"[A] deeply felt essay collection focusing upon a vivid series of desert icons--a sheet of virga over Monument Valley, white seashells in a dry desert sand, boulders impossibly balanced. Writer and adventurer Craig Childs delves into the primacy of our starkest landscapes and the profound nature of the more-than-human."-- Back cover.

This 2016 follow-up to the 2006 documentary mini-series "Planet Earth" examines the natural features and wildlife found in various parts of the world, each of the six episodes corresponding to a different category of natural or man-made terrain (e.g., island, mountain, jungle, urban area, etc.).

"Provides information on deserts, one of the major biomes, or ecological areas, in the world today"--

"If you're looking for an extreme habitat, look no further than the desert. Don't be fooled by its beauty though, this book's at-a-glance fact files and survival tips will show you just how extreme these habitats can be. From space, deserts look empty and lifeless and in a place that gets less than 25 centimeters of water each year, that could easily be the case. However, that just makes the creatures and people of the desert awesome and magical to...