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Close to Home: The Wonders of Nature Just Outside Your Door

By Thor Hanson
Narrated by: Stacy Carolan
Unabridged — 5 hours, 42 minutes
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By Thor Hanson
Narrated by: Stacy Carolan
Unabridged — 5 hours, 42 minutes
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City dwellers and country folk alike will find a new connection with the nature around them thanks to this thoughtful mesh of personal anecdotes and natural history.

An award-winning natural-history writer opens the door to the nature that thrives in our yards, gardens, and parks

We all live on nature's doorstep, but we often overlook it. From backyards to local parks, the natural places we see the most may well be the ones we know the least.

In Close to Home, biologist Thor Hanson shows how retraining our eyes reveals hidden wonders just waiting to be discovered. In Kansas City, migrating monarch butterflies flock to the local zoo. In the Pacific No...