Twelve trees: the deep roots of our future

A book older than God: the great basin bristlecone pine

Awesome matters: the coast redwood

Earth work: the nearly lost tree of Rapa Nui

Finding time: amber, insects, and a fossil tree

Understory alliance: the longleaf pine and its fiery partners

Making folk medicine modern: the road of the east Indian sandalwood tree

A lawful lot of wood: central African forest ebony

Belonging and beyond: the blue gum eucalyptus

Slippery slopes: the olive tree and its fruit and oil

Elephantine: the African baobab

Waterlogged: the bald cypress and the wonders of wetlands

Tall stories: the mighty ceiba tree

Afterword: in praise of recording, reporting, and remembering.