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THE EIGHT MASTER LESSONS OF NATURE: What Nature Teaches Us About Living Well In The World
In THE EIGHT MASTER LESSONS OF NATURE, critically acclaimed nature writer Gary Ferguson offers a fresh and engaging manifesto to the millions of people - acutely aware of the fast-approaching crisis stage of climate change - who are longing to forge a more vital connection to the natural world. With "new insights into the inner workings of nature's wonders and linking those wonders back the readers themselves," Ferguson presents a riveting exploration into how many of the most remarkable aspects of nature are in fact hard wired into our very DNA. And what emerges is the story of "a dazzling web of connections that hold powerful clues about how to better navigate our daily lives."
Through cutting edge data and research, drawing on science, psychology, history and philosophy (and putting our "noses to the ground"), THE EIGHT MASTER LESSONS OF NATURE will leave any reader with a feeling of hope, excitement and joy. In these difficult times, it often feels impossible to read anything that actually leaves you feeling positive about the future and good about life. Consider this take away from the book:
Our reader will have linked the goodness of the earth underfoot to their own lives, as well as with the places they live, work and play, no matter how urban these places may be. Through such alchemy we can reach that place where we become less likely to think of ourselves as being too late, too unprepared, too overwhelmed to meet the challenges of our lives and times. A place where we can instead choose to put down such thoughts, cast off disappointments - where we can take a deep breath and begin again.
In the best tradition of nature writing, Ferguson is a compelling story teller, who supports his vision with a narrative spine, providing key insights to radically improve our lives and the future on a large scale and on a deeply personal scale. An invaluable gift.
Gary Ferguson has written for a variety of national publications, including Vanity Fair, Orion, The Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times, and is the author of twenty-four books on nature and science. The Carry Home: Lessons from the American Wilderness, was published by Counterpoint Press in 2014 to critical acclaim, and went on to be selected as the Sigurd Olson Nature Book of the Year. The two editions of Decade of the Wolf (Globe Pequot), have sold more than 30,000 copies, while Shouting at the Sky, originally published by St. Martin's Press and then republished by the author, has sold 44,000 copies. Hawks Rest: A Season in the Remote Heart of Yellowstone (National Geographic Adventure Press), was the first nonfiction work in history to win both the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award and the Mountains and Plains Booksellers
Award for Nonfiction. His latest book, Land on Fire, was published in June, 2017 by Workman Publishing. In March, 2017 Gary's lead essay for Orion Magazine - titled "A Deeper Boom" - was selected by the American Society of Journalists and Authors as the Best Essay of 2016.
Ferguson has aggressively built a terrific speaking roster. For the past twenty years, he has given keynote lectures on the ecological and psychological values of nature around the country and his audiences now total between 8,000 and 10,000 people annually. The venues where he has lectured include the Sierra Club,
Audubon, the National Conservation Training Center, the Conservation Alliance, the University of California, Berkley, Northwestern School of Law, Randolph-Macon University, and at Washington University, St, Louis, where he served as the 2002 Seigel Scholar. He is also a member of the National Geographic Lecture Series, and for ten years - from 2006-2016 - was on the faculty of the Rainier Writing Workshop MFA program, at Pacific Lutheran University.
Our reader will have linked the goodness of the earth underfoot to their own lives, as well as with the places they live, work and play, no matter how urban these places may be. Through such alchemy we can reach that place where we become less likely to think of ourselves as being too late, too unprepared, too overwhelmed to meet the challenges of our lives and times. A place where we can instead choose to put down such thoughts, cast off disappointments - where we can take a deep breath and begin again.
In the best tradition of nature writing, Ferguson is a compelling story teller, who supports his vision with a narrative spine, providing key insights to radically improve our lives and the future on a large scale and on a deeply personal scale. An invaluable gift.
Gary Ferguson has written for a variety of national publications, including Vanity Fair, Orion, The Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times, and is the author of twenty-four books on nature and science. The Carry Home: Lessons from the American Wilderness, was published by Counterpoint Press in 2014 to critical acclaim, and went on to be selected as the Sigurd Olson Nature Book of the Year. The two editions of Decade of the Wolf (Globe Pequot), have sold more than 30,000 copies, while Shouting at the Sky, originally published by St. Martin's Press and then republished by the author, has sold 44,000 copies. Hawks Rest: A Season in the Remote Heart of Yellowstone (National Geographic Adventure Press), was the first nonfiction work in history to win both the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award and the Mountains and Plains Booksellers
Award for Nonfiction. His latest book, Land on Fire, was published in June, 2017 by Workman Publishing. In March, 2017 Gary's lead essay for Orion Magazine - titled "A Deeper Boom" - was selected by the American Society of Journalists and Authors as the Best Essay of 2016.
Ferguson has aggressively built a terrific speaking roster. For the past twenty years, he has given keynote lectures on the ecological and psychological values of nature around the country and his audiences now total between 8,000 and 10,000 people annually. The venues where he has lectured include the Sierra Club,
Audubon, the National Conservation Training Center, the Conservation Alliance, the University of California, Berkley, Northwestern School of Law, Randolph-Macon University, and at Washington University, St, Louis, where he served as the 2002 Seigel Scholar. He is also a member of the National Geographic Lecture Series, and for ten years - from 2006-2016 - was on the faculty of the Rainier Writing Workshop MFA program, at Pacific Lutheran University.
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Published 2019-10-01 by Dutton |