The Botany of Desire : a Plant's-Eye View of the World
Book on CD - 2006 BOCD 306.45 Po, Adult BOCD / Nonfiction / Science & Nature / Pollan, Michael 1 On Shelf No requests on this item
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Call Number: BOCD 306.45 Po, Adult BOCD / Nonfiction / Science & Nature / Pollan, Michael
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Compact discs.
Read by Scott Brick.
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 humankind₂s most basic yearnings. And just as we've benefited from these plants, we have also done well by them.
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Potatoes, pot, apples and tulips submitted by 21621031390949 on July 4, 2021, 10:57am A fascinating book that has changed the way I look at potatoes, pot, and tulips forever. Audio version is read well by the author.
PUBLISHED
Grand Haven, MI : Brilliance Audio, [2013], ℗2006.
Year Published: 2006
Description: 8 audio discs (536 minutes) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: Book on CD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781480555303
1480555282
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Brick, Scott,
SUBJECTS
Human-plant relationships.