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"Oftentimes the answers to life's biggest questions can be found by searching for them at the smallest scales. In Book of Days, beloved nature writer Hal Borland (1900-1978) takes readers on an eye-opening day-by-day journey through a year of the outdoor world around us. Originally published in The New York Times as ""daily reflections,"" these short reports and observations convey Borland's inspiring thoughts about the world around him and the creatures he shared it with. He also muses about the changes in weather and climate through the seasons, reflects on our traditions and habits, and ponders fundamental questions about what it all means. Writing in the tradition of Henry David Thoreau and Aldo Leopold, and with the inquisitiveness of a philosopher and the perceptive wit of a wise old New England farmer, Borland portrays with simple clarity the elements of change and permanence in the untamed world around us. Neither calendar nor almanac, this delightful natural history ""daybook"" of mini essays features a treasure trove of fascinating philosophical insights and environmental wonders. Book of Days can be read straight through or savored one day at a time. Be sure to also read Hal Borland's other bestselling classics published by Echo Point Books--Hal Borland's Twelve Moons of the Year and Sundial of the Seasons."

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"""He opens whole new vistas of wisdom, nature's wisdom, and we suddenly see that there is no other. There is no alien environment in Hal Borland's world. He takes us to it and we find, amazed, that we have come home."" --Sally Carrighar ""The great nature writers--scientists and laymen alike-- have had only one thing in common--they have all been philosophers first. Teale, Muir, Thoreau, Huxley--go down the list. Add another name to it now, Borland. Hal Borland has come of age in his Book of Days. But there is no stirprise there. We nature readers have known it all along."" --Roger A. Caras ""Hal Borland is a beloved spokesman for all of us who love the earth and who find sustenance in nature. In this Book of Days, he has chosen to follow the diarist's oft-repeated journey through a year amongst swallows, skunks, foxes, and toadstools. Borland knows well that nature is vast enough to supply novel angles and subject matter to any number of percipient observers. He writes with the dignity and simplicity of a truly civilized man. I commend his book and have placed it close to hand on my night table."" --Loren Eiseley"

He opens whole new vistas of wisdom, nature's wisdom, and we suddenly see that there is no other. There is no alien environment in Hal Borland's world. He takes us to it and we find, amazed, that we have come home. --Sally Carrighar The great nature writers--scientists and laymen alike-- have had only one thing in common--they have all been philosophers first. Teale, Muir, Thoreau, Huxley--go down the list. Add another name to it now, Borland. Hal Borland has come of age in his Book of Days. But there is no stirprise there. We nature readers have known it all along. --Roger A. Caras Hal Borland is a beloved spokesman for all of us who love the earth and who find sustenance in nature. In this Book of Days, he has chosen to follow the diarist's oft-repeated journey through a year amongst swallows, skunks, foxes, and toadstools. Borland knows well that nature is vast enough to supply novel angles and subject matter to any number of percipient observers. He writes with the dignity and simplicity of a truly civilized man. I commend his book and have placed it close to hand on my night table. --Loren Eiseley

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