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1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award for Creative Nonfiction
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Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award for Creative Nonfiction.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Preface; Shadow Grounds; Homing; The Other Shore; The Memory of Land and Water; An Accumulation of Light; Gifts; Among Reeds; Time in the Karst Country; The Distance between Us; A Family Field Guide; On Passage; The Wood for the Trees; A Winter Moth; The Circumference of a Second; The Small Heart of Things; Faith in a Forgotten Place; Shifting Shadows; Acknowledgments |
| Summary |
In The Small Heart of Things , Julian Hoffman intimately examines the myriad ways in which connections to the natural world can be deepened through an equality of perception, whether it's a caterpillar carrying its house of leaves, transhumant shepherds ranging high mountain pastures, a quail taking cover on an empty steppe, or a Turkmen family emigrating from Afghanistan to Istanbul. The narrative spans the common-and often contested-ground that supports human and natural communities alike, seeking the unsung stories that sustain us. Guided by the belief of Rainer Maria Rilke that ""everythin. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Travel.
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Travel. |
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Natural history.
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Natural history. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781299954793 |
| ISBN |
9780820346359 (electronic book) |
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0820346357 (electronic book) |
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1299954790 (electronic book) |
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9781299954793 (electronic book) |
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9780820345567 |
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0820345563 |
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