The Botany of Desire: A Plants-eye View of the World

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G.K. Hall, 2001 - 355 Seiten
Focusing on the human relationship with plants, the author 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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Autoren-Profil (2001)

Michael Pollan is a contributing writer for "The New York Times Magazine" as well as a contributing editor at "Harper's" magazine. He is the author of two prize-winning books: "Second Nature: A Gardener's Education" and "A Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder." Pollan lives in Connecticut with his wife and son.

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TitelThe Botany of Desire: A Plants-eye View of the World
G.K. Hall large print nonfiction series
Nonfiction series
Thorndike Nonfiction
Autor/inMichael Pollan
AusgabeGroßdruck
VerlagG.K. Hall, 2001
ISBN0783896417, 9780783896410
Länge355 Seiten
  
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