Greystone Books
Peter Wohlleben is the acclaimed author of the New York Times-bestsellers The Hidden Life of Trees, The Inner Life of Animals, and The Secret Wisdom of Nature. His children's books include Can You Hear the Trees Talking? and Peter and the Tree Children. He spent over twenty years working for the forestry commission in Germany before leaving to put his ecological ideas into practice. Today he manages a forest academy and an environmentally friendly woodland in Germany, where he is working for the return of primeval forests. To learn more about Peter and his books, visit his website at peterwohllebenbooks.com.
Jane Billinghurst’s career has been in book publishing in the UK, the US, and Canada, as an editor, publisher, writer, and translator.
For The Hidden Life of Trees (original edition): “The
matter-of-fact Mr. Wohlleben has delighted readers and talk-show
audiences alike with the news—long known to biologists—that trees
in the forest are social beings.”
—Sally McGrane, The New York Times“This fascinating book will
intrigue readers who love a walk through the woods.”
—Publishers Weekly“If you read this book, I believe that forests
will become magical places for you, too.”
—Tim Flannery“In this spirited exploration, [Wohlleben] guarantees
that readers will never look at these life forms in quite the same
way again.”
—Library Journal“A paradigm-smashing chronicle of joyous
entanglement that will make you joyously acknowledge your own
entanglement in the ancient and ever-new web of being.”
—Charles Foster, author of Being a Beast: Adventures Across the
Species Divide“Soon after we begin to recognize trees for what they
are—gigantic beings thriving against incredible odds for hundreds
of years—we naturally come to ask, 'How do they do it?' This
charming book tells how—not as a lecture, more like a warm
conversation with a favorite friend.”
—Hope Jahren, author of Lab Girl“A powerful reminder to slow down
and tune into the language of nature.”
—Rachel Sussman, author of The Oldest Living Things in the
World“Charming, provocative, fascinating. In the tradition of
Jean-Henri Fabre and other great naturalist story-tellers,
Wohlleben relates imaginative, enthralling tales of ecology.”
—David George Haskell, author of The Forest Unseen, Pulitzer
finalist“Wohlleben’s book is at once romantic and scientific,
beautifully articulating his personal relationship with the trees
he has dedicated his life to. His view of the forest calls on us
all to reevaluate our relationships with the plant world.”
—Daniel Chamovitz, PhD, author of What a Plant Knows“With colorful
and engaging descriptions of little-known phenomena in our natural
world, Wohlleben helps readers appreciate the exciting processes at
work in the forests around them.”
—Dr. Richard Karban, University of California, Davis, author of
Plant Sensing and Communication“You will never look at a tree the
same way after reading Peter Wohlleben’s The Hidden Life of Trees,
which reveals the mind-boggling properties and behavior of these
terrestrial giants. Read this electrifying book, then go out and
hug a tree—with admiration and gratitude.”
—David Suzuki
“Peter Wohlleben’s book explores trees in a unique way and gives
them almost humanlike qualities as he describes their communication
methods, solidarity, and teamwork ...The Hidden Life of Trees isn’t
just about trees, it’s about how to be a good human.”
—The Book Nook“A superb fusion of images and ideas, all
dedicated to proclaiming the message that trees, and the forests of
which they form a surprisingly interconnected part, are far more
remarkable than most of us ever previously dreamt.”
—The Well-Read Naturalist“Peter Wohlleben’s The Hidden Life of
Trees received a makeover.”
—Quench“If trees could speak our language, they’d put their voices
together urging everyone to take time to read through Peter
Wohlleben’s new illustrated edition of The Hidden Life of
Trees.”
—Planet Experts
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