FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREESA powerful return to the forest where trees have heartbeats and roots are like brains that extend underground. Where the color green calms us and the forest sharpens our senses.In The Heartbeat of Trees renowned forester Peter Wohlleben draws on new scientific discoveries to show how humans are deeply connected to the natural world.In an era of cell phone addiction climate change and urban life many of us fear weamprsquove lost our connection to natureampmdashbut Peter Wohlleben is convinced that ageold ties linking humans to the forest remain alive and intact.Drawing on science and cuttingedge research The Heartbeat of Trees reveals the profound interactions humans can have with nature exploringthe language of the forestthe consciousness of plantsand the eroding boundary between flora and fauna.ampnbspA perfect book to take with you into the woods The Heartbeat of Trees shares how to see feel smell hear and even taste the forest.Peter Wohlleben renowned for his ability to write about trees in an engaging and moving way reveals a wondrous cosmos where humans are a part of nature and where conservation and environmental activism is not just about saving treesampmdashitamprsquos about saving ourselves too.Praise for The Heartbeat of TreesampldquoAs human beings weamprsquore desperate to feel that weamprsquore not alone in the universe. And yet we are surrounded by an ongoing conversation that we can sense if as Peter Wohlleben so movingly prescribes we listen to the heartbeat of all life.amprdquo ampmdashRichard Louv author of Our Wild Calling and Last Child in the WoodsampldquoAstonishment after astonishmentampmdashthat is the great gift of The Heartbeat of Trees. It is both a celebration of the wonders of trees and a howl of outrage at how recklessly we profane them.amprdquo ampmdashKathleen Dean Moore author of Earthamprsquos Wild MusicampldquoAs Peter Wohlleben reminds us in The Heartbeat of