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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World - Michael Pollan - Paperback
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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World

by Pollan, Michael

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  • Bookseller: Monkey See, Monkey Read US (US)
  • Seller Inventory #: 4078
  • Format: Paperback
  • Book condition: New
  • Quantity available: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • ISBN 10: 0375760393
  • ISBN 13: 9780375760396
  • Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks,
  • Place: New York:
  • Date published: 2002
  • Pages: 271
  • Size: 5.25 x 8 x 0.67 inches
  • Weight: 0.5 pounds

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New York:: Random House Trade Paperbacks,, 2002. Paperback. New. 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. In "The Botany of Desire, " Pollan ingeniously demonstrates how people and domesticated plants have formed a similarly reciprocal relationship.

Book summary

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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