $tTHREE. Shelter and Protection -- $tFOUR. Health and Healing -- $tFIVE. Play and Imagination -- $tSIX. Connections to Time -- $tSEVEN. Signs and Symbols -- $tEIGHT. Spirituality and Religion -- $tNINE. Mindfulness -- $tScientific Names of Trees in the Text -- $tNotes -- $tRecommended Readings -- $tPoetry Credits -- $tIndex 330 $aWorld-renowned canopy biologist Nalini Nadkarni has climbed trees on four continents with scientists, students, artists, clergymen, musicians, activists, loggers, legislators, and Inuits, gathering diverse perspectives. In Between Earth and Sky, a rich tapestry of personal stories, information, art, and photography, she becomes our captivating guide to the leafy wilderness above our heads. Through her luminous narrative, we embark on a multifaceted exploration of trees that illuminates the profound connections we have with them, the dazzling array of goods and services they provide, and the powerful lessons they hold for us. Nadkarni describes trees' intricate root systems, their highly evolved and still not completely understood canopies, their role in commerce and medicine, their existence in city centers and in extreme habitats of mountaintops and deserts, and their important place in folklore and the arts. She explains tree fundamentals and considers the symbolic role they have assumed in culture and religion. In a book that reawakens our sense of wonder at the fascinating world of trees, we ultimately find entry to the entire natural world and rediscover our own place in it. 606 $aTrees$xSocial aspects 606 $aTrees$xReligious aspects 606 $aTrees$xEnvironmental aspects 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTrees$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aTrees$xReligious aspects. 615 0$aTrees$xEnvironmental aspects. 676 $a582.16 700 $aNadkarni$b Nalini$0873657 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454777303321 996 $aBetween earth and sky$92456014 997 $aUNINA