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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World»rank: 164614par: Michael Pollan
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Working in his garden one day, Michael Pollan hit pay dirt in the form of an idea: do plants, he wondered, use humans as much as we use them? While the question is not entirely original, the way Pollan examines this complex coevolution by looking at the natural world from the perspective of plants is unique. The result is a fascinating and engaging look at the true nature of domestication. ln making his point, Pollan focuses on the relationship between humans and four specific plants: apples, tulips, marijuana, and ... |
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Omnivore's Dilemma Unabridged Compact Disc (Audio CD)»rank: 154594par: Michael Pollan
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Working in his garden one day, Michael Pollan hit pay dirt in the form of an idea: do plants, he wondered, use humans as much as we use them? While the question is not entirely original, the way Pollan examines this complex coevolution by looking at the natural world from the perspective of plants is unique. The result is a fascinating and engaging look at the true nature of domestication. ln making his point, Pollan focuses on the relationship between humans and four specific plants: apples, tulips, marijuana, and ... |
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The Harper's Index Book»rank: 1267252par: Lewis H. Lapham, Michael Pollan, Eric Etheridge
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Working in his garden one day, Michael Pollan hit pay dirt in the form of an idea: do plants, he wondered, use humans as much as we use them? While the question is not entirely original, the way Pollan examines this complex coevolution by looking at the natural world from the perspective of plants is unique. The result is a fascinating and engaging look at the true nature of domestication. ln making his point, Pollan focuses on the relationship between humans and four specific plants: apples, tulips, marijuana, and ... |
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Place of My Own:, A: The Education of an Amateur Builder»rank: 887538par: Michael Pollan
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Michael Pollan's A Place of My 0wn might be suspiciously viewed by some readers as a text begging for interpretation. What is it that causes this man at midlife to attempt to put up a structure, an actual wood and concrete dwelling, where he can work on his own craft away from his domestic life? Arguably, Pollan's intentions are more transparent than a too clever postmodern audience can easily appreciate. The author of this fine, well-crafted book offers an explanation that seems honest and understandable: 'Whenever l heard myself ... |
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We Made a Garden»rank: 493239par: Margery Fish
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Just in time for the 40th anniversary of its original publication, Margery Fish's classic gardening memoir has been published in the United States for the first time. Fish and her husband Walter, a former editor of the Daily Mail, bought a dilapidated house and two acres of limey clay in Somerset in 1937, fearing the onset of war. For the next two decades, they cultivated, pruned, and watered, with Walter providing the direction and the sense of order and Margery the flowers, the unstructured flora, and the wry observations. ... |
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Place of My Own»rank: 493239par: Michael Pollan
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Just in time for the 40th anniversary of its original publication, Margery Fish's classic gardening memoir has been published in the United States for the first time. Fish and her husband Walter, a former editor of the Daily Mail, bought a dilapidated house and two acres of limey clay in Somerset in 1937, fearing the onset of war. For the next two decades, they cultivated, pruned, and watered, with Walter providing the direction and the sense of order and Margery the flowers, the unstructured flora, and the wry observations. ... |
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The Botany of Desire»rank: 493239par: Michael Pollan
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Just in time for the 40th anniversary of its original publication, Margery Fish's classic gardening memoir has been published in the United States for the first time. Fish and her husband Walter, a former editor of the Daily Mail, bought a dilapidated house and two acres of limey clay in Somerset in 1937, fearing the onset of war. For the next two decades, they cultivated, pruned, and watered, with Walter providing the direction and the sense of order and Margery the flowers, the unstructured flora, and the wry observations. ... |
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A Place of My Own: The Education of An Amateur Builder»rank: 111299par: Michael Pollan
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Michael Pollan's A Place of My 0wn might be suspiciously viewed by some readers as a text begging for interpretation. What is it that causes this man at midlife to attempt to put up a structure, an actual wood and concrete dwelling, where he can work on his own craft away from his domestic life? Arguably, Pollan's intentions are more transparent than a too clever postmodern audience can easily appreciate. The author of this fine, well-crafted book offers an explanation that seems honest and understandable: 'Whenever l heard myself ... |
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A Place of My Own»rank: 111299par: Michael Pollan
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Michael Pollan's A Place of My 0wn might be suspiciously viewed by some readers as a text begging for interpretation. What is it that causes this man at midlife to attempt to put up a structure, an actual wood and concrete dwelling, where he can work on his own craft away from his domestic life? Arguably, Pollan's intentions are more transparent than a too clever postmodern audience can easily appreciate. The author of this fine, well-crafted book offers an explanation that seems honest and understandable: 'Whenever l heard myself ... |
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Tulipa: A Photographer's Botanical»rank: 384231par: Willem Lemmers, Michael Pollan, Emma Sweeney
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Michael Pollan's A Place of My 0wn might be suspiciously viewed by some readers as a text begging for interpretation. What is it that causes this man at midlife to attempt to put up a structure, an actual wood and concrete dwelling, where he can work on his own craft away from his domestic life? Arguably, Pollan's intentions are more transparent than a too clever postmodern audience can easily appreciate. The author of this fine, well-crafted book offers an explanation that seems honest and understandable: 'Whenever l heard myself ... |
