<![CDATA[The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms]]>

false <![CDATA[The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173519469m/299960.jpg 299960 2 “Engrossing” (The Christian Science Monitor), “fascinating” (TimeOut New York), “delightfully nuanced” (Entertainment Weekly), “terrific” (New York Newsday), “inspiring” (Bust magazine). “You know a book is good when you actually welcome one of those howling days of wind and sleet that makes going out next to impossible” (The New York Times). The Earth Moved has moved reviewers across the country. In witty, offbeat style, Amy Stewart takes us on a subterranean adventure and introduces us to our planet’s most important gatekeeper: the humble earthworm. It’s true that the earthworm is small, spineless, and blind, but its effect on the ecosystem is profound,moving Charles Darwin to devote his last years to studying its remarkable attributes and achievements. With the august scientist as her inspiration, Stewart investigates the earthworm’s astonishing realm, talks to oligochaetologists who have devoted their lives to unearthing the complex web of life beneath our feet, and observes the thousands of worms in her own garden. Stewart’s “ease in gliding from worms to plants to humans will remind readers of John McPhee’s essays on canoes, oranges, the geology of America” (Providence Journal). “Stewart’s book paddles along in [Rachel] Carson’s wake. Read her book and you’ll start to see how the rhododendron bed in front of your house is a kind of Mars for frontier science” (The Boston Globe). 291034 2004 The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms total:81|5:22|4:33|3:20|2:5|1:1| 81 313 163 36 2 1 false false Sat Jul 19 09:46:11 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 10:26:34 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 19 09:46:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 16 08:07:11 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 08:18:49 -0800 2009
I've always enjoyed seeing them in my garden, knowing their presence was a sign of healthy soil. But I had no idea quite how much these seemingly insignificant creatures can accomplish.

Amy Stewart isn't a formally t...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 15:24:52 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 25 15:03:25 -0800 2009
runners up: "[W}e need worms more than they...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 19:38:11 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 19:41:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 18:59:23 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 19:23:31 -0700 2008 Amy Stewart's writing. She has this "Aw shucks, let's grow a garden; let's write a book" kind of vibe. I really liked From the Ground Up.

I must be seriously disturbed to like The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms. I mean, it's about worms, f...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Apr 04 20:07:24 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 20 17:55:15 -0800 2008 Did you know they make choices about how to drag leaves into holes, that they contemplate geometry?! Wow.

The author is a gardener, and brings to her writing a gentle compassion for her subject that is both endearing and inf...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 15 13:27:56 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 12 04:38:24 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 05:19:02 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 18:53:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 29 08:46:06 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 08:49:07 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 10:12:40 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 10:15:00 -0700 2009
The author is a dedicated worm composter.

I was particularly interested to the numerous references to Darwin's work on earthworms.]]> 5 0 false false Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 19:00:05 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 04:55:01 -0800 2009 It's all about earthworms....how they live, how they've affected the world, etc. It's just all about these cool little facts about earthworms that I never knew. the more you learn the more amazing the world gets!
Makes me want to run out and buy a worm farm!]]> 0 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 01 14:09:38 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 14:09:38 -0800 2009 4 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Mar 25 06:47:04 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 07:15:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Apr 19 07:30:39 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 07:31:24 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 21:36:30 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 21:39:17 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Sep 11 12:47:05 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 12:48:22 -0700 2009 gardeners 3 0 false false Sun Sep 06 11:26:11 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 06:21:55 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 11:26:11 -0700 2009 4 1 false false Thu Jan 08 07:28:07 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 06:26:07 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 15:27:12 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 15:29:36 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Oct 20 16:05:39 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 22:22:39 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 16:05:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=299960