{"product_id":"secret-life-of-the-city-hanna-hagen-bjrgaas-9781771649353","title":"Secret Life of the City: How Nature Thrives in the Urban Wild","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCome along on an informative, whirlwind tour of urban species--from intelligent crows to backyard lichens--and discover that you are surrounded by wild nature, even in your own backyard.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen biologist Hanna Bj rgaas spots a fairy cup lichen in Antarctica, she is surprised to recognize it from her own backyard in Oslo. When she returns home, she embarks on a journey into urban nature, visiting city parks, cemeteries, and concrete rooftops to investigate the species that live in urban spaces. Along the way, she meets corvids, songbirds, ants, pigeons, bats, sparrows, fungi, and linden trees--and the experts who study their surprising abilities to survive, and thrive, in the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Bj rgaas discovers, urban nature--and its unique mixture of species that have never lived together before in Earth's history--is valuable. More than half of the world's human population lives in densely populated areas--and plants and animals have followed us into cities. \u003ci\u003eSecret Life of the City\u003c\/i\u003e invites us to pay more attention to the sounds, sights, and smells of urban nature right outside our door.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA treasure trove of fascinating flora and fauna, this wonderful book offers a plea to save our city plants, animals, and fungi before we lose them, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hanna Hagen Bjgaas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1771649356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771649353\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Greystone Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/25\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.60w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/13\/2023","brand":"Hanna Hagen Bjgaas","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44073230926079,"sku":"9781771649353","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5f42c2d7-ffa5-463d-a988-1c85f1dccb0e.jpg?v=1685446596","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/secret-life-of-the-city-hanna-hagen-bjrgaas-9781771649353","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}