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	The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms (Paperback) Amy Stewart is a gardener who befriended not only the worms in her garden, but the redworms in her worm composting bin on her back porch. As she began investigating the habits of earthworms, she soon realized that earthworms hold the key to most of what happens underground. A major strength of Amy's work is the way she presents and describes Darwin's 40-year passion for studying earthworms. She entwines her observations with his, and brings again to the fore the meticulous care Darwin took when he cut tiny triangles of paper and recorded the number of times earthworms dragged the narrower end into their burrows. Amy is a story-teller, and she goes back and forth from her interviews with major worm scientists of today to how she puts their insights to work as she gardens. She talked worm taxonomy with Sam James, no-till agriculture with Clive Edwards, worms as invasive species with Lee Frelich and Cindy Hale. In "The Earth Moved," Amy Stewart brings to the layperson what I believe to be the most significant book on earthworms to come out in over a century. Her writing is engaging, accurate, personal, and fun. I highly recommend it for worm lovers and worm growers wherever you are. Author: Amy Stewart. Level: Adult/High school Specs: Paperback, 8.1x5.5/.07 inches, 240 pages, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. ISBN: 1565124685 Price: $12.95


The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms (Hardcover) Amy Stewart is a gardener who befriended not only the worms in her garden, but the redworms in her worm composting bin on her back porch. As she began investigating the habits of earthworms, she soon realized that earthworms hold the key to most of what happens underground. A major strength of Amy's work is the way she presents and describes Darwin's 40-year passion for studying earthworms. She entwines her observations with his, and brings again to the fore the meticulous care Darwin took when he cut tiny triangles of paper and recorded the number of times earthworms dragged the narrower end into their burrows. Amy is a story-teller, and she goes back and forth from her interviews with major worm scientists of today to how she puts their insights to work as she gardens. She talked worm taxonomy with Sam James, no-till agriculture with Clive Edwards, worms as invasive species with Lee Frelich and Cindy Hale. In "The Earth Moved," Amy Stewart brings to the layperson what I believe to be the most significant book on earthworms to come out in over a century. Her writing is engaging, accurate, personal, and fun. I highly recommend it for worm lovers and worm growers wherever you are. Author: Amy Stewart. Level: Adult/High school Specs: Hardcover, 5 3/4 x 8 3/4, 223p, Selected bibliography, worm resources, index. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. View table of contents and extensive review Price: $23.95

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