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Nature obscura: a city's hidden natural world
| Title | Nature obscura: a city's hidden natural world |
| Names | Brenner, Kelly. |
| Book Number | DBC19230 |
| Title Status | Active |
| Medium | Digital Books |
| Download Link | Downloadable talking book. |
| Annotation | People see cities as human creations, but nature remains if you know where to look. The author describes the creatures that make Seattle home, from slime molds to muskrats to dragonflies. Adult. Unrated. |
| General Notes | Available from BARD courtesy of the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library. |
| Local Notes | "With wonder and a sense of humor, Kelly Brenner aims to help us rediscover our connection to the natural world that is just outside our front door--we just need to know where to look. Through explorations of a rich, varied urban landscape, Brenner reveals the complex micro-habitats and surprising nature that exists in the middle of a city. In her hometown of Seattle, which has plowed down hills, cut through the land to connect fresh- and saltwater, and paved over much of the rest, she exposes a diverse range of often unnoticed creatures. 'Nature Obscura' explores the species that inhabit the urban environment across the four seasons"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Narrator | Blanchette, Camille. |
| Length | 8 hours, 33 minutes |
| Local Subject | Nature and the environment - SC13 |
| Science and technology - SC | |
| Wild animals - AN10 | |
| Northwest nonfiction - NW2 | |
| Northwest author - NW7 | |
| Adult book - AD | |
| Northwest - NW | |
| Animals and wildlife - AN | |
| Produced at WTBBL - PAW | |
| LC Subject | Urban animals |
| Urban ecology (Biology) |
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| Urban ecology (Sociology) |
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| Nonfiction |
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| Audience Notes | A NLS/BPH |
| Call Number | 577.56 ANF |
| Language | English |
| Contents | Winter prelude. Anna in winter -- The patina of time -- A world in a Petri dish -- The crow roosts at night -- Spring prelude. Growing in the dark -- A cloud of flies -- An animal of much distinction -- The life of a pond -- Summer prelude. Dragons in the city -- To be or not to be armored -- Tracking the wild snail -- Like a moth to a flame -- Autumn prelude. Miss Lister's myxies -- Dichotomy -- From fear to fascination -- Everything is connected -- How to be an urban naturalist. |
| Released | 2020 |
| Publication Info | Seattle : Mountaineers Books 2020 |
| Original Publication | Recorded from: Seattle, WA : Mountaineers Books, [2020] 9781680512076 |
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