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World of Trees

READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

I think that I shall never see. A poem lovely as a tree.

The World of Trees

The World of Trees

by Hugh Johnson

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2010
  • HARD COVER
  • 400 PAGES

Johnson profiles the Plum Yews and Podocarps, Broadleaves, Pears, Southern Beeches and other great trees in elegantly written, illustrated essays. As Thomas Pakenham puts it in the foreword to this new edition, "Get your spade and plant a tree to restore peace and elegance to our planet." (NAT222, $34.95)

The Book of Leaves

The Book of Leaves

by Allen J. Coombes | Zsolt Debreczy

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2010
  • HARD COVER
  • 656 PAGES

Who knew dendrology could be so enticing? In this lavish book, the leaves of 600 species of the temperate trees are photographed and presented in full color, most in actual size. (NAT230, $55.00)

The Sibley Guide to Trees

The Sibley Guide to Trees

by David Allen Sibley

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2009
  • FLEXI-BOUND
  • 426 PAGES
  • NEW

Sibley turns his attention from birds to the trees where they live in this superb field guide to 668 species of native and commonly planted trees north of the Rio Grande. Bark, leaves, twigs, fruit, flowers and silhouettes are all meticulously illustrated. (NAT176, $39.95)

The Tree

The Tree

by John Fowles | Barry Lopez

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 128 PAGES

The 30th anniversary edition of the English novelist John Fowles' celebrated meditation on the value of wilderness "The key to my fiction," he writes, "lies in my relationship with nature." Both The Magus (GRE131, $16.99), famously set on a Greek island, and The French Lieutenant's Woman (GBR209, $15.99) are also out in handsome new editions this season. (NAT229, $13.99)

Wildwood

Wildwood

by Roger Deakin

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2009
  • HARD COVER
  • 390 PAGES
  • NEW

A traveler's tale and a splendid work of natural history, Roger Deakin's glorious meditation on wood takes in his forest ramblings not just all over Great Britain but also to Central European beech woods, walnut groves in Languedoc, the wild fruit forests of Kazakhstan and Australia's river red gum forest wetlands. (NAT192, $26.95)

 
The Garden Primer

The Garden Primer


by Barbara Damrosch

  • REFERENCE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 668 PAGES

Damrosch's reassuring tone and humor are among the many virtues of this sensible, exceedingly useful guide to garden planning. We turn to it for all our garden-related questions, from picking plants to compost, tools and pests. (USA71, $18.95)

Art Forms In Nature

Art Forms In Nature


by Karl Blossfeldt

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 312 PAGES

Blossfeldt's 240 influential duotone photographs transform blueberries, thistles, vines and other plants into works of art. Originally published in 1929, this edition includes George Baitailles contemporaneous essay, The Language of Flowers, and an overview of Blossfeld's iconic plant photographs by Gert Mattenklott. (NAT243, $29.95)

The Native Trees of Canada

The Native Trees of Canada


by Leanne Shapton

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 96 PAGES

A bold reinterpretation of a century-old book, Shapton turns an old government catalog into a gorgeously colored, striking celebration of the trees, leaves, seeds and cones of pine, birch and other iconic trees of boreal Canada. (CND372, $19.95)

The Man Who Planted Trees

The Man Who Planted Trees


by Jean Giono | Michael McMurdy

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 96 PAGES
  • FAMILY

Told with affection and lyrical simplicity, beloved French novelist Giono (1895-1970) turns the life of Elzeard Bouffier, a shepherd turned tree-planter, into a fable of hope, forests and the power of the individual to change the world. (ALP12, $10.00)

A Natural History of North American Trees

A Natural History of North American Trees


by Donald Culross Peattie | Verlyn Klinkenborg

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 528 PAGES

Culross Peattie's graceful essays on America and its forests, originally published in the 1950s, with black-and-white etchings, feature the finest writing ever on the mighty oak, stately birch, magnificent beech and other native trees. (NAM40, $40.00)

Adventures Among Ants, A Global Safari with a Cast of Trillions

Adventures Among Ants, A Global Safari with a Cast of Trillions


by Mark W. Moffett

  • SCIENCE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

Intrepid explorer, biologist and photographer Mark Moffitt takes us on a globe-trotting adventure in pursuit, and study, of the world's most ubiquitous creature, the ant -- which, as revealed through his field work and photos from the Amazon to Australia, behave in ways that are surprisingly human. (SCI280, $24.95)

America's Famous and Historic Trees, From George Washington's Tulip Poplar to Elvis Presley's Pin Oak


by Jeffrey G. Meyer

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 130 PAGES

A portofilio of 17 of f trees, a project of American Forests. (NAM19, $30.00)

Bark, An Intimate Look at the World's Trees

Bark, An Intimate Look at the World's Trees


by Cedric Pollet

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2010
  • HARD COVER
  • 192 PAGES

Red river and scribbly gum, fony baobab, acacia, the extraordinary Mexican grass tree, gumbo limbo, bald cypress, London plane and white poplar are all included in nature photographer Cedric Pollet's extraordinary portraits of trees around the world. (NAT224, $45.00)

Lives of the Trees, An Uncommon History


by Diana Wells

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2010
  • HARD COVER
  • 369 PAGES

Diana Wells introduces the acacia, alder and apple, bamboo, baobab and beech to walnut, welwitschia, willow and yew in this breezy A-to-Z encyclopedia of the nature and lore of trees. (NAT197, $19.95)

Meetings with Remarkable Trees


by Thomas Pakenham

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 142 PAGES

A visual celebration of the trees of Scotland, England, and Ireland. (GBR515, $26.00)

Remarkable Trees of the World

Remarkable Trees of the World


by Thomas Pakenham

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

A man on a mission, Pakenham lugged a 30-pound large-format camera across four continents in search of the most famous, celebrated and just plain beautiful trees. (WLD47, $29.95)

The American Woodland Garden

The American Woodland Garden


by Rick Darke

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2002
  • HARD COVER
  • 377 PAGES

This inspiring celebration of eastern woodland trees and garden design includes a superb A-to-Z of native species. With 700 color photographs, detailed horticultural information and essays, this book is as beautiful as it is practical. (NAM10, $49.95)

The Remarkable Baobab

The Remarkable Baobab


by Thomas Pakenham

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 144 PAGES

A celebration of the tremendous, twisted baobabs of Africa, Madagascar and Australia. The 60 large-format color photographs show that the Baobab is indeed remarkable. (NAT71, $19.95)

The Tree in Photographs


by Francoise Reynaud

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 112 PAGES

Single trees, trees in the landscape, abstract and conceptual views of trees by conceptual artists are all included in these 90 color images selected from the collections of the G. Paul Getty Museum. (ART124, $24.95)

Sibley's Common Trees of Eastern North America

Sibley's Common Trees of Eastern North America


by David Sibley

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2010
  • POSTER

Sibley's expert paintings of leaves and silhouettes are featured on this colorful poster showing 50 trees east of the Rocky Mountains. (NAT227, $29.95)

Trees of North America, A Field Guide

Trees of North America, A Field Guide


by Christian Frank Brockman

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 238 PAGES

This classic, with commentary and drawings of tree shape, bark, leaf, flower, fruit and twig for quick identification, covers 730 species. (NAM07, $14.95)

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