Zooburbia

Name: Zooburbia
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ISBN: 9781937006679

Meditations on the Wild Animals Among Us

Tai Moses, Dave Buchen

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Parallax Press
01 May 2016

Wildlife: general interest

""Meditations on the Wild Animals Among Us""

""To be alienated from animals is to live a life that is not quite whole, contends nature writer Tai Moses in Zooburbia- Meditations On The Wild Animals Among Us. Urban and suburban residents share their environment with many types of wildlife- squirrels, birds, spiders, and increasingly lizards, deer, and coyote. Many of us crave more contact with wild creatures, and recognize the small and large ways animals enrich our lives, yet don't notice the animals already around us. Zooburbia reveals the reverence that can be felt in the presence of animals and shows how that reverence connects us to a deeper, better part of ourselves. A lively blend of memoir, natural history, and mindfulness practices, Zooburbia makes the case for being mindful and compassionate stewards-and students-of the wildlife with whom we coexist. With lessons on industriousness, perseverance, presence, exuberance, gratitude, aging, how to let go, and much more, Tai's vignettes share the happy fact that none of us is alone and separate, and that our teachers are right in front of us. We need only go outdoors with our eyes and ears open to find a rapport with the animal kingdom. Zooburbia is a magnifying lens turned to our everyday environment, reminding us that we, as individuals and as a species, are not alone. Illustrated by Dave Buchen with original black and white wildlife linocuts.""

By: Tai Moses
Illustrated by: Dave Buchen
Imprint: Parallax Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 425g
ISBN: 9781937006679
ISBN 10: 1937006670
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 01 May 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

""Tai Moses has been a journalist and editor for many years. She has also worked as a veterinary assistant, a barista, a hotel maid, and a wildlands firefighter. Formerly a senior editor at AlterNet.org, her writing has been widely published in the independent press. Tai lives in Santa Cruz, CA, with her husband, her dog Arrow, and a number of cats.""

Reviews for Zooburbia: Meditations on the Wild Animals Among Us

The wise dog does not brood on no: he does not make a story of no. The wise dog makes his peace with no and waits, with hope and confidence, for the next yes. --Tai Moses, from Zooburbia I would buy this lovely book for the sentiments, for the illustrations, and for this sentence alone: 'The mole is the most misunderstood of animals. Living alone in the gloom of darkness, unsociable and virtually sightless, the mole never gets a chance to set the record straight.' --Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, When Elephants Weep and Dogs Never Lie About Love