Introduction
WINTER PRELUDE
Anna in Winter
The Patina of Time
A World in a Petri Dish
The Crow Roosts at Night
SPRING PRELUDE
Growing in the Dark
A Cloud of Flies
An Animal of Much Distinction
The Life of a Pond
SUMMER PRELUDE
Dragons in the City
To Be or Not to Be Armored
Tracking the Wild Snail
Like a Moth to a Flame
AUTUMN PRELUDE
Miss Lister’s Myxies
Dichotomy
From Fear to Fascination
Everything Is Connected
How to Be an Urban Naturalist
Acknowledgments
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