Awareness/Observation at BACK 40 BOOKS

Tom Brown's Field Guide: The Forgotten Wilderness

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:42:35 GMT

Tom Brown's Field Guide to the Forgotten WildernessA truly amazing book about the wilderness in backyards, abandoned lots, and hedgerows, yet one of Tom Brown's lesser known field guides. Filled with animal descriptions and anecdotes from his own learning experiences, keep your eyes peeled for tidbits on how millipedes can help you to trail deer, ants can help you learn to track animals across bare rock, and how a common garden spider and a mockingbird teach a young Tom Brown about friendship, jealousy, and companionship with wild beings.

Item #: 9780425097151

Tom Brown's Field Guide: Nature Observation & Tracking

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:50:35 GMT

Tom Brown, Jr. Nature ObservationThe best introduction to the skills of nature observation, invisible movement and tracking used by Native Americans since time immemorial.

Item #: 9780425099667

Tom Brown Jr. The Search

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:24:35 GMT

The Search by Tom Brown, Jr.Tom Brown's second book, an autobiography describing his adventures growing up under the tutelage of Stalking Wolf (his apache mentor), difficult tracking cases as an adult, and ending with Tom's most difficult tracking test of all, tracking Stalking Wolf to his final resting place. A great book that expresses the author's philosophy of native spirituality well.

Item #: 9780425181812

Journey to the Ancestral Self

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:59:35 GMT

Journey to the Ancestral SelfAn unsentimental and unabashed response to our repressed longing: to dance to the drum, to encircle the ritual fire, to know healing lore from times when plants spoke, and to walk again in balance with the Earth. Tamarack Song teaches that the lifeways of all Native peoples are essentially one, sharing not only the same ceremonies and life transitions, but the same spirit and reverence for life. Regardless of our ethnic background or our religious upbringing, we are all essentially Native people who have lost our authentic original voices.

Item #: 9780882681788

Seeing Nature

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:59:35 GMT

Seeing Nature by Paul KrafelAn amazing journey into the observations and understandings of a former park ranger (now charter school teacher) gleaned from a lifetime of being present in the wilderness and national parks. Difficult to describe, but essential to read, chapter after chapter provides true stories or parables that offer tools for understanding relationships in the natural world, yet also manage to include the reader's own life in the lessons to be learned.

Item #: 9781890132422

Tom Brown's Field Guide: City & Suburban Survival

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:36:35 GMT

Tom Brown Jr. Field Guide to City & Suburban Survival. In this uniquely practical handbook, Tom Brown, Jr., gives you the specific skills and detailed knowledge you need to protect yourself and those you love in almost any emergency.Designed for both beginners and experienced explorers this guide is fully illustrated and comprehensive. It includes practical information, time-tested nature skills, and new ways to rediscover the earth around us. Today most Americans live in the city or suburbs, a safe, comfortable life, at least on the surface. Few of us realize how close we are to the elemental struggle for survival, until disaster strikes. Yet it is possible to be prepared.

Item #: 9780425091722

Tom Brown's Field Guide: Living with the Earth

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:49:35 GMT

Tom Brown's Field Guide to Living with the EarthWith this book, Tom Brown expands on basic wilderness survival by sharing the philosophy and skills needed to establish a more enduring relationship to the natural world, through the full turning of the seasons. Like all of the author's books, it contains a unique and enlightening perspective expressed in the nitty gritty of wilderness skills

Item #: 9780425091470

Tom Brown's Field Guide: Nature & Survival for Children

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:49:35 GMT

Tom Brown's Field Guide to Nature and Survival for Children. Designed for both beginners and experienced explorers this guide is fully illustrated and comprehensive. It includes practical information, time-tested nature skills, and new ways to rediscover the earth around us.Here is the perfect guide to exploring the wonders of nature with children safely. Whether your outdoor experience includes day tripes to local parks or long wilderness treks, Tom Brown, Jr., can help children and adults fully appreciate the boundless beauty of our most precious natural resources. The ideal handbook for parents, teachers, counselors, and children, it can make every trip to a park or forest a safe and educational wilderness adventure. It includes: Observing and identifying animals and plants; Lost-proofing children; Stalking and tracking; Finding water and food in nature; Safety and first aid.

Item #: 9780425111062

Tom Brown's Field Guide: Wilderness Survival

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:51:35 GMT

Tom Brown's Field Guide to Wilderness SurvivalAn excellent overview of basic wilderness survival skills and attitudes, written from the perspective of the earth as Mother and provider, not as a battle against nature. Includes information on shelter building, obtaining and purifying water, making friction fire, and edible plants and animals, along with a crafts and tool-making section. If you've read and enjoyed Tom Brown before, this book is a clear candidate for your wilderness library.

Item #: 9780425105726