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The Botany of Desire - A plant's-eye view of the world by Michael Pollan
$24.95 AUD
Category: Science
A fascinating journey into the art of botany that combines the narrative of The Tulip with the science writing of Genome. A farmer cultivates genetically modified potatoes so that a customer at Mcdonald's half a world away can enjoy a long, golden french fry. A gardener plants tulip bulbs in the autumn ...Show more
The Omnivore's Dilemma: The Search for a Perfect Meal in a Fast-food World by Michael Pollan
$23.95 AUD
Category: Science
What shall we have for dinner? Such a simple question has grown to have a very complicated answer. We can eat almost anything nature has to offer, but deciding what we should eat stirs anxiety. Should we choose the organic apple or the conventional? If organic, local or imported? Wild fish or farmed? Lo ...Show more
This Is Your Mind On Plants: Opium-Caffeine-Mescaline by Michael Pollan
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
Of all the many things humans rely on plants for, surely the most curious is our use of them to change consciousness- to stimulate, calm, or completely alter, the qualities of our mental experience. In This Is Your Mind On Plants, Michael Pollan explores three very different drugs - opium, caffeine, and ...Show more
This Is Your Mind On Plants: Opium-Caffeine-Mescaline by Michael Pollan
$23.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
The instant New York Times bestseller A Washington Post Notable Book One of NPR's Best Books of the Year "Expert storytelling . . . [Pollan] masterfully elevates a series of big questions about drugs, plants and humans that are likely to leave readers thinking in new ways."--New York Times Book Review. ...Show more