Craig Foster

Amphibious Soul (eBook, ePUB)

Finding the Wild in a Tame World

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Amphibious Soul is an important book. . . . This book isn't about learning how to be wild but rather a guide to recognizing and reconnecting with the wild in and around us. It is a book that will inspire hope.Jane Goodall

A passionate love story about nature that inspires readers to reclaim their inner wildnessthe debut adult nonfiction book from the naturalist, filmmaker, creator, and star of the Oscar-winning documentary My Octopus Teacher

An adventure story, love story, travelogue, naturalist memoir, and spiritual guide, Craig Foster's Amphibious Soul is a scientist and adventurer's perspective on rewildingdeveloping a deep connection to our animal selves that can reinvigorate our lives. Told in Craig's warm and passionate voice, this extraordinary book will change not only the way we interact with the natural world, but the way we fundamentally see ourselves.

A decade ago, living in a city and feeling exhausted and empty, Craig decided to return to his birthplacethe Cape of Good Hopeand dive into the great African Sea forest each day. His daily oceanic adventures not only helped him rewild, but helped him come to see his own amphibious soul as a powerful metaphor for the human condition. We homo sapiens are by nature wild animals attempting to exist in a docile world. So how can we reclaim our wildness in a world that wants us to stay so tamed?

An extraordinary literary work, Amphibious Soul is a riveting narrative filled with meticulous descriptions of an adventure in the natural world that speaks to readers on an intimate level, challenging us to consider our personal relationship to nature, and inspiring us to realign our daily practices to help save the global ecosystem. Whether we live close to nature or in an urban jungle, Craig shows us how to nurture our individual wildness, tap into our empathy, and deepen our love for all living things. He teaches us to track the wild around us, and by doing so become present in the moment and revel in being wondrously alive.

Featuring breathtaking original photos and QR codes that access mini-videos of never-seen-before animal interactions, Amphibious Soul is a remarkable experience that will transform us and ultimately our world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780063289048
• Artikelnr.: 68280393

Autorenporträt

Craig Foster is one of the world's leading natural history filmmakers and co-founder of the Sea Change Project. He won the Academy Award for Best Documentary for My Octopus Teacher, and has created over 100 films and documentaries in addition to his photography. He lives in South Africa.

Rezensionen

"Amphibious Soul is an important book that will transform how we think about being human. Craig Foster's skilled storytelling reminds us that humans are not separate from the incredible, biological intelligence all around us. This book isn't about learning how to be wild but rather a guide to recognizing and reconnecting with the wild in and around us. It is a book that will inspire hope." - Jane Goodall

"Amphibious Soul is the story of finding wildness in a world gone tame, and feeling the hearts of animals beating inside our own. ...This book will guide you to find your own wild heart wherever you might live." - James Cameron

"Craig Foster's powerful yet tender voice enchants in this meditation on what lies beneath, unexplored and unseen-both under the ocean's surface, and within our own human nature. A wondrous, entertaining, and thought-provoking read." - Shelby Van Pelt, New York Times bestselling author of Remarkably Bright Creatures

"Amphibious Soul will change the way you see the ocean, and your relationship to it. His scientific eye and wild mind are truly revelatory. A much-needed book that just might help us save the planet." - Suzanne Simard, New York Times Bestselling Author of Finding the Mother Tree

"A reminder of our responsibility to one another and to the natural world" - Yo-Yo Ma, Cellist

"As wondrous as a sunbeam illuminating the ocean, as moving as gazing into a shark's primordial eye, as urgent as a breaking wave: Amphibious Soul is an invigorating dive into the waters of pure wild spirit. Craig Foster has written a magnificent book that imparts deep truths."
- Susan Casey, New York Times bestselling author of The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean

"With haunting prose, Foster inspires thoughts about where we fit as humans within systems that have taken four and a half billion years to shape rocks and water into a vibrant planet. ... Foster succeeds as a master storyteller, artist, and filmmaker but his greatest contribution may be his approach to life."
- Sylvia Earle, National Geographic Explorer, Founder of Mission Blue, Ocean Elder, Former NOAA Chief Scientist

"the author's deep reverence for nature..... and the evocative descriptions of his expeditions will transport readers. This is a potent source of wonder." - Publishers Weekly

"The ocean could not ask for a better advocate than Craig Foster. This transformative story is the kind that inspires us towards insight, warmth and deep care for humanity and the planet we share. Amusing, thrilling, and revelatory." - Kathy Sullivan, Former NASA Astronaut, Oceanographer

"Candid, transporting, and philosophical, Foster pays tribute to his teachers animal and human and discerns lessons within his adventures harrowing and ecstatic. We must be amphibious, he tells us, and learn how to live in harmony and reciprocity with the wild."
- Booklist (starred review)

"Craig Foster's unique perspective on the natural world is rooted in history, intimate experience, and a deep understanding of the importance of creating our own personal relationship with nature. Amphibious Soul is an urgent reminder that we each have a wild spirit, and that connecting with it is not only a source of joy but a necessary piece of our care for the planet." - Christiana Figueres, Architect of the Paris Climate Agreement, Author of The Future We Choose

"Foster has a profound connection with the natural world. One born not simply of careful and respectful observation, but of intense involvement, indeed immersion. We forget it is the matrix in which we evolved, in which our minds originated. Amphibious Soul is a breath-takingly beautiful journey, by turns intellectual, emotional, even spiritual. Foster reminds us that we too are nature and in doing so, retunes us to the call of the wild." - Jackie Higgins, Filmmaker and author of Sentient: What Animals Reveal About Human Senses

"Amphibious Soul is a compelling call to reconnect with nature, and a vital reminder that no matter where or who we are, the wild world is where we belong. Craig is the messenger we need now, and grounded in both science and mystery, this is a book full of hope and a wild joy that will inspire readers to dive more deeply into the nature around them, wherever they are." - Ocean Robbins, Co-founder & CEO, Food Revolution Network, NYT Bestselling Author of The 31-Day Food Revolution

"Craig Foster's heart-centered authenticity is pure magic, enabling a mastery in unparalleled original storytelling that awakens the human spirit. His stories are rhythmic like the tides, yet elicit a gripping unknowing that captures the imagination. His voice and narration lowers the center of gravity from head to heart, evoking feeling that is unlikely to be ever forgotten. He is truly an amphibious soul, tracker and guide who helps us all discover our connectedness with mother nature, and in doing so, discover a little something about our own human nature." - Pawan Patil, World Economic Forum, World Bank Advisor and Philanthropist

"Craig Foster's gently personal voice lulls the reader into a trance state that disguises the immense force of his message. As his achingly beautiful prose unfolds a story that arcs from wild childhood to alienation from the sea and finally to a prodigal return, we witness a soul finding its home port. What an urgently important book- a reminder of the sea creature within all of us." - Dr. Niobe Thompson, Anthropologist, Producer of CBC's science-and-nature program The Nature of Things

"The creator of the acclaimed My Octopus Teacher documentary celebrates the merits of getting out into the real world..... A lucid invitation to build 'spider threads of connection and love' with nature."
- Kirkus Reviews

"Craig Foster, has written a testament, personal and cosmic, rational and thrilling, to awaken in us that long lost human experience of being fully live in the natural world." - Ann Druyan, creative director of NASA's Voyager Interstellar Record, co-creator with Carl Sagan of the COSMOS television series and the motion picture CONTACT