The Earth Moved, Amy Stewart
The Earth Moved, Amy Stewart
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The Earth Moved
On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms

Author: Amy Stewart

Narrator: Heather Henderson

Unabridged: 6 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/17/2012


Synopsis

They destroy plant diseases. They break down toxins. They plough the earth. They transform forests. They’ve survived two mass extinctions, including the one that wiped out the dinosaur. Not bad for a creature that’s deaf, blind, and spineless. Who knew that earthworms were one of our planet’s most important caretakers? Or that Charles Darwin devoted his last years to studying their remarkable achievements?

Inspired by Darwin, Amy Stewart takes us on a subterranean adventure. Witty, offbeat, charming, and ever curious, she unearths the complex web of life beneath our feet and investigates the role earthworms play in cutting-edge science—from toxic cleanups to the study of regeneration.

About Amy Stewart

Amy Stewart is the bestselling author of several books on the perils and pleasures of the natural world: From the Ground Up, The Earth Moved, Flower Confidential, and Wicked Plants. Her essays and commentaries have appeared on NPR, in the New York Times, and in Fine Gardening and other magazines. She is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and the American Horticultural Society's 2010 Book Award. Amy lives in Eureka, California, where she and her husband own an antiquarian bookstore.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lauren

I really wanted more out of this book. The whole time I felt like the author really did not have enough to fill up a whole book and was just making small talk to get over 100 pages. But I did learn some interesting things about earthworms. The part about earthworms being a destructive force to fores......more

Goodreads review by Cherie

My daughter teases me that I must have been an earthworm in a former life because I love to dig in the dirt so much. I had a Can-O-Worms composter in the corner of my dining room for many years, so much of the composting information about the red wrigglers and kitchen scraps was very familiar to me.......more