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020 $a9780520248564 (cloth : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aQK477$b.N33 2008
082 00 $a582.16$222
100 1 $aNadkarni, Nalini.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84191076
245 10 $aBetween earth and sky :$bour intimate connections to trees /$cNalini M. Nadkarni.
260 $aBerkeley :$bUniversity of California Press,$c[2008], ©2008.
300 $axii, 322 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 273-297) and index.
505 00 $gIntroduction.$tView from the Top -- $g1.$t"What Is a Tree? -- $g2.$tGoods and Services -- $g3.$tShelter and Protection -- $g4.$tHealth and Healing -- $g5.$tPlay and Imagination -- $g6.$tConnections to Time -- $g7.$tSigns and Symbols -- $g8.$tSpirituality and Religion -- $g9.$tMindfulness -- $tScientific Names of Trees in the Text -- $tPoetry Credits.
520 1 $a"World-renowned canopy biologist Nalini M. Nadkarni has climbed trees on four continents with scientists, students, artists, clergymen, musicians, activists, loggers, legislators, and Inuits, gathering diverse perspectives on our affinities with trees. In Between Earth and Sky, a rich tapestry of personal stories, information, and illustrations, Nadkarni becomes our captivating guide to the leafy wilderness above our heads. Through her luminous narrative, we embark on a multifaceted exploration of trees that reveals the profound connections we have with them, the dazzling array of things they provide us, and the powerful lessons they teach us. Nadkarni describes trees' intricate root systems, their highly evolved and still not completely understood canopies, their roles in commerce and medicine, their ability to thrive in city centers and in extreme habitats atop mountains and in deserts, and their important place in folklore and the arts. She explains tree fundamentals and considers the symbolic roles they have assumed in culture and religion. In a book that reawakens our sense of wonder at the fascinating world of trees, we ultimately find entry to the entire natural world and rediscover our own place in it."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aTrees$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aTrees$xReligious aspects.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85137250
650 0 $aTrees$xEnvironmental aspects.
852 00 $boff,glg$hQK477$i.N33 2008