<DIV>A parable for modern times, <I>The Man Who Planted Trees</I> is a simple and unforgettable tale about perseverance, hope, and humility. In the years before the First World War, in the foothill sof the French Alps, the narrator meets a shepherd who has quietly taken on the task of planing 100 acorns a day in an effort to reforest the desolate region. Over the next several decades, this man's quiet, solitary works comes to fruition?the region in transformed, life and hope return, and the world is renewed.</DIV>