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The Weather Detective

Rediscovering Nature's Secret Signs

Rediscovering Nature's Secret Signs

Rediscovering Nature's Secret Signs

By Peter Wohlleben

By Peter Wohlleben

By Peter Wohlleben

By Peter Wohlleben

By Peter Wohlleben
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By Peter Wohlleben
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Jun 05, 2018 | ISBN 9781524743741

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Jun 05, 2018 | ISBN 9781524743758

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Jun 05, 2018 | 371 Minutes

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    About The Weather Detective

    The internationally bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees shows how we can decipher nature’s secret signs by studying the weather.

    The internationally bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees shows how we can decipher nature’s secret signs by studying the weather.

    In this first-ever English translation of The Weather Detective, Peter Wohlleben uses his long experience and deep love of nature to help decipher the weather and our local environments in a completely new and compelling way. Analyzing the explanations for everyday questions and mysteries surrounding weather and natural phenomena, he delves into a new and intriguing world of scientific investigation.

    At what temperature do bees stay home? Why do southerly winds in winter often bring storms? How can birdsong or flower scents help you tell the time? These are among the many questions Wohlleben poses in his newly translated book. Full of the very latest discoveries, combined with ancient now-forgotten lore, The Weather Detective helps you read nature’s secret signs and discover a rich new layer of meaning in the world around you.

    About The Weather Detective

    The internationally bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees shows how we can decipher nature’s secret signs by studying the weather.

    The internationally bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees shows how we can decipher nature’s secret signs by studying the weather.

    In this first-ever English translation of The Weather Detective, Peter Wohlleben uses his long experience and deep love of nature to help decipher the weather and our local environments in a completely new and compelling way. Analyzing the explanations for everyday questions and mysteries surrounding weather and natural phenomena, he delves into a new and intriguing world of scientific investigation.

    At what temperature do bees stay home? Why do southerly winds in winter often bring storms? How can birdsong or flower scents help you tell the time? These are among the many questions Wohlleben poses in his newly translated book. Full of the very latest discoveries, combined with ancient now-forgotten lore, The Weather Detective helps you read nature’s secret signs and discover a rich new layer of meaning in the world around you.

    About The Weather Detective

    The internationally bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees shows how we can decipher nature’s secret signs by studying the weather.

    The internationally bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees shows how we can decipher nature’s secret signs by studying the weather.

    In this first-ever English translation of The Weather Detective, Peter Wohlleben uses his long experience and deep love of nature to help decipher the weather and our local environments in a completely new and compelling way. Analyzing the explanations for everyday questions and mysteries surrounding weather and natural phenomena, he delves into a new and intriguing world of scientific investigation.

    At what temperature do bees stay home? Why do southerly winds in winter often bring storms? How can birdsong or flower scents help you tell the time? These are among the many questions Wohlleben poses in his newly translated book. Full of the very latest discoveries, combined with ancient now-forgotten lore, The Weather Detective helps you read nature’s secret signs and discover a rich new layer of meaning in the world around you.

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    About Peter Wohlleben

    Peter Wohlleben spent over twenty years working for the forestry commission in Germany before leaving to put his ideas of ecology into practice. He now runs an environmentally friendly woodland, where he is working toward the return of primeval forests,… More about Peter Wohlleben

    About Peter Wohlleben

    Peter Wohlleben spent over twenty years working for the forestry commission in Germany before leaving to put his ideas of ecology into practice. He now runs an environmentally friendly woodland, where he is working toward the return of primeval forests,… More about Peter Wohlleben

    About Peter Wohlleben

    Peter Wohlleben spent over twenty years working for the forestry commission in Germany before leaving to put his ideas of ecology into practice. He now runs an environmentally friendly woodland, where he is working toward the return of primeval forests,… More about Peter Wohlleben

    Product Details

    Category: Science & Technology

    Hardcover | $20.00
    Published by Dutton
    Jun 05, 2018 | 208 Pages | 5-1/4 x 7-1/2 | ISBN 9781524743741

    Category: Science & Technology

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Dutton
    Jun 05, 2018 | 208 Pages | 5-1/4 x 7-1/2 | ISBN 9781524743758

    Category: Science & Technology | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $15.00
    Published by Penguin Audio
    Jun 05, 2018 | 371 Minutes | ISBN 9780525639398

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    Praise

    “A guidebook on how everything we need to know about the weather can be learned by paying close attention to our natural surroundings in general and our gardens in particular…You’ll never look at your garden the same way again.”
    —Kirkus Reviews
     
    “Wohlleben’s insightful observations of nature, combined with his signature blend of science and imagination, invite us into deeper relationship with the ecology of our homes.”
    —David George Haskell, Pulitzer finalist and author of The Forest Unseen and The Songs of Trees
     
    “For a society increasingly distanced from nature, Wohlleben renews our appreciation of the wonderful and varied ties between the living and nonliving worlds, including those that bind our favorite plants and animals with that most familiar of all
    physical entities, the weather.”
    —Bill Streever, nationally bestselling author of Cold

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