Nonfiction Trees

* Selected as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times * * WINNER of the National Book Critics Circle Award * Books for a Better Life Award * The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of the Year * This masterpiece by the National Book Award–winning author of The...

“This is the most life-affirming book I’ve read in a long time.” —John Vaillant, National Book Award finalist for Fire Weather Named a Best Book of the Year So Far by: The New Yorker NPR The Financial Times From the acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller On Trails...

Percival Everett's The Trees is a must-listen that opens with a series of brutal murders in the rural town of Money, Mississippi. When a pair of detectives from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation arrive, they meet expected resistance from the local sheriff, his deputy, the coroner, and a string of racist White townsfolk. The murders present a puzzle, for at each crime scene there is a second dead body: that of a man who resembles Emmett Till.

Canadian botanist, biochemist and visionary Diana Beresford-Kroeger's startling insights into the hidden life of trees have already sparked a quiet revolution in how we understand our relationship to forests. Now, in a captivating account of how her life led her to these illuminating and crucial...

Brought to you by Penguin. **LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2026* The Genius of Trees tells the mind-expanding global story of the inventive and astonishing ways trees learned to shape our natural world. Over hundreds of millions of years, from prehistoric forests to the trees...

WITH PHOTOGRAPHS THROUGHOUT How can a plant with no brain and no nervous system learn from an experience and remember the lesson for up to forty days? Every fact is sourced from peer-reviewed academic research and official scientific records. This True Verified Facts book delivers 450+ documented botanical secrets, each one built to educate, entertain, and arm you with knowledge worth sharing. Real science about the strangest survivors, communicators, and record-breakers in the plant kingdom. Inside This Book: Why the Venus flytrap counts the touches on its trigger hairs before it ever ...

“Compulsively readable—a masterpiece, maybe the masterpiece of science journalism.” —Bill McKibben, Audubon A brilliant, stirring work, breathtaking in its scope and far-reaching in its message, The Song of the Dodo is a crucial book in precarious times. Through personal observation...

Stephanie Kaza's heartfelt meditations on the singular presence of trees have helped thousands of listeners feel a sense of spiritual connection to our ancient relatives. Through her attentive, loving encounters with trees, Kaza asks vital questions about what it means to reinhabit place, live simply, and speak from the truth of experience. More pertinent now than ever, her intimate exploration of the lives of individual trees demonstrates the possibility of personal and ecological sanity in our time.

Spanning the years 1860 through 2026, this sweeping work of narrative nonfiction chronicles the remarkable history of one family and one extraordinary place on the shores of Little Lake in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. At its heart stands an ancient red pine that silently witnesses generations of triumph, hardship, laughter, loss, and enduring tradition. As the forests of northern Michigan transform from untamed wilderness into thriving logging country, Irish immigrant Phillip Boys Kirkwood establishes new roots in the Upper Peninsula. His family's purchase of property along Little Lake ...

The Trees is the story of an American family in the wilderness - a family that "followed the woods as some families follow the sea." The time is the end of the 18th century, the wilderness is the land west of the Alleghenies and north of the Ohio River. But principally, The Trees is the story of a girl named Sayward, eldest daughter of Worth and Jary Luckett, raised in the forest far from the rest of humankind, yet growing to realize that the way of the hunter must cede to the way of the tiller of soil.

Bloomsbury presents The Lemon Tree (Young Readers' Edition) by Sandy Tolan, read by Rami Medina. The tale of friendship between two people, one Israeli and one Palestinian, that symbolizes the hope for peace in the Middle East. “Makes an incredibly complicated topic comprehensible.”—School...

‘After I finished this book I alarmed my family by going into the garden and climbing the apple tree.’ – Damian Whitworth, The Times ‘One of the publishing sensations of the year … For anyone who has ever felt a little overwhelmed in a big city, or wanted to step out of the rat race...

First, One simple request to you. Just close your eyes for 5-7 seconds and imagine the love of your grandparents. That sudden rush of oxytocin in your bloodstream to feel their presence even if they are not around you is the unimaginative, unselfish, unparalleled & unique love that they have left in your mind and blood stream. Beyond the mysteries of such gigantic love also lies the deep connection in which all the universal offsprings seem connected in this world - flora, fauna & humans.There are a lot of things and episodes in life that go unexplained. We might have gone through those ...

MONEY TREE GROWING FINANCIAL WISDOM FOR KIDS is the fun and practical way to teach budgeting, saving, investing, and smart spending. Money doesn’t have to be confusing or stressful for kids.

Black bear claws latch onto bark as they climb up trees. Find out these beautiful bears' life cycle, diet, and habits in their woodland home.

Rabbits race away from danger on the forest floor. But there is more to these big-eared bunnies than escaping predators. Learn about these adorable woodland animals, their life cycle, diet, and appearance.

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White tail deer gallop gracefully with their herd. They can outrun many animals. Learn more about these delightful deer, their woodland homes, life cycle, and diet.

This program includes a preface read by Meg Lowman and a foreword written and read by Sylvia Earle. Nicknamed the “Real-Life Lorax” by National Geographic, the biologist, botanist, and conservationist Meg Lowman—aka “CanopyMeg”—takes us on an adventure into the “eighth continent”...

Gray squirrels leap from high heights to move from tree to tree. Discover these delightful rodents' life cycle and lifestyle in the woods.