In Trees
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In Trees
A wondrous, curious 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.
In Trees is a wondrous, curious 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.
One day, on a whim, Robert Moor set out to climb a tree near his home, unwittingly embarking on what would become a decade-long, globe-spanning adventure in trees. From Darwin to Attenborough, Brecht to Wordsworth, cutting-edge scientists and Zen monks and Bonsai artists, In Trees explores the fundamental and meaningful role of trees in the natural world.
From Ethiopia and Papua to the Sierra Nevada mountains and the Lake District, bestselling author Robert Moor uncovers the hidden art of 'tree-thinking', a powerful tool for approaching humanity's oldest questions—What is the secret to growing old well? How do we set down deeper roots in an increasingly chaotic world? And most importantly, how should we—as individuals, as communities, as stewards of the Earth—live?
Weaving together history, ecology, philosophy, neuroscience, mythology, literature, and the abstract qualities of identity, belonging and memory, In Trees shares extraordinary stories of how trees have become embedded in our culture, lifestyle and imagination for centuries, becoming the key to almost everything on our planet.
What began as an ode to the miracle of trees blossoms into a joyous, daring, fiercely hopeful endeavour that reveals... To truly grasp the wisdom of a tree, you need to begin thinking like one.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780241808535
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 25 June 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Viking
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 40.0mm
Width: 138.0mm
Height: 222.0mm
Weight: 500g
Pages: 384
About the Author
Robert Moor is an award-winning writer and New York Times bestselling author. His work has appeared in the New Yorker, the Guardian, Harper's, the Atlantic and Granta, among others. Moor's first book, On Trails, won the National Outdoor Book Award, the William Saroyan Prize and the Pacific Northwest Book Award. It was named one of Waterstones' Best Travel Writing of 2016, the Telegraph's Best Travel Books of 2016 and the Guardian Bookshop's Best Nature Writing of 2016. He lives in British Columbia.
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