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The Tree: A Natural History of What Trees Are, How They Live, and Why They Matter
de Tudge, Colin
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- ISBN 10
- 1400050367
- ISBN 13
- 9781400050369
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Crown, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Not price-clipped ($27.95 price intact). Published by Crown, 2005. Octavo. Yellow cloth over white boards stamped in gold with illustrated endpapers. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new with very light shelf wear. 460 pages. ISBN: 9781400050369. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!
Sinopsis
There are redwoods in California that were ancient by the time Columbus first landed, and pines still alive that germinated around the time humans invented writing. There are Douglas firs as tall as skyscrapers, and a banyan tree in Calcutta as big as a football field.From the tallest to the smallest, trees inspire wonder in all of us, and in The Tree, Colin Tudge travels around the world--throughout the United States, the Costa Rican rain forest, Panama and Brazil, India, New Zealand, China, and most of Europe--bringing to life stories and facts about the trees around us: how they grow old, how they eat and reproduce, how they talk to one another (and they do), and why they came to exist in the first place. He considers the pitfalls of being tall; the things that trees produce, from nuts and rubber to wood; and even the complicated debt that we as humans owe them.Tudge takes us to the Amazon in flood, when the water is deep enough to submerge the forest entirely and fish feed on fruit while river dolphins race through the canopy. He explains the "memory" of a tree: how those that have been shaken by wind grow thicker and sturdier, while those attacked by pests grow smaller leaves the following year; and reveals how it is that the same trees found in the United States are also native to China (but not Europe).From tiny saplings to centuries-old redwoods and desert palms, from the backyards of the American heartland to the rain forests of the Amazon and the bamboo forests, Colin Tudge takes the reader on a journey through history and illuminates our ever-present but often ignored companions. A blend of history, science, philosophy, and environmentalism, The Tree is an engaging and elegant look at the life of the tree and what modern research tells us about their future.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Librería
- Southampton Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 124128
- Título
- The Tree: A Natural History of What Trees Are, How They Live, and Why They Matter
- Autor
- Tudge, Colin
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Like New
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1400050367
- ISBN 13
- 9781400050369
- Editorial
- Crown
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2006
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