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The Mysteries of Nature Series Series

This series invites you on a captivating journey into the hidden world of nature, revealing unexpected parallels between plant life and human society. Discover how trees communicate, form families, care for their young, and compete for survival much like humans do. Through cutting-edge scientific discoveries and engaging storytelling, the series challenges our preconceived notions about the natural world. It serves as a profound invitation to reconsider our relationship with the environment and appreciate the complexity and intelligence of the plant kingdom.

De geheime band tussen mens en natuur
The Secret Network of Nature
The Inner Life of Animals
The hidden life of trees

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    The hidden life of trees

    • 290 pages
    • 11 hours of reading
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    Sunday Times Bestseller 'A paradigm-smashing chronicle of joyous entanglement' Charles Foster Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month (September) Are trees social beings? How do trees live? Do they feel pain or have awareness of their surroundings? In The Hidden Life of Trees Peter Wohlleben makes the case that the forest is a social network. He draws on groundbreaking scientific discoveries to describe how trees are like human families: tree parents live together with their children, communicate with them, support them as they grow, share nutrients with those who are sick or struggling, and even warn each other of impending dangers. Wohlleben also shares his deep love of woods and forests, explaining the amazing processes of life, death and regeneration he has observed in his woodland. A walk in the woods will never be the same again.

    The hidden life of trees
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    The Inner Life of Animals

    • 288 pages
    • 11 hours of reading
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    Mother deer that grieve? Horses that feel shame? Squirrels that adopt their grandchildren? We humans tend to assume that we are the only living things able to experience feelings intensely and consciously. But have you ever wondered what's going on in an animal's head? More and more researchers are realising that animals in fact experience a rich emotional life. Acting as our interpreter of the animal world and of the fascinating science, Peter Wohlleben brings this new research to life with his own observations of his favourite creatures. From the leafy forest floor to the inside of a bee hive, The Inner Life of Animals shows us microscopic levels of observation as well as forcing us to confront the big philosophical, ethical and scientific questions. We hear the stories of a grateful humpback whale, of a hedgehog who has nightmares, and of a magpie who commits adultery; we meet bees that plan for the future, pigs who learn their own names and crows that go tobogganing for fun. And at last we find out why wasps exist. Our fellow creatures are not mindless automatons driven by an inflexible genetic code, but individuals with personality and feeling. The Inner Life of Animals will show you these living things in a new light and will open up the animal kingdom like never before.

    The Inner Life of Animals
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    De geheime band tussen mens en natuur

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    Hebben mensen net als sommige dieren een zesde zintuig voor gevaar? Is het mogelijk dat ons reukorgaan superieur is aan de speurneus van de hond? Hoe kan het dat ons immuunsysteem op de kleuren en de geur van het bos reageert? En omgekeerd: kunnen bomen ademhalen? Is er zelfs een soort hartslag bij ze meetbaar? En moeten we planten misschien als intelligente wezens beschouwen? Opnieuw opent Peter Wohlleben ons de ogen aan de hand van de recentste wetenschappelijke inzichten en zijn eigen ervaringen over verbazingwekkende natuurverschijnselen. En hij laat ons zien dat de mensen in veel opzichten nauw verweven zijn met de natuur.

    De geheime band tussen mens en natuur