astounding & wonderful

This is a book I won't soon forget and infact, if I could keep it on the top of my pile, I would (wood?) as it is easily the most interesting read I've had in the longest time. The research is astounding. The narrator, simply wonderful and so well read. The translation, superb.
I will never walk past a tree or walk thru a forest again without a thought of this book: the glorious trees, the bark, their leaves, branches, seeds, their roots, their genealogy, their nurturing nature, that they communicate, think, reason, count, and tell time. oh my - I loved this book (if you can't tell) and if you have a shred of humanity, you will too! So worth a listen! I hope you enjoy it as well!

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Learning through Poetic License

A great way to learn a lot, with just enough poetic licence to make it accessible and consistently enjoyable.

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stunning and unexpected

every chapter had me sharing with friends about how underrated trees are. very interesting and a wide scope of study. easy to understand science background or not.

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Delightful and Insightful!

Absolutely adored this book. I was immediately sucked into the world of tree and plant life.

This book is written to be engaging, and being a lover of fantasy and Tolkien, I had no trouble seeing these living forests that Peter describes.
Although Tolkien’s walking and talking trees were a bit more literal, Peter absolutely described a very real life of which I had not previously known.

The narration was perfect, often reminding me of the narration provided for the Hundred Acre Wood. Calm and unhurried, like the trees, with all the right dramatic pauses!

I will put this one back into my ‘read’ pile to enjoy again.

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everyone should read this

loved it. if more people had this knowledge this works would be a better place

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Fascinating

A book that I am so happy I picked to listen to. It is one of those reads that shifted how I see the world. I loved listening to it and I loved the feel of learning something about living beings that I now see how often I take forgranted and know very little about. Thank you for this book. It is a treasure.

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i love trees more now

I didn't think it was possible to love the forest and this planet more than I did, but I now legitimately ache for the day we can understand the language of trees and mycelium, insofar as it can be understood by mammals.

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Eye opening if you go in with an open mind

Some very interesting concepts and revelations. Only criticism is that a lot of the examples pertain to Germany and Europe although there is some mention of North America. Makes the walks in the woods that much more interesting

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Turning over a “new leaf” when it comes to trees ;)

Peter Wohlleben uses colloquial language in such an engaging way to help us understand both the value and surprising depth of the tree world.

Mike Grady narrates with a pleasant cathartic effect, giving the audio experience a very David Attenborough type feel.

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Thought Provoking and Perspective Changing

We walk by hundreds if not thousands of trees on a routine basis but do we ever stop to consider what a tree is ? Peter Wohlleben does a tremendous job at conveying this abstract concept through chapters of engaging and entertaining dialogue. The relationship between humans and nature is one that has been vastly forgotten by today's culture and society but the lessons of this book do a great job at bringing some of our awareness back

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