The Wisdom Of Trees
(Sprache: Englisch)
A passionate and informative celebration of trees and of man's ingenuity in exploiting their resources.
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A passionate and informative celebration of trees and of man's ingenuity in exploiting their resources.
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A passionate and informative celebration of trees and of man's ingenuity in exploiting their resources: the perfect gift for anyone who cares about the natural world.Trees are marvels of nature, still-standing giants of extraordinary longevity. In a beautifully written sequence of essays, anecdotes and profiles of Britain's best-loved species (from yew to scots pine), Max Adams explores both the amazing biology of trees and humanity's relationship with wood and forest across the centuries.
Embellished with images from John Evelyn's classic SYLVA (1664), THE WISDOM OF TREES is a gift book that will delight anyone who cares about the natural world and our interaction with it.
Autoren-Porträt von Max Adams
Max Adams is a writer, archaeologist and woodsman whose work explores themes of landscape, knowledge and human connectedness with the earth. He is the author of Admiral Collingwood, Aelfred's Britain, Trees of Life, the bestselling The King in the North, In the Land of Giants and The First Kingdom. He has lived and worked in the North East of England since 1993.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Max Adams
- 2014, 3rd ed., 256 Seiten, Maße: 18,5 x 19,1 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Head of Zeus
- ISBN-10: 1781855463
- ISBN-13: 9781781855461
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.10.2014
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
'Adam's enthusiasm is beguiling, his knowledge as bountiful as a beech-mast, and his appreciation of the utility of trees is a pointer to a better world' The Times
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