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The Earth Moved : On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms | 
| Author: Amy Stewart
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1015853
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Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.1 x 1
ASIN: B000F9RK1I
Publication Date: February 5, 2004
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 What you do not know.... March 28, 2008
This is a very interesting book. Most of us know something about what is beneath the oceans, but most of us know nothing about what is is beneath the earth. This book discusses the importance of earthworms, including where they should be and where they should not be. It is a book that every human being should read, now that we are, at long last, beginning to appreciate what we have left of the magnificent air, water, and earth that we inherited.
Very fine creative journalism October 7, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I prepared for a difficult read when I started into this book. I was not aware of Ms Stewart's journalistic abilities. Wow! Did I get a surprise.
The book is chock full of useful information, but it is presented in an entertaining and most readable way. I started reading for information and kept on to the end for pure pleasure.
Dividing the topic into logical but intriguing sections, the writer investigates all aspects of earthworms, thoroughly. She has a personal approach that is enthusiastic without being over the top. I found that not only did I learn facts, but I was made to think more deeply and widely about all aspects of earthworms.
I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in gardening or horticulture - in fact to anyone who would like to understand the natural world better.
I've Always Liked Earthworms, But Now I Respect Them July 3, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Amy Stewart manages, in a delightful blend of research and chatty prose, to convey the drama of the not-so-simple earthworm. I'd never considered that worms had thinking processes. Nor had it occurred to me that those cute little crawlers (YES, I consider them cute!) might, in some areas of the USA, be considered detrimental.
Ms. Stewart (no relation to me, by the way) has accomplished what so many backyard gardeners fail to do. She has asked Why? She has found the answers. She has put them in easily-digestible form for the rest of us. Don't we all need to know that earthworms can successfully be used in managing waste-treatment? Wouldn't it help if we all knew the different types of earthworms and what their strengths are in the yard/gardenenvironments?
THE EARTH MOVED is fun and thought-provoking at the same time. Definitely five stars, especially for gardeners.
What a Surprise! November 11, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased this book in the hope of finding an essay I read many years ago. I didn't find the essay. However, what I did find was an entertaining book about earthworms. The book is an easy read, filled with thought provoking facts and a new found appreciation for what these "little guys" do for all of us.
One amazing fact after another! August 1, 2006
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Amy really did some great research here. I like the way she laid out all the details and drew so much on Darwins' studies. I don't know much about Darwin, which will change of course, but I'm amazed at what he discovered like how the worms have the ability to bring objects underground no matter what the size, a possibility of a thought process when picking stones to cover their borrows and chosing leaves to bring into thier borrows. The part about Darwin sticking a stink beatle in his mouth when he was young is hilarious! I also am estonished to know that worms can be a draw back to an environment as well, like how their consumption of leaves on forest floor can be a disadvantage to new growth of trees and plants, something I didn't know was possible. But not alot of people do know it or think of it.
Anyway, if you compost using worms like I do, or are just curious about them, read this book. It may even answer questions you might have about them as it has for me. Example: What happens when a worm dies? How do they mate? Wanna know? Then read and enjoy!
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