In the Company of Trees

In the Company of Trees
Title In the Company of Trees PDF eBook
Author Andrea Sarubbi Fereshteh
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 272
Release 2019-01-15
Genre Nature
ISBN 150720955X

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Fascinating facts, trivia, and stories celebrating nature and the magnificent life of trees and their invaluable place in our lives, including beautiful, full-color photographs throughout. When was the last time you spent time outside? The space between your front door and your car doesn’t count. Nature holds incredible power to soothe our spirits, calm our minds, and open us up to creativity, if we can unplug long enough to step away from our screens and embrace it. And while they say you can’t see the forest for the trees, they play perhaps the leading role in our enjoyment of the outdoors. In the Company of Trees helps you rediscover your own connection to the world outside, with over 195 quotes, facts, and stories honoring trees from across the world and in our own back yards alike. Inviting, full-color photos of sun-dappled forests and tree-filled hikes throughout will inspire you to do some forest-bathing of your own and embrace the healing power of nature.

The Second Life of Trees

The Second Life of Trees
Title The Second Life of Trees PDF eBook
Author Aimée M. Bissonette
Publisher Albert Whitman & Company
Pages 36
Release 2021-09-15
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 0807572829

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Trees can live a very long time, but what happens when they die? This unusual book describes, in lyrical prose accompanied by colorful and graphic illustrations, that trees have a whole long second life, continuing to contribute to their habitat, the environment, and the cycle of life.

The Company of Trees

The Company of Trees
Title The Company of Trees PDF eBook
Author Thomas Pakenham
Publisher Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Pages 398
Release 2015-09-10
Genre Nature
ISBN 0297866257

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'The master. Puts all other modern tree-writers in the shade' John Lewis-Stempel, author of Meadowland Thomas Pakenham is an indefatigable champion of trees. In The Company of Trees he recounts his personal quest to establish a large arboretum on the family estate, Tullynally in Ireland; his forays to other tree-filled parks and plantations; his often hazardous seed-hunting expeditions; and his efforts to preserve magnificent old trees and historic woodlands. Whether writing about the terrible storms breaking the backs of hundred-year-old trees or a fire in the peat bog on Tullynally which threatens to spread to the main commercial spruce-woods, his fear of climate change and disease, or the sturdy young saplings giving him hope for the future, his book is never less than enthralling.

The Journeys of Trees: A Story about Forests, People, and the Future

The Journeys of Trees: A Story about Forests, People, and the Future
Title The Journeys of Trees: A Story about Forests, People, and the Future PDF eBook
Author Zach St. George
Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
Pages 256
Release 2020-07-14
Genre Nature
ISBN 1324001615

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An urgent and illuminating portrait of forest migration, and of the people studying the forests of the past, protecting the forests of the present, and planting the forests of the future. Forests are restless. Any time a tree dies or a new one sprouts, the forest that includes it has shifted. When new trees sprout in the same direction, the whole forest begins to migrate, sometimes at astonishing rates. Today, however, an array of obstacles—humans felling trees by the billions, invasive pests transported through global trade—threaten to overwhelm these vital movements. Worst of all, the climate is changing faster than ever before, and forests are struggling to keep up. A deft blend of science reporting and travel writing, The Journeys of Trees explores the evolving movements of forests by focusing on five trees: giant sequoia, ash, black spruce, Florida torreya, and Monterey pine. Journalist Zach St. George visits these trees in forests across continents, finding sequoias losing their needles in California, fossil records showing the paths of ancient forests in Alaska, domesticated pines in New Zealand, and tender new sprouts of blight-resistant American chestnuts in New Hampshire. Everywhere he goes, St. George meets lively people on conservation’s front lines, from an ecologist studying droughts to an evolutionary evangelist with plans to save a dying species. He treks through the woods with activists, biologists, and foresters, each with their own role to play in the fight for the uncertain future of our environment. An eye-opening investigation into forest migration past and present, The Journeys of Trees examines how we can all help our trees, and our planet, survive and thrive.

The Book of Trees

The Book of Trees
Title The Book of Trees PDF eBook
Author Manuel Lima
Publisher Princeton Architectural Press
Pages 208
Release 2014-04-08
Genre Art
ISBN 9781616892180

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Our critically acclaimed bestseller Visual Complexity was the first in-depth examination of the burgeoning field of information visualization. Particularly noteworthy are the numerous historical examples of past efforts to make sense of complex systems of information. In this new companion volume, The Book of Trees, data viz expert Manuel Lima examines the more than eight hundred year history of the tree diagram, from its roots in the illuminated manuscripts of medieval monasteries to its current resurgence as an elegant means of visualization. Lima presents two hundred intricately detailed tree diagram illustrations on a remarkable variety of subjects—from some of the earliest known examples from ancient Mesopotamia to the manuscripts of medieval monasteries to contributions by leading contemporary designers. A timeline of capsule biographies on key figures in the development of the tree diagram rounds out this one-of-a-kind visual compendium.

Illustrated Book of Trees

Illustrated Book of Trees
Title Illustrated Book of Trees PDF eBook
Author William Carey Grimm
Publisher Stackpole Books
Pages 543
Release 2002-03-01
Genre Nature
ISBN 0811741648

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Completely revised and updated. More than 30 new species described and illustrated.

The Man Who Made Things Out of Trees

The Man Who Made Things Out of Trees
Title The Man Who Made Things Out of Trees PDF eBook
Author Robert Penn
Publisher Penguin UK
Pages 256
Release 2015-10-29
Genre Nature
ISBN 0141977523

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Robert Penn cut down an ash tree to see how many things could be made from it. After all, ash is the tree we have made the greatest and most varied use of over the course of human history. Journeying from Wales across Europe and Ireland to the USA, Robert finds that the ancient skills and knowledge of the properties of ash, developed over millennia making wheels and arrows, furniture and baseball bats, are far from dead. The book chronicles how the urge to understand and appreciate trees still runs through us all like grain through wood.