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  • Invisible Labour in Modern Science

    by Elena Aronova, Sarah Blacker, Margaret Bruchac, Elise Burton, Susannah Chapman, Sabine Clarke, Rosanna Dent, Omnia El Shakry, Boris Jardine, Lara Keuck, Whitney Laemmli0, Lan A. Li1, M. Susan Lindee2, Stuart McCook3, Alexandra Noi4, María Fernanda Olarte-Sierra5, Joanna Radin6, Julia E. Rodriguez7, Gabriela Soto Laveaga8, Michaela Spencer9, Laura Stark0, Mihai Surdu1, Ana Carolina Vimieiro Gomes2, Sandra Widmer3, Caitlin Wylie4, Jenny Bangham6, Xan Chacko8, Judith Kaplan0 ...
    Series series Global Epistemics
    Invisible Labour in Modern Science is about the people who are concealed, eclipsed, or anonymised in accounts of scientific research. Many scientific workers—including translators, activists, archivists, technicians, curators, and ethics review boards—are absent in publications and omitted from stories of discovery. Scientific reports are often held to ideals of transparency, yet they are the ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Coffee Is Not Forever

    A Global History of the Coffee Leaf Rust

    by Stuart McCook ...
    Series series Series in Ecology and History
    The global coffee industry, which fuels the livelihoods of farmers, entrepreneurs, and consumers around the world, rests on fragile ecological foundations. In Coffee Is Not Forever, Stuart McCook explores the transnational story of this essential crop through a history of one of its most devastating diseases, the coffee leaf rust. He deftly synthesizes agricultural, social, and economic histories ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • States of Nature

    Science, Agriculture, and Environment in the Spanish Caribbean, 1760-1940

    by Stuart George McCook ...
    The process of nation-building in Latin America transformed the relations between the state, the economy, and nature. Between 1760 and 1940, the economies of most countries in the Spanish Caribbean came to depend heavily on the export of plant products, such as coffee, tobacco, and sugar. After the mid-nineteenth century, this model of export-led economic growth also became a central tenet of ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

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  • Mycelium Running

    How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World

    by Paul Stamets ...
    Mycelium Running is a manual for the mycological rescue of the planet. That’s right: growing more mushrooms may be the best thing we can do to save the environment, and in this groundbreaking text from mushroom expert Paul Stamets, you’ll find out how.The basic science goes like this: Microscopic cells called “mycelium”--the fruit of which are mushrooms--recycle carbon, nitrogen, and other ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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  • Mushrooms

    by Roger Phillips ...
    'Roger Phillips has written the best mushroom book I know.' - Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, author of River Cottage Veg Every Day!The culmination of over thirty years' work, Roger Phillips's authoritative and superbly illustrated reference work is packed with information and original photographs. The essential illustrated mycological encyclopedia, this book is also clear, user friendly and will ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • The Fungal Pharmacy

    The Complete Guide to Medicinal Mushrooms and Lichens of North America

    by Robert Rogers ...
    The ultimate guide to maximizing the healing properties of medicinal mushrooms and lichens—featuring over 300 detailed plant profiles for easy mushroom identification!Noted herbalist Robert Rogers introduces readers to more than 300 species of medicinal mushrooms and lichens found in North America. These fungi have the capacity to heal both the body and—through the process of myco-remediation—the ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Field Guide to North American Truffles

    Hunting, Identifying, and Enjoying the World's Most Prized Fungi

    by Matt Trappe, Frank Evans, James M. Trappe ...
    The second most expensive food in the world after saffron, truffles are treasured, coveted, and savored for their mysterious and exotic flavor. This complete field guide shows chefs and fungi aficionados how to forage for and identify the wide variety of truffles that grow in temperate forests throughout North America. Written by expert horticulturalists who have studied, classified, and enjoyed ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Collins Fungi Guide

    The most complete field guide to the mushrooms and toadstools of Britain & Ireland

    by Stefan Buczacki, Chris Shields, Denys Ovenden ...
    The sixth title in the bestselling Collins Guide series, this book covers the fungi of the British Isles, with considerable relevance for Europe and the wider temperate world.Leading mycological artists have been specially commissioned to ensure accurate, detailed illustrations. Where possible, species are described and illustrated on the same page, with up-to-date authoritative text aiding ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

  • Katya's Book of Mushrooms

    Fungi, Fauna, Facts & Folklore

    by Katya Arnold, Sam Swope ...
    Mushrooms are exciting to find, beautiful to look at, fascinating to identify, and delicious to eat. When you know what to look for, a mushroom hunt is as safe and enjoyable as a treasure hunt. Katya Arnold ranges through the world to find hundreds of varieties of mushrooms, as well as fascinating anecdotes and fun facts that make these wonders of nature exciting and immediate. A walk in the woods ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Concise Mushroom Guide

    by Bloomsbury ...
    Series series Concise Guides
    This practical guide is packed with information on 200 species of fungi found in Britain and the near Continent.There's an incredible variety that exists within the world of fungi, from the better-known groups such as the boletes and russulas, to more esoteric and often strangely shaped types like bracket fungi, clubs, corals, puffballs, stinkhorns and elfcups.Each species account in this guide ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

  • Mushrooms and Truffles of the Southwest

    by Jack S. States ...
    The American Southwest is not usually thought of as a habitat for mushrooms, yet its various life zones are home to a surprising number of fungi and related species. This first book on the region's mushrooms and truffles provides descriptions and color illustrations for 156 major species and additional descriptive references for 155 more. Also included are selected slime molds and lichens, which, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Bacterial Metabolism

    by H. W. Doelle ...
    Bacterial Metabolism focuses on metabolic events that occur in microorganisms, as well as photosynthesis, oxidation, polysaccharide formation, and homofermentation. The book first discusses the thermodynamics of biological reactions, photosynthesis and photometabolism, and chemosynthesis. Free energy, photosynthesis, enzymes, and terminology in bacterial metabolism are elaborated. The manuscript ... Read more

    $84.59 USD