The Secret Life of Plants: A Fascinating Account of the Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Relations Between Plants and Man

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Explore the inner world of plants and its fascinating relation to mankind, as uncovered by the latest discoveries of science. A perennial bestseller.

In this truly revolutionary and beloved work, drawn from remarkable research, Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird cast light on the rich psychic universe of plants.Nowavailable in anew edition, The Secret Life of Plants explores plants' response to human care and nurturing, their ability to communicate with man, plants' surprising reaction to music, their lie-detection abilities, their creative powers, and much more. Tompkins and Bird's classic book affirms the depth of humanity's relationship with nature and adds special urgency to the cause of protecting the environment that nourishes us.

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"The cult favorite, which hypothesized that plants may be sentient. . . . Fantastic revelations!" -- New York Times

"Once in a while you find a book that stuns you. This is such a book. It's scope leaves you breathless." -- San Francisco Chronicle

"Incredible. ... Bristles with plenty of hard facts and astounding scientific and practical lore." -- Newsweek

"This fascinating book... roams over that marvelous no man's land of mystical glimmerings into the nature of science and life itself." -- Washington Post

Author Bio

Peter Tompkins is the author with Christopher Bird, of the phenomenal bestseller The Secret Life of Plants. His other books include The Secrets of the Great Pyramid and Secrets of the Soul.