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The Wood for the Trees: One Man's Long View of Nature
An intimate biography of a beech-and-bluebell wood through diverse moods and changing seasons, The Wood for the Trees combines stunning natural history with the ancient history of the countryside to tell a wider story of the ever-changing British landscape, human influence on the countryside over many centuries, and the vital interactions between flora, fauna and fungi.
Paleontologist, natural historian, science writer, and television presenter Richard Fortey draws upon a lifetime of scientific expertise and abiding love of nature in The Wood for the Trees to demonstrate the influence of geology and how woodlands affect history, architecture, and industry.
"A joyous celebration of what we now call biodiversity, The Wood For the Trees is a handsome volume copiously illustrated, well indexed and packed with facts." -- Literary Review