2001, ISBN: 9781865085043

Allen & Unwin, Australia, 2001. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good (ex-library). 232 pages. Ex-library with usual marks, stamps, stickers. Covers have light creasing. Spine is … mais…

Allen & Unwin, Australia, 2001. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good (ex-library). 232 pages. Ex-library with usual marks, stamps, stickers. Covers have light creasing. Spine is uncreased. Cover is protected in clear, self-adhesive laminate. Pages are lightly tanned and mildly foxed. Every weekend Peter Timms drives away from his inner Melbourne life and head for the tranquillity of a little mud-brick cottage nestled in the eucalpyt forests of the Tallarook ranges. In Making Nature, he takes the reader on six walks around this bushland property. Blending personal memoir with natural and cultural history, he beautifully evokes the environment as a starting point for exploring what we mean when we talk about nature. He discovers that the way we perceive the world is never based on logic alone but is a blend of received opinion, personal prejudice and cultural conditioning. Nature, he argues, is something we all make in our own image. Timms investigates why we like looking at views and asks whether our reliance on eyesight might, in fact, restrict our understanding. He considers the way commerce determines our treatment of the natural environment, and uncovers some surprising confluences between the farmer's 'practical' view of land and the romantic ideals of many environmentalists. After looking at the lives of hermits, he reveals the importance of solitude to any proper understanding of the world and ourselves. Written from the view of a self-confessed amateur, Making Nature is, above all, a book to prompt curiosity and a sense of wonder, not just about environmental issues but about who we are and how we should live. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Travel & Places; ISBN: 1865085049. ISBN/EAN: 9781865085043. Inventory No: 20111045.. 9781865085043, Allen & Unwin, 2001, 2.5<

2001, ISBN: 1865085049

[EAN: 9781865085043], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 25.37], [PU: Allen & Unwin (2001), Crows Nest, NSW], Some fadings, small marks, and small 5mm abrasion to front cover. ; 232 pages. Pa… mais…

[EAN: 9781865085043], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 25.37], [PU: Allen & Unwin (2001), Crows Nest, NSW], Some fadings, small marks, and small 5mm abrasion to front cover. ; 232 pages. Page dimensions: 230 x 149mm. "Every weekend Peter Timms drives away from his inner Melbourne life and head for the tranquillity of a little mud-brick cottage nestled in the eucalpyt forests of the Tallarook ranges. In "Making Nature", he takes the reader on six walks around this bushland property. Blending personal memoir with natural and cultural history, he beautifully evokes the environment as a starting point for exploring what we mean when we talk about nature. He discovers that the way we perceive the world is never based on logic alone but is a blend of received opinion, personal prejudice and cultural conditioning. Nature, he argues, is something we all make in our own image. Timms investigates why we like looking at views and asks whether our reliance on eyesight might, in fact, restrict our understanding. He considers the way commerce determines our treatment of the natural environment, and uncovers some surprising confluences between the farmer's 'practical' view of land and the romantic ideals of many environmentalists. After looking at the lives of hermits, he reveals the importance of solitude to any proper understanding of the world and ourselves. Written from the view of a self-confessed amateur, "Making Nature" is, above all, a book to prompt curiosity and a sense of wonder, not just about environmental issues but about who we are and how we should live.", Books<