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Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award

“Injects much-needed vibrancy into the stuffy world of nature writing.” —Outside, “The Outdoor Books That Shaped the Last Decade”

The biologist and author of Sounds Wild and Broken combines elegant writing with scientific expertise to reveal the secret world hidden in a single square meter of old-growth forest

In 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.

Each 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

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      Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 26/03/2013
      ISBN13: 9780143122944, 978-0143122944
      ISBN10: 0143122940
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award

      “Injects much-needed vibrancy into the stuffy world of nature writing.” —Outside, “The Outdoor Books That Shaped the Last Decade”

      The biologist and author of Sounds Wild and Broken combines elegant writing with scientific expertise to reveal the secret world hidden in a single square meter of old-growth forest

      In 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.

      Each 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

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