{"product_id":"9781847927835","title":"The Genius of Trees : How trees mastered the elements and shaped the world by Harriet Rix","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Wondrous. Gives us trees as we've never seen them before  \u003c\/b\u003eISABELLA TREE, author of \u003ci\u003eWilding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'If I was dazzled by nature and in awe of trees before, I now know how much we are indebted to them  \u003c\/b\u003eKIRSTY WARK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Genius of Trees \u003c\/i\u003etells the mind-expanding story of the inventive and astonishing ways trees learned to shape our natural world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver hundreds of millions of years, from prehistoric forests to the trees around us today, we see trees using fire as a reproductive tool, harnessing large mammals to spread their seeds (but poisoning smaller, less useful mammals), and splitting rock to create fertile ground in barren landscapes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause trees, we discover, manipulate fundamental elements, plants, animals, bacteria, fungi, and even humankind to achieve their ends. From the laurel cloud-forests of the Canary Islands to the magnificent sex-shifting oaks of Iraq, from the giant sequoias of California to the carbon-spinning junipers of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border   trees sculpt their environments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt once transporting and expert,\u003ci\u003e The Genius of Trees\u003c\/i\u003e gives us hope for the future. It enables us to see trees, for the first time, not as victims but as agents of change in a grand ecological narrative   and as leading actors in the great drama of life on earth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sublime ... It is a true masterpiece'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eDAILY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e, 5 Stars\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Mind-blowing' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Exceptional \u003c\/b\u003e ROBIN LANE FOX, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times \u003c\/i\u003eGardening Columnist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Full of wonder and revelation ... Highly recommended' \u003c\/b\u003eSUE STUART-SMITH, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Well Gardened Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308394852725,"sku":"9781847927835","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781847927835.jpg?v=1762807430","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781847927835","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}