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The Secret Knowledge of Water: There Are Two Easy Ways to Die in the Desert: Thirst and Drowning Audiobook
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Like the highest mountain peaks, deserts are environments that can be inhospitable even to the most seasoned explorers. Craig Childs, who has spent years in the deserts of the American West—as an adventurer, a river guide, and a field instructor in natural history—has developed a keen appreciation for these forbidding landscapes: their beauty, their wonder, and especially their paradoxes. His extraordinary treks through arid lands in search of water are an astonishing revelation of the natural world at its most extreme.
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"I love listening to Craig weave tales of hard-to believe-adventures in pursuit of not just observing, but fully experiencing the impact of seemingly dry land carved, shaped, built up and torn down by water. While his tales delight my own sense of adventure, the volume of narrow escapes and life-threatening situations make him seem superhuman. Why, I ask myself, does such a brilliant writer need to make himself the center of attention? "
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“Utterly memorable and fantastic…Certainly no reader will ever see the desert in the same way again.”
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“The Secret Knowledge of Water exhibits an almost spiritual feel for the desert and its inhabitants.”
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Childs writes…with a measured lyricism that well suits the achingly lovely back canyons and cactus forests of the Southwest. By turns travelogue, ecological treatise, and meditative essay, Childs’ book will speak to anyone who has spent time under desert skies, wondering when the next drop of rain might fall.”
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“His hypnotic new book describes an existential adventure…Childs mingles personal observations with a cosmic perspective to make readers feel an integral part of earth’s hydrologic processes. Far from being arid, his narrative ripples with adventure.”
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“An astute observer of nature and a concise writer with a knack for storytelling…Recommended for all regional and most natural history collections.”
— Library Journal
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About Craig Childs
Craig Childs, naturalist, adventurer, and desert ecologist, is the author of numerous books, including The Animal Dialogues, House of Rain, The Way Out, The Secret Knowledge of Water, Apocalpytic Planet, and Soul of Nowhere. He has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Ellen Meloy Desert Writers Award, the Rowell Award for the Art of Adventure, the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award, and, for his body of work, the 2003 Spirit of the West Award. He has been a regular commentator for NPR’s Morning Edition, and his work has appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Men’s Journal, Outside, the Sun, and Orion Magazine.