{"product_id":"wild-dark-finding-the-night-sky-in-the-age-of-light","title":"The Wild Dark: Finding the Night Sky in the Age of Light","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Enchanting, mournful yet hopeful. Childs ruminates almost poetically on the ageless use of stellar navigation by all manner of species, from birds to grasshoppers to great human civilizations, and what happens to them when the stars disappear.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e—BOOKLIST\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, starred review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Scientific and poetic, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Wild Dark\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e conveys a galvanizing message: Light pollution is the simplest environmental damage to reverse. Just turn the lighting down, or off.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e—FOREWORD REVIEWS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, starred review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt a time when most people on Earth live in regions of acute light pollution, Craig Childs takes us on a journey to rediscover the awesome power of night itself. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeeking not the absence of light, but the presence of the universe, master storyteller Craig Childs sets out to bike from the blinding lights of the Las Vegas Strip to one of the darkest spots in North America. A fearless explorer of both the natural world and the human imagination, Childs guides us on a quest to rediscover the heavens and to ask: \"What does it do to us to not see the night sky?\" The Wild Dark is at once an adventure story, a field guide, and a celebration of the awesome power of night itself, inviting us to look up and to look inward, eyes wide and sparkling with stars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN-13: 9798890920188\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Nature \u0026amp; Outdoors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrim: 5.75\" x 8.5\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePage count: 212 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished by \u003cspan\u003eTorrey House Press\u003c\/span\u003e in 2025\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWritten by Craig Childs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAudience: General\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52824378409236,"sku":"065319","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0778\/1325\/2372\/files\/065319-Wild-Dark-1.jpg?v=1784671206","url":"https:\/\/store.wnpa.org\/products\/wild-dark-finding-the-night-sky-in-the-age-of-light","provider":"Western National Parks Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}