The Cabaret of Plants: Forty Thousand Years of Plant Life and the Human Imagination, Paperback - Richard Mabey

Reducere. The Cabaret of Plants is a masterful, globe-trotting exploration of the relationship between humans and the kingdom of plants by the renowned natur...

Retraces author's life and her transformation from a post-office clerk who left school at fourteen to a sophisticated professional writer. Revealin...

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This engrossing memoir brings to vivid life the behind-the-scenes struggles of Marcia Tucker, the first woman to be hired as a curator at the Whitn...

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Explores what makes the world's rarest plants so exceptional, and by what means they have become so scarce, and tells the story of 40 rare and enda...

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When the pioneering naturalist Gilbert White (1720-93) wrote "The Natural History of Selborne" (1789), he created one of the greatest and influenti...

The Sea! The Sea! The Shout of the Ten Thousand in the Modern Imagination - Tim Rood

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A book about new ways of breeding garden varietiesIllustrations: 6 black and white figures; 9 colour plates

DescriptionThis non-fiction storybook for children aged 5+ introduces the natural world and explains concepts such as adaptation and fertilization ...

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From Neolithic painted petroglyphs, early paintings on silk, and landscapes by twelfth-century literati to the traditional handscrolls being produc...

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An accessible exploration of how diverse cultures have explained humanity's origins through narratives about the natural environment Drawing from a...

Contributor(s): Author: Stefano Mancuso"Fascinating...full of optimism...this quick, accessible read will appeal to anyone with interest in how pla...

A timely new edition of Richard Mabey's nature writing classic, now updated with a new cover and additional content covering the ash die-back crisi...

A cultural history of plants in the wrong place, by one of Britain's most admired nature writers, author of Flora Britannica and Birds Britannica. ...

An influential nature writer reflects on close observation, celebrating the positivity of the natural world as an aspect of human experience.

Have you ever reflected on why the pubs you visit are named as they are? There are thousands of names, many strange or dialect, but any number are ...

Reducere. Although the genocide of 1994 catapulted Rwanda onto the international stage, English-language historical accounts of the Great Lakes region of Eas...

Richard Reeves's acclaimed account of a presidency solves the puzzle of Ronald Reagan -- a man of limited breadth and knowledge who was perhaps the...

Reducere. At age 60 Dr. Richard Morgan wrote No Wrinkles on the Soul as he faced the unknowns of aging and felt the need for a book to help himself and other...

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A global history of world politics, offering a corrective to Western views of history and diplomacy. The East/West spanning approach allows Holslag...

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Reducere. How did it all start? What was there in the beginning? What exactly is the universe? The brilliant stars, distant galaxies, the sun, the moon and o...

Reducere. Jews under Moroccan Skies tells the story of Jewish life in Morocco, describing in realistic detail how Jews and Muslims interweaved their lives in...

Reducere. DescriptionTHE TRAINING OF THE HUMAN PLANT By Luther Burbank Contents I. The Mingling of Races II. The Teachings of Nature III. Differentiation in ...

Reducere. "If you read only one book about democracy, The Turnaway Study should be it. Why? Because without the power to make decisions about our own bodies,...

Reducere. In 1834, Richard Henry Dana Jr. left the comforts of Boston for the hardships and abuses of the most exploited segment of the American working clas...

Reducere. An updated new edition of a classic history of the Hungarians from their earliest origins to today In this absorbing and comprehensive history, Pau...

This volume explores glass composition and production from the mid-second to mid-first millennia BC, the first thousand years of glass-making. Mult...

Reducere. Not Since Carrie is Ken Mandelbaum's brilliant survey of Broadway's biggest flops. This highly readable and entertaining book highlights almost 200...

Reducere. Sam O'Steen was a world-renowned editor who helped shape many of the most influential movies in motion-picture history.Now he tells you how.