Dirt The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth Author:William Bryant Logan William Bryant Logan has written an elegant and thoughtful natural history of the soil that sustains us, as well as a memoir of his own highly personal connection to it. He combines science, philosophy, and history with a quirky curiosity about why the universe works the way it does. After reading "Dirt" you won't see the teeming life we walk on... more » every day in quite the same way.« less