{"title":"Loren Eiseley","description":"Loren Eiseley (1907-1977), naturalist, essayist, philosopher, and poet, won the John Burroughs Medal for best publication in the field of nature writing in 1961 for The Firmament of Time. Introducer Gary Holthaus, a freelance poet and writer, is the author of Wide Skies: Finding a Home in the West.","products":[{"product_id":"the-mind-as-nature-paperback","title":"The Mind As Nature - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Mind as Nature, Loren Eiseley explores the complex and fascinating relationship between the human mind and the natural world. Drawing on his deep knowledge of science and literature, Eiseley offers a compelling assessment of our place in the cosmos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work is in the \"public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51368281047263,"sku":"9781021167859","price":22.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/QGDO3bKYB19781021167859.webp?v=1789125176"},{"product_id":"the-star-thrower-paperback","title":"The Star Thrower - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eA collection of the author's favorite essays and poems. This volume includes selections that span Eiseley's entire writing career and provide a sampling of the author as naturalist, poet, scientist, and humanist. \"Loren Eiseley's work changed my life\" (Ray Bradbury). Introduction by W. H. Auden.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51376645963999,"sku":"9780156849098","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/vJAKk0RV2h9780156849098.webp?v=1789218248"},{"product_id":"the-unexpected-universe-paperback","title":"The Unexpected Universe - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eDrawing from his long experience as a naturalist, the author responds to the unexpected and symbolic aspects of a wide spectrum of phenomena throughout the universe. Scrupulous scholarship and magical prose are brought to bear on such diverse topics as seeds, the hieroglyphs on shells, lost tombs, the goddess Circe, city dumps, and Neanderthal man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51376895525087,"sku":"9780156928502","price":21.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/tUbTD0sgWf9780156928502.webp?v=1789228891"},{"product_id":"the-firmament-of-time-paperback","title":"The Firmament of Time - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Dr. Eiseley describes with zest and admiration the giant steps that have led man, in a scant three hundred years, to grasp the nature of his extraordinary past and to substitute a natural world for a world of divine creation and intervention. . . . An irresistible inducement to partake of the almost forgotten excitements of reflection.\"\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLoren Eiseley examines what we as a species have become in the late twentieth century. His illuminating and accessible discussion is a characteristically skillful and compelling synthesis of hard scientific theory, factual evidence, personal anecdotes, haunting reflection, and poetic prose.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51379111985375,"sku":"9780803267398","price":20.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/EwZ46F-XnP9780803267398.webp?v=1789268600"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/loren-eiseley.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}