The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan

The Botany of Desire

Michael Pollan

291 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction history nature science informative reflective medium-paced
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In 1637, one Dutchman paid as much for a single tulip bulb as the going price of a town house in Amsterdam. Three and a half centuries later, Amsterdam is once again the mecca for people who care passionately about one particular plant - though th...

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