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1	Ceremonial Time: Fifteen Thousand Years on One Square Mile more books like this by John Hanson Mitchell add to wishlist Ceremonial time is the moment when past, present, and future can be perceived simultaneously. Experienced only rarely, usually during ancient dances or rituals, this escape from time is the gift of John Mitchells extraordinary writing. In this, his most magical book, he traces the life on a single spot in New England from the last ice age through ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Wildest Place on Earth: Italian Gardens and the Invention of Wilderness more books like this by John Hanson Mitchell add to wishlist With a grateful nod to Thoreau, a noted garden writer presents a knowledgeable account of the relationships between formal Italian gardens and the taming of the American wilderness--including his own unruly plot of land in New England. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Paradise of All These Parts: A Natural History of Boston more books like this by John Hanson Mitchell add to wishlist How much does the current landscape of Boston, Massachusetts, resemble the land mass known as the Shawmut Peninsula, where it was conceived and built hundreds of years ago--a place that Captain John Smith referred to in 1614 as "the Paradise of all these parts"? John Hanson Mitchell explores a variety of habitats as he ranges outward from the core ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Walking Towards Walden: A Pilgrimage in Search of Place more books like this by John Hanson Mitchell add to wishlist If there is such a thing as an Americana pilgrimage, it must be to Concord. One brilliant Columbus Day, John Mitchell made just such a pilgrimage, from an ancient burial site, along the Great Road followed during the Revolution by the minutemen, fifteen miles to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery and the home not only of Thoreau but of Hawthorne, the Alcotts ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	A Field Guide to Your Own Back Yard more books like this by John Hanson Mitchell, Laurel Molk (Illustrator) add to wishlist Even in the most sanitized suburb or concrete city block one can find plants, animals, and insects busy about their lives, as the author reveals to us in this book. John Mitchell seeks to enhance our appreciation of the small citizens of the world, such as spotted salamanders and meadow voles and introduces us to snowy tree crickets and ambrosia ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.37! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Trespassing: An Inquiry Into the Private Ownership of Land more books like this by John Hanson Mitchell add to wishlist How did we come to adopt the strange notion of owning land?an exploration by one of Americas finest nature writers.. In this richly entertaining story that reaches back to the beginning of British common law and up to the most recent Supreme Court takings decisions, John Mitchell reveals how we came to accept a system of private ownership. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Looking for Mr. Gilbert: The Reimagined Life of an African American more books like this by John Hanson Mitchell add to wishlist In the mid 1970s, John Hanson Mitchell discovered over 2,000 antique glass plate negatives in the attic of an old estate in Massachusetts, the work of a little-known African American named Robert Gilbert. "Looking for Mr. Gilbert" is filled with music, natural history, African-American history, and the world of early photography as Mitchell ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Rose Cafe: Love and War in Corsica more books like this by John Hanson Mitchell add to wishlist In 1962, while he was a student in Paris, John Hanson Mitchell spent a luminous six months on the Mediterranean island of Corsica at the Rose Cafe, in Ile Rousse. Twenty-two, Mitchell spent his idyll hours there observing the lives of the people who frequented the place. These included a group of local card players (some with possible underworld ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.32! \| SVS
9	Following the Sun: A Bicycle Pilgrimage from Andalusia to the Hebrides more books like this by John Hanson Mitchell add to wishlist Mitchell spins the story of his entrancing, sun-drenched bicycle journey fromthe beaches of Southern Spain to solar temples in the Outer Hebrides. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Living at the End of Time more books like this by John Hanson Mitchell add to wishlist In the best tradition of naturalist writing, an exploration of a man and his ancestors' relationship with the surrounding physical world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.60! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	The Curious Naturalist more books like this by John Hanson Mitchell add to wishlist Based on a series of articles published in the Massachusetts Audubon Society journal of the same name, The Curious Naturalist provides a wealth of crafts, games, activities, and ideas for teaching children about the world of nature--from how mammals survive in winter to how to build an insect cage in summer. Organized by season, skillfully hand ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $29.68!
12	Ceremonial Time Pa more books like this by John Hanson Mitchell add to wishlist This is a magical book that turns one modest square mile of exurban land into the most remarkably fascinating place. Tracing its natural and human history over the past 15,000 years, since the last ice age, John Mitchell tells of Indians and bears, explorers and colonists, witches, farmers, and hackers. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
13	Ceremonial Time: Fifteen Thousand Years more books like this by John Hanson Mitchell add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
14	Living End of Time Pa more books like this by John Hanson Mitchell add to wishlist This is the story of a man who went back to the land, not in Alaska or Vermont but in the suburbs of Boston. Living at the End of Time shows that every landscape holds mystery and wonder, that you can get as close to the land in a suburb as in a wilderness. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
15	The Energy book : a look at the death throes of one energy era and the birth pangs of another more books like this by Wayne Hanley, John Hanson Mitchell add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions

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