Download or read book Trees of Life written by Max Adams and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-14 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A captivatingly informative and visually beautiful survey of the tree species – from all over the world – that human cultures have found most useful. Each tree species is the subject of a concise text centred on a story – or stories – about the tree in question, and is depicted by means of a photograph, painting or other aesthetic artefact. The species will be organized thematically according to the virtues they impart, be that in the form of timber, nuts, fruit or medicine. The bloodwood tree, a native of central America, is a tree that made a nation. Its wood produces a brilliant and lucrative bright red dye and was imported to Europe for use in dyeing fabrics. The 17th and 18th-century logging camps established by the British later became the modern nation of Belize, and the bloodwood tree appears on its national flag. From the bloodwood to the breadfruit and from the cinchona to the peach, these are trees that offer not merely shelter, timber and fuel but also medicines, dyes, foods and fibres. They are very special trees, and Max Adams, author of The Wisdom of Trees, has a plethora of such fascinating stories to tell about them.
Download or read book Living with the Trees of Life written by Roger R. B. Leakey and published by Cabi. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the career of Roger Leakey, the former Director of Research at the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry, this book presents the experiences of real life situations in rural villages of remote and distant places. It shows how the science of agroforestry can offer hope from the doom and gloom often emanating from the tropics.
Download or read book Trees of Life written by Theodore W. Pietsch and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evolution.
Download or read book The Great Tree of Life written by Douglas Soltis and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2018-11-14 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Tree of Life is a concise, approachable treatment that surveys the concept of the Tree of Life, including chapters on its historical introduction and cultural connection. The Tree of Life is a metaphor used to describe the relationships between organisms, both living and extinct. It has been widely recognized that the relationship between the roughly 10 million species on earth drives the ecological system. This work covers options on how to build the tree, demonstrating its utility in drug discovery, curing disease, crop improvement, conservation biology and ecology, along with tactics on how to respond to the challenges of climate change. This book is a key aid on the improvement of our understanding of the relationships between species, the increasing and essential awareness of biodiversity, and the power of employing modern biology to build the tree of life. Provides a single reference describing the properties, history and utility of The Tree of Life Introduces phylogenetics and its applications in an approachable manner Written by experts on the Tree of Life Includes an online companion site containing various original videos to enhance the reader’s understanding and experience
Download or read book The Hidden Life of Trees What They Feel How They Communicate written by Peter Wohlleben and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2017-08-24 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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?
Download or read book Trees of Power written by Akiva Silver and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trees are our allies in maintaining a healthy planet. Partnering with trees allows us to build soil, enhance biodiversity, increase wildlife populations, grow food and medicine, and pull carbon out of the atmosphere. Trees of Power by Akiva Silver shares a step-by-step path toward working with these arboreal allies, from planting to propagation to understanding the multiple benefits that ten of our most essential tree species - the chestnut, apple, hickory, and more - provide for humans, animals, and nature alike. In this book you'll learn how to work successfully with perennial woody plants. It includes in-depth information on individual species and different ways to propagate trees - whether by seed, grafting, layering, or with cuttings. These time-honored techniques make it easy for anyone to increase their stock of trees simply and inexpensively. Silver's combination of hands-on experience and sincere exuberance for the natural world will inspire a new generation of tree stewards while appealing to anyone who feels a deep appreciation for these magnificent plants.--COVER.
Download or read book Retelling the Stories of Our Lives Everyday Narrative Therapy to Draw Inspiration and Transform Experience written by David Denborough and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2014-01-06 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Powerful ideas from narrative therapy can teach us how to create new life stories and promote change. Our lives and their pathways are not fixed in stone; instead they are shaped by story. The ways in which we understand and share the stories of our lives therefore make all the difference. If we tell stories that emphasize only desolation, then we become weaker. If we tell our stories in ways that make us stronger, we can soothe our losses and ease our sorrows. Learning how to re-envision the stories we tell about ourselves can make an enormous difference in the ways we live our lives. Drawing on wisdoms from the field of narrative therapy, this book is designed to help people rewrite and retell the stories of their lives. The book invites readers to take a new look at their own stories and to find significance in events often neglected, to find sparkling actions that are often discounted, and to find solutions to problems and predicaments in unexpected places. Readers are introduced to key ideas of narrative practice like the externalizing problems - 'the person is not the problem, the problem is the problem' -and the concept of "re-membering" one's life. Easy-to-understand examples and exercises demonstrate how these ideas have helped many people overcome intense hardship and will help readers make these techniques their own. The book also outlines practical strategies for reclaiming and celebrating one's experience in the face of specific challenges such as trauma, abuse, personal failure, grief, and aging. Filled with relatable examples, useful exercises, and informative illustrations, Retelling the Stories of Our Lives leads readers on a path to reclaim their past and re-envision their future.
Download or read book Reforesting Faith written by Matthew Sleeth and published by Waterbrook Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bible talks about trees more than any living creation other than people. In this groundbreaking walk through Scripture, a former physician and carpenter makes the convincing case why trees are essential to every Christian's understanding of God.
Download or read book Our Trees of Life written by Christine Graef and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2015-11-20 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God's word begins with the tree of life and the tree of knowledge watered by a river nourishing Eden. As it ends with the image of a tree by a river appearing in heaven, the redeemed who have stood as "a tree planted by streams of water, bringing the fruits of the spirit, and birds and animals of every kind find shelter" are healed by its leaves. In the ecology of trees, we find the believer, rooted in living water, lifting to the heavens, sheltering others, and bearing fruit. From communities of pines and oaks of the North American continent, to the solitary baobab silhouetted on the African savannah, to the restoration of Israel's cedars in Asia, trees are being felled under a darkening warfare to silence God's words. Every year an estimated 100,000 Christians die for their faith. Hundreds more suffer loss of home and jobs. Churches burn and worshippers are slaughtered. Jesus is being argued in the courts and classrooms. His believers are imprisoned and beheaded. Our Trees of Life combines the tangible world of trees around us with an image of God's concern for us in a world increasingly hostile to his word.
Download or read book Usborne Book and Jigsaw Tree of Life written by Alice James and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-07 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautiful, 300-piece jigsaw the 'Tree of Life' accompanied by a 16pp book packed with information. The jigsaw creates a graphic illustration of the whole tree of life from microscopic bacteria to rainforest ecosystems, full of information about how life works, what makes a living thing, and all sorts of the Earth's amazing plants and animals.
Download or read book Creative Haven Trees of Life Coloring Book written by Cari Buziak and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richly detailed illustrations incorporate historical and cultural motifs from around the world. Thirty-one designs include examples of Celtic, Islamic, Japanese, Egyptian art plus patterns inspired by Art Nouveau, Art Deco, other trends.
Download or read book There Were Two Trees in the Garden written by Rick Joyner and published by Morningstar Publications Inc.. This book was released on 1986 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There Were Two Trees in the Garden has remained a bestseller for more than twenty-five years. Discover the conflict as old as the Garden of Eden and represented by two trees: The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil and the Tree of Life. This classic book is a study of the fundamental difference between what these two trees represent—the kingdom of darkness and the kingdom of God. Learn how the struggle that began so long ago affects your life today, and how you can stand for truth in the midst of darkness.
Download or read book The Songs of Trees written by David George Haskell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Marketing Blurb
Download or read book Ceramic Trees of Life written by Lenore Hoag Mulryan and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lavishly illustrated with stunning examples, this volume traces the Tree of Life from its pre-Colombian origins to its role as a vibrant symbol of modern Mexico
Download or read book TREES OF LIFE OUR FORESTS IN PERIL written by Brian E. Stout and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2013-12-06 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book challenges the current management of our remaining forestlands and proposes a different approach to our relationship with nature and the implications for the science of forestry. It identifies the problem as a people problem resulting from the strong influence of cultural values on scientific principles. The European (Western) culture and the Native American culture are compared to identify opportunities for future changes that can lead to a more eco-friendly approach to managing our remaining valuable forested lands. Current forest science focuses on the renewable resources to be extracted from the forests rather than the requirement of maintaining health and diverse forest communities. It is a call to observe the complexity of creation by identifying the multitude of relationships that are constantly evolving within each community. The book documents the concerns with current management based on the authors personal experience during his 34 year career with one of the worlds leading public forest land managing Agencies, the US Forest Service. The book concludes with a "call to action" for all interests, if we are to prolong human existence on this planet.
Download or read book Gospelbound written by Collin Hansen and published by Multnomah. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A profound exploration of how to hold on to hope when our unchanging faith collides with a changing culture, from two respected Christian storytellers and thought leaders. “Offers neither spin control nor image maintenance for the evangelical tribe, but genuine hope.”—Russell Moore, president of ERLC As the pressures of health warnings, economic turmoil, and partisan politics continue to rise, the influence of gospel-focused Christians seems to be waning. In the public square and popular opinion, we are losing our voice right when it’s needed most for Christ’s glory and the common good. But there’s another story unfolding too—if you know where to look. In Gospelbound, Collin Hansen and Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra counter these growing fears with a robust message of resolute hope for anyone hungry for good news. Join them in exploring profound stories of Christians who are quietly changing the world in the name of Jesus—from the wild world of digital media to the stories of ancient saints and unsung contemporary activists on the frontiers of justice and mercy. Discover how, in these dark times, the light of Jesus shines even brighter. You haven’t heard the whole story. And that’s good news.
Download or read book Remarkable Trees of the World written by and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2002 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A landmark volume celebrating the most remarkable trees on the planet, Pakenham takes readers on a voyage across four continents and introduces them to arbors of all shapes and sizes--dwarfs, giants, aliens, and monuments. Full-color photos.
