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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan Publisher Comments Every schoolchild learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers: The bee collects nectar and pollen to make honey and, in the process, spreads the flowers genes far and wide. In The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan ingeniously... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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All That the Rain Promises, and More.... (91 Edition) by Arora Publisher Comments Full-color illustrated guide to identifying 200 Western mushrooms by their key features.... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Seeing Trees: Discover the Extraordinary Secrets of Everyday Trees by Nancy R Hugo Publisher Comments Have you ever seen the delicate flowers of a red maple? The emerging leaves of a tulip poplar? The twigs of a beech? When you look at a tree up close, you begin to appreciate trees in a whole new way. Seeing Trees invites readers to watch trees with the... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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Mushrooms Demystified 2ND Edition by David Arora Publisher Comments Simply the best and most complete mushroom field guide and reference book, MUSHROOMS DEMYSTIFIED includes descriptions and keys to more than 2,000 species of mushrooms, with more than 950 photographs. Mushroom authority David Arora provides a beginner's... (read more) List Price $39.99 Your price: $26.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed by John Vaillant Publisher Comments As vividly as Jon Krakauer put readers on Everest, John Vaillant takes us into the heart of North America's last great forest, where trees grow to eighteen feet in diameter, sunlight never touches the ground, and the chainsaws are always at work... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Common Weeds of the United States by United States Department Of Agriculture Publisher Comments Covers 220 important weeds with illustrations, maps, botanical information, plant lore for each. Over 225 illustrations. "It is good to have this helpful and attractive book easily available at a very reasonable price." — Phytologia.... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Darwin's Pharmacy: Sex, Plants, and the Evolution of the No Sphere by Richard M Doyle Publisher Comments Are humans unwitting partners in evolution with psychedelic plants? Darwin's Pharmacy weaves the evolutionary theory of sexual selection and the study of rhetoric together with the science and literature of psychedelic drugs. Long suppressed as... (read more) List Price $40.25 Your price: $24.00 Used - Trade Paper
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Eastern Region (Audubon Society Field Guide) by National Audubon Society Publisher Comments Trees is divided into 3 main sections: "Discovering Trees" includes background information on evolution, biology, anatomy and environment; "Observing Trees" provides practical advice on leaf collecting, bark rubbing and how to select and plant trees;... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Flexible
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Newcomb's Wildflower Guide by Lawrence Newcomb Publisher Comments Newcomb's Wildflower Guide covers more plants than any other guides and has more color illustrations, a more complete glossary, and — most important — a more accurate identification system, easilt mastered by nonbotanists. It is... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Edible and Medicinal Plants of the Rockies by Linda Kershaw Publisher Comments Learn about the edible and medicinal characteristics of 333 of the most common plant species of the Rockies. This book includes accounts of how the plants were used by Native Americans and early European settlers.... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $15.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Natural Vegetation of Oregon and Washington by Jerry E Franklin Publisher Comments A reprint of the most comprehensive volume on Pacific Northwest ecology, long recognized as a model for ecological writing.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $21.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Rain Fore by Mark J Plotkin Publisher Comments For thousands of years, healers have used plants to cure illness. Aspirin, the world's most widely used drug, is based on compounds originally extracted from the bark of a willow tree, and more than a quarter of medicines found on pharmacy shelves... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Nature's Garden: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants by Samuel Thayer Synopsis A detailed guide to all aspects of using edible wild plants, from identifying and collecting through preparation. Covers all 41 plants in-depth, the text is accompanied by multiple color photos.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $14.50 Used - Trade Paper
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers: Western Edition by National Audubon Society Staff Pick Since its founding in 1905, the National Audubon Society has actively promoted wildlife protection and environmental education. Keeping in sync with the work of its namesake and inspiration, famed wildlife artist John James Audubon (1785-1851), this not... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Flexible
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The Archaic Revival: Speculations on Psychedelic Mushrooms, the Amazon, Virtual Reality, UFOs, Evolut by Terence Mckenna Publisher Comments Cited by the L.A. Weekly as "the culture's foremost spokesman for the psychedelic experience," Terrence McKenna is an underground legend as a brilliant raconteur, adventurer, and expert on the experiential use of mind-altering plants.In these essays... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Great Book of Hemp by Rowan Robinson Publisher Comments This handsomely illustrated and entertaining book is the most complete guide yet written on Cannabis sativa. Here you will find history, current uses, organizations involved in legalization, product suppliers, bibliography, and much more. Robinson... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Botany for Gardeners ((Rev)05 - Old Edition) by Brian Capon Publisher Comments A bestseller since its debut in 1990, this indispensable and handy reference has now been expanded and updated to include an appendix on plant taxonomy and a comprehensive index. Two dozen new photos and illustrations make this new edition even richer... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed by John Vaillant Publisher Comments As vividly as Jon Krakauer put readers on Everest, John Vaillant takes us into the heart of North America's last great forest, where trees grow to eighteen feet in diameter, sunlight never touches the ground, and the chainsaws are always at work... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Ginseng, the Divine Root: The Curious History of the Plant That Captivated the World by David A Taylor Publisher Comments Taylor takes readers from forests east of the Mississippi to the bustling streets of Hong Kong and deep into remote corners of China as he weaves together the history, culture, and intrigue surrounding the "Root of Life."... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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How to Identify Plants by H D Harrington Publisher Comments First issued in 1957 by Swallow Press, this classic guide to the art of plant identification is now familiar to an entire generation of students. Harrington who was Professor of Botany and Curator of the Herbarium at Colorado State University, gives step-... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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