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"Michael Pollan dives deep into three plant drugs--opium, caffeine, and mescaline--and throws the fundamental strangeness, and arbitrariness, of our thinking about them into sharp relief. Exploring and participating in the cultures that have grown up around these drugs while consuming (or, in the case of caffeine, trying not to consume) them, Pollan reckons with the powerful human attraction to psychoactive plants."--
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"The Indigenous peoples of North America have long relationships with the native plants in their regions, and have developed a deep knowledge of plant lifecycles and uses. In Held by the Land, a beautifully illustrated essential introduction to Indigenous plant knowledge, ethnobotanist and member of the Squamish Nation Leigh Joseph shares how these living traditions can have a positive impact on your life. Readers will discover how to build a relationship...
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"'Water-Wise Plants for the Southwest' is a must have resource for any Southwest gardener facing water-shortages. It is filled with expert advice from proven low-water gardeners, and includes everything from using tried and true low water use plants in the landscape, efficient watering and cultivation tips from planting to maturity, to new water-wise cultivars and species. The book features inspirational photos of low-water residential landscapes...
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Make exquisite papers right in your own kitchen. With a few pieces of basic equipment and a small harvest of backyard weeds, you can easily create stunningly original handcrafted papers. Helen Heibert’s illustrated step-by-step instructions show you how easy it is to blend and shape a variety of organic fibers into professional stationery, specialty books, and personalized gifts. You’ll soon be creatively integrating plant stalks, bark, flower...
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Despite the abundance of resources, many people continue to struggle with their plant care: filling their apartments with plants only to realize that they don't know what it takes to care for them long-term. Cutsumpas combines sustainability, science, and philosophy to coach new plant owners on how to find the right houseplants for their space-- and help them thrive. -- adapted from front flap and back cover
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A New York Times Best Book of the Year
A Time Best Book of the Year
A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year
2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence Winner
One of NPR's Best Books of 2019
Journalist Adam Higginbotham's definitive, years-in-the-making account of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster—and a powerful investigation into how...
A Time Best Book of the Year
A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year
2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence Winner
One of NPR's Best Books of 2019
Journalist Adam Higginbotham's definitive, years-in-the-making account of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster—and a powerful investigation into how...
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