{"product_id":"a-natural-history-of-empty-christopher-brown-9781643263366","title":"A Natural History of Empty Lots: Field Notes from Urban Edgelands, Back Alleys, and Other Wild Places","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA genre-bending blend of naturalism, memoir, and social manifesto for rewilding the city, the self, and society.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Natural History of Empty Lots\u003c\/i\u003e is a genre-defying work of nature writing, literary nonfiction, and memoir that explores what happens when nature and the city intersect. To do this, we must challenge our assumptions of nature itself. \u003cp\u003e During the real estate crash of the late 2000s, Christopher Brown purchased an empty lot in an industrial section of Austin, Texas. The property--a brownfield site bisected with an abandoned petroleum pipeline and littered with concrete debris and landfill trash--was an unlikely site for a home. Along with his son, Brown had explored similar empty lots around Austin, so-called \"ruined\" spaces once used for agriculture and industry awaiting their redevelopment as Austin became a 21st century boom town. He discovered them to be teeming with natural activity, and embarked on a twenty-year project to live in and document such spaces. There, in our most damaged landscapes, he witnessed the remarkable resilience of wild nature, learned how easy it is to bring back the wild in our own backyards, and discovered that, by working to heal the wounds we have made on the Earth, we can also heal ourselves. Beautifully written and philosophically hard-hitting, \u003ci\u003eA Natural History of Empty \u003c\/i\u003eLots offers a new lens on human disruption and nature, offering a sense of hope among the edgelands. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1643263366\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643263366\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Timber Press (OR)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.25w x 0.99d","brand":"Christopher Brown","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45064448540927,"sku":"9781643263366","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_72b94dc3-16a3-4cbb-bfce-95df2ab73996.jpg?v=1712124366","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-natural-history-of-empty-christopher-brown-9781643263366","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}