The Book of Seeds: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from Around the WorldSeeds are nature's consummate survivors. The next time you admire a field of waving green grassland or a stunning grove of acacia, stop to consider how it got that way often against incredible odds. Seeds can survive freezing temperatures and drought. They can pass through our digestive systems without damage and weather a trip across the ocean, hitching a ride on marine debris. They can even endure complete desiccation, a feat taken to extraordinary

Kipling sailed to India to become a journalist

approachable recipes

★  ”This is a delightful picture book with a lot of meaning in the subtext…Granting this work a place in your library collection should give it the exposure and the voice it so richly deserves

There are the big milestones—the first steps

the book elegantly blends the latest findings in biology

such as how they camouflage themselves and how they use their feet to taste

especially fungal nature

It's about better food

A Matter of Fact

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Certain to delight fairy tale enthusiasts

unrolled: 21in by 10in