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The Cabaret of Plants: Botany and the Imagination by Richard Mabey (English) Pap

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9781861979582
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ISBN
9781861979582
Publication Year
2016
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Book Title
The Cabaret of Plants: Botany and the Imagination
Item Height
198mm
Author
Richard Mabey
Publisher
Profile Books
Topic
Nature, Gardening
Item Width
129mm
Item Weight
605g
Number of Pages
384 Pages

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In The Cabaret of Plants, Mabey explores the plant species which have challenged our imaginations, awoken our wonder, and upturned our ideas about history, science, beauty and belief. Picked from every walk of life, they encompass crops, weeds, medicines, religious gathering-places and a water lily named after a queen. Beginning with pagan cults and creation myths, the cultural significance of plants has burst upwards, sprouting into forms as diverse as the panacea (the cure-all plant ginseng, a single root of which can cost up to $10,000), Newton's apple, the African 'vegetable elephant' or baobab - and the mystical, night-flowering Amazonian cactus, the moonflower. Ranging widely across science, art and cultural history, poetry and personal experience, Mabey puts plants centre stage, and reveals a true botanical cabaret, a world of tricksters, shape-shifters and inspired problem-solvers, as well as an enthralled audience of romantics, eccentric amateur scientists and transgressive artists. The Cabaret of Plants celebrates the idea that plants are not simply 'the furniture of the planet', but vital, inventive, individual beings worthy of respect - and that to understand this may be the best way of preserving life together on Earth.

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ISBN-13
9781861979582
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Book Title
The Cabaret of Plants: Botany and the Imagination
Author
Richard Mabey
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Nature, Gardening
Publication Year
2016
Number of Pages
384 Pages

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198mm
Item Width
129mm
Item Weight
605g

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Richard Mabey
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  • by wh1ppetz
    30 Nov, 2016

    Intriguing plants

    A pot pourri of plant tales. It gives the reader the wherewithal to further investigate plants. Written in the Mabey style, easy to read and understandable. A good start for plant folklore lovers.

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