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  • Rodale's 21st-Century Herbal

    A Practical Guide for Healthy Living Using Nature's Most Powerful Plants

    by Michael Balick ...
    It turns out that Mother Nature is a brilliant chemist. Our ancestors have used indigenous herbs in daily life for thousands of years due to these plants' ability to heal and promote good health. Now modern science has identified the compounds that give herbs their medicinal qualities, scent, and flavor. The extraordinary diversity of herbal plants has the potential to improve our health and well ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Messages from the Gods

    A Guide to the Useful Plants of Belize

    by Michael J. Balick, Rosita Arvigo ...
    Despite its small size, Belize is one of the most ecologically and culturally diverse nations in Central America. Over 3,400 species of plants can be found here, within a diversity of ecological habitats. Because of this, Belize is paradise for ecotourists, hosting over 900,000 visitors annually, who enjoy the natural habitat and friendly people of this nation. Many of the plants of Belize have a ... Read more

    $66.59 USD

  • Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants

    by Lewis S. Nelson, Michael J. Balick ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This third edition of the Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants is designed to assist the clinician in the initial response to the needs of a child or adult exposed to a poisonous or injurious plant. It highlights common and important plants that lead to the adverse effects upon exposure, and it describes the mechanisms of action of the implicated toxin, clinical manifestations, and specific ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Plants, People, and Culture

    The Science of Ethnobotany

    Edited by Michael J. Balick, Paul Alan Cox ...
    Is it possible that plants have shaped the very trajectory of human cultures? Using riveting stories of fieldwork in remote villages, two of the world’s leading ethnobotanists argue that our past and our future are deeply intertwined with plants. Creating massive sea craft from plants, indigenous shipwrights spurred the navigation of the world’s oceans. Today, indigenous agricultural innovations ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Human Impacts on Amazonia

    The Role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Conservation and Development

    Edited by Darrell Posey, Michael Balick ...
    Series series Biology and Resource Management Series
    From the pre-Columbian era to the present, native Amazonians have shaped the land around them, emphasizing utilization, conservation, and sustainability. These priorities stand in stark contrast to colonial and contemporary exploitation of Amazonia by outside interests. With essays from environmental scientists, botanists, and anthropologists, this volume explores the various effects of human ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

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  • Ethnobiology for the Future

    Linking Cultural and Ecological Diversity

    Edited by Gary Paul Nabhan ...
    Series series Southwest Center Series
    Ethnobiology holds a special place in the hearts and minds of many because of its dedication to celebrating the knowledge and values of some of the most distinctive cultural practices in some of the most distinctive places on Earth. Yet we live in a world of diminishing natural and linguistic diversity. Whether due to climate change or capitalism, homogeneity is trumping the once-resplendent ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • The Medicinal Gardening Handbook

    A Complete Guide to Growing, Harvesting, and Using Healing Herbs

    by Dede Cummings, Alyssa Holmes ...
    Dig into the world of herbal medicine with this complete guide to cultivating and harvesting plants with healing properties. For thousands of years people have been utilizing herbs and cultivating weeds found to speed the healing of wounds, soothe skin irritations, calm uneasy stomachs, and ward off illnesses. Now you can plan and grow your own garden first aid kit.In these pages, you’ll learn the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Wicked Plants

    The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities

    by Amy Stewart ...
    The author of The Drunken Botanist "offers practical and tantalizing composite views of toxic, irritating, prickly, and all-around ill-mannered plants" ( Booklist ).American Horticultural Society Book Award WinnerChosen One of the Best Gardening Books of the Year by the Washington Post and National Pub... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Fresh Banana Leaves

    Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science

    by Jessica Hernandez Ph.D. ...
    **A 2022 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist in Science & TechnologyAn Indigenous environmental scientist breaks down why western conservationism isn't working--and offers Indigenous models informed by case studies, personal stories, and family histories that center the voices of Latin American women and land protectors.**Despite the undeniable fact that Indigenous communities are among the most ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Making Natural Liquid Soaps

    Herbal Shower Gels, Conditioning Shampoos, Moisturizing Hand Soaps, Luxurious Bubble Baths, and more

    by Catherine Failor ...
    Make your own liquid soaps and body products right in your kitchen!Catherine Failor shows you how to use her simple double-boiler technique to create luxurious shower gels, revitalizing shampoos, energizing body scrubs, and much more. Step-by-step instructions teach you how to turn basic ingredients like cocoa butter, lanolin, and jojoba into sweet-smelling liquid soaps.You’ll soon be ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Big, Bad Book of Botany

    The World's Most Fascinating Flora

    by Michael Largo ...
    "This combination of history, mythology, lore, science and sheer entertainment takes us on a tour of the world's most unusual plants." — Sacramento BeeThe Big, Bad Book of Botany introduces a world of wild, wonderful, and weird plants. Some are so rare, they were once more valuable than gold. Some found in ancient mythology hold magical abilities, including the power to turn a person to stone. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Catching Fire

    How Cooking Made Us Human

    by Richard Wrangham ...
    The groundbreaking theory of how fire and food drove the evolution of modern humansEver since Darwin and The Descent of Man, the evolution and world-wide dispersal of humans has been attributed to our intelligence and adaptability. But in Catching Fire, renowned primatologist Richard Wrangham presents a startling alternative: our evolutionary success is the result of cooking. In a groundbreaking ... Read more

    $13.99 USD