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Come along on an informative, whirlwind tour of urban
species—from intelligent crows to backyard lichens—and discover
that you are surrounded by wild nature, even in your own backyard.
When biologist Hanna Bjørgaas spots a fairy cup lichen in
Antarctica, she is surprised to recognize it from her own backyard
in Oslo. When she returns home, she embarks on a journey into urban
nature, visiting city parks, cemeteries, and concrete rooftops to
investigate the species that live in urban spaces. Along the way,
she meets corvids, songbirds, ants, pigeons, bats, sparrows, fungi,
and linden trees—and the experts who study their surprising
abilities to survive, and thrive, in the city. As Bjørgaas
discovers, urban nature—and its unique mixture of species that
have never lived together before in Earth’s history—is
valuable. More than half of the world’s human population lives in
densely populated areas—and plants and animals have followed us
into cities. Secret Life of the City invites us to pay more
attention to the sounds, sights, and smells of urban nature right
outside our door. A treasure trove of fascinating flora and fauna,
this wonderful book offers a plea to save our city plants, animals,
and fungi before we lose them, too.
Readers of Susan Cain's Quiet and Daniel Pink's When will
appreciate this passionate investigation into creativity and the
human brain—from the perspective of an author investigating her
own brain after a concussion. Author and journalist Hilde Østby
was cycling to work one day when she crashed head-first into a
stone bridge. At the hospital, she was diagnosed with a traumatic
brain injury and prescribed rest and relaxation. But her brain was
anything but restful: ideas for new writing projects popped into
her head at a frenzied pace. Never before had she had so many 'aha'
moments. But at the same time, simple tasks like walking through an
airport felt impossible. Had the concussion made her—like the
stereotype of the tortured artist—more creative but less able to
function in society? Or was there something else at play? What
makes a person creative, anyway? In The Key to Creativity, Østby
takes readers on a deep-dive into why we are creative and what
conditions must be present in order for us to make our best work:
whether that be a painting, a piece of writing, or simply a good
email. Using characters from Alice in Wonderlandfor inspiration,
Østby investigates why we have ideas that seemingly come out of
nowhere, like the Cheshire Cat, and how we can quiet our inner
critic, like the rule-obsessed Queen of Hearts. Along the way, she
speaks with artists of all stripes and interviews psychiatrists and
neurologists who specialize in understanding what happens in the
brain when we are at our most creative. She discovers that having a
tortured and lonely existence isn't necessarily conducive to
producing great art—and that being able to complete a task, on
time, and according to your and others' expectations, is as
important as being able to think outside the box. Østby soon
learns that she needs to make changes in her own life to recover
from her brain injury and to give structure and life to her ideas.
This engaging and groundbreaking book debunks the myth that you
need to be a genius in order to be an artist or inventor. All you
need is an idea and the tools to make your creative dream come
true.
In this fresh, sensitive, diary-style graphic novel, 12-year-old
Tuva's questions about becoming a teenager are confusing—so when
her first crush turns out to be on another girl, it feels
absolutely wonderful--so why does it become so complicated? Perfect
for fans of The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag,
HeartStopper by Alice Oseman, and Jen Wang's The Dressmaker and the
Prince. Tuva is starting seventh grade, and her checklist of goals
includes: writing out a diary, getting a trendy look, building the
best fort in the woods with her BFFs, and much more. But when she
starts school, nothing is how she hoped it would be. Seventh grade
has split her friends into rival factions: TEAM LINNEA and the
girls who fall in love and TEAM BAO and the girls who NEVER fall in
love. Linnea has a BOYFRIEND, Bao hates everything related to love.
Worst of all, Linnea and Bao expect Tuva to choose a side! In this
delighfully hand-lettered coming-of-age graphic diary, Tuva gets
caught between feeling like a kid and wanting to know HOW to become
a teenager. Then Miriam shows up and suddenly Tuva feels as if
she’s met her soulmate. Can you fall in love with a girl, keep it
from your friends, and survive? For Tuva, it may be possible, but
it's defintely not easy.
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