Twelve Trees: And What They Tell Us About Our Past, Present and Future

Lewis, Daniel

ISBN 10: 1398518840 / ISBN 13: 9781398518841

Editore: Simon & Schuster UK, 2024

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In a purple hardcover with gilt titles to spine. With an unclipped dust jacket with white and orange titles to spine and front. Orange illustrated end papers. 304 pp plus a few black and white drawings. The book is in as new condition. The cover is free of shelf-wear, the binding is tight and the pages clean and unmarked. The dust jacket is very good with just minor shelf-wear to the top edge. Gift Aid no. 2650. This item is being sold under the Retail Gift Aid scheme to support Amnesty International UK Section Charitable Trust. Gift Aid enables us to increase the value of donations by 25%. Amnesty International UK Section is acting as an agent selling this item on behalf of one of our Gift Aid Donors.

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• Titolo: Twelve Trees: And What They Tell Us About Our Past, Present and Future
• Editore: Simon & Schuster UK
• Data di pubblicazione: 2024
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1398518840
• ISBN 13: 9781398518841
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Edizione: 1st Edition
• Condizione: As New
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: Very Good

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*Chosen by Waterstones as one of their best Nature Writing Books of 2024, and by The Economist as one of their best books of 2024*

'A heartwarming guide to these fascinating giants of nature . . . A book that is full of surprises . . . Highly empathetic and informative' Independent 
'A global arboreal odyssey' Guardian
‘Marvellous' The Economist
'Enlightening, it offers hope for the future' Sunday Post

Twelve amazing species of trees that can teach us about our past, present and future.  

In Twelve Trees, professor Daniel Lewis takes us around the world – from Australia to the United States, from Easter Island and Mexico to Cameroon – and introduces us to twelve tree species that epitomise the many threats faced by our planet, from climate change, poachers and parasites, to fungi and even elephants. He celebrates their many strengths in the face of adversity, and their enduring abilities to survive – and even thrive – in an increasingly dangerous planet.

Trees are essential to all of our lives – and they need our help. In this incredible tribute to the noble tree, Lewis dives deep into the cutting-edge science and inspiring community efforts helping to keep them alive. Saving the tree, as he argues, means the saving of humanity.

Beautifully written and informative, Twelve Trees is a heartwarming and enlightening guide to some of our most fascinating trees – and why we should be working harder to protect them.

ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S BOOKS TO WATCH IN 2024

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A story of the history and future of the world, told through twelve species of tree