04690cam a2200865 4500 468443061 TxAuBib 20201029120000.0 ||||||s2001||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781588360083 1588360083 B000FC1H14 Amazon 7fb9f1b8-4bad-4d30-bc42-5cde8f8528f0 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 132200 132200 132200 5728 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Pollan, Michael. The Botany of Desire [Libby eBook] : A Plant's-Eye View of the World. Random House Publishing Group, 2001. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1151kB. botany of desire by michael pollan. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. science books for adults. gifts for nature lovers. michael pollan books. gifts for gardeners. nature lover gifts. Johnny Appleseed. gardening books. gardening gifts. Sustainability. michael pollan. history books. science books. science gifts. Biodiversity. horticulture. nature books. science book. botany books. Environment. plant books. Amsterdam. Gardening. botanical. culture. Farming. Science. Biology. Ecology. History. flowers. desire. Nature. tulips. Apples. garden. plants. Botany. plant. HTML:<b>The book that helped make Michael Pollan, the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Cooked</i> and <i>The Omnivore's Dilemma,</i> one of the most trusted food experts in America</b><br /> 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—though 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?<br /> In <i>The Botany of Desire,</i> 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?<br /> 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. Nonfiction. Science. Nature. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2020-12-28 22:00:03. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/7FB/9F1/B8/BotanyofDesireAPlantsEyeViewoftheWorl9781588360083.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7FB9F1B8-4BAD-4D30-BC42-5CDE8F8528F0&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/7FB/9F1/B8/BotanyofDesireAPlantsEyeViewoftheWorl9781588360083.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7FB9F1B8-4BAD-4D30-BC42-5CDE8F8528F0&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/7FB/9F1/B8/BotanyofDesireAPlantsEyeViewoftheWorl9781588360083.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7FB9F1B8-4BAD-4D30-BC42-5CDE8F8528F0&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)