John Muir: My Life with Nature
This unique autobiography of John Muir is told in his own words, brimming with his spirit and his adventures. The text was compiled and written by naturalist Joseph Bharat Cornell, author of Sharing Nature, Flow Learning and Deep Nature Play and well loved for his ability to help others experience the joyous quality of nature. Cornell is especially appreciated for his own childlike spirit that sparkles through his writings. The result is a book with an aliveness, a presence of goodness, adventure, enthusiasm, and sensitive love of each animal and plant that will give young adults an experience of a true hero. It is a book that expands your sense of hope, adventure, and awareness. Adults will be just as fond of this book as young readers.
Joseph Bharat Cornell is an internationally renowned author and founder of Sharing Nature Worldwide, one of the planet’s most widely respected nature awareness programs. His first book, Sharing Nature with Children, ‘sparked a worldwide revolution in nature education’ and has been published in twenty languages and sold half a million copies. He is the honorary president of Sharing Nature Association of Japan, which has 10, 000 members and 35, 000 trained leaders.
He the author of the Sharing Nature Book series, used by millions of parents, educators, naturalists, and youth and religious leaders all over the world. Cornell’s books, Listening to Nature and The Sky and Earth Touched Me, have inspired thousands of adults to deepen their relationship with nature. Two recent books of his: The Sky and Earth Touched Me and Sharing Nature were awarded Indie Book Grand Prize Winners for Non-Fiction.
Known for his warmth and joyful enthusiasm, Cornell ‘has a genius for finding the essence of a subject, explaining it in clear and compelling ways, and then giving the reader creative exercises to gain an actual experience.’
Tabela de Conteúdo
Contents for John Muir by Joseph Bharat Cornell
A Note from the Author 4
I. Free As the Wind 5
II. Backwoods Genius. 11
III. Only Wild Beauty. 16
IV. Favorite Animals. 22
V. Forever a Mountaineer. 27
VI. Snow Flowers, Ice Rivers and a Dog. 36
VII. Make the Mountains Glad. 45
VIII. Fellow Mortals. 52
IX. Nature’s Goodness. 57
Explore More 62
Be True to Yourself 63
One Large Family 65
Joy in the Midst of Hardship 66
This Whole Wide Beautiful World 67
True Wealth 71
What is the Secret of it All? 72
John Muir: Who Was He? 73
Close to Nature 74
Further Reading 76
Sharing Nature and Joseph Bharat Cornell 78
Sobre o autor
Joseph Bharat Cornell is an internationally renowned author and founder of Sharing Nature Worldwide, one of the planet’s most widely respected nature awareness programs. His first book, Sharing Nature with Children, “sparked a worldwide revolution in nature education” and has been published in twenty languages and sold half a million copies. He is the honorary president of Sharing Nature Association of Japan, which has 10, 000 members and 35, 000 trained leaders. He the author of the Sharing Nature Book Series, used by millions of parents, educators, naturalists, and youth and religious leaders all over the world. Cornell’s books, Listening to Nature and The Sky and Earth Touched Me, have inspired thousands of adults to deepen their relationship with nature. Two recent books of his: The Sky and Earth Touched Me and Sharing Nature were awarded Indie Book Grand Prize Winners for Non-Fiction. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service selected Cornell’s Sharing Nature with Children as one of the fifteen most influential books published since 1890 for connecting children and families to nature. His highly effective outdoor learning strategy, Flow Learning™, was featured by the U.S. National Park Service as one of five recommended learning theories, along with the works of Maria Montessori, Howard Gardner, John Dewey, and Jean Piaget. Cornell has received many international awards for his Sharing Nature books and work. He received the prestigious Countess Sonja-Bernadotte Prize in Germany for his vast influence on environmental education in Central Europe. In 2011 Cornell was selected as one of the world’s “100 most influential opinion leaders committed to the Environment” by the French organization, Les Anges Gardiens de la Planète.Known for his warmth and joyful enthusiasm, Cornell “has a genius for finding the essence of a subject, explaining it in clear and compelling ways, and then giving the reader creative exercises to gain an actual experience.”
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