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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Pollan, Michael
by Pollan, Michael | HC | Good
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9780375501296
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0375501290
ISBN-13
9780375501296
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1868107
Product Key Features
Book Title
Botany of Desire : a Plant's-Eye View of the World
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2001
Topic
Plants / General, Ecology
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
18 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
5.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
00-066479
Reviews
"I find this book to be inspirational - curiosity and gentleness of spirit forming genius." - Richard Ford "Michael Pollan is a sensualist and a wonderful, funny storyteller. He is so engaging that his profound environmental messages are effortlessly communicated. He makes you fall in love with Nature." - Alice Waters "This book is as crisp as an October apple, as juicy as an August tomato, as long-awaited as the first flower of spring,. Michael Pollan has conceived a new and powerful understanding of who we are, and how we stand in relation to everything else-and the stories he tells to prove the point make the world seem a richer place." - Bill McKibben, author ofLong DistanceandThe End of Nature "No one else writes about the human environment quite like Michael Pollan: we can be grateful indeed that one of our wittiest writers about nature is also one of our wisest. InThe Botany of Desire, Pollan makes a persuasive case that the plants we might be tempted to see as having been most domesticated by humanity are in fact also those that have been most effective in domesticatingus. It is a stunning insight, and no one will come away from this book without having their ideas of nature stretched and challenged." - William Cronon, editor ofUncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature "A fascinating and disturbing account of man's strange relationship with plants and plant science. Michael Pollan inspires one to rethink basic attitudes. Beautifully written, it is as compelling as a detective thriller." - Penelope Hobhouse, author ofOn Gardening "Like Tracy Kidder, Michael Pollan is a writer to immerse in. He's informed and amusing, with a natural sort of voice that spools on inventively beyond expectations into a controlled but productive and intriguing obsessiveness (whether on Johnny Appleseed or marijuana). A fine book." - Edward Hoagland, author ofCompass Points "Anyone who has ever made personal contact with an apple, spud, tulip, or marijuana bud should read this book and be astonished at the eternal tango of men and plants, choreographed with wit, daring, and humanity by this botanist of desire who knows equally the power of plants and of words." - Betty Fussell, author ofMy Kitchen Wars "Not since Jonathan Weiner'sThe Beak of the Finchhave I been held so spellbound by a book. Using only four plants,The Botany of Desiresucceeds in illuminating the radiant force of evolution. Remarkable." - Daniel J. Hinkley, author ofThe Explorer's Garden "It is a rare pleasure to read a book of ideas so graceful and witty that it makes you smile-at times even laugh out loud-with delight as it challenges you to rethink important issues." - Mark Kurlansky, author ofThe Basque History of the World, "I find this book to be inspirational - curiosity and gentleness of spirit forming genius." - Richard Ford "Michael Pollan is a sensualist and a wonderful, funny storyteller. He is so engaging that his profound environmental messages are effortlessly communicated. He makes you fall in love with Nature." - Alice Waters "This book is as crisp as an October apple, as juicy as an August tomato, as long-awaited as the first flower of spring,. Michael Pollan has conceived a new and powerful understanding of who we are, and how we stand in relation to everything else-and the stories he tells to prove the point make the world seem a richer place." - Bill McKibben, author of Long Distance and The End of Nature "No one else writes about the human environment quite like Michael Pollan: we can be grateful indeed that one of our wittiest writers about nature is also one of our wisest. In The Botany of Desire, Pollan makes a persuasive case that the plants we might be tempted to see as having been most domesticated by humanity are in fact also those that have been most effective in domesticating us. It is a stunning insight, and no one will come away from this book without having their ideas of nature stretched and challenged." - William Cronon, editor of Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature "A fascinating and disturbing account of man's strange relationship with plants and plant science. Michael Pollan inspires one to rethink basic attitudes. Beautifully written, it is as compelling as a detective thriller." - Penelope Hobhouse, author of On Gardening "Like Tracy Kidder, Michael Pollan is a writer to immerse in. He's informed and amusing, with a natural sort of voice that spools on inventively beyond expectations into a controlled but productive and intriguing obsessiveness (whether on Johnny Appleseed or marijuana). A fine book." - Edward Hoagland, author of Compass Points "Anyone who has ever made personal contact with an apple, spud, tulip, or marijuana bud should read this book and be astonished at the eternal tango of men and plants, choreographed with wit, daring, and humanity by this botanist of desire who knows equally the power of plants and of words." - Betty Fussell, author of My Kitchen Wars "Not since Jonathan Weiner's The Beak of the Finch have I been held so spellbound by a book. Using only four plants, The Botany of Desire succeeds in illuminating the radiant force of evolution. Remarkable." - Daniel J. Hinkley, author of The Explorer's Garden "It is a rare pleasure to read a book of ideas so graceful and witty that it makes you smile-at times even laugh out loud-with delight as it challenges you to rethink important issues." - Mark Kurlansky, author of The Basque History of the World
Dewey Edition
21
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
306.4/5
Synopsis
In 1637, one Dutchman paid as much for a single tulip bulb as the going price of a town house in Amsterdam. Three and a half centuries later, Amsterdam is once again the mecca for people who care passionately about one particular plant - thought this time the obsessions revolves around the intoxicating effects of marijuana rather than the visual beauty of the tulip. How could flowers, of all things, become such objects of desire that they can drive men to financial ruin? In The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan argues that the answer lies at the heart of the intimately reciprocal relationship between people and plants. In telling the stories of four familiar plant species that are deeply woven into the fabric of our lives, Pollan illustrates how they evolved to satisfy humankinds's most basic yearnings - and by doing so made themselves indispensable. For, just as we've benefited from these plants, the plants, in the grand co-evolutionary scheme that Pollan evokes so brilliantly, have done well by us. The sweetness of apples, for example, induced the early Americans to spread the species, giving the tree a whole new continent in which to blossom. So who is really domesticating whom? Weaving fascinating anecdotes and accessible science into gorgeous prose, Pollan takes us on an absorbing journey that will change the way we think about our place in nature.
LC Classification Number
QK46.5.H85P66 2001
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