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The Overstory unfolds in concentric rings of interlocking fable that range from antebellum New York to the late twentieth-century Timber Wars of the Pacific Northwest and beyond. An air force loadmaster in the Vietnam War is shot out of the sky, then saved by falling into a banyan. An artist inherits a hundred years of photographic portraits, all of the same doomed American chestnut. A hard-partying undergraduate in the late 1980s electrocutes herself,...
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Mysteries of nature trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Greystone Books
Language
English
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Are trees social beings? In this international bestseller, forester and author Peter Wohlleben convincingly makes the case that, yes, the forest is a social network. He draws on groundbreaking scientific discoveries to describe how trees are like human families: tree parents live together with their children, communicate with them, support them as they grow, share nutrients with those who are sick or struggling, and even warn each other of impending...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Humans have always revered long-lived trees. But as historian Jared Farmer reveals in Elderflora, our veneration took a modern turn in the eighteenth century, when naturalists embarked on a quest to locate and precisely date the oldest living things on earth. The new science of tree time prompted travelers to visit ancient specimens and conservationists to protect sacred groves. Exploitation accompanied sanctification, as old-growth forests succumbed...
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Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2005
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IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A lonely little fir tree, standing by itself at the edge of the forest, has its life transformed when a father takes it home to serve as a living Christmas tree for his bedridden son.
9) Trees
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Publisher
Candlewick Studio
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A simple introduction to trees describes seasonal changes and discusses different habitats and the contributions trees make to the environment.
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Publisher
Little Brown & Co
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Featuring a special section on how children can make a tree identification book of their own, this title is a bright and colorful introduction to trees, leaves, and their inner workings in nature.
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