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FROM THE AUTHOR OF THENEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER,THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES
A powerful return to the forest, where trees have heartbeats and roots are like brains that extend underground. Where the color green calms us, and the forest sharpens our senses.
InThe Heartbeat of Trees,renowned forester Peter Wohlleben draws on new scientific discoveries to show how humans are deeply connected to the natural world.In an era of cell phone addiction, climate change, and urban life, many of us fear we’ve lost our connection to nature–but Peter Wohlleben is convinced that age-old ties linking humans to the forest remain alive and intact.
Drawing on science and cutting-edge research,The Heartbeat of Treesreveals the profound interactions humans can have with nature, exploring:
- the language of the forest
- the consciousness of plants
- and the eroding boundary between flora and fauna.
A perfect book to take with you into the woods,The Heartbeat of Treesshares how to see, feel, smell, hear, and even taste the forest.
Peter Wohlleben, renowned for his ability to write about trees in an engaging and moving way, reveals a wondrous cosmos where humans are a part of nature, and where conservation and environmental activism is not just about saving trees–it’s about saving ourselves, too.
“Astonishment after astonishment–that is the great gift ofThe Heartbeat of Trees. It is both a celebration of the wonders of trees, and a howl of outrage at how recklessly we profane them.”–Kathleen Dean Moore, author ofEarth’s Wild Music
“As Peter Wohlleben reminds us inThe Heartbeat of Trees, trees are the vocabulary of nature as forests are the brainbank of a living planet. This was the codex of the ancient world, and it must be the fine focus of our future.”–Dr. Diana Beresford-Kroeger, author ofTo Speak for the TreesandThe Global Forest
“Peter Wohlleben knows the battle that lies before us: forging a closer relationship with nature before we destroy it. InThe Heartbeat of Treeshe takes us deep into the global forest to show us how.”–Jim Robbins, author ofThe Man Who Planted Trees
Peter Wohlleben spent over twenty years working for the forestry commission in Germany before leaving to put his ideas of ecology into practice. He now runs an environmentally-friendly woodland in Germany, where he is working for the return of primeval forests. He is the author of numerous books about the natural world including theNew York TimesbestsellerThe Hidden Life of Trees,The Inner Lives of Animals, andThe Secret Wisdom of Nature, which together make up his bestselling The Mysteries of Nature Series. He has also written numerous books for children includingCan You Hear the Trees Talking?andPeter and the Tree Children.
Jane Billinghurst’scareer has been in book publishing in the UK, the US, and Canada, as an editor, publisher, writer, and translator. She is the translator of the New York Times-bestsellerThe Hidden Life of Treesby German forester Peter Wohlleben.
Greystone Books
Pub Date:June 01, 2021
1.1″ H x 8.6″ L x 5.6″ W
264 pages
hardcover
