{"product_id":"the-wild-here-and-now-paperback","title":"The Wild Here and Now - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary Patten Priestley\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator), \u003cb\u003eSusan Charkes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Here and Now\u003c\/i\u003e Susan Charkes writes about nature where you least expect to find it: right in front of you. Charkes is a perceptive observer, a superb storyteller, and a gifted translator of science into accessible language. She writes poetically, lyrically, even humorously, but always eloquently, to reveal unexpected layers of significance in everyday encounters. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNature in \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Here and Now\u003c\/i\u003e is not something you go somewhere else to discover. It's all around you: a squirrel in a tree cavity, a mayfly on the hood of a car, a turkey vulture overhead, a gnat under the collar. Each essay supplies a fresh perspective, a different magnifying lens, and inspires the reader to experience the hidden wild in a new way: to bring the background into the foreground. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting from her vantage point in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Charkes conveys a love for place that comes from devoted attention to the familiar. A poet and a writer of nonfiction, including several books on the outdoors, Charkes has a supple style, conveying the same quality of surprise that she finds in nature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wild Here and Now\u003c\/i\u003e inspires the reader to see, hear and feel nature with newly sharpened senses: to discover a new world, right outside the front door.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusan Charkes writes about nature, outdoors, environment and place. She is a freelance writer and a poet, and works in the land conservation field. An avid hiker and paddler as well as naturalist, she is the author of AMC's Best Day Hikes Near Philadelphia and Outdoors With Kids - Philadelphia. For many years she wrote the \"Nature's Way\" column for the Bucks County Herald.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 172\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.37 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 28, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48290014658809,"sku":"9780615902142","price":13.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/TG-LWXVHDh9780615902142.webp?v=1776276679","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-wild-here-and-now-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}