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The Botany of Desire
A Plant'S-Eye View of the World
by Michael Pollan
ISBN: 0375760393
ISBN-13: 9780375760396
Format: Paperback
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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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"Mr. Pollan shines a light on our own nature as well as on our implication in the natural world." -- Richard Bernstein
-- New York Times
"[A] wry, informed pastoral."
-- New Yorker
"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
-- Fine Gardening
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Random House Inc
Published date: 2002
Size: 5.25 x 8 inches
Weight: 0.5 pounds
Pages: 271
Publisher's Notes
Focusing on the human relationship with plants, the author of Second Nature uses botany to explore four basic human desires--sweetness, beauty, intoxication, and control--through portraits of four plants that embody them: the apple, tulip, marijuana, and potato.
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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
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New York, NY: Random House, 2002 [S] Creases to wraps and leaves. Previous owner name inked to half-title. Crimps to corners of wraps and leaves. Edgewear, pen marks and light soiling to wraps. Near good. . Soft Cover. Fair. ( more information) Offered by ALCON Books (United States)
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Michael Pollan
[ Edition: first ]. Good Condition. Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks Pub Date: 5/28/2002 Binding: Paperback Pages: 304 [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] ( more information) Offered by BookHolders (United States)
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Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2002. Paperback. Good. Light shelf wear. Inside is clean and excellent. From Publishers Weekly: Erudite, engaging and highly original, journalist Pollan's fascinating account of four everyday plants and their coevolution with human society challenges traditional views about humans and nature. Using the histories of apples, tulips, potatoes and cannabis to illustrate the complex, reciprocal relationship between humans and the natural world, he shows how these species have successfully exploited human desires to flourish. "It makes just as much sense to think of agriculture as something the grasses did to people as a way to conquer the trees," Pollan writes as he seamlessly weaves little-known facts, historical events and even a few amusing personal anecdotes to tell each species' story. For instance, he describes how the apple's sweetness and the appeal of hard cider enticed settlers to plant orchards throughout the American colonies, vastly expanding the plant's range. He evokes the tulip craze of 17th-century Amsterdam, where the Orders normally ship in 1-2 business days depending on what time payment is completed. ( more information) Offered by Desktop Music, LLC (United States)
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Random House Trade. New. All items are BRAND NEW. Delivery Confirmation provided with shipping confirmation email. Fast Response to all emails. ( more information) Offered by Movies With A Smile, Inc. (United States)
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Random House Trade, 2002. Trade paperback. Fine. No dust jacket as issued. tight clean copy. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 304 p. Audience: General/trade. ( more information) Offered by teepee (United States)
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Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 2002. 5 x 7.5 trade paperback book. Red and green lettering on the white/illustrated spine with a color illustrated cover. In telling the stories of four familiar species, Pollan illustrates how the plants have evolved to satisfy humankind's most basic yearnings. 271 pages. Clean with tight binding in Fine condition. DAILY INVOICED PROCESSING, QUICK RESPONDING DEALER.. Trade Paperback. Fine. ( more information) Offered by Connie Popek, Bookseller (United States)
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New York, New York: Random House, 2001. Trade Paperback. Very Good-/No Jacket as Issued. Book shows general wear with a small corner crease to backside of cover. No marks to pages. Solid reading copy or better. "Working in his garden one day, Michael Pollan hit pay dirt in the form of an idea: do plants, he wondered, use humans as much as we use them? While the question is not entirely original, the way Pollan examines this complex coevolution by looking at the natural world from the perspective of plants is unique. The result is a fascinating and engaging look at the true nature of domestication. In making his point, Pollan focuses on the relationship between humans and four specific plants: apples, tulips, marijuana, and potatoes."--Amazon. 271pp., with sources, index. ISBN: 0-375-76039-3. ( more information) Offered by Muses Books (United States)
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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. ( more information) Offered by Monkey See, Monkey Read (United States)
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New. ISBN: 0375760393. Paperback. . Free giftwrap upon request. Brand new, not a used item. Ships in sturdy box with delivery confirmation (in US). 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 them: the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato. In telling the stories of four familiar species, Pollan illustrates how the plants have evolved to satisfy humankind's most basic yearnings. And just as we've benefited from these plants, we have also done well by them. So who is really domesticating whom? ( more information) Offered by Konstantin Krylov (United States)
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