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 erva...

Wat weet jij van de badgeheimen van de houtduif? En wie is die kleine Kung Fu fighter in de struiken van jouw achtertuin? Je leest het allemaal in mijn bundel 'Tuinvogelverhalen'.

Als beheerders van ons mini natuurgebied, namelijk onze achtertuin, genieten mijn man en ik dagelijks van mooie, interessante en grappige voorvallen met 'onze' tuinvogels. Houd je van natuur en durf je een beetje slordig te zijn? Word dan natuurbeheerder van jouw eigen mini natuurgebied. In de korte verhalen over t...

Before the "Origin of Species", accepted thinking held that life was the static and perfect creation of God. By a single, systematic argument Darwin called this view into question. This edition includes brief biographies of some of the most important scientific thinkers leading up to and surrounding the "Origin of Species".

From the walnut tree at his Suffolk home, the author embarks upon a quest that takes him through Britain, across Europe, to Central Asia and Australia, in search of what lies behind man's profound and enduring connection with wood and with trees. He tells about the element wood, as it exists in nature, in our souls, in our culture and our lives.

Writes of Passage explores the interplay between a system of "othering" which travelers bring to a place, and the "real" geographical difference they discover upon arrival. Exposing the tensions between the imaginary and real, Duncan and Gregory and a team of leading international contributors focus primarily upon travelers from the 18th and 19th Centuries to pin down the imaginary within the context of imperial power. The contributors focus on travel to three main regions: Africa, South Asia...

This book identifies the most common types of waste, its major producers, how we manage waste locally, regionally and globally, and why this management is leading to more waste. It is written for students and general readers interested in waste as a human health and environmental issue.

Forage is a beautifully illustrated celebration of edible plants that can be found throughout the world.

Anybody can enjoy the increasingly popular back-to-nature activity of foraging. In some countries these plants are now forgotten as food, but in others they are still celebrated for their value as nutritious, delicious ingredients and cooking with wild plants is increasingly being adopted by mainstream restaurants. Journeying through 50 globally populated edible plants, Forage explores the...

This beautifully illustrated guide unlocks the mysteries of botanical Latin explaining what plant names mean and the descriptive clues they conceal.