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A wondrous journey through the wilds of nature and the gnarls of history, exploring how trees – from the tiniest bonsai to the mightiest sequoia – teach us to grow wise, from New York Times bestselling author Robert Moor.A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SUMMER BOOK OF 2026"Brilliant, powerful, fascinating" ROBERT MACFARLANE"Deeply thoughtful" ROBIN WALL KIMMERER"Marvellous" JAY GRIFFITHS"Captivating and exhilarating" TRISTAN GOOLEY“A sage, companionable and fulgent meditation” CHARLES FOSTER, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT"Entertaining, original and inspiring" CLIVE COOKSON, FINANCIAL TIMES"A beautiful book, impossible to put down” DAVID WALLACE-WELLS, THE NEW YORK TIMES__________A tree is not just a type of being, it is also a way of being – one that is wildly creative, fantastically resilient, and most of all, deeply rooted...One day, on a whim, Robert Moor set out to climb a tree near his home, unwittingly embarking on what would become a decade-long, globe-spanning adventure. Drawing on an astonishing range of thinkers, from cutting-edge scientists to ancient philosophers, Moor explores how trees have shaped human lives for millennia – and how they can guide us into the future.His hunt for the ‘wisdom of trees’ takes him from the Lake District to Ethiopia, Tanzania, Papua and Japan. He dines with David Attenborough, naps with chimpanzees and risks his life to save an ancient forest. Along the way, Moor investigates some of humanity’s oldest mysteries: What is the secret to growing old well? How do we set down roots in an increasingly chaotic world? And most importantly, how should we – as individuals, as communities, as stewards of the Earth – live?What begins as an ode to the miracle of trees blossoms into a joyous, daring, fiercely hopeful endeavour to broaden our minds and deepen our connections. To truly grasp the wisdom of a tree, this bold new classic announces, you must learn to think like one.__________"Wise, profound, and quietly transformative; this is a book I will press into the hands of loved ones" SOPHIE PAVELLE"An abundant forest of poetry, philosophy, prose, passion and piercing dendrology" MERLIN HANBURY-TENISON"profound and deepening, written with flair and originality. Everyone should read it – even people who aren’t much into trees" JINI REDDY

A wondrous journey through the wilds of nature and the gnarls of history, exploring how trees – from the tiniest bonsai to the mightiest sequoia – teach us to grow wise, from New York Times bestselling author Robert Moor.A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SUMMER BOOK OF 2026"Brilliant, powerful, fascinating" ROBERT MACFARLANE"Deeply thoughtful" ROBIN WALL KIMMERER"Marvellous" JAY GRIFFITHS"Captivating and exhilarating" TRISTAN GOOLEY“A sage, companionable and fulgent meditation” CHARLES FOSTER, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT"Entertaining, original and inspiring" CLIVE COOKSON, FINANCIAL TIMES"A beautiful book, impossible to put down” DAVID WALLACE-WELLS, THE NEW YORK TIMES__________A tree is not just a type of being, it is also a way of being – one that is wildly creative, fantastically resilient, and most of all, deeply rooted...One day, on a whim, Robert Moor set out to climb a tree near his home, unwittingly embarking on what would become a decade-long, globe-spanning adventure. Drawing on an astonishing range of thinkers, from cutting-edge scientists to ancient philosophers, Moor explores how trees have shaped human lives for millennia – and how they can guide us into the future.His hunt for the ‘wisdom of trees’ takes him from the Lake District to Ethiopia, Tanzania, Papua and Japan. He dines with David Attenborough, naps with chimpanzees and risks his life to save an ancient forest. Along the way, Moor investigates some of humanity’s oldest mysteries: What is the secret to growing old well? How do we set down roots in an increasingly chaotic world? And most importantly, how should we – as individuals, as communities, as stewards of the Earth – live?What begins as an ode to the miracle of trees blossoms into a joyous, daring, fiercely hopeful endeavour to broaden our minds and deepen our connections. To truly grasp the wisdom of a tree, this bold new classic announces, you must learn to think like one.__________"Wise, profound, and quietly transformative; this is a book I will press into the hands of loved ones" SOPHIE PAVELLE"An abundant forest of poetry, philosophy, prose, passion and piercing dendrology" MERLIN HANBURY-TENISON"profound and deepening, written with flair and originality. Everyone should read it – even people who aren’t much into trees" JINI REDDY

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA globe-spanning adventure through history, philosophy, science, nature and travel writing to discover how trails – from the miniscule to the massive – help us understand the world around us.‘Terrific, richly mapped and deeply felt and thought’ ROBERT MACFARLANE'A wanderer's dream' THE ECONOMIST'Marvellous' THE TELEGRAPH‘An incredible history of why we walk in the paths and roads we do’ GRANTAFrom the dawn of animal life to the digital era and on every scale of life, from microscopic cells to herds of elephants, we can be found relying on trails. While thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail, Robert Moor began to wonder about those paths and set off travelling the globe to explore trails of all kinds.Weaving together history, philosophy, science, nature and travel writing, On Trails reveals how the oft-overlooked trail sheds new light on a wealth of age-old questions: How does order emerge out of chaos? How did animals first crawl forth from the seas and spread across continents? How has humanity’s relationship with nature and technology shaped world around us? And, ultimately, how does each of us pick a path through life?We join Moor as he hikes through unexpected and delightfully surprising places, from the Appalachian Mountains to hunting down long-lost Cherokee trails, exploring the routes of termites and naked mole-rats carving tunnels through the earth to tracing the tangled neural pathways of a human brain and the internet.Piece by piece, Moor reveals a breath-taking panoramic view of how pathways act as an essential guiding force on this planet and powerfully shows that without trails, we would truly be lost._________Waterstones’ Best Travel WritingA Telegraph Best Travel BookA Guardian Bookshop’s Best Nature WritingWinner of the National Outdoor Book Award_________'Robert Moor is a philosopher on foot ... the only constant in On Trails is the promise of surprise' THE WALL STREET JOURNAL'Enchanting' THE BOSTON GLOBE'The perfect companion' BILL MCKIBBEN

New York Times Bestseller • Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award • Winner of the Saroyan International Prize for Writing • Winner of the Pacific Northwest Book Award • “The best outdoors book of the year.” —Sierra Club From a talent who’s been compared to Annie Dillard, Edward Abbey, David Quammen, and Jared Diamond, On Trails is a wondrous exploration of how trails help us understand the world—from invisible ant trails to hiking paths that span continents, from interstate highways to the Internet.While thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail, Robert Moor began to wonder about the paths that lie beneath our feet: How do they form? Why do some improve over time while others fade? What makes us follow or strike off on our own? Over the course of seven years, Moor traveled the globe, exploring trails of all kinds, from the miniscule to the massive. He learned the tricks of master trail-builders, hunted down long-lost Cherokee trails, and traced the origins of our road networks and the Internet. In each chapter, Moor interweaves his adventures with findings from science, history, philosophy, and nature writing. Throughout, Moor reveals how this single topic—the oft-overlooked trail—sheds new light on a wealth of age-old questions: How does order emerge out of chaos? How did animals first crawl forth from the seas and spread across continents? How has humanity’s relationship with nature and technology shaped world around us? And, ultimately, how does each of us pick a path through life? Moor has the essayist’s gift for making new connections, the adventurer’s love for paths untaken, and the philosopher’s knack for asking big questions. With a breathtaking arc that spans from the dawn of animal life to the digital era, On Trails is a book that makes us see our world, our history, our species, and our ways of life anew.

From the acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller On Trails comes a wondrous new journey through the wilds of nature and the gnarls of history, exploring how trees—from the mightiest sequoia to the tiniest bonsai—can teach us to grow wise.To truly grasp the wisdom of a tree, you need to begin thinking like one… One day, on a whim, Robert Moor set out to climb a tree near his home—unwittingly embarking on what would become a decade-long, globe-spanning adventure of intellectual and spiritual transformation. Pursuing the hidden wisdom of trees, he scales to the very top of a giant sequoia while filming a nature documentary with David Attenborough; he treks through swamps in Papua to reach a treehouse-dwelling tribe of hunter-gatherers; and he journeys to a remote research camp in Tanzania, where he spends a memorable night sleeping in a chimpanzee nest, seeking to understand our deep evolutionary history. Eventually, having gained a radical new outlook on both our gnarled past and our ever-branching future, he joins an intrepid clan of climate activists risking everything to halt construction of a new oil pipeline and save an ancient forest. Along the way, Moor learns the art of “tree-thinking,” which, he discovers, has the power to break open some of humanity’s oldest questions: What is the secret to truly growing old? How do we set down deeper roots in an increasingly chaotic world? Most importantly, how should we—as individuals, as communities, as stewards of the earth—live? A witty and relentlessly curious excursion through philosophy, history, and science, what begins as an ode to the miracle of trees blossoms into a joyous, daring, fiercely hopeful endeavor to arborize humanity.

New York Times Bestseller • Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award • Winner of the Saroyan International Prize for Writing • Winner of the Pacific Northwest Book Award • “The best outdoors book of the year.” —Sierra Club From a talent who’s been compared to Annie Dillard, Edward Abbey, David Quammen, and Jared Diamond, On Trails is a wondrous exploration of how trails help us understand the world—from invisible ant trails to hiking paths that span continents, from interstate highways to the Internet.While thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail, Robert Moor began to wonder about the paths that lie beneath our feet: How do they form? Why do some improve over time while others fade? What makes us follow or strike off on our own? Over the course of seven years, Moor traveled the globe, exploring trails of all kinds, from the miniscule to the massive. He learned the tricks of master trail-builders, hunted down long-lost Cherokee trails, and traced the origins of our road networks and the Internet. In each chapter, Moor interweaves his adventures with findings from science, history, philosophy, and nature writing. Throughout, Moor reveals how this single topic—the oft-overlooked trail—sheds new light on a wealth of age-old questions: How does order emerge out of chaos? How did animals first crawl forth from the seas and spread across continents? How has humanity’s relationship with nature and technology shaped world around us? And, ultimately, how does each of us pick a path through life? Moor has the essayist’s gift for making new connections, the adventurer’s love for paths untaken, and the philosopher’s knack for asking big questions. With a breathtaking arc that spans from the dawn of animal life to the digital era, On Trails is a book that makes us see our world, our history, our species, and our ways of life anew.