{"product_id":"outside-my-window-a-look-at-an-urban-nature-preserve-9781716027307","title":"Outside My Window: A Look at an Urban Nature Preserve","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Robert Greenler\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Lulu.com\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Lulu.com\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOutside My Window is a description of things found in an urban nature preserve, but it is much more. A recurring point of view in this collection of essays is the author's search for the story behind the immediate visual impression-an attempt to see with the mind as well as the eye. For example: The shape of the grandfather oak shows that when European settlers arrived they found the landscape of an oak savanna; The spacing of old silver maples in a ring tells of the presence of a ghost tree, once inhabiting the place in the center; The presence of small holes on a maple tree reveals the presence of an unseen bird that has arrived this spring, following the lead of others of his kind in past years; and The size of the glacial kettle in the nature preserve reveals the presence, 12,000 years ago, of a buried chunk of ice the size of the adjacent apartment building that now overlooks the preserve.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46455297245335,"sku":"9781716027307","price":937.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781716027307.webp?v=1769174685","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/outside-my-window-a-look-at-an-urban-nature-preserve-9781716027307","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}