FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREESA powerful return to
the forest where trees have heartbeats and roots are like brains that extend underground.
Where the color green calms us and the forest sharpens our senses.In The Heartbeat of Trees
renowned forester Peter Wohlleben draws on new scientific discoveries to show how humans are
deeply connected to the natural world.In an era of cell phone addiction climate change and
urban life many of us fear we've lost our connection to nature-but Peter Wohlleben is
convinced that age-old ties linking humans to the forest remain alive and intact.Drawing on
science and cutting-edge research The Heartbeat of Trees reveals the profound interactions
humans can have with nature exploring:the language of the forestthe consciousness of plantsand
the eroding boundary between flora and fauna. A perfect book to take with you into the woods
The Heartbeat of Trees shares how to see feel smell hear and even taste the forest.Peter
Wohlleben renowned for his ability to write about trees in an engaging and moving way reveals
a wondrous cosmos where humans are a part of nature and where conservation and environmental
activism is not just about saving trees-it's about saving ourselves too.Praise for The
Heartbeat of TreesAs human beings we're desperate to feel that we're not alone in the
universe. And yet we are surrounded by an ongoing conversation that we can sense if as Peter
Wohlleben so movingly prescribes we listen to the heartbeat of all life. -Richard Louv author
of Our Wild Calling and Last Child in the WoodsAstonishment after astonishment-that is the
great gift of The Heartbeat of Trees. It is both a celebration of the wonders of trees and a
howl of outrage at how recklessly we profane them. -Kathleen Dean Moore author of Earth's Wild
MusicAs Peter Wohlleben reminds us in The Heartbeat of Trees trees are the vocabulary of
nature as forests are the brainbank of a living planet. This was the codex of the ancient world
and it must be the fine focus of our future. -Dr. Diana Beresford-Kroeger author of To Speak
for the Trees and The Global ForestPeter Wohlleben knows the battle that lies before us:
forging a closer relationship with nature before we destroy it. In The Heartbeat of Trees he
takes us deep into the global forest to show us how.-Jim Robbins author of The Man Who Planted
Trees
