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	Southern Light: Twelve Contemporary Southern Poets by Ray Zimmerman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ed Lindberg (Editor), Bruce Majors (Editor) 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The book is subtitled The Last of the American Wilderness. The author spent three years traveling the continent to gather these images and each is superb The large dimensions do justice to the work and have given me a whole new appreciation of “coffee table books.”

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How to Read Nature: Awaken Your Senses to the Outdoors You’ve Never Noticed (Natural Navigation)

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Ray Zimmerman said: " The book is much more valuable if you do the exercises provided with each chapter. I tried the first one before and during a walk to my favorite waterfall. Observations increased at least threefold during the walk. As observations increased, journali ...more "

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Rhetoric: FREE Politics By Aristotle, 100% Formatted, Illustrated - JBS Classics (100 Greatest Novels of All Time Book 50)

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This book caused me to develop a whole new appreciation for “coffee table books.” The large format allows for spectacular displays of the author’s photographs which are high art.
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Ray Zimmerman made a comment in the group Nature Literature — Reading or Just Finished this Nature Related Book... topic " I suppose I read this one. It's my new book from Walnut Street Publishing. https://walnutstreetpublishing.com/pr... ...more "
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“I close my eyes and listen to the voices of the rain.”
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“When George Washington directed federal troops to exterminate the Onondaga during the Revolutionary War, a nation that had numbered in the tens of thousands was reduced to a few hundred people in a matter of one year.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

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