New York Times Bestseller
New York Times bestseller with over 2 million copies sold. Discover the astonishing hidden life of the forest—where trees communicate, nurture their young, and form underground communities. This beautifully-written journey will transform how you see every tree along the Marginal Way and beyond.
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A New York Times bestseller with more than 2 million copies sold worldwide, this remarkable book invites you to step into the forest and discover a world that’s been hiding in plain sight.
Peter Wohlleben, a forester who has spent decades walking among the trees, reveals something extraordinary: the forest is alive with conversation. Trees, he shows us, are not silent sentinels but social beings who communicate through underground networks, share nutrients with their kin, and even warn each other of danger. Parent trees nurture their young through intertwined root systems. Ancient giants support their struggling neighbors. The forest, it turns out, is a community.
Drawing on groundbreaking scientific research while maintaining the warmth of a naturalist who truly loves his subject, Wohlleben guides us through the amazing processes of life, death, and regeneration he’s witnessed in the woodland. You’ll learn how trees feel, how they adapt, and how they’ve survived for millennia through cooperation rather than competition.
“At once romantic and scientific, [Wohlleben’s] view of the forest calls on us all to reevaluate our relationships with the plant world,” notes Daniel Chamovitz, PhD, author of What a Plant Knows.
After reading this beautifully-written journey into the secret world of trees, your next walk along the Marginal Way—or any forest path—will never feel quite the same. Includes a Note From a Forest Scientist by Dr. Suzanne Simard.
A paradigm-smashing chronicle of joyous entanglement that will make you acknowledge your own entanglement in the ancient and ever-new web of being.
At once romantic and scientific, [Wohlleben's] view of the forest calls on us all to reevaluate our relationships with the plant world.
Wohlleben's deep understanding of the forest is blended with a healthy dose of humility and a sprinkling of humor.
A rare blend of scientific knowledge and emotional intuition.
The Hidden Life of Trees is a wonderful, provocative book that draws together half a century of much-neglected and misunderstood plant science and frames it within field observations by an acute and empathetic forester.
Wohlleben's book...is a bestseller in Germany, and it's easy to see why: the author has a knack for explaining complex matters in everyday language, and he's passionate about his subject.
Wohlleben's 'The Hidden Life of Trees' has delighted readers and talk-show audiences alike with the news — long known to biologists — that trees in the forest are social beings.
Wohlleben is a terrific storyteller, and the tales he tells—of trees that talk to each other, of trees that support and nurture each other—are consistently intriguing.
Wohlleben's anecdotes give the impression that trees are emotional beings, which makes for a highly entertaining and occasionally thought-provoking read.
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