{"product_id":"entangled-life","title":"Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds \u0026 Shape Our Futures","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER WITH OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eA “brilliant [and] entrancing” (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e) journey into the hidden lives of fungi—the great connectors of the living world—and their astonishing and intimate roles in human life, with the power to heal our bodies, expand our minds, and help us address our most urgent environmental problems.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Grand and dizzying in how thoroughly it recalibrates our understanding of the natural world.” Ed Yong, author of \u003ci\u003eAn Immense World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF \u003ci\u003ePEOPLE\u003c\/i\u003e’S BEST BOOKS OF THE 2020S • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eTime, BBC Science Focus, The Daily Mail, Geographical, The Times, The Telegraph, New Statesman, London Evening Standard, Science Friday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen we think of fungi, we likely think of\u003cspan class=\"atm_keep-reading-flag\"\u003e\u003csmall\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa fa-arrow-down\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies, analogous to apples on a tree. Most fungi live out of sight, yet make up a massively diverse kingdom of organisms that supports and sustains nearly all living systems. Fungi provide a key to understanding the planet on which we live, and the ways we think, feel, and behave.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the first edition of this mind-bending book, Sheldrake introduced us to this mysterious but massively diverse kingdom of life. This exquisitely designed volume, abridged from the original, features more than one hundred full-color images that bring the spectacular variety, strangeness, and beauty of fungi to life as never before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFungi throw our concepts of individuality and even intelligence into question. They are metabolic masters, earth makers, and key players in most of life’s processes. They can change our minds, heal our bodies, and even help us remediate environmental disaster. By examining fungi on their own terms, Sheldrake reveals how these extraordinary organisms—and our relationships with them—are changing our understanding of how life works.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Wainwright Prize, the Royal Society Science Book Prize, and the Guild of Food Writers Award • Shortlisted for the British Book Award • Longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eMerlin Sheldrake\u003c\/b\u003e is a biologist and a writer. He received a Ph.D. in tropical ecology from the University of Cambridge for his work on underground fungal networks in tropical forests in Panama, where he was a predoctoral research fellow of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. He is a musician and keen fermenter. \u003ci\u003eEntangled Life\u003c\/i\u003e is his first book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“[An] ebullient and ambitious exploration . . . Reading [\u003ci\u003eEntangled Life\u003c\/i\u003e] left me not just moved but altered, eager to disseminate its message of what fungi can do.” \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A gorgeous book of literary nature writing, ripe with insight and erudition. . . . Food for the soul.”\u003ci\u003e The Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An encapsulating look at the importance of fungi to our ecosystem and world—as key players in biological processes, as crucial healing instruments and more. You’ll never look at mushrooms the same way again.”\u003ci\u003e People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Nearly every page of this book contained either an observation so interesting or a turn of phrase so lovely that I was moved to slow down, stop, and re-read. . . . [\u003ci\u003eEntangled Life\u003c\/i\u003e] reminded me that fungi are, like the Universe, sublime.”\u003ci\u003e—Science\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An exuberant introduction to the biology, ecology, climatology, and psychopharmacology of the earth’s ‘metabolic wizards.’”\u003ci\u003e Harpers Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A poetic, mind-bending tour of the fungal world.” \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Wondrous . . . Humans should consider fungi among the greatest of earth’s marvels.”\u003ci\u003e Time\u003c\/i\u003e (Books of the Year)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An astonishing book.” \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Completely mind-blowing.”\u003ci\u003e The Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Grand and dizzying in how thoroughly it recalibrates our understanding of the natural world.” Ed Yong, author of \u003ci\u003eAn Immense World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I fell in love with this book. Merlin Sheldrake is a scientist with the imagination of a poet and a beautiful writer.” Michael Pollan, author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Change Your Mind \u003c\/i\u003e(Bay Area Book Festival, 2020)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A magical journey deep into the roots of Nature by an expert storyteller . . . a must-read.” Paul Stamets, author of \u003ci\u003eMycelium Running\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Reading this book, I felt surrounded by a web of wonder. The natural world is more fantastic than any fantasy, so long as you have the means to perceive it. This book provides the means.” Jaron Lanier, author of \u003ci\u003eYou Are Not a Gadget\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Urgent, astounding, and necessary.” Helen Macdonald, author of \u003ci\u003eH is for Hawk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Dazzling, vibrant, vision changing.” Robert Macfarlane, author of \u003ci\u003eUnderland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gorgeous.” Margaret Atwood, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Testaments\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Trade Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45068053119069,"sku":"9780525510321","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/files\/entangledlife.jpg?v=1789933559","url":"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/en-us\/products\/entangled-life","provider":"Leftwingbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}