{"product_id":"the-forest-unseen","title":"The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN\/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Injects much-needed vibrancy into the stuffy world of nature writing.\" --\u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e, \"The Outdoor Books That Shaped the Last Decade\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe biologist and author of \u003ci\u003eSounds Wild and Broken \u003c\/i\u003ecombines elegant writing with scientific expertise to reveal the secret world hidden in a single square meter of old-growth forest \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this wholly original book, biologist David Haskell uses a one-square-meter patch of old-growth Tennessee forest as a window onto the entire natural world. Visiting it almost daily for one year to trace nature's path through the seasons, he brings the forest and its inhabitants to vivid life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach of this book's short chapters begins with a simple observation: a salamander scuttling across the leaf litter; the first blossom of spring wildflowers. From these, Haskell spins a brilliant web of biology and ecology, explaining the science that binds together the tiniest microbes and the largest mammals and describing the ecosystems that have cycled for thousands- sometimes millions-of years. Each visit to the forest presents a nature story in miniature as Haskell elegantly teases out the intricate relationships that order the creatures and plants that call it home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten with remarkable grace and empathy, \u003ci\u003eThe Forest Unseen\u003c\/i\u003e is a grand tour of nature in all its profundity. Haskell is a perfect guide into the world that exists beneath our feet and beyond our backyards.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54364973236534,"sku":"9780143122944","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/2301\/7526\/files\/imageloader_19a5de6b-0c2b-4d26-88a6-9e495bf42736.jpg?v=1785786582","url":"https:\/\/www.summerbeambooks.com\/products\/the-forest-unseen","provider":"Summer Beam Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}