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ON TRAILS - ROBERT MOOR KARTONIERT (TB)

New York Times Bestseller • Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award • Winner of the Saroyan
International Prize for Writing • Winner of the Pacific Northwest Book Award • “The best
outdoors book of the year.” — Sierra Club     From a talent who’s been compared to Annie
Dillard  Edward Abbey  David Quammen  and Jared Diamond  On Trails is a wondrous exploration of
how trails help us understand the world—from invisible ant trails to hiking paths that span
continents  from interstate highways to the Internet.   While thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail
Robert Moor began to wonder about the paths that lie beneath our feet: How do they form? Why do
some improve over time while others fade? What makes us follow or strike off on our own? Over
the course of seven years  Moor traveled the globe  exploring trails of all kinds  from the
miniscule to the massive. He learned the tricks of master trail-builders  hunted down long-lost
Cherokee trails  and traced the origins of our road networks and the Internet. In each chapter
Moor interweaves his adventures with findings from science  history  philosophy  and nature
writing.   Throughout  Moor reveals how this single topic—the oft-overlooked trail—sheds new
light on a wealth of age-old questions: How does order emerge out of chaos? How did animals
first crawl forth from the seas and spread across continents? How has humanity’s relationship
with nature and technology shaped world around us? And  ultimately  how does each of us pick a
path through life?   Moor has the essayist’s gift for making new connections  the adventurer’s
love for paths untaken  and the philosopher’s knack for asking big questions. With a
breathtaking arc that spans from the dawn of animal life to the digital era  On Trails is a
book that makes us see our world  our history  our species  and our ways of life anew.

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