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Peter Wohlleben spent over twenty years working for the forestry commission in Germany and now runs an environmentally-friendly woodland where he is working for the return of primeval forests. He is the author of numerous books about the natural world including the New York Times bestseller The show more Hidden Life of Trees. show less

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Works by Peter Wohlleben

Peter and the Tree Children (2018) 27 copies
La saggezza del bosco (2018) 2 copies
Waldwissen (2023) 2 copies
Holzrausch (2008) 1 copy

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Birthdate
1964
Gender
male
Nationality
Germany
Country (for map)
Germany
Birthplace
Bonn, Germany
Occupations
forester
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The studies he mentions are interesting and the focus on reconnecting people with the forest admirable, I just felt the author was a little too present in the text
 
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cspiwak | 7 other reviews | Mar 6, 2024 |
This is an informational text about trees based on the book The Hidden Life do Trees. It is broken up by questions and their answers. Each page has pictures to illustrate the responses. I would use this with 3-5th to answer specific questions about trees. I can see this being a great way to pique curiosity about forests and promote research to answer specific questions.
 
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zrobinson | Mar 4, 2024 |
A fluid read packed with interesting research on trees translated to an exciting and accessible language.

However, at the same time the book often foregoes accuracy of scientific language in favour of personification of the trees, describing evolution as cause, extending metaphors of internet to micelial networks and more!

Basically the book may mislead thise who don’t understand how biological research works, and what it means to apply certain metaphors to physical systems.
 
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yates9 | 110 other reviews | Feb 28, 2024 |
For me, this book only suffers by comparison with [b:The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World|28256439|The Hidden Life of Trees What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World|Peter Wohlleben|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1464281905s/28256439.jpg|48295241], which (at the risk of hyperbole) was life-changing. But there's plenty to mull over here, presented in Wohlleben's enjoyable style.
 
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Treebeard_404 | 4 other reviews | Jan 23, 2024 |

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Jane Billinghurst Translator, Author
Tim Flannery Foreword
Corinne Tresca Translator

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