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Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake

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Entangled Life

Author
Merlin Sheldrake
Narrator
Merlin Sheldrake
Publisher
Random House
Publish Date
3 September 2020
Run Time
9 hours 32 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Mycology, fungi, Botany and plant sciences, Trees, wildflowers and plants: general interest, Zoology and animal sciences
Rating
4.7 (3 reviews)

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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

* A Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, New Statesman, The Times, Evening Standard, Mail on Sunday, BBC Science Focus and Time Book of the Year *

©Merlin Sheldrake 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

Critics Review

  • After this book, nothing will seem the same again . . . beautifully written and illustrated . . . dazzling . . . reveals a world that's both more extraordinary and more delicate than could be imagined

    Mail on Sunday

  • Riveting and surprising at every turn . . . A sensory as well as an intellectual pleasure

    New Statesman

  • Wondrous . . . Humans should consider fungi among the greatest of earth's marvels

    Time, Books of the Year

  • Mind-boggling . . . It's tempting . . . to see fungi as the biological model for a better world

    Telegraph

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  • Truly astounding . . . An engrossing, captivating journey

    Spectator

  • Gorgeous, intelligent, utterly absorbing . . . it expands our world, and makes us look up from the page with renewed wonder

    Irish Times

  • One of those rare books that can truly change the way you see the world around you . . . revelatory . . . astounding . . . and brimming with infectious joy

    HELEN MACDONALD, author of H is for Hawk

  • A true masterpiece, a thrilling and fascinating insight into the living world . . . I hope and trust that it will become an instant classic

    GEORGE MONBIOT

  • Blew my mind . . . Essential reading. Go and get swept up in a new world

    ANDREA WULF, author of The Invention of Nature

  • Astonishing . . . it's impossible to finish this book without feeling awestruck

    ANDREW MOTION, TLS Books of the Year

User Reviews

Book 4.7

Narration 4.7

  • 5.0 5.0

    Loved this book 👍
    Works well in audible format

    loricariiidae 2025-06-30

Details
Author
Merlin Sheldrake
Narrator
Merlin Sheldrake
Duration
9 hours 32 minutes
Release Date
3 September 2020
ISBN
9781473580824
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Random House
Genre
Mycology, fungi, Botany and plant sciences, Trees, wildflowers and plants: general interest, Zoology and animal sciences
Rating
4.7(3 reviews)
Narration
4.7(3 reviews)

Synopsis

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* A Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, New Statesman, The Times, Evening Standard, Mail on Sunday, BBC Science Focus and Time Book of the Year *©Merlin Sheldrake 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

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