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Author
Series
Corrie Herring Hooks volume no. 46
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In his latest book, Mesquite, Gary Paul Nabhan employs humor and contemplative reflection to convince readers that they have never really glimpsed the essence of what he calls "arboreality." As a Franciscan brother and ethnobotanist who has often mixed mirth with earth, laughter with landscape, food with frolic, Nabhan now takes on a large, many-branched question: What does it means to be a tree, or, accordingly, to be in a deep and intimate relationship...
Author
Publisher
Piñata Books
Pub. Date
2007.
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IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a violent thunderstorm knocks down the giant mesquite tree in the town square, some of the villagers see it as only worth firewood. The woodcutter, however, sees it as material for carving a beautiful gift for the children of the town.
Cuando una fuerte tormenta tumba el gran árbol de mezquite en la plaza principal, algunos de los vecinos piensan que el árbol sólo es bueno para leña. Sin embargo, el leñador ve su gran valor y piensa...