The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate?Discoveries from A Secret World

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Review “The matter-of-fact Mr. Wohlleben has delighted readers and talk-showaudiences alike with the news ?? long known to biologists ?? that trees in theforest are social beings.”??Sally McGrane, The New York Times??This fascinatingbook will intrigue readers who love a walk through the woods??PublishersWeekly”If you read this book, I believe that forests will become magicalplaces for you, too.”??Tim Flannery”In this spirited exploration, [Wohlleben]guarantees that readers will never look at these life forms in quite the sameway again.”??Library Journal”A paradigm-smashing chronicle of joyousentanglement that will make you joyously acknowledge your own entanglement inthe ancient and ever-new web of being.”??Charles Foster, author of Being aBeast: Adventures Across the Species Divide”Soon after we begin to recognizetrees for what they are ?? gigantic beings thriving against incredible odds forhundreds of years ?? we naturally come to ask, ‘How do they do it?’ Thischarming book tells how ?? not as a lecture, more like a warm conversation witha favorite friend.”??Hope Jahren, author of Lab Girl”A powerful reminder toslow down and tune into the language of nature.”??Rachel Sussman, author of TheOldest Living Things in the World”Charming, provocative, fascinating. In thetradition of Jean-Henri Fabre and other great naturalist story-tellers,Wohlleben relates imaginative, enthralling tales of ecology.”??David GeorgeHaskell, author of The Forest Unseen, Pulitzer finalist”Wohlleben’s book is atonce romantic and scientific, beautifully articulating his personalrelationship with the trees he has dedicated his life to. His view of theforest calls on us all to reevaluate our relationships with the plantworld.”??Daniel Chamovitz, PhD, author of What a Plant Knows”With colorful andengaging descriptions of little-known phenomena in our natural world,Wohlleben helps readers appreciate the exciting processes at work in theforests around them.”??Dr. Richard Karban, University of California, Davis,author of Plant Sensing and Communication”You will never look at a tree thesame way after reading Peter Wohlleben’s The Hidden Life of Trees, whichreveals the mind-boggling properties and behavior of these terrestrial giants.Read this electrifying book, then go out and hug a tree ?? with admiration andgratitude.”??David Suzuki Read more About the Author Peter Wohlleben spent overtwenty years working for the forestry commission in Germany before leaving toput his ideas of ecology into practice. He now runs an environmentally-friendly woodland in Germany, where he is working for the return of primevalforests. He is the author of numerous books about trees.Tim Flannery is ascientist, explorer and conservationist. He is a leading writer on climatechange and his books include Atmosphere of Hope and The Weather Makers.JaneBillinghurst’s career has been in book publishing in the UK, the US, andCanada, as an editor, publisher, writer, and translator. She is the translatorof the international bestseller The Hidden Life of Trees by German foresterPeter Wohlleben. Read more

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Product Details:

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Greystone Books; First English Edition edition (September 13, 2016)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1771642483
• ISBN-13: 84
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 1 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• #1 in Trees in Biological Sciences