treesdurham book club
Join us on the second Tuesday of each month for the TreesDurham Book Club meeting.
The aim is to create a forum for shared learning and meet new and diverse people with common interests. This is lighthearted and fun club. The members select books each month's book.
The aim is to create a forum for shared learning and meet new and diverse people with common interests. This is lighthearted and fun club. The members select books each month's book.
This Month's Book Club
You are invited to join our next monthly Book Club Meeting on Tuesday, June 13th, 2023 at 6:30 P.M.
Location: Ponysaurus Brewery, 219 Hood St., Durham, NC 27701
If you have additional questions, and for future book club information, contact your host, Berry Puma, at berrypuma@outlook.com.
June Book of the Month
Oak, The Frame of Civilization
By: William Bryant Logan
Professional arborist and award-winning nature writer William Bryant Logan deftly relates the delightful history of the reciprocal relationship between humans and oak trees since time immemorial. For centuries these supremely adaptable, generous trees have supported humankind in nearly every facet of life. From the ink of Bach’s cantatas to the first boat to reach the New World, the wagon, the barrel, and the sword, oak trees have been a constant presence in our past. Yet we’ve largely forgotten the oak’s role in civilization. With reverence, humor, and compassion, Logan awakens us to the vibrant presence of the oak throughout our history and in today’s world.
Location: Ponysaurus Brewery, 219 Hood St., Durham, NC 27701
If you have additional questions, and for future book club information, contact your host, Berry Puma, at berrypuma@outlook.com.
June Book of the Month
Oak, The Frame of Civilization
By: William Bryant Logan
Professional arborist and award-winning nature writer William Bryant Logan deftly relates the delightful history of the reciprocal relationship between humans and oak trees since time immemorial. For centuries these supremely adaptable, generous trees have supported humankind in nearly every facet of life. From the ink of Bach’s cantatas to the first boat to reach the New World, the wagon, the barrel, and the sword, oak trees have been a constant presence in our past. Yet we’ve largely forgotten the oak’s role in civilization. With reverence, humor, and compassion, Logan awakens us to the vibrant presence of the oak throughout our history and in today’s world.
Historical books
This is your Mind on PlantsIf you're looking for a book list of interesting nature books, you've come to the right place. Below are the books we've read over the past two years. We hope you enjoy them as much as we have!
-The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey
- What the Robin Knows by Jon Young
- Under a White Sky by Elizabeth Kolbert
- Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard
- The Nature of Oaks by Douglas Tallamy
- To Speak for the Trees by Diana Beresford-Kroeger
- Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Kimmerer
- Nature's Best Hope by Douglas Tallamy
- The Song of Trees by David Haskell
- Trees of Power by Akiva Silver
-The Journey of Trees by Zach St. George
- The Nature Fix by Florence Williams
- Fresh Banana Leaves by Jessica Hernandez
- The Treeline by Ben Lawrence
- The Heartbeat of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
- Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
- Gathering Moss by Robbin Wall Kimmerer
-This is Your Mind on plants by Michael Pollan
- Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton