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Material Type: | Audio book, etc. |
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Document Type: | Sound Recording |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael Pollan |
OCLC Number: | 56823822 |
Notes: | Originally published: New York : Random House, 2002, ©2001. Random House Trade Paperback ed. |
Description: | 1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in. |
Contents: | Desire, sweetness / plant, the apple -- Desire, beauty / plant, the tulip -- Desire, intoxication / plant, marijuana -- Desire, control / plant, the potato. |
Responsibility: | Michael Pollan. |
Abstract:
In [this book, the author] demonstrates how people and domesticated plants have formed a similarly reciprocal relationship. He links four fundamental human desires - sweetness, beauty, intoxication, and control - with the plants that satisfy them: the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato. In telling the stories of four familiar species, [he] illustrates how the plants have evolved to satisfy humankind's most basic yearnings.-Back cover.
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