LEADER 02580nam 2200493 450 001 9910814038403321 005 20220913232428.0 010 $a0-8165-4028-4 035 $a(CKB)5590000000002724 035 $a(OCoLC)1202598071 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse85722 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6370319 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000000002724 100 $a20210302d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe nature of desert nature /$fedited by Gary Paul Nabhan 210 1$aTucson, AZ :$cThe University of Arizona Press,$d[2020] 210 4$dİ2020 215 $a1 online resource (vii, 180 pages) $cillustrations (some color) 225 1 $aThe Southwest Center series 311 1 $a0-8165-4204-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $aIn this refreshing collection, one of our best writers on desert places, Gary Paul Nabhan, challenges traditional notions of the desert. Beautiful, reflective, and at times humorous, Nabhan's extended essay also called "The Nature of Desert Nature" reveals the complexity of what a desert is and can be. He passionately writes about what it is like to visit a desert and what living in a desert looks like when viewed through a new frame, turning age-old notions of the desert on their heads. Nabhan invites a prism of voices--friends, colleagues, and advisors from his more than four decades of study of deserts--to bring their own perspectives. Scientists, artists, desert contemplatives, poets, and writers bring the desert into view and investigate why these places compel us to walk through their sands and beneath their cacti and acacia. We observe the spines and spears, stings and songs of the desert anew. Unexpected. Surprising. Enchanting. Like the desert itself, each essay offers renewed vocabulary and thoughtful perceptions. The desert inspires wonder. Attending to history, culture, science, and spirit, The Nature of Desert Nature celebrates the bounty and the significance of desert places. 410 0$aSouthwest Center series. 606 $aDesert ecology 606 $aDeserts 606 $aEssays 608 $aEssays.$2lcgft 615 0$aDesert ecology. 615 0$aDeserts. 615 0$aEssays. 676 $a577.54 702 $aNabhan$b Gary Paul 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814038403321 996 $aThe nature of desert nature$93995192 997 $aUNINA