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The Seven Sisters of Sleep: The Celebrated Drug Classic
by Mordecai Cooke
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This groundbreaking survey, written in 1860, is a radically open-minded look at the use of drugs across the world and throughout the ages. Early users of tobacco in Russia would have their noses cut off and repeat offenders their heads. Pope Innocent XII... ( read more)
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Seed to Seed: The Secret Life of Plants
by Nicholas Harberd
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A brilliant evocation of the natural and genetic beauty of the plant world, in the form of a year-long journal from one of the world’s leading biologists. Nicholas Harberd, a father, scientist, and nature lover, spends his days at the lab directing... ( read more)
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Trees: Natural Wonders of North America
by Gilbert King
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Many people thrill at the sight of a majestic tree, and North America is full of them, from the towering California redwoods to venerable East Coast oaks that were planted when the first colonists arrived. This beautiful, original book, a most... ( read more)
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Wild Edible Plants of Western North America #1: Wild Edible Plants of Western North America
by Donald R Kirk
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A comprehensive guide to nearly 2000 wild edible plants in the Western U.S., SW Canada and NW Mexico, including methods of preparation and how to avoid poisonous plants.... ( read more)
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Handbook of Mushroom Poisoning
by David G Spoerke
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Tables summarizing the specific mushroom properties of smell, taste, colour and reaction are also included, as is a comprehensive glossary and an explanation of terms. The text has a broad international scope, including contributors from Germany, France,... ( read more)
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Flowers in the Snow: The Life of Isobel Wylie Hutchison (Women in the West)
by Gwyneth Hoyle
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Over the course of a dozen years, Scottish plant collector Isobel Wylie Hutchison (1889-1982) explored northern latitudes from the Lofoten Islands of Norway to the far reaches of the American Aleutians. To achieve her goals, she traveled by any means... ( read more)
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A Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs: Northeastern and North-Central United States and Southeastern and South-Central Canada (Peterson Field Guides)
by George A. Petrides
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All the wild trees, shrubs, and woody vines in the area north to Newfoundland, south to North Carolina and Tennessee, and west to the Dakotas and Kansas are described in detail. Accounts of 646 species include shape and arrangement of leaves, height... ( read more)
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Wildflowers of North America :a guide to field identification
by Frank D Venning
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Over 1,500 common species of wildflowers are described in this easy-to-use, illustrated identification guide.... ( read more)
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The Natural History of Medicinal Plants
by Judith Sumner
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A botany instructor at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard U. enlightens users of willow-derived aspirin on how plant defenses were found to be useful medicinally; and introduces the new field of zoopharmacognosy that studies how other animals use plants for... ( read more)
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And Some Brought Flowers: Plants in a New World (Fifth House)
by Mary Alice Downie
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Originally published in 1980, 'and some brought flowers' partners 70 stunning full-colour watercolours of plants discovered by early travelers to North America with numerous excerpts from the writings of early explorers and settlers.
Arranged in... ( read more)
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Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild (And Not So Wild) Places
by Steve Brill
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Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild (and Not So Wild) Places shows readers how to find and prepare more than five hundred different plants for nutrition and better health, including such common plants as mullein (a tea made... ( read more)
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Citrus: A History
by Pierre Laszlo
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Walk into your local grocery store and down the produce aisle, and you’ll find a dazzling array of citrus, from navel oranges and clementines to grapefruit and key limes—and sometimes even more exotic fare like the Japanese yuzu, the baboon... ( read more)
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Wildflowers and Winter Weeds
by Lauren Brown
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"This book will be a joy to those wood-walkers and strollers who have been puzzled by the skeletal remains of herbaceous plants that they see in winter". -- Roger Tory Peterson, editor of Peterson Field Guide Series This charming guide identifies over... ( read more)
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Poisonous Plants of Paradise: First Aid and Medical Treatment of Injuries from Hawaii's Plants (Latitude 20 Books)
by Susan Scott
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"A good book. It lays to rest certain fears (for example, poinsettias are not the killers they are reputed to be). The photographs are good and helpful for identifying the plants. ... If you or a family member or friend does get poisoned by a plant, hope... ( read more)
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Conifers of California
by Ronald M Lanner
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An attractive and informative guide to the state's native
cone-bearing trees and shrubs, serving as both a natural history and
field guide. Each species narrative is accompanied by illustrations
and photos, detailed identification information, and... ( read more)
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Desert Tree Finder (Nature Study Guides)
by May Theilgaar Watts
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These pocket-sized Nature Study Guides describe plants and animals in easy-to-understand language. They include drawings, keys, terms, symbols, and glossaries. Each book covers a specific region.... ( read more)
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Herbs for Sale: Growing and Marketing Herbs, Herbal Products and Herbal Know-How
by Lee Sturdivant
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A potpourri of ideas for growing and selling herbs.... ( read more)
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Deserts of the Earth
by Michael Martin
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Internationally renowned photographer Michael Martin has traveled through every desert on earth, crossing Asia, Australia, the Americas, and Africa, seeking out the most spectacular landscapes, from the Rub al-Khali to the Great Sandy Desert, the Great... ( read more)
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Flowers of the Caribbean
by G W Lennox
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Anyone visiting the Caribbean for the first time cannot fail to be impressed by the richness and luxuriance of the vegetation. All the photographs included in this book have been taken of plants growing in their natural surroundings in the Caribbean and... ( read more)
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Elsevier's Dictionary of Botany: Russian-English
by Paul Macura
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This dictionary contains approximately 60,000 entries, constituting the most extensive listing of Russian, English and Latin names of plants, trees, shrubs, fungi, and lichens. It also includes a large number of botanical and biological terms frequently... ( read more)
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