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Seaweed is so familiar, and yet we know so little about it. Even its names-- pepper dulse, sea lettuce, bladderwrack-- are mystifying. In this exquisitely illustrated portrait, poet and artist Miek Zwamborn shares discoveries of seaweed's history, culture, and science. We encounter its medicinal and gastronomic properties and long history of human use, from the Neolithic(...)
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Seaweed is so familiar, and yet we know so little about it. Even its names-- pepper dulse, sea lettuce, bladderwrack-- are mystifying. In this exquisitely illustrated portrait, poet and artist Miek Zwamborn shares discoveries of seaweed's history, culture, and science. We encounter its medicinal and gastronomic properties and long history of human use, from the Neolithic(...)
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Seaweed: An enchanting miscellany
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Seaweed is so familiar, and yet we know so little about it. Even its names-- pepper dulse, sea lettuce, bladderwrack-- are mystifying. In this exquisitely illustrated portrait, poet and artist Miek Zwamborn shares discoveries of seaweed's history, culture, and science. We encounter its medicinal and gastronomic properties and long history of human use, from the Neolithic people of the Orkney islands to sushi artisans in modern Japan. We find seaweed troubling Columbus on his voyages across the Atlantic and intriguing Humboldt in the Sargasso Sea. We follow its inspiration for artists from Hokusai to Matisse, its collection by Victorians as pressed specimens in books, its adoption into fashion and dance, and its potential for combating climate change, as a sustainable food source and a means of reducing methane emissions in cattle. And, of course, we learn how to eat seaweed, through a fabulous series of recipes based around these "truffles of the seas."
Seaweed: An enchanting miscellany
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Seaweed is so familiar, and yet we know so little about it. Even its names-- pepper dulse, sea lettuce, bladderwrack-- are mystifying. In this exquisitely illustrated portrait, poet and artist Miek Zwamborn shares discoveries of seaweed's history, culture, and science. We encounter its medicinal and gastronomic properties and long history of human use, from the Neolithic people of the Orkney islands to sushi artisans in modern Japan. We find seaweed troubling Columbus on his voyages across the Atlantic and intriguing Humboldt in the Sargasso Sea. We follow its inspiration for artists from Hokusai to Matisse, its collection by Victorians as pressed specimens in books, its adoption into fashion and dance, and its potential for combating climate change, as a sustainable food source and a means of reducing methane emissions in cattle. And, of course, we learn how to eat seaweed, through a fabulous series of recipes based around these "truffles of the seas."
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September 2020
September 2020
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Une plongée historique, scientifique et artistique au cœur des paysages sous-marins. Fantasmées depuis l'Antiquité, collectionnées dès le début du XIXe siècle par les naturalistes qui n'ont pas hésité à se jeter à l'eau pour les décrire, puis transcendées par les artistes, les algues n'ont jamais cessé d'intriguer. Pour la première fois, un ouvrage richement illustré(...)
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Une plongée historique, scientifique et artistique au cœur des paysages sous-marins. Fantasmées depuis l'Antiquité, collectionnées dès le début du XIXe siècle par les naturalistes qui n'ont pas hésité à se jeter à l'eau pour les décrire, puis transcendées par les artistes, les algues n'ont jamais cessé d'intriguer. Pour la première fois, un ouvrage richement illustré(...)
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Algues
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Une plongée historique, scientifique et artistique au cœur des paysages sous-marins. Fantasmées depuis l'Antiquité, collectionnées dès le début du XIXe siècle par les naturalistes qui n'ont pas hésité à se jeter à l'eau pour les décrire, puis transcendées par les artistes, les algues n'ont jamais cessé d'intriguer. Pour la première fois, un ouvrage richement illustré relate l'histoire de l'étude de ces organismes marins fragiles et menacés, parfois même menaçants mais toujours fascinants.
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Une plongée historique, scientifique et artistique au cœur des paysages sous-marins. Fantasmées depuis l'Antiquité, collectionnées dès le début du XIXe siècle par les naturalistes qui n'ont pas hésité à se jeter à l'eau pour les décrire, puis transcendées par les artistes, les algues n'ont jamais cessé d'intriguer. Pour la première fois, un ouvrage richement illustré relate l'histoire de l'étude de ces organismes marins fragiles et menacés, parfois même menaçants mais toujours fascinants.
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May 2019
May 2019
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Jamais le monde animal n’a été l’objet d’une si vive attention des scientifiques, des médias et du grand public. Jamais il n’y a eu autant d’animaux tués pour notre consommation et jamais le danger d’extinction d’une partie du monde animal n’a été aussi éminent à cause du réchauffement climatique, des pratiques de déforestation et autres formes d’emprises humaines et de(...)
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Jamais le monde animal n’a été l’objet d’une si vive attention des scientifiques, des médias et du grand public. Jamais il n’y a eu autant d’animaux tués pour notre consommation et jamais le danger d’extinction d’une partie du monde animal n’a été aussi éminent à cause du réchauffement climatique, des pratiques de déforestation et autres formes d’emprises humaines et de(...)
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Dictionnaire historique et critique des animaux
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Jamais le monde animal n’a été l’objet d’une si vive attention des scientifiques, des médias et du grand public. Jamais il n’y a eu autant d’animaux tués pour notre consommation et jamais le danger d’extinction d’une partie du monde animal n’a été aussi éminent à cause du réchauffement climatique, des pratiques de déforestation et autres formes d’emprises humaines et de spoliations de la nature. Pourtant, il n’existait jusqu’ici aucun dictionnaire proposant une synthèse des connaissances dans le champ en pleine expansion des études animalières. Résultat de quatre ans de séminaire à la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, ce dictionnaire réunit 41 autrices et 39 auteurs, historiennes et historiens, historiennes de l’art, philosophes, juristes, anthropologues, vétérinaires, scientifiques qui font le point en 125 notices sur une dimension désormais vitale de notre survie dans l’anthropocène : de quels savoirs disposons-nous sur le monde animal pour envisager un futur avec lui? Comment concevoir un avenir avec tous les animaux, pour former, dans la multitude des approches du savoir, une communauté de vivants ensemble?
Dictionnaire historique et critique des animaux
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Jamais le monde animal n’a été l’objet d’une si vive attention des scientifiques, des médias et du grand public. Jamais il n’y a eu autant d’animaux tués pour notre consommation et jamais le danger d’extinction d’une partie du monde animal n’a été aussi éminent à cause du réchauffement climatique, des pratiques de déforestation et autres formes d’emprises humaines et de spoliations de la nature. Pourtant, il n’existait jusqu’ici aucun dictionnaire proposant une synthèse des connaissances dans le champ en pleine expansion des études animalières. Résultat de quatre ans de séminaire à la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, ce dictionnaire réunit 41 autrices et 39 auteurs, historiennes et historiens, historiennes de l’art, philosophes, juristes, anthropologues, vétérinaires, scientifiques qui font le point en 125 notices sur une dimension désormais vitale de notre survie dans l’anthropocène : de quels savoirs disposons-nous sur le monde animal pour envisager un futur avec lui? Comment concevoir un avenir avec tous les animaux, pour former, dans la multitude des approches du savoir, une communauté de vivants ensemble?
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May 2024
May 2024
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Encyclopedia Of Flowers III
Encyclopedia Of Flowers III
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Makoto Azuma and Shunsuke Shiinoki collaborate once again to further their pioneering "Encyclopedia of flowers" series, which focuses in part on market-related changes that impact floristry, such as the disappearance and new emergence of species, as well as on changing the common perception of flowers. Following the first volume in 2011 and the second in 2015, this third(...)
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Makoto Azuma and Shunsuke Shiinoki collaborate once again to further their pioneering "Encyclopedia of flowers" series, which focuses in part on market-related changes that impact floristry, such as the disappearance and new emergence of species, as well as on changing the common perception of flowers. Following the first volume in 2011 and the second in 2015, this third(...)
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Encyclopedia Of Flowers III
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Makoto Azuma and Shunsuke Shiinoki collaborate once again to further their pioneering "Encyclopedia of flowers" series, which focuses in part on market-related changes that impact floristry, such as the disappearance and new emergence of species, as well as on changing the common perception of flowers. Following the first volume in 2011 and the second in 2015, this third dazzling instalment features a greater variety of styles, reflected in photographs divided into seven chapter-categories that include "Coexistence", "Hybrid", "Chiaroscuro", and "Autogenesis". The myriad arrangements done in Azuma’s singular style are expertly captured by Shiinoki’s camera
Encyclopedia Of Flowers III
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Makoto Azuma and Shunsuke Shiinoki collaborate once again to further their pioneering "Encyclopedia of flowers" series, which focuses in part on market-related changes that impact floristry, such as the disappearance and new emergence of species, as well as on changing the common perception of flowers. Following the first volume in 2011 and the second in 2015, this third dazzling instalment features a greater variety of styles, reflected in photographs divided into seven chapter-categories that include "Coexistence", "Hybrid", "Chiaroscuro", and "Autogenesis". The myriad arrangements done in Azuma’s singular style are expertly captured by Shiinoki’s camera
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November 2016
November 2016
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In this field guide to the future, esteemed Harvard University botanist Peter Del Tredici unveils the plants that will become even more dominant in urban environments under projected future environmental conditions. These plants are the most important and most common plants in cities. Learning what they are and the role they play, he writes, will help us all make cities(...)
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In this field guide to the future, esteemed Harvard University botanist Peter Del Tredici unveils the plants that will become even more dominant in urban environments under projected future environmental conditions. These plants are the most important and most common plants in cities. Learning what they are and the role they play, he writes, will help us all make cities(...)
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Wild urban plants of the Northeast, 2nd edition
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In this field guide to the future, esteemed Harvard University botanist Peter Del Tredici unveils the plants that will become even more dominant in urban environments under projected future environmental conditions. These plants are the most important and most common plants in cities. Learning what they are and the role they play, he writes, will help us all make cities more livable and enjoyable. With more than 1000 photos, readers can easily identify these powerful plants.
Wild urban plants of the Northeast, 2nd edition
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In this field guide to the future, esteemed Harvard University botanist Peter Del Tredici unveils the plants that will become even more dominant in urban environments under projected future environmental conditions. These plants are the most important and most common plants in cities. Learning what they are and the role they play, he writes, will help us all make cities more livable and enjoyable. With more than 1000 photos, readers can easily identify these powerful plants.
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March 2020
March 2020
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The belief that all life-forms are interconnected and share the same breath—known in the Rarámuri tribe as iwígara—has resulted in a treasury of knowledge about the natural world, passed down for millennia by native cultures. Ethnobotanist Enrique Salmón builds on this concept of connection and highlights 80 plants revered by North America’s indigenous peoples. Salmón(...)
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The belief that all life-forms are interconnected and share the same breath—known in the Rarámuri tribe as iwígara—has resulted in a treasury of knowledge about the natural world, passed down for millennia by native cultures. Ethnobotanist Enrique Salmón builds on this concept of connection and highlights 80 plants revered by North America’s indigenous peoples. Salmón(...)
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Iwigara: The kinship of plants and people
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The belief that all life-forms are interconnected and share the same breath—known in the Rarámuri tribe as iwígara—has resulted in a treasury of knowledge about the natural world, passed down for millennia by native cultures. Ethnobotanist Enrique Salmón builds on this concept of connection and highlights 80 plants revered by North America’s indigenous peoples. Salmón teaches us the ways plants are used as food and medicine, the details of their identification and harvest, their important health benefits, plus their role in traditional stories and myths.
Iwigara: The kinship of plants and people
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The belief that all life-forms are interconnected and share the same breath—known in the Rarámuri tribe as iwígara—has resulted in a treasury of knowledge about the natural world, passed down for millennia by native cultures. Ethnobotanist Enrique Salmón builds on this concept of connection and highlights 80 plants revered by North America’s indigenous peoples. Salmón teaches us the ways plants are used as food and medicine, the details of their identification and harvest, their important health benefits, plus their role in traditional stories and myths.
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July 2020
July 2020
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We know fungi are important, for us as well as the environment. But how they live, and what they can do, remains mysterious and surprising. Filled with stunning photographs, this volume presents an inside look into their hidden and extraordinary world. Combining engaging and accessible text with beautiful images, this book lays out all the essential facts about fungi for(...)
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We know fungi are important, for us as well as the environment. But how they live, and what they can do, remains mysterious and surprising. Filled with stunning photographs, this volume presents an inside look into their hidden and extraordinary world. Combining engaging and accessible text with beautiful images, this book lays out all the essential facts about fungi for(...)
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The lives of fungi: a natural history of our planet's decomposers
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We know fungi are important, for us as well as the environment. But how they live, and what they can do, remains mysterious and surprising. Filled with stunning photographs, this volume presents an inside look into their hidden and extraordinary world. Combining engaging and accessible text with beautiful images, this book lays out all the essential facts about fungi for the mycologically curious.
The lives of fungi: a natural history of our planet's decomposers
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We know fungi are important, for us as well as the environment. But how they live, and what they can do, remains mysterious and surprising. Filled with stunning photographs, this volume presents an inside look into their hidden and extraordinary world. Combining engaging and accessible text with beautiful images, this book lays out all the essential facts about fungi for the mycologically curious.
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May 2022
May 2022
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Respirations des plantes
Respirations des plantes
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Elles sont les plus visibles, les plus colorées et aussi les plus grandes des formes vivantes. Pourtant rien ne semble plus compliqué qu’observer les plantes. Le botaniste Jean-Henri Fabre nous libère de l’embarras et fournit une solution. Ses « Leçons à mon fils sur la botanique » (1876), dont nous republions ici des extraits, s’efforcent à chaque fois d’ajouter un verbe(...)
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Elles sont les plus visibles, les plus colorées et aussi les plus grandes des formes vivantes. Pourtant rien ne semble plus compliqué qu’observer les plantes. Le botaniste Jean-Henri Fabre nous libère de l’embarras et fournit une solution. Ses « Leçons à mon fils sur la botanique » (1876), dont nous republions ici des extraits, s’efforcent à chaque fois d’ajouter un verbe(...)
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Respirations des plantes
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Elles sont les plus visibles, les plus colorées et aussi les plus grandes des formes vivantes. Pourtant rien ne semble plus compliqué qu’observer les plantes. Le botaniste Jean-Henri Fabre nous libère de l’embarras et fournit une solution. Ses « Leçons à mon fils sur la botanique » (1876), dont nous republions ici des extraits, s’efforcent à chaque fois d’ajouter un verbe au sujet : « la plante ». La plante vit longuement, respire, bouge, dort : elle agit dans tout ce qu’elle est. Transformer le sujet en prédicat, la substance en action : voici la tâche de la botanique lorsqu’elle devient une forme d’ethnographie végétale.
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Elles sont les plus visibles, les plus colorées et aussi les plus grandes des formes vivantes. Pourtant rien ne semble plus compliqué qu’observer les plantes. Le botaniste Jean-Henri Fabre nous libère de l’embarras et fournit une solution. Ses « Leçons à mon fils sur la botanique » (1876), dont nous republions ici des extraits, s’efforcent à chaque fois d’ajouter un verbe au sujet : « la plante ». La plante vit longuement, respire, bouge, dort : elle agit dans tout ce qu’elle est. Transformer le sujet en prédicat, la substance en action : voici la tâche de la botanique lorsqu’elle devient une forme d’ethnographie végétale.
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June 2022
June 2022
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On growth and form
On growth and form
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Why do living things and physical phenomena take the form they do? D'Arcy Thompson's classic "On Growth and Form" looks at the way things grow and the shapes they take. Analysing biological processes in their mathematical and physical aspects, this historic work, first published in 1917, has also become renowned for the sheer poetry of its descriptions. A great scientist(...)
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Why do living things and physical phenomena take the form they do? D'Arcy Thompson's classic "On Growth and Form" looks at the way things grow and the shapes they take. Analysing biological processes in their mathematical and physical aspects, this historic work, first published in 1917, has also become renowned for the sheer poetry of its descriptions. A great scientist(...)
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On growth and form
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Why do living things and physical phenomena take the form they do? D'Arcy Thompson's classic "On Growth and Form" looks at the way things grow and the shapes they take. Analysing biological processes in their mathematical and physical aspects, this historic work, first published in 1917, has also become renowned for the sheer poetry of its descriptions. A great scientist sensitive to the fascinations and beauty of the natural world tells of jumping fleas and slipper limpets; of buds and seeds; of bees' cells and rain drops; of the potter's thumb and the spider's web; of a film of soap and a bubble of oil; of a splash of a pebble in a pond.
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Why do living things and physical phenomena take the form they do? D'Arcy Thompson's classic "On Growth and Form" looks at the way things grow and the shapes they take. Analysing biological processes in their mathematical and physical aspects, this historic work, first published in 1917, has also become renowned for the sheer poetry of its descriptions. A great scientist sensitive to the fascinations and beauty of the natural world tells of jumping fleas and slipper limpets; of buds and seeds; of bees' cells and rain drops; of the potter's thumb and the spider's web; of a film of soap and a bubble of oil; of a splash of a pebble in a pond.
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July 2014
July 2014
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Atlas of poetic botany
Atlas of poetic botany
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This Atlas invites the reader to tour the farthest reaches of the rainforest in search of exotic—poetic—plant life. Guided in these botanical encounters by Francis Hallé, who has spent forty years in pursuit of the strange and beautiful plant specimens of the rainforest, the reader discovers a plant with just one solitary, monumental leaf; an invasive hyacinth; a tree(...)
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This Atlas invites the reader to tour the farthest reaches of the rainforest in search of exotic—poetic—plant life. Guided in these botanical encounters by Francis Hallé, who has spent forty years in pursuit of the strange and beautiful plant specimens of the rainforest, the reader discovers a plant with just one solitary, monumental leaf; an invasive hyacinth; a tree(...)
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Atlas of poetic botany
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This Atlas invites the reader to tour the farthest reaches of the rainforest in search of exotic—poetic—plant life. Guided in these botanical encounters by Francis Hallé, who has spent forty years in pursuit of the strange and beautiful plant specimens of the rainforest, the reader discovers a plant with just one solitary, monumental leaf; an invasive hyacinth; a tree that walks; a parasitic laurel; and a dancing vine. Further explorations reveal the Rafflesia arnoldii, the biggest flower in the world, with a crown of stamens and pistils the color of rotten meat that exude the stench of garbage in the summer sun; underground trees with leaves that form a carpet on the ground above them; and the biggest tree in Africa, which can reach seventy meters (more tha 200 feet) in height, with a four-meter (about 13 feet) diameter. Hallé's drawings, many in color, provide a witty accompaniment.
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This Atlas invites the reader to tour the farthest reaches of the rainforest in search of exotic—poetic—plant life. Guided in these botanical encounters by Francis Hallé, who has spent forty years in pursuit of the strange and beautiful plant specimens of the rainforest, the reader discovers a plant with just one solitary, monumental leaf; an invasive hyacinth; a tree that walks; a parasitic laurel; and a dancing vine. Further explorations reveal the Rafflesia arnoldii, the biggest flower in the world, with a crown of stamens and pistils the color of rotten meat that exude the stench of garbage in the summer sun; underground trees with leaves that form a carpet on the ground above them; and the biggest tree in Africa, which can reach seventy meters (more tha 200 feet) in height, with a four-meter (about 13 feet) diameter. Hallé's drawings, many in color, provide a witty accompaniment.
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November 2018
November 2018
