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. Jane Billinghurst's career has been in book publishing in the UK, the US, and Canada, as an editor, publisher, writer, and translator.
"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
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
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