The Botany of Desire
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (928 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000RJ73ZE |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 592 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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A Great Read and Listen Candy This is an awesome, informative book. The audio book is also exceptional!. It is well written that is typical of Michael Pollen and full of his humor. The chapter on cannabis is enlightening, full of little known facts. But if touching on that subject is offensive to you, skip over it until you can revisit it with an open mind. You might f. "A new way of viewing the commonplace" according to Domestic Gnome. Michael Pollan leads one through horticulture, culture, science, time, space, and even into the future in support of his intriguing theory about who we are, who we think we are, and our relationship with the natural world. The thesis is fascinating and the prose is briliant -- at times I found myself savoring the language nearly at the exp. Amazon Customer said I've read this book twice. I've also read Pollans. I've read this book twice. I've also read Pollans other books. A lot of new information presented in an entertaining and enjoyable format. It's premise is that these plants used humans as much as we used them.
It is a stunning insight, and no one will come away from this book without having their ideas of nature stretched and challenged." William Cronon, author of Nature's Metropolis. "Pollan makes a persuasive case that the plants we might be tempted to see as having been most domesticated by humanity are in fact also those that have been most effective in domesticating us. A Plant's-eye view of the world