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The Tree: A Natural History of What Trees Are, How They Live, and Why They Matter
$15.95
The book gives a good history of trees and how they have changed, or where they came from. The taxonomy of trees is changing rapidly with molecular information which shows many new relationships. One should have a good knowledge of trees before reading this book.

Remarkable Trees of the World
$29.95
Love the information on trees world wide and especially the large, magnificent photographs. Good book for a tree lover like myself!

The Giving Tree 40th Anniversary Edition Book with CD
$18.99
My son received "The Giving Tree" when he was six years old. I still remember the first time I read it to him and he looked at me confused and asked what the story meant. I admit I was stumped to come up with an answer that a six year old could comprehend. Years later, I heard a sermon at my church by a visiting priest and he told the story behind "The Giving Tree". Father Brennan Manning and Shel Silversrein grew up together in a New York neighborhood. One was a Catholic and one was a Jew. After they grew up, they went their separate ways. When they met up again years later, Brennan was a priest and Sheldon had converted to Christianity. Brennan Manning asked Sheldon to express how he saw Jesus. That was the seed that became "The Giving Tree". When I heard this, I totally understood the story. What a simple and beautiful way to describe God's unconditional love for us! As I am looking to select books for my grandchildren, I came across, "The Giving Tree" and read some of the reviews. I felt compelled to write this review after reading about peoples' confusion and some relating to nature, etc. I admit, that I did not read all 200+ reviews, so someone else may have already told the real origin of this book. My daughter became a TOTAL Shel Silverstein fan as she was growing up and we gave her all of Silversteins' books as gifts. In her valedictorian speech, she ended with a quote from one of Sheldons' poems. Just beautiful!

BRONZE TREE OF LIFE - BRONZE TREE OF LIFE - frame
$49.86
This "company" is horrible. The product seems to be ok but this company is terrible. They take FOREVER to "process" the order. I paid to have this item shipped quickly because of a birthday and they took over a week just to process the order. That's a week, to see my order and ship it.

If you need this product within the same month, don't bother. When I called to see what the status was on this, they said it was still processing and they were very rude. This us the first bad experience I've ever had on amazon.

I will definitely research the retailers next time that amazon uses. They cannot all be trusted.