The Big, Bad Book of Botany: The World's Most Fascinating Flora Contributor(s): Largo, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0062282751 ISBN-13: 9780062282750 Publisher: William Morrow & Company OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Nature | Plants - Mushrooms - Nature | Reference - Reference | Curiosities & Wonders |
Dewey: 580 |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.7" W x 8.9" (1.10 lbs) 416 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A wild ride through the plant world."--The American Gardener An entertaining and enlightening compendium of the world's most amazing and bizarre plants, revealing their secrets, history, and lore What happens when you give a plant a polygraph test? Can a flower really turn a human into a zombie? What gives the gingko tree its stink? The Big, Bad Book of Botany holds the incredible answers to all of these questions and more. From absinthe to zubrowka (a popular ingredient in Polish vodkas), award-winning author Michael Largo takes you through the historical and agricultural evolution of hundreds of plant species, revealing astonishing facts along the way. You'll be introduced to magic mushrooms, superfoods, and toxic teas. You'll learn about plants so valuable they have started international wars, so evolved they can trick animals into helping them survive, and so deadly a single taste of one will kill you. Featuring more than one hundred and forty illustrations, this fascinating and fun A-to-Z encyclopedia for all ages will transform the way you look at the natural world. Did you know?
Featuring more than 150 photographs and illustrations, The Big, Bad Book of Botany is a fascinating, fun A-to-Z encyclopedia for all ages that will transform the way we look at the natural world. |
Contributor Bio(s): Largo, Michael: - Michael Largo is the author of The Big, Bad Book of Beasts; God's Lunatics; Genius and Heroin; and the Bram Stoker Award-winning Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die, as well as three novels. He and his family live in Florida with their dog, two turtles, a parrot, two canaries, and a tank of fish. |