{"product_id":"9781529921267","title":"The Genius of Trees","description":"Author: Rix, Harriet\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529921267\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 07 Jul 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlt;bPgt;The mind-expanding global story of how trees have used the elements to shape our world - possessing agency beyond anything we might have imaginedPlt;\/bPgt;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlt;pPgt;Plt;iPgt;The Genius of TreesPlt;\/iPgt; tells the mind-expanding global story of the inventive and astonishing ways trees learned to shape our natural world.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Over hundreds of millions of years, from prehistoric forests to the trees around us today, we see trees using fire as a reproductive tool, harnessing large mammals to spread their seeds (but poisoning smaller, less useful mammals), and splitting rock to create fertile ground in barren landscapes.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Because trees, we discover, manipulate fundamental elements, plants, animals, bacteria, fungi, and even humankind to achieve their ends. From the laurel cloud-forests of the Canary Islands to the magnificent sex-shifting oaks of Iraq, from the giant sequoias of California to the carbon-spinning junipers of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border P#8211; trees sculpt their environments.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;At once transporting and expert, Plt;iPgt;The Genius of TreesPlt;\/iPgt; gives us hope for the future. It enables us to see trees, for the first time, not as victims but as agents of change in a grand ecological narrative P#8211; and as leading actors in the great drama of life on earth.Plt;\/pPgt;","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48248297259166,"sku":"UBD-9781529921267","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781529921267.jpg?v=1788869612","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781529921267","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}