Web of Life: Weaving the Values That Sustain Us by Richard Louv (English) Paperb

Description: Web of Life: Weaving the Values That Sustain Us by Richard Louv Award-winning journalist and author Richard Louv explores with wisdom and heart the fragile network that connects people. "Re-enchants the everyday with a simple but graceful elegance".—"Body Mind Spirit". FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description With great warmth and wisdom, award-winning journalist Richard Louv explores the delicate strands of our lives: family, friendship, community, nature, time, and spirit. Author Biography Richard Louv is a journalist and the author of seven books about the connections between family, nature, and community. His most recent book, "Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder", has been translated into nine languages and published in thirteen countries. Louv is the chairman and cofounder of the Children and Nature Network and was awarded the Audubon Medal, presented by the National Audubon Society, in 2008. Kirkus US Review A collection of gentle reflections on important matters like family, friendship, neighborhood, community, and fishing at sunset. Louv (Childhoods Future, 1990) is a columnist for the San Diego Union Tribune and a contributor to Parents magazine who has edited and augmented this selection of newspaper columns with additional commentary. His theme is that each individual is a strand in a web connecting and supporting not only friends and family, but the larger world. In order of increasing complexity, chapters go from the strand of family through to the strands of time and spirit. Louv draws often on lessons from Native Americans to reinforce his ideas - for instance, how family stories become tribal stories and, ultimately, ancestral myths. Preserve family stories, he urges, even if they seem bland and uninteresting; they will ripen and gain stature in time, strengthening the bonds from one generation to the next. An encounter with Fred Rogers of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood highlights friendship, as does a tale of fishing with a friend, where mutual respect and a shared regard for trout streams bridge chasms in their values regarding guns and corporal punishment. In a section on community, he intersperses tales of neighborliness with hopes that America may yet develop a "great, good place" where "people meet by chance . . . [to] sit a spell." The surge of coffee bars in urban centers is a hopeful note, Louv believes. Chapters are interspersed with off-beat quotations, including four lines of pseudo-Shakespeare generated by a computer, kicking off a discussion of the possibilities of virtual reality. Louvs interests are diverse, ranging from death to county fairs, Native American witches, and a chili harvest. Simple but not mundane vignettes of an ordinary life with wife, children, dog, and van, enlarged by a sweetness of spirit that turns floating on an inner tube into the essence of fathering. (Kirkus Reviews) Details ISBN1573241407 Author Richard Louv Publisher Conari Press Language English ISBN-10 1573241407 ISBN-13 9781573241403 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 814.54 Year 1998 Publication Date 1998-10-31 Imprint Conari Press,U.S. Subtitle Weaving the Values That Sustain Us Place of Publication Berkeley, CA Country of Publication United States Alternative 9780787117870 Illustrations ILL Residence San Diego, CA, US Short Title WEB OF LIFE REV/E Pages 258 Edition Description Revised DOI 10.1604/9781573241403 Audience General/Trade We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:138092928;

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