The Secret Life of Plants
by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird




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I can't believe I hadn't heard about this book before I found it on the shelf. Published in the 1970s, it explores the relationship between humans and plant life. Numerous scientific studies with lie detector tests, electrodes, and other '70s high-tech... (read more)

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Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Rain Fore
by Mark J Plotkin




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For thousands of years, healers have used plants to cure illness. Aspirin, the world's most widely used drug, is based on compounds originally extracted from the bark of a willow tree, and more than a quarter of medicines found on pharmacy shelves... (read more)

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Mushrooms (Smithsonian Handbooks)
by Thomas Laessoe


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Smithsonian Handbooks are the most visually appealing guides on the natural world in the book marketplace. Featuring more than 500 full-color illustrations and photographs, along with detailed annotations, Smithsonian Handbooks make identification easy... (read more)

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Two Paths Toward Sustainable Forests: Public Values in Canada and the United States
by Bruce Shindler


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Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-350) and index.... (read more)

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Holding Back the Sea: The Struggle on the Gulf Coast to Save America
by Christoph Hallowell


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Katrina's arrival on the Gulf Coast was a long time in coming. But it was assured. Since 1965, when Hurricane Betsy struck New Orleans, breached a levee, and flooded part of the city, everyone was waiting and talking about when the Big One would strike... (read more)

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Leaves & Pods
by Josie Iselin


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From the delicate new growth that emerges in springtime to jewel-toned fall foliage to winter's brown husks, leaves unfurl, mature, and wither in a life cycle that evokes our own. But a tree's leaves and the protective pods that cradle its seeds not only... (read more)

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Dangerous Harvest: Drug Plants and the Transformation of Indigenous Landscapes
by Michael K Steinberg


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Throughout history almost all traditional indigenous societies have used psychoactive substances derived from plants in religious and healing rituals. Once such plants are adopted by outsiders for profane use, the often impoverished peasant farmers who... (read more)

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Hemp: A Short History of the Most Misunderstood Plant and Its Uses and Abuses
by Mark Bourrie


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The history of a controversial and useful plant, including the on-going struggle to reclaim its legitimacy.... (read more)

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The Garden at Eichstatt:
by Basilius Besler


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Features painstaking reproductions of the rare original engravings from Basilius Besler's 1613 masterwork, "The Book of Plants". A total of 158 plates from the jumbo edition of this title have been brought together for a foray into the botanical... (read more)

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The Serpent and the Rainbow
by Wade Davis


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In April 1982, ethnobotanist Wade Davis arrived in Haiti to investigate two documented cases of zombis — people who had reappeared in Haitian society years after they had been officially declared dead and had been buried. Drawn into a netherworld of... (read more)

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Flora of Mount Rainier National Park: By David Biek
by David Biek


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This comprehensive guide provides a complete listing of the 871 species of native and introduced plants found in Mount Rainier National Park, with keys, line drawings, and descriptions for identification.... (read more)

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Green Inheritance: Saving the Plants of the World
by Anthony Huxley


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A lavishly illustrated overview of the world's wild and cultivated plant population, their impact on our lives, and the urgent need for their conservation.... (read more)

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Plants of the Oregon Coastal Dunes
by Alfred Wiedemann


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The standard reference on the Oregon dunes for thirty years, this handy guide identifies those plants one is most likely to encounter and serves as a general introduction to the ecology of dune areas. Includes an easy-to-use key to 90 common dune plants.... (read more)

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Orchids
by Mark Griffiths


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"A fabulous work. Highly recommended." -Library Journal Orchids were brought to Europe from the tropics and subtropics beginning in the 17th century, and by 1839, English plant nurseries were selling 1,600 different kinds of the flower. Long prized for... (read more)

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The Book of Fruits: The Complete "Pomona Britannica" (Icons)
by George Brookshaw


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Pomona Britannica, im Original 1812 von George Brookshaw (1751-1823), einem leidenschaftlichen Zeichner und Holzkünstler, publiziert, feiert dieses Buch den Reichtum in England verbreiteter Zuchtpflanzen (256 Fruchtsorten).... (read more)

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Ever Blooming: The Art of Bonnie Hall
by Bonnie Hall


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After a long and accomplished career in scientific illustration, Bonnie Hall turned with wonder and determination to the art of screenprinting. Resolved to "share the privileged close scrutiny of nature" that she had enjoyed, Hall created her first... (read more)

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Trees of the California Sierra Nevada (Backpacker Field Guides)
by George A Petrides


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For wilderness travelers and backyard naturalists alike, the sheer number and variety of North American trees can make identification a daunting task. For those who have struggled to distinguish the Pacific Yew from the Redwood or the Quaking Aspen from... (read more)

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Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants
by Bradford Angier


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This is a field guide to edible wild plants.... (read more)

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