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  • The Ethnobotany of Eden

    Rethinking the Jungle Medicine Narrative

    by Robert A. Voeks ...
    In the mysterious and pristine forests of the tropics, a wealth of ethnobotanical panaceas and shamanic knowledge promises cures for everything from cancer and AIDS to the common cold. To access such miracles, we need only to discover and protect these medicinal treasures before they succumb to the corrosive forces of the modern world. A compelling biocultural story, certainly, and a popular ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sacred Leaves of Candomblé

    African Magic, Medicine, and Religion in Brazil

    by Robert A. Voeks ...
    Winner, Hubert Herring Book Award, Pacific Coast Council on Latin American StudiesCandomblé, an African religious and healing tradition that spread to Brazil during the slave trade, relies heavily on the use of plants in its spiritual and medicinal practices. When its African adherents were forcibly transplanted to the New World, they faced the challenge not only of maintaining their culture and ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • African Ethnobotany in the Americas

    Edited by Robert Voeks, John Rashford ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    African Ethnobotany in the Americas provides the first comprehensive examination of ethnobotanical knowledge and skills among the African Diaspora in the Americas. Leading scholars on the subject explore the complex relationship between plant use and meaning among the descendants of Africans in the New World. With the aid of archival and field research carried out in North America, South America, ... Read more

    $76.49 USD

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    In its essence, science is a way of looking at and thinking about the world. In The Life of a Leaf, Steven Vogel illuminates this approach, using the humble leaf as a model. Whether plant or person, every organism must contend with its immediate physical environment, a world that both limits what organisms can do and offers innumerable opportunities for evolving fascinating ways of challenging ... Read more

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  • First Field Guide to Grasses of Southern Africa

    by Gideon Smith ...
    Sasol First Field Guide to Grasses of Southern Africa provides an introduction to grasses and a guide to 44 southern African species. These represent conspicuous, widespread grasses, weedy roadside species, invasive aliens, and horticulturally useful grasses as well as important indigenous food species. Full-colour photographs, distribution maps and easy-to-read text make this a useful guide for ... Read more

    $4.00 USD

  • Plants

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Timothy Walker ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Plants form a fundamental element of the biosphere, and the evolution of plants has directly affected the evolution of animal life and the evolution of the Earth's climate. Plants have also become essential to humans not only in the form of cereal crops, fruit, and vegetables, but in their many other uses in wood and paper, and in providing medicines. Their aesthetic importance too in our parks ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Wild Spring Plant Foods

    The Foxfire AMericana Library (7)

    by Foxfire Fund, Inc. ...
    Series series The Foxfire Americana Library
    A handy illustrated guide to the edible plant life available in Appalachia and other temperate areas during the spring. From sassafras to rhubarb, each entry includes instructions on where to find the plant, how to spot it, and the ways it is best eaten, often with recipes.Plants include:MorelAsparagusWild onionWild garlicNettlesWild radishWhite mustardWater cressHorseradishChicoryWild ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Trees

    Their Natural History

    by P. A. Thomas ...
    Trees are familiar components of many landscapes, vital to the healthy functioning of the global ecosystem and unparalled in the range of materials which they provide for human use. Yet how much do we really understand about how they work? This 2000 book provides a comprehensive introduction to the natural history of trees, presenting information on all aspects of tree biology and ecology in an ... Read more

    $50.09 USD

  • Wild Food

    A Complete Guide for Foragers

    by Roger Phillips ...
    **An authoritative and beautifully illustrated book on wild food and foraging by one of the leading experts.'I can safely say that if I hadn't picked up this book some twenty years ago I wouldn't have eaten as well, or even lived as well, as I have. It inspired me then and it inspires me now' – Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstal**Wild food is all around us, growing in our hedgerows and fields, along river ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice

    Pattern and Process

    by Monica G. Turner, Robert H. Gardner ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This work provides in-depth analysis of the origins of landscape ecology and its close alignment with the understanding of scale, the causes of landscape pattern, and the interactions of spatial pattern with a variety of ecological processes. The text covers the quantitative approaches that are applied widely in landscape studies, with emphasis on their appropriate use and interpretation.The field ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Science Cultivating Practice

    A History of Agricultural Science in the Netherlands and its Colonies, 1863–1986

    by H. Maat ...
    Series series History (R0)
    Science Cultivating Practice is an institutional history of agricultural science in the Netherlands and its overseas territories. The focus of this study is the variety of views about a proper relationship between science and (agricultural) practice. Such views and plans materialised in the overall organisation of research and education. Moreover, the book provides case studies of genetics and ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Red Algae in the Genomic Age

    Edited by Joseph Seckbach, David J. Chapman ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    r ed Algae in Genome Age book most people reading this book have childhood memories about being enthralled at the beach with those rare and mysterious living forms we knew as seaweeds. We were fascinated at that time by their range of red hues and textures, and most of all, their exotic beauty. t o a scientist, red algae represent much more than apparent features. t heir complex forms have ... Read more

    $188.09 USD