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One River by Wade Davis Publisher Comments In the 1940s, biologist Richard Evans Schultes uncovered many of the secrets of the rain forest, relying not only on his own prodigious investigations, but on the wisdom passed down by local tribes. Thirty years later his student, Wade Davis, followed in... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Plant Hunters: The Adventures of the World's Greatest Botanical Explorers by Carolyn Fry Publisher Comments From our hunter-gatherer ancestors to the first agricultural societies and beyond, the great events of history have been entwined with the discovery and utilization of plant species for medicinal, nutritional, and commercial purposes. Now, as we face the... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Hardcover
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Plants from the Edge of the World: New Explorations in the Far East by Mark Flanagan Publisher Comments At the heart of this descriptive and entertaining travelogue is the authors' personal tale of exciting rare plant discoveries in the Far East. Vividly illustrated with color maps and photographs.... (read more) List Price $36.25 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Flower Hunters by John Gribbin Publisher Comments The flower hunters were intrepid explorers - remarkable, eccentric men and women who scoured the world in search of extraordinary plants from the middle of the seventeenth to the end of the nineteenth century, and helped establish the new science of... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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A Rum Affair: A True Story of Botanical Fraud by Karl Sabbagh Publisher Comments A Rum Affair is an absorbing tale of scientific chicanery and academic intriguecritically acclaimed and a finalist for the Los Angeles TimesBook Prize. In the 1940s, the eminent British botanist John Heslop Harrison proposed a controversial theory:... (read more) List Price $14.50 Your price: $1.75 Used - Trade Paper
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Joseph Banks: A Life by Patrick Obrian Publisher Comments One of our greatest writers about the sea has written an engrossing story of one of history's most legendary maritime explorers. Patrick O'Brian's biography of naturalist, explorer and co-founder of Australia, Joseph Banks, is narrative history at its... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Flower Hunters by Mary Gribbin Publisher Comments The flower hunters were intrepid explorers - remarkable, eccentric men and women who scoured the world in search of extraordinary plants from the middle of the seventeenth to the end of the nineteenth century, and helped establish the new science of... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A reunion of trees :the discovery of exotic plants and their introduction into North American and European landscapes by Stephen A Spongberg Publisher Comments Stephen Spongberg's vividly written and lavishly illustrated "travel story" of trees and shrubs tells of intrepid explorers who journeyed to the far corners of the globe and brought back to Europe and North America a wealth of exotic plant species.... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $16.50 Used - Hardcover
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An All Consuming Passion: Origins, Modernity, and the Australian Life of Georgiana Molloy by William J Lines Publisher Comments "The book is a remarkable blend of biography, history, and botanical passion and will delight readers with its easy combination of genres."--Thomas Keneally, author of A River Town and Schindler's... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Wily violets & underground orchids :revelations of a botanist by Peter Bernhardt Book News Annotation Bernhardt uses plants as jumping off points into discussions on such scientific concepts as adaptation and pollination, nutrient recycling and plant/animal relationships. Illustrated. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Plant Hunters (Horticulture Garden Classic) by Tyler Whittle Publisher Comments Slime pits, bribery, jaguars, murder...what would drive someone through such risks merely to find new plants? From Queen Hatshepsut's expedition to the land of Punt in 1482 B.C. in search of frankincense, to more recent botanical expeditions, here are... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Garden Islands of the Great East by David Fairchild Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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Golden Age of Plant Hunters by Kenneth Lemmon Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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Lachesis Lapponica Or a Tour in Lapland Two Volumes in One by Carl Linnaeus Your price: $21.99 New - Trade Paper
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George Forrest VMH Explorer & Botanist Who By His Discoveries & Plants Successfully Introduced Has Greatly Enriched Our Gardens 1873 1932 by Scottish Rock Garden Club Your price: $25.00 Used - Hardcover
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Lachesis Lapponica Or a Tour in Lapland Volume 2 Only by Carolus Linnaeus Your price: $15.99 New - Trade Paper
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Traveler in a Vanished Landscape the Life & Times of David Douglas Botanical Explorer by William Morwood Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Leonard Rauwolf by Karl Dannenfeldt Your price: $7.50 Used - Hardcover
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First in the field :America's pioneering naturalists by Robert Elman Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Dolomites by R Farrer Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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