{"product_id":"the-common-uncommon-a-forest-journey","title":"The Common Uncommon: A Forest Journey","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom The Renowned Author Of A Year In The Maine Woods, The Intimate Reflections Of A Lifetime Spent Observing The Natural World.For Forty Years, Bernd Heinrich Has Been Ensconced In The Woods Of The Northern, Or Boreal, Forest, Living In His Log Cabin Amidst A Vast Sea Of Spruce, Fir, And Larch In The Mountains Of Western Maine. In A Land Of Winter Snow, Summer Heat, And At Times Fire, Drought, And Flood, All Life Confronts Vast And Occasionally Rapid Environmental Changes, As One Day, And One Season, May Be A Completely Different Environment From The Next.The Common Uncommon Captures The Rhythms Of HeinrichS Seasonal Life. From The Forest He First Encountered As A Child Of German Refugees, Heinrich Combines His Powers Of Observation With Professional Expertise, As He Notes The Beautiful, But Not Entirely Idiosyncratic CharacteristicsThe Common UncommonOf Spiders, Ants, Chestnut Trees, Porcupines, Owls, And Mice. From The Elusive SingleCell Organism Called A Euglena, Which Swims In Fresh Water And Is Part Animal, Part Plant, To The Resourceful Wood Frog, Which Nearly Freezes Into Ice Each Winter While Protecting Its Cells With Glucose, HeinrichS Musings On Life In The Forest Stunningly Capture The Five States Of Being, Becoming, Interbeing, Remembering, And Returning. With Sharp, Evocative Prose, The Common Uncommon Is A Narrative Of Small Surprises In Nature, Some Delightful And SomeBrought On By Climate ChangeDevastating, All Seen Through The Hawk Eyes Of A WorldRenowned Naturalist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47953695670517,"sku":"DADAX1324021101","price":35.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/91Ma33dNwAL.jpg?v=1775497792","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/the-common-uncommon-a-forest-journey","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}