'... A Language Older Than Words tells the uncensored truth in a way that no one else has, breaks our hearts open in all the right ways, and suggests how we might fully rejoin the Earth community. This vital book is one of the most important I've read. It will be for you, as well.' Bill Plotkin, author Nature and the Human Soul and Soulcraft '... I urge everyone committed to making a difference to read this confronting, liberating and hopeful book.' Professor Stuart Hill, Foundation Chair, School of Social Ecology, UWS, Sydney 'Singular, compelling and courageously honest, this book is more than just a poignant memoir of a harrowingly abusive childhood. It relates the extraordinary journey of one man striving to save his own spirit and our planet's . . .' Publishers Weekly.

Derrick Jensen is an environmental activist and lives in norther California. He is the prize-winning author of (amongst other titles) The Culture of Make Believe, Listening to the Land, Strangely Like War, As the World Burns, Welcome to the Machine and Walking on Water. Originally released in the USA in 2000, A Language Older Than Words, regarded as his seminal work, is now published for the first time in Australia and New Zealand.