Weeds In Defense of Nature's Most Unloved Plants

Zusatztext "Fascinating [and] richly detailed... Weeds! Mabey makes clear! are a reflection of our own culture-perhaps! our own weediness." Informationen zum Autor Richard Mabey is widely hailed as Britain's fore-most nature writer. He is the author of the groundbreaking book on foraging in the countryside Food for Free and the editor of The Oxford Book of Nature Writing . He has narrated and produced popular BBC television and radio series, and has written for the Guardian , Granta , and other publications. He lives in Norfolk, England. Klappentext Weeds are botanical thugs, but they have always been essential to our lives. They were the first crops and medicines and they inspired Velcro. They adorn weddings and foliate the most derelict urban sites. With the verve and historical breadth of Michael Pollan, acclaimed nature writer Richard Mabey delivers a provocative defense of the plants we love to hate. Zusammenfassung “[A] witty and beguiling meditation on weeds and their wily ways….You will never look at a weed! or flourish a garden fork! in the same way again.” —Richard Holmes! author of The Age of Wonder “In this fascinating! richly detailed book! Richard Mabey gives weeds their full due.” —Carl Zimmer! author of Evolution Richard Mabey! Great Britain’s Britain’s “greatest living nature writer” ( London Times )! has written a stirring and passionate defense of nature’s most unloved plants.  Weeds is a fascinating! eye-opening! and vastly entertaining appreciation of the natural world’s unappreciated wildflowers that will appeal to fans of David Attenborough! Robert Sullivan’s Rats ! Amy Stewart’s Wicked Plants ! and to armchair gardeners! horticulturists! green-thumbs! all those who stop to smell the flowers.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Richard Mabey
• Verlag: Ecco Press
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 26.06.2012
• Thema: Ratgeber > Natur; Sachbuch > Natur, Technik > Natur: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke
• EAN: 9780062065469
• ISBN: 978-0-06-206546-9
• Anzahl Seiten: 336
• Abmessung (Verpackung): 13.5 x 20.3 x 1.9 cm
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