| International Standard Book Number |
9780593716854 ebook
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780593716847 hardback
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| International Standard Book Number |
0593716841 hardback
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| Personal Name |
Huling, Ryan, author.
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| Title Statement |
The hidden nations of animals : a grand tour of Earth's wild civilizations / Ryan Huling ; maps & illustrations by Oliver Uberti.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York : Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
275 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
Prologue -- Life on the frontier: settlements -- Urban flight: cities -- E pluribus unum: nations -- Below the surface: layers -- Safe passage: transit -- No man's land: latitude -- Epilogue.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"A travelogue that takes readers on a grand tour of the world's animal civilizations, resulting in a transformative new take on the animal kingdom and humanity's place in it. Maps and illustrations from award-winning cartographer Oliver Uberti will add never-before-seen layers to landscapes we thought we knew"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Summary, Etc. |
From far-flung forest settlements in Canada's "beaver belt" to disputed territories of clashing Argentine ant armies, Ryan Huling's around-the-world odyssey takes us to places most people don't even know exist. Along the way, we meet renowned ecologists, anthropologists, geographers, and historians whose work has uncovered vast sub-Saharan tunnel complexes, booming animal metropolises nestled within the urban sprawl of the American Southwest, and ancient Silk Road-style migration routes that traverse the Eurasian Steppe. When humans settle in an area, it is deemed, by definition, populated. By contrast, the millions of other species we share this planet with have long been viewed as fleeting ephemera, living brief and transitory lives in "uninhabited" wilderness. Over the course of a year, Huling investigates how technology is rapidly changing that perception by deepening humanity's understanding of our fellow animals and their unique relationships with the land, air, and sea. His immersive account fuses with vivid full-color maps and hand-drawn sketches by award-winning cartographer Oliver Uberti, revealing a radically reimagined version of our world and illuminating its true contours for the first time.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Habitat (Ecology)
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Human ecology.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Uberti, Oliver, illustrator.
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