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Barcode30053003840967
Home LocationParis-Bourbon
Call No155.91 MOOR
Title In trees : an exploration / Robert Moor.
Author Moor, Robert (Environmental journalist) author
CollectionNEW: Adult 100-199
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 Paris-Bourbon30053003840967155.91 MOOR5/20/2026 Available

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Personal Name Moor, Robert (Environmental journalist) author
Title Statement In trees : an exploration / Robert Moor.
Edition Statement First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice [New York, N.Y.] : Simon & Schuster, [2026]
Physical Description 384 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Content Type text txt rdacontent
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia
Carrier Type volume rdacarrier
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note Prologue: Sky -- Branching -- Pruning -- Ascending -- Gnarling -- Shadowing -- Stemming -- Resisting -- Rooting -- Epilogue: Soil.
Summary, Etc. "From the acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller On Trails comes a wondrous new journey through the wilds of nature and the gnarls of history, exploring how trees-from the mightiest sequoia to the tiniest bonsai-can teach us to grow wise. To truly grasp the wisdom of a tree, you need to begin thinking like one ... One day, on a whim, Robert Moor set out to climb a tree near his home--unwittingly embarking on what would become a decade-long, globe-spanning adventure of intellectual and spiritual transformation. Pursuing the hidden wisdom of trees, he scales to the very top of a giant sequoia while filming a nature documentary with David Attenborough; he treks through swamps in Papua to reach a treehouse-dwelling tribe of hunter-gatherers; and he journeys to a remote research camp in Tanzania, where he spends a memorable night sleeping in a chimpanzee nest, seeking to understand our deep evolutionary history. Eventually, having gained a radical new outlook on both our gnarled past and our ever-branching future, he joins an intrepid clan of climate activists risking everything to halt construction of a new oil pipeline and save an ancient forest. Along the way, Moor learns the art of "tree-thinking," which, he discovers, has the power to break open some of humanity's oldest questions: What is the secret to truly growing old? How do we set down deeper roots in an increasingly chaotic world? Most importantly, how should we-as individuals, as communities, as stewards of the earth-live? A witty and relentlessly curious excursion through philosophy, history, and science, what begins as an ode to the miracle of trees blossoms into a joyous, daring, fiercely hopeful endeavor to arborize humanity"--Provided by publisher.
Subject-Personal Name Moor, Robert (Environmental journalist)
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Human ecology
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Forest conservation
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Trees Psychological aspects.

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