Memoirs Relating to European and Asiatic Turkey, and Other Countries of the East, Ed. from Manuscript Journals. 2. Ed. - London, Longman 1818-20

Memoirs Relating to European and Asiatic Turkey, and Other Countries of the East, Ed. from Manuscript Journals. 2. Ed. - London, Longman 1818-20 PDF

Author: Earl of Orford Robert Walpole

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2015-09-15

Total Pages: 704

ISBN-13: 9781342587343

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Chasing Plants

Chasing Plants PDF

Author: Chris Thorogood

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2022-09-12

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0226824217

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A New Scientist Best Book of the Year From an acclaimed botanist and artist, a thrilling and beautifully illustrated expedition around the globe in search of the world’s most extraordinary plants. After making a strange discovery on a childhood trip to Ikea—a stand of sap-sucking, leafless broomrapes, stealing nutrients from their neighbors’ roots—Chris Thorogood dreamed of becoming a botanist and would stop at nothing to feed his growing addiction to plants. In his hair-raising adventures across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, Thorogood treads a death-defying path over cliffs, up erupting volcanoes, through typhoons, and out into the very heart of the world’s vast, green wilderness. Along the way, he encounters pitcher plants, irises, and orchids more heart-piercingly beautiful than could ever be imagined. But with Thorogood as our guide in Chasing Plants, we not only imagine: we see. An internationally acclaimed botanical illustrator, Thorogood conjures his adventures spent seed-collecting and conserving plants around the world back to life in his electric paintings, which feature throughout the book. They bring plants out of the shadows, challenging us to see their intrigue and their character, and helping us to understand why plant species must be protected. To join Thorogood in his wild adventures is to be cast under his green spell: readers will never think of plants the same way again.