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The Secret Language Of Plants Dr. Hope Werness is an art historian specializing in non-Western and modern European art. She has taught for over twenty years at California State University, Stanislaus. She is the author of, among other books, The Continuum Encyclopedia of Native Art (2000) and The Encyclopedia of Animal Symbolism in World Art (2006).

A captivating exploration of climate change that uses nine different emotions to better understand the science, history, and future of our evolving planet.Scientist Kate Marvel has seen the world end before, sometimes several times a day. In the computer models she uses to study climate change, it's easy to simulate rising temperatures, catastrophic outcomes, and bleak futures. But climate change isn't just happening in those models. It's happening here, to the only good planet in the universe. It's happening to us. And she has feelings about that.Human Nature is a deeply felt inquiry into our rapidly changing Earth. In each chapter, Marvel uses a different emotion to explore the science and stories behind climate change. As expected, there is anger, fear, and grief - but also wonder, hope, and love. With her singular voice, Marvel takes us on a soaring journey, one filled with mythology, physics, witchcraft, bad movies, volcanoes, Roman emperors, sequoia groves, and the many small miracles of nature we usually take for granted.Hopeful, heartbreaking, and surprisingly funny, Human Nature is a vital, wondrous exploration of how it feels to live in a changing world.'This is the best climate book I've ever read. It's magnificent - both planetary and personal, saturated with electric metaphors, incisive vignettes, legitimately funny jokes, and an unflappable, knowing love for Earth, our home.'-Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, New York Times bestselling author of What If We Get It Right? and co-founder of Urban Ocean Lab'This is the book we've been waiting for. Both brilliant and hard-won, Marvel's Human Nature gives us ways not only to think about our planet in crisis but also to honour the powerful connection we have to this place we call home. Deeply personal and scientifically wise, this book will serve as a guide and an anchor for years to come.'-Ada Lim n, 24th US Poet Laureate and author of Startlement- new and selected poems'The brilliant gift of Human Nature is that not only does it educate, delight, and inspire, but it allows us to finally feel a multitude of responses to climate change - what many books fail to recognise, and yet what humans actually do. This is essential reading from one of the kindest and most whip-smart guides for understanding our planet. Kate Marvel's writing is very much a marvel - I'm left astonished and so grateful this book finally exists for my family, my students, and our broken and beautiful world.'-Aimee Nezhukumatathil, New York Times bestselling author of World of Wonders and Bite by Bite

An essential, eye-opening (and beautiful) guide to the simple, sustainable ways we can invite more native birds, bees and butterflies into our gardens and outdoor spaces.

Australia's dingoes are increasingly under threat of extinction after two centuries of mythmaking, bounties and poisoning. This is the real story of the dingo.

A visual celebration of one of the few biodiversity hotspots left in the world.There are few other places on earth where flowers are so allpervasive, so varied and as sumptuous as in south-west Western Australia. It is one of 36 special places in the world, named International Biodiversity Hotspots, where there have been explosions of evolution - veritable cauldrons of species making.Award-winning photographers Stanley and Kaisa Breeden journey into this unique landscape. Part fine art photography, part travelogue, this book will delight nature lovers everywhere.

This new, breathtakingly illustrated edition of Peter Wohlleben's international bestseller is a visually stunning journey into the diversity and wonders of forests - a groundbreaking look at how trees communicate and support one another via the "wood wide web". In his international bestseller, The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben opened readers' eyes to the wonders and amazing processes at work in the forest. Now this new, breathtakingly illustrated edition brings those wonders to life like never before. With compelling selections from the original book and eighty six stunning photographs of trees from around the world, this gorgeous volume distills the essence of Peter Wohlleben's message to show trees in all their glory and diversity. Through rich language highlighting the interconnectedness of forest ecosystems, the book offers fascinating insights about the fungal communication highway known as the 'wood wide web,' the difficult life lessons learned in tree school, the hard-working natural clean-up crews that recycle dying trees, and much more. Beautiful images provide the perfect complement to Wohlleben's words, with striking close-ups of bark and seeds, panoramas of vast expanses of green, and a unique look at what is believed to be the oldest tree on the planet.