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$26.99
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Hanson, Thor,
author.
The triumph of seeds
[Book] :
how grains, nuts, kernels, pulses, & pips conquered the plant kingdom and shaped human history /
Thor Hanson.
Seeds.
New York :
Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group,
[2015]
xxv, 277 pages :
illustrations ;
22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-266) and index.
Seed for a day -- The staff of life -- Sometimes you feel like a nut -- What the spike moss knows -- Mendel's spores -- Methuselah -- Take it to the bank -- By tooth, beak, and gnaw -- The riches of taste -- The cheeriest beans -- Death by umbrella -- Irresistible flesh -- By wind and wave.
20150518.
Seeds.
RV8