Tree of Wonder: The Many Marvelous Lives of a Rainforest Tree (Messner Kate)(Paperback)

Tree of Wonder: The Many Marvelous Lives of a Rainforest Tree (Messner Kate)(Paperback)

From the acclaimed author of Over and Under the Snow, Kate Messner Now in paperback, Tree of Wonder is an exciting introduction to the biodiversity of the rainforest biome. From two Great Green Macaws to 1,024 Leaf-cutter Ants, readers will delight in counting each animal that makes a home in

Over and Under the Rainforest (Messner Kate)(Pevná vazba)

Award-winning duo Kate Messner and Christopher Silas Neal take readers on a thrilling tour of one of the most diverse ecosystems on planet earth: the rainforests of Central America. Part of the critically acclaimed Over and Under series that includes Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt and Over

Secret Life of Trees - How They Live and Why They Matter (Tudge Colin)(Paperback / softback)

What is a tree? As this celebration of the trees shows, they are our countryside; our ancestors descended from them; they gave us air to breathe. This title explores the hidden role of trees in our everyday lives - and how our future survival depends on

Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops inFact: Level 15: Rainforest Secrets (Kespert Deborah)(Paperback / softback)

Journey through the layers of the Amazon rainforest in Rainforest Secrets. TreeTops inFact is an exciting non-fiction series for children aged 711. Its range of subjects and careful levelling make it easy to select books that children will

Ancient Trees in the Landscape: Norfolk's Arboreal Heritage (Barnes Gerry)(Paperback)

Ancient Trees in the Landscape is the outcome of many years research into the history of trees in Norfolk, and represents the first detailed, published account of the ancient and traditionally managed trees of any English county. Yet it is far more than a regional survey. It is an exploration of

Roman Lives: A Selection of Eight Lives (Plutarch)(Paperback)

'I treat the narrative of the Lives as a kind of mirror...The experience is like nothing so much as spending time in their company and living with them: I receive and welcome each of them in turn as my guest.'In the eight lives of this collection Plutarch introduces the reader to the major figures

The Book of the Tree: Trees in Art (Hyland Angus)(Paperback)

The Book of the Tree is a celebration of trees in art featuring works by some of the world's leading artists, photographers and illustrators. The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way.William Blake From stately old oaks to beautiful

Greek Lives (Plutarch)(Paperback)

I treat the narrative of the Lives as a kind of mirror...The experience is like nothing so much as spending time in their company and living with them: I receive and welcome each of them in turn as my guest. Here, Plutarch introduces the major figures and periods of classical Greece, detailing the

The Private Lives of Trees - Alejandro Zambra

Veronica is late, and Julian is increasingly convinced she won't ever come home. To pass the time, he improvises a story about trees to coax his stepdaughter, Daniela, to sleep. He has made a life as a literature professor, developing a novel about a man tending to a bonsai tree on the weekends. He

The Man Who Planted Trees (Giono Jean)(Paperback)

Twenty years ago Chelsea Green published the first trade edition of The Man Who Planted Trees, a timeless eco-fable about what one person can do to restore the earth. The hero of the story, Elzeard Bouffier, spent his life planting one hundred acorns a day in a desolate, barren section of Provence

Under the Camelthorn Tree - The Impact of Trauma on One Family (Nicholls Kate)(Paperback / softback)

Trees: Their Natural History (Thomas Peter A.)(Paperback)

Trees are familiar components of many landscapes and have been vital in determining the ecology of our planet as well as the development of human cultures and communities. Yet how much do we really understand about how they work? This updated and revised edition provides a comprehensive

Jungle (Mettler Ren)(Paperback)

The Amazon rainforest hides many secrets. We explore the jungle with its giant trees, its exotic plants, and its colorful animal life, including jaguars, snakes, and parrots. Find out what it is like to live in a rainforest. Discover the beautiful animals, birds, frogs, insects, flowers, and trees

The Little Book of Planting Trees (Adams Max)(Paperback)

From the author of The Wisdom of Trees, an informative and practical guide to tree planting: including guidance on which trees to plant and where; how to plant, propagate and care for your trees; advice on the suitability and virtues of particular native trees (from oak to alder and from beech to

The Tree of Life: An Illustrated Study in Magic (Regardie Israel)(Paperback)

Israel Regardie wrote The Tree of Life, a book many consider his magnum opus, in 1932. It has continued to sell for decades. And no wonder. Up until the time this book was published, very little information about true high magic was available to the public. In this book, Regardie reveals the

Tree (Battles Matthew)(Paperback)

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Tree explores the forms, uses, and alliances of this living object's entanglement with humanity, from antiquity to the present. Trees tower over us and yet fade into background. Their lifespan

Bug Club Pro Guided Year 6 The Tree (Prasadam-Halls Smriti)(Paperback / softback)

In the heart of a village, the tree stands firm while the lives in the community change around it. When plans to build a market threaten the tree's existence, one girl strives to save it. Will her voice be

Fundamentals of Tree-Ring Research (Speer James H.)(Paperback)

Tree-ring dating (dendrochronology) is a method of scientific dating based on the analysis of tree-ring growth patterns. As author James Speer notes, trees are remarkable bioindicators. Although there are other scientific means of dating climatic and environmental events, dendrochronology provides

Some Trees (Ashbery John)(Paperback)

A capsule of the imaginative life of the individual, Some Trees is the 52nd volume of the Yale Series of Younger Poets Comparing him to T. S. Eliot, Stephanie Burt writes that Ashbery is 'the last figure whom half of the English-language poets alive thought a great model, and the other half

How Many Trees? (Barroux)(Paperback)

A funny and thoughtful story about the power of little voices, from the creator of Where's the Elephant? and Welcome.How many trees make a forest? Each animals thinks they know the answer but they just can't agree ...Could a tiny, quiet voice have the answer?Simple yet humorous, this charming story

The Heartbeat of Trees - Peter Wohlleben

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES ‘A simultaneously stimulating and soothing blend of nature writing and science … Strongly encourages tree hugging for our own, human sake’ Guardian Summer Reads 2021 A powerful return to the forest, where trees have

The Tree Dispensary: The Uses, History, and Herbalism of Native European Trees (Stapley Christina)(Paperback)

An exploration of the history, folklore and medicinal uses of thirty Native European trees. In this beautifully illustrated book, which uses the author's own photographs, Christina Stapley provides a thorough and deep appreciation of trees as she has experienced them through everyday life, as a

The Little Book of Trees: An Arboretum of Tree Lore (Hippo Orange)(Pevná vazba)

Appreciating the trees of yesterday and today You don't need to be a tree hugger to love trees. Whether they grow in cities or form part of a huge rainforest canopy, learn interesting facts about trees, why we need them and how we've lived with them throughout the centuries. You'll find snippets on

The Tree of Heaven (Sinclair May)(Paperback)

The Tree of Heaven follows the fortunes of the Harrison family as the children grow up in the shadow of the First World War and Dorothy's brothers go off, one by one, to the trenches, while she becomes involved with the suffrage movement, and later joins a version of the Women's Social and