{"product_id":"9781439191262","title":"On Looking : A Walker's Guide to the Art of Observation","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eOn Looking\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Alexandra Horowitz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eInside of a Dog\u003c\/i\u003e, this “elegant and entertaining” (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e) explanation of how humans perceive their environments “does more than open our eyes...opens our hearts and minds, too, gently awakening us to a world—in fact, many worlds—we’ve been missing” (\u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlexandra Horowitz\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eshows us how to see the spectacle of the ordinary—to practice, as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle put it, “the observation of trifles.” Structured around a series of eleven walks the author takes, mostly in her Manhattan neighborhood, \u003ci\u003eOn Looking\u003c\/i\u003e features experts on a diverse range of subjects, including an urban sociologist, the well-known artist Maira Kalman, a geologist, a physician, and a sound designer. Horowitz also walks with a child and a dog to see the world as they perceive it. \u003ci\u003eWhat \u003c\/i\u003ethey see, \u003ci\u003ehow \u003c\/i\u003ethey see it, and why most of us do \u003ci\u003enot \u003c\/i\u003esee the same things reveal the startling power of human attention and the cognitive aspects of what it means to be an expert observer.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePage by page, Horowitz shows how much more there is to see—if only we would really look. Trained as a cognitive scientist, she discovers a feast of fascinating detail, all explained with her generous humor and self-deprecating tone. So turn off the phone and other electronic devices and \u003ci\u003ebe \u003c\/i\u003ein the real world—where strangers communicate by geometry as they walk toward one another, where sounds reveal shadows, where posture can display humility, and the underside of a leaf unveils a Lilliputian universe—where, indeed, there are worlds within worlds within worlds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\"Elegant and entertaining.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Alexandra Horowitz does more than open our eyes in \u003ci\u003eOn Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e. She opens our hearts and minds, too, gently awakening us to a world — in fact, many worlds — we've been missing...The pages hum and shine as a result, warmly reflecting the author's genuine enthusiasm for her work and its revelations.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"A refreshing celebration of the rewards of trying to see the world through the eyes of others.”\u003cbr\u003e\"Insightful.\"\u003cbr\u003e“Engaging, amusing, and relatable…”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Horowitz writes like a poet, thinks like a scientist, and ventures like an explorer. Her book will have you looking in a new way at the world around you, and make you glad you did.”\u003cbr\u003e\"These eleven exquisite, clever and and tenderly recounted small adventures remind me of something I learned back when I lived in India: the need to perceive \"the scent behind the smell.\" Alexandra Horowitz has attempted much the same thing with her eyes - much aided by the seeing of others - and has in consequence become increasingly successful in perceiving what one might call \"the sight behind the scene.\" Her resulting epiphanies are available to us all, if we take care to learn from her, in this lovely book, just how it is done.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Alexandra Horowitz's new book is as wonderful as her first. \u003ci\u003eInside of a Dog\u003c\/i\u003e helped us to imagine the worlds of our beagles, collies, greyhounds and mutts. \u003ci\u003eOn Looking\u003c\/i\u003e teaches us that the world is just as rich, strange and charmed when seen through the eyes of our local artists, doctors, architects and toddlers. \u003ci\u003eOn Looking\u003c\/i\u003e also teaches us that Alexandra Horowitz is a writer to watch.\"\u003cbr\u003e“Undoubtedly one of the most stimulating books of the year, if not the decade, and the most enchanting thing I’ve read in ages.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781439191262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40957819912398,"sku":"9781439191262","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_b30c8b2f-adad-4ba5-862b-de37df887dd8.jpg?v=1646340833","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781439191262","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}