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"Spike Carlsen is the former executive editor of The Family Handyman and author of the Reader's Digest Complete Do-It-Yourself Manual. He is also projects editor for Backyard Living, where he pens a bimonthly column called ""Ask Spike."" He lives in Stillwater, Minnesota.For every book sold, the author will donate funds to plant a seedling at the Bomalan'ombe Secondary School tree farm in central Tanzania."
Carlsen sees a world of wonder hiding in plain sight...he may just change how you look at the world around you. -- <strong>TODAY Show</strong> No neighborhood walk will ever be the same after Spike Carlsen reveals to you the extraordinary origins of your ordinary surroundings. His grand storytelling style will make you wonder why you've always taken for granted alleyways, asphalt, and manhole covers, and how your ancestors could ever have lived without them. -- <strong>Rebecca Martin, technical editor, <em>Mother Earth News</em> and <em>Grit</em></strong> Writing in the mode of Edward Humes, David Owen, and Mary Roach, Carlsen offers an eye-opening and exuberantly informative walk-around-the-block tour that is made-to-order for this time of necessary at-homeness. -- <strong><em>Booklist </em>(starred review)</strong> Carlsen takes 'mundane' objects and illuminates their importance to society, creating a unique book that will have readers looking at everyday objects in different ways. -- <strong><em>Library Journal</em></strong> An entertaining and informative read -- <em><strong>Physics Today</strong></em> A Walk Around the Block succeeds in making the mundane fascinating, opening our minds (and front doors) to an everyday world easily taken for granted. -- <strong><em>Bookpage</em> (starred review)</strong> This book is going to make you observe your world differently, which will lessen your stuck-at-home boredom. -- <strong><em>Philadelphia Tribune</em></strong>
