Making Nature Six Walks in the Bush by Timms, Peter - 2001

Allen & Unwin, Australia, 2001. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good (ex-library). Trade Paperback. 232 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Allen & Unwin, Australia, 2001. First Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in good (ex-library) condition. More specifically: Ex-library with usual marks, stamps, stickers. Covers have light creasing. Spine is uncreased. . Cover is protected in clear, self-adhesive laminate. Pages are lightly tanned and mildly foxed. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Every weekend Peter Timms drives away from his inner Melbourne life and head for the tranquillity of a little mud-brick cottage nestled in the eucalpyt forests of the Tallarook ranges. In Making Nature, he takes the reader on six walks around this bushland property. Blending personal memoir with natural and cultural history, he beautifully evokes the environment as a starting point for exploring what we mean when we talk about nature. He discovers that the way we perceive the world is never based on logic alone but is a… Read More

Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin. Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. (2001). Softcover. 1865085049 . Some fadings, small marks, and small 5mm abrasion to front cover. ; 232 pages. Page dimensions: 230 x 149mm. "Every weekend Peter Timms drives away from his inner Melbourne life and head for the tranquillity of a little mud-brick cottage nestled in the eucalpyt forests of the Tallarook ranges. In "Making Nature", he takes the reader on six walks around this bushland property. Blending personal memoir with natural and cultural history, he beautifully evokes the environment as a starting point for exploring what we mean when we talk about nature. He discovers that the way we perceive the world is never based on logic alone but is a blend of received opinion, personal prejudice and cultural conditioning. Nature, he argues, is something we all make in our own image. Timms investigates why we like looking at views and asks whether our reliance on eyesight might, in fact,… Read More

Allen & Unwin, 2002. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.