Between Earth and Sky: Our Intimate Connections to Trees (Signed!) [B2151]

2008 HCDJ in Gift-Worthy condition. World-renowned canopy biologist Nalini Nadkarni has climbed trees on four continents with scientists, students, artists, clergymen, musicians, activists, loggers, legislators, and Inuits, gathering diverse perspectives. In Between Earth and Sky, a rich tapestry of personal stories, information, art, and photography, she becomes our captivating guide to the leafy wilderness above our heads. Through her luminous narrative, we embark on a multifaceted exploration of trees that illuminates the profound connections we have with them, the dazzling array of goods and services they provide, and the powerful lessons they hold for us. Nadkarni describes trees' intricate root systems, their highly evolved and still not completely understood canopies, their role in commerce and medicine, their existence in city centers and in extreme habitats of mountaintops and deserts, and their important place in folklore and the arts. She explains tree fundamentals and considers the symbolic role they have assumed in culture and religion. In a book that reawakens our sense of wonder at the fascinating world of trees, we ultimately find entry to the entire natural world and rediscover our own place in it.

From recent-ish Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "A wonderfully composed love letter to life, nature and trees I particularly enjoyed the collection of poems on trees scattered through the book and the chapter on spirituality and religion."; "Beautiful book, poetic and connecting with all the little intricacies to which our lives are dependent on trees."; "I recently heard Professor Nadkarni deliver an exceptional speech to The Great Peninsula Conservancy, a land trust nonprofit on the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington State, inspiring me to buy her book. This book is for everyone, not just diehard conservationists and tree-huggers. Dr. Nadkarni shares her cutting edge expertise in regard to trees, drawing undeniable interconnections in regard to poetry, spirituality, religion, symbolism, humanity, and a higher consciousness about nature. Very highly recommended."