Entangled Life
How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures
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Merlin Sheldrake
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Merlin Sheldrake
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Brought to you by Penguin.
The million-copy bestseller that will transform your understanding of our planet and life itself.
*WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY BOOK PRIZE 2021*
*WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRTITING 2021*
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2021*
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021*
The more we learn about fungi, the less makes sense without them. They can change our minds, heal our bodies and even help us avoid environmental disaster; they are metabolic masters, earth-makers and key players in most of nature's processes. In Entangled Life, Merlin Sheldrake takes us on a mind-altering journey into their spectacular world, and reveals how these extraordinary organisms transform our understanding of our planet and life itself.
'Astonishing ... it seems somehow to tip the natural world upside down' Observer
'Completely mind-blowing ... reads like an adventure story' Sunday Times
'Dazzling, vibrant, vision-changing' Robert Macfarlane
'Urgent, astounding and necessary' Helen Macdonald
'Gorgeous!' Margaret Atwood (on Twitter)
'Wonderful' Nigella Lawson
'A magical writer' Russell Brand
'This book is like one surprise after another' David Byrne
'Uplifting' Jeanette Winterson
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- Tony
- 15-09-20
Interesting subject, A bit pretentious.
An informative overview of a fascinating subject.
The author / narrator is a bit pretentious and strives to be profound.
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- El Hobbito
- 19-12-20
Can’t praise this book enough
A great story of entanglement told wonderfully by the Author. Would love to sit down and have a chat with Merlin! So many questions!
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- William
- 01-12-20
Not simply about fungi. Reflections on life
An astonishing achievement. Muses on relationships between species, blurring and enriching our view of the nature of nature.
Erudite, informative, playful, poetic. A mind and soul charger and changer
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- matthew943
- 22-07-21
the mushrooms know too much
mushrooms are beyond our understanding of conventional intelligence. bow to your new fungi overlord. he's a pretty fun guy
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- Beth
- 20-02-21
Fun-read 🍄
One of the best books I've read in a long time - understanding of the science at my level & enjoyed learning more about Funghi & the Wood Wide Web 🍄
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- Hilary Jenkins Spangler
- 25-03-21
Magical!
I feel like I've been on the most incredible journey!Merlin Sheldrake has an extraordinary mind, his descriptive narratives are poetic and beautiful. This book has opened up a bigger and richer world to me! I rarely leave reviews, but this book is too good to pass up.
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- John Cullen
- 27-03-21
Wonderful and enlightening
This book is required reading or listening for those with an interest in life.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-04-21
Fascinating story
Fascinating story, told in a very engaging way. This book has enhanced my interests in nature.
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- Liam
- 20-05-21
An absolutely brilliant book!
Buy this book, listen to it several times then tell everyone you know about it!
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- Tayonn Brewer
- 05-01-21
Beautifully written,Beautifully Read
Sheldrake’s softly spoken narration would be just as at home unfolding a gentle bedtime story if he weren’t so overqualified for the role. He eloquently guides the listener through complex subject matter in such a way that it is easy to understand, absorb and digest, seamlessly weaving patterns of behaviour in nature together and making wonderful reference and metaphor to how many things both fungal in nature and not somehow find balance amongst the seeming chaos and conflict of nature, finding symbiosis and equilibrium in such beautiful ways. The author finds ways of showing the interconnectedness of all these things in such ways that brilliantly reflect the mycelial nature of the world all around us.
A stunning piece you simply must weave yourself through and digest much like the oyster mycelium the author recommends to feed the book to upon completion. Simply wonderful.
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