{"product_id":"9781771649353","title":"Secret Life of the City","description":"Author: Hanna Hagen Bjrgaas\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781771649353\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Greystone Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Sep 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCome along on an informative, whirlwind tour of urban species - from intelligent crows to backyard lichens - and discover that you are surrounded by wild nature, even in your own backyard.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen biologist Hanna Bjrgaas spots a fairy cup lichen in Antarctica, she is surprised to recognize it from her own backyard in Oslo. When she returns home, she embarks on a journey into urban nature, visiting city parks, cemeteries, and concrete rooftops to investigate the species that live in urban spaces. Along the way, she meets corvids, songbirds, ants, pigeons, bats, sparrows, fungi, and linden trees-and the experts who study their surprising abilities to survive, and thrive, in the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Bjrgaas discovers, urban nature - and its unique mixture of species that have never lived together before in Earth's history - is valuable. More than half of the world's human population lives in densely populated areas - and plants and animals have followed us into cities. \u003ci\u003eSecret Life of the City\u003c\/i\u003e invites us to pay more attention to the sounds, sights, and smells of urban nature right outside our door.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA treasure trove of fascinating flora and fauna, this wonderful book offers a plea to save our city plants, animals, and fungi before we lose them, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;A gem of a book.\u0026amp;#x27; - Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eExtraordinary Insects\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46852852383902,"sku":"ADS-9781771649353","price":49.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781771649353.jpg?v=1779063651","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781771649353","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}