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World of Wonders - In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments (Hardcover)
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World of Wonders - In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments (Hardcover)
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List price R649
Loot Price R585
Discovery Miles 5 850
You Save R64 (10%)
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"Hands-down one of the most beautiful books of the year." -NPR From
beloved, award-winning poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil comes a debut
work of nonfiction-a collection of essays about the natural world,
and the way its inhabitants can teach, support, and inspire us. As
a child, Nezhukumatathil called many places home: the grounds of a
Kansas mental institution, where her Filipina mother was a doctor;
the open skies and tall mountains of Arizona, where she hiked with
her Indian father; and the chillier climes of western New York and
Ohio. But no matter where she was transplanted-no matter how
awkward the fit or forbidding the landscape-she was able to turn to
our world's fierce and funny creatures for guidance. "What the
peacock can do," she tells us, "is remind you of a home you will
run away from and run back to all your life." The axolotl teaches
us to smile, even in the face of unkindness; the touch-me-not plant
shows us how to shake off unwanted advances; the narwhal
demonstrates how to survive in hostile environments. Even in the
strange and the unlovely, Nezhukumatathil finds beauty and kinship.
For it is this way with wonder: it requires that we are curious
enough to look past the distractions in order to fully appreciate
the world's gifts. Warm, lyrical, and gorgeously illustrated by
Fumi Nakamura, World of Wonders is a book of sustenance and joy.
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