About this title: Seasoned garden writer Michael Pollan explores the histories of apples, tulips, potatoes, and marijuana, showing in the process how humanity and plants intersect and affect each other.
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Description: Brand New. Paperback. Every schoolchild learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers: The bee collects nectar and pollen to make honey and, in the process, spreads the flowers' genes far and wide. In The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan ingeniously demonstrates how people and domesticated plants have formed a similarly reciprocal relationship. He masterfully links four fundamental human desires-sweetness, beauty, intoxication, and control-with the plants that satisfy ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House Inc, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780375501296ISBN:0375501290
Description: Very Good in Good + jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Has wear, covers rubbed and soiled, DJ flaps creased, covers cocked, Internally Clean. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 2001-05-08
ISBN-13:9780375501296ISBN:0375501290
Description: Good. Good Condition! Ex-library copy with normal library markings. Hardcover with glossy dust jacket! Mylar cover to protect dust jacket. Tight binding and clean pages! Light shelf wear. FREE Delivery Confirmation! read more
Binding: Spoken Word Compact Disc
Publisher: Gildan Audio
Date Published: 2007-05-21
ISBN-13:9781596590939ISBN:1596590939
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 2001-05-08
ISBN-13:9780375501296ISBN:0375501290
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Date Published: 2002-05-28
ISBN-13:9780375760396ISBN:0375760393
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Edition: 1st edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Inc
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780375760396ISBN:0375760393
Description: New. Every schoolchild learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers: The bee collects nectar and pollen to make honey and, in the process, spreads the flowers' genes far and wide. In The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan ingeniously... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780375501296ISBN:0375501290
Description: Very good in good dust jacket. dust jacket has minor dust/wear/tear. inside pages are clean. we ship fast. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
"Mr. Pollan examines the place four plants have played in the human experience. Sounds boring, right. In his able writer's hands it's anything but boring. It's a mind expanding whirlwind tour. Highly recommended."
"An unusually elegant narrative style for nonfiction, this book is a must-read. Pollan is a witty, literary, and smart writer. This book may or may not change how you think about your diet (the way some of his work will), but the stories and the history are important links in the missing knowledge of the history of our food system, and the book is an enjoyable read. Nonficiton at its finest."
New Yorker, 07/11/2001 "[A] wry, informed pastoral."
New York Times, 06/05/2001 "Mr. Pollan shines a light on our own nature as well as on our implication in the natural world." -- Richard Bernstein
Fine Gardening, June 2002 "This is one heck of a read. Pollan's mix of thoughtful contemplation , sterling reportage, and shimmering prose adds up to one thing: a garden book one can truly call important." -- Steve Silk
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
