Close to Home: The Wonders of Nature Just Outside Your Door by Hanson, Thor

Close to Home: The Wonders of Nature Just Outside Your Door

An award-winning natural-history writer opens the door to the nature that thrives in our yards, gardens, and...
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Author: Thor Hanson
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Close to Home: The Wonders of Nature Just Outside Your Door by Hanson, Thor

Close to Home: The Wonders of Nature Just Outside Your Door

$67.95

Close to Home: The Wonders of Nature Just Outside Your Door

$67.95
Author: Thor Hanson
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
An award-winning natural-history writer opens the door to the nature that thrives in our yards, gardens, and parks

We all live on nature's doorstep, but we often overlook it. From backyards to local parks, the natural places we see the most may well be the ones we know the least.

In Close to Home, biologist Thor Hanson shows how retraining our eyes reveals hidden wonders just waiting to be discovered. In Kansas City, migrating monarch butterflies flock to the local zoo. In the Pacific Northwest, fierce yellowjackets placidly sip honeydew, unseen in the treetops. In New England, a lawn gone slightly wild hosts a naturalist's life's work. And in the soil beneath our feet, remedies for everything from breast cancer to the stench of skunks lie waiting for someone's searching shovel.

Close to Home is a hands-on natural history for any local patch of Earth. It shows that we each can contribute to science and improve the health of our planet. And even more, it proves that the wonders of nature don't lie in some far-off land: they await us, close to home.

Author: Thor Hanson
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 03/18/2025
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Size: 8.50h x 5.75w x 1.01d
ISBN: 9781541601246


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 10/01/2024 pg. 11

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