Plane Tree

When Kinari Webb first traveled to Indonesian Borneo at 21 to study orangutans, she was both awestruck by the beauty of her surroundings and heartbroken by the rain forest destruction she witnessed. As she got to know the local communities, she realized that their need to pay for expensive health care led directly to the rampant logging, which in turn imperiled their health and safety even further. Webb realized her true calling was at the intersection of medicine and conservation.

From the acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller On Trails comes a wondrous new journey through the wilds of nature and the gnarls of history, exploring how trees—from the mightiest sequoia to the tiniest bonsai—can teach us to grow wise. To truly grasp the wisdom of a tree, you...

Numerous times throughout Earth's history there have been major cataclysmic events. These events have resulted in large-scale climactic changes, mythological stories of floods and visitations from the skies, and sometimes the complete extinction of life. The major planetary body that has caused much of this carnage has been referred to by many names. Jason Breshears has termed it Phoenix, based on his research into the distant past and what it was usually called by witnesses. By piecing together ancient documents from the most reputable sources available, we have, in this book, the most ...

If you've ever admired a tree for its simple beauty, appreciated its cool shade, or loved climbing up its large trunk and branches, you are part of a deeply rooted tribe that Jean Shinoda Bolen calls "tree people." In Like a Tree, this bestselling author and Jungian analyst invites us to explore...

"Marian powerfully shares her passion and heart in a way that ensures you can breath life into your garden ecosystem, with clear explanations and so many practical tools and takeaways." – Nicole Masters, author of For the Love of Soil and director of Integrity Soils "I found myself crying...

This book maps out the entire historical chronology of planetary cataclysms starting in 4309 BC, covering the cyclical return of Nibiru, the planet Phoenix, and more. It also reveals the code for understanding the prophecies of Nostradamus, showing when they have occurred in the past, or when they will occur in the future. It takes the work of Mario Reading, who first broke the code, and shows how it perfectly applies to all of Breshears' previously made cataclysmic predictions for the years 2040 and 2046. Mr. Reading made mistakes in interpreting some quatrains for the years 2001-2012 that...

Niels Klim's Underground Travels, originally published in Latin as Nicolai Klimii Iter Subterraneum (1741), is a satirical science-fiction/fantasy novel written by the Norwegian-Danish author Ludvig Holberg. His only novel, it describes a utopian society from an outsider's point of view, and often pokes fun at diverse cultural and social topics such as morality, science, sexual equality, religion, governments, and philosophy.

She finds joy in all things green and growing. Can this bubbly nature lover turn a tragedy into a chance to teach others to care for Mother Earth? Bibi sees problems as chances to do good. Bursting with curiosity, a school outing to a forest reserve fills the intelligent girl with respect for every life-giving pine, maple, and oak. So her heart breaks upon discovering her family’s favorite picnic spot has been cleared by saws and axes. Inspired to restore the land, her eyes grow bright as she gets a brilliant idea.

This middle grade edition of the groundbreaking bestseller by Doug Tallamy will inspire kids to use their backyard to help save the planet. In Nature's Best Hope (Young Readers' Edition), Tallamy empowers kids to use their own yards to help combat the negative effects of climate change. He does...

In this new poetry collection, Sunil Sharma aptly describes the intersection where two worlds converge as the majestic wonders of nature become artificially entwined ever more tightly with modern civilization. These dualistic energies are keenly observed when Sharma points to a scene of children playing innocently in the snow as the adults around them have their attention sucked into smartphones. Whether these Toronto-based reflections are illustrating trails that cut through the wintry woods, flocks of geese soaring overhead, theatric pulses of a cosmic skyline, the symphonic sounds of ...

Perhaps you've felt it . . . that sense that something is coming. Times are changing. The forces of good and evil are becoming increasingly polarized. Yet, there is a spirit of unity growing as well. As a planet, we stand at a crossroads. One path leads to darker days. The other leads to freedom and light. "Light the World: How Your Brilliance Can Shift the Planet" details how you can leverage your life experiences and insight to take your place as a Light Bearer in this new age. If you've felt the call to stand tall, torch in hand, ready to lead others out of darkness and into the light, ...

There's so much we don't know about what lies deep beneath the ocean's surface - and the time to find out is growing increasingly precious . . . Professor Alex Rogers is one of the world's leading experts in marine biology and oceanology, and has spent his life studying the deep ocean - and in...

Nature wants to heal itself, and we can help. From the birth of galaxies to the revival of forests, the greatest transformations in our universe have been driven by quiet, self-reinforcing processes known as feedback loops. These ancient forces created the universe, they allowed biodiversity to...

When the butterfly-winged light being, Rainyun, descends from the Ephemerine Realm into the Density Domain to assist in shifting a planet into a more positive probability vector in a higher dimension, the young teenural girl, Eda, is swept into a fast-paced adventurous quest that involves strange planets in the past, an anti-particle universe, her reciprocal twin, her higher Consciousness Field and especially, trees.

From bestselling author James Raffan comes an enlightening and original story about a polar bear’s precarious existence in the changing Arctic, reminiscent of John Vaillant’s The Golden Spruce. Nanurjuk, “the bear-spirited one,” is hunting for seals on Hudson Bay, where ice never lasts...

Emmy‑nominated filmmaker and University of Cambridge Environmental Psychologist Lindsay Branham invites readers into an embodied, reciprocal relationship with trees to heal our severed connections to ourselves and the earth, returning home to the living world. In the midst of the California...

Earth Fairies: Queen of the Trees is about June Bloom, half-earth-fairy, half-human. A girl of 12, raised in the quiet village of Bloomfield by her Aunt Willow and Uncle Alder. When the planet Earth starts to die and killer creatures threaten to destroy all the plants and insects carrying pure oxygen, June and her friend Dory Alice travel to the flower kingdom of Floria with one goal in mind: to find a way to kill these creatures and save the planet.

Did you ever think that Adam, Judaism’s description of the first human being, might be called the world’s earliest forest ranger? Like many religions that embrace nature within their spiritual philosophies, the Jewish tradition in particular has a deep, rich connection to the natural world. If Adam were alive today, he would be sounding the alarm that our natural world is at risk. Our trees – and our planet – are in extreme danger from deforestation that continues unabated. But there is something else at stake as well.

Four days before Christmas, on the dark, snowy roads of western New York, Dante Carloman’s life takes a turn no one could have anticipated. The world around him erupts into a hellish landscape of combat when strange creatures clash with the US Army. Dante can only watch in horror as the alien force marches forward, laying waste to the soldiers around him.Kidnapped and taken to a harsh, alien world, the survivors struggle to stay alive. Dante uncovers a kink in their captors’ aura of invincibility and escapes. Outside the death camp’s confines, he discovers that the planet is not as ...

Brought to you by Puffin. Picture a city. What do you see? Traffic and towering buildings? Or maybe you imagine something a little . . . wilder? These are the astonishing stories of the animals who are adapting to live in our urban world - and how you can help them to thrive. From the...