<b>''One of the most influential books about the natural world ever published'' Paul Kingsnorth, </b><i><b>Guardian</b></i><br><br>''There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot,'' begins Aldo Leopold''s totemic work of ecological thought. Ranging from lyrical observations of the changing seasons over a year on his Wisconsin farm to his hugely influential idea of a ''land ethic'' signifying moral equilibrium between humans and all other life on earth, <i>A Sand County Almanac</i> changed perceptions of the natural world and helped give birth to the modern conservation movement.<p>''An unequivocal statement of conscience that will carry down the generations ... his argument seems more urgently true now than ever'' <i>The New York Times</i></p>