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Eyes in the Soles of My Feet
From Horseshoe Crabs To Sycamores, Exploring Hidden Connections To The Natural World
Caroline Sutton(0)
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When is a weed not a weed? When is a bug not a pest? Science writer Caroline Sutton reveals the secrets of the natural world in this "astonishing" collection of essays.
With this fascinating and eye-opening collection of essays, science writer Caroline Sutton provides an intriguing and unique perspective on our natural world, and reveals secret and intimate connections between plant and animal life that we often overlook or malign, be it the industrious mole tunnelling in our backyards to the ancient horseshoe crab scuttling on our shores. Certain to appeal to readers of science and ecology, as well as those curious to look deeper into the seen and unseen intricacies of nature.
Natural history writer Caroline Sutton has been writing and contributing essays over the years to a variety of notable nature journals and literary publications, among them, , and . In 2012 Sutton received Southern Humanities Review's Theodore Christian Hoepfner Award for her essay, "Eclipsed," and her work has been cited frequently among notable essays in . A former book editor and high school creative non-fiction writing teacher, Caroline was also the author of the bestselling book in the 1980's HOW DID THEY DO THAT? Wonders of the Modern World Explained (William Morrow) that sold over a million copies. She currently makes her home in East Hampton, New York. Short: As a science writer and observer of nature, essayist Caroline Dumaine explores the nearby woods and seashores to discover "where the invisible is visible and the unseen seen" and finds hidden connections within life forms, both terrestrial, and ethereal, that in turn connect to our own world. "Intricate, personal, often astonishing, and simply quite beautiful throughout, Carolyn Sutton's word-sculpted narrative deserves to be savored. That's how delicious this book is." - Carl Safina, author of "A strange and wondrous book brimming with heart. One minute you're reading an essay on crabs, and the next you're out among the Nazca geoglyphs. That is because, as Caroline Sutton lyrically shows, everything is connected: the sun's glare, the moon's tide, a dying mother, a winsome grandchild, a sycamore, a laurel, a dove. Every page ignites a sense of wonder and makes you treasure our world anew." - Sy Mongomery,bestselling author of"Caroline Sutton writes with superb powers of description and empathy for creatures as far-ranging as horseshoe crabs, voles, Greenland sharks, and jellyfish. And those as close to home as the canine family member and that insatiably curious and fiery creature, the human child. I admire her deep respect and desire to learn from them all. She is a welcome voice in drawing us closer to the essential knowledge of the 'symbiosis of all creatures.'"-Alison Hawthorne Deming
With this fascinating and eye-opening collection of essays, science writer Caroline Sutton provides an intriguing and unique perspective on our natural world, and reveals secret and intimate connections between plant and animal life that we often overlook or malign, be it the industrious mole tunnelling in our backyards to the ancient horseshoe crab scuttling on our shores. Certain to appeal to readers of science and ecology, as well as those curious to look deeper into the seen and unseen intricacies of nature.
Natural history writer Caroline Sutton has been writing and contributing essays over the years to a variety of notable nature journals and literary publications, among them, , and . In 2012 Sutton received Southern Humanities Review's Theodore Christian Hoepfner Award for her essay, "Eclipsed," and her work has been cited frequently among notable essays in . A former book editor and high school creative non-fiction writing teacher, Caroline was also the author of the bestselling book in the 1980's HOW DID THEY DO THAT? Wonders of the Modern World Explained (William Morrow) that sold over a million copies. She currently makes her home in East Hampton, New York. Short: As a science writer and observer of nature, essayist Caroline Dumaine explores the nearby woods and seashores to discover "where the invisible is visible and the unseen seen" and finds hidden connections within life forms, both terrestrial, and ethereal, that in turn connect to our own world. "Intricate, personal, often astonishing, and simply quite beautiful throughout, Carolyn Sutton's word-sculpted narrative deserves to be savored. That's how delicious this book is." - Carl Safina, author of "A strange and wondrous book brimming with heart. One minute you're reading an essay on crabs, and the next you're out among the Nazca geoglyphs. That is because, as Caroline Sutton lyrically shows, everything is connected: the sun's glare, the moon's tide, a dying mother, a winsome grandchild, a sycamore, a laurel, a dove. Every page ignites a sense of wonder and makes you treasure our world anew." - Sy Mongomery,bestselling author of"Caroline Sutton writes with superb powers of description and empathy for creatures as far-ranging as horseshoe crabs, voles, Greenland sharks, and jellyfish. And those as close to home as the canine family member and that insatiably curious and fiery creature, the human child. I admire her deep respect and desire to learn from them all. She is a welcome voice in drawing us closer to the essential knowledge of the 'symbiosis of all creatures.'"-Alison Hawthorne Deming