Author Mark Griffiths traces the history of the sacred plant Nelumbo nucifera in his recently published book, The Lotus Quest. A summary of the book is posted by the author at the Guardian's Gardening Blog>
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Friday, August 7, 2009
The edible, incredible lotus flower
Author Mark Griffiths traces the history of the sacred plant Nelumbo nucifera in his recently published book, The Lotus Quest. A summary of the book is posted by the author at the Guardian's Gardening Blog>
Friday, July 31, 2009
Book Review: New biography of America's plant wizard
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Chicago author Jane Smith clearly does not want to see her books all shelved in one category at the public library. Among her seven works are two murder mysteries, two books about the fight against polio, a biography of prominent interior decorator Elsie De Wolfe and a novel set largely in Provence, France.
But don't let the genre-hopping mislead you. Smith, a cultural historian and an adjunct professor at Northwestern University, sees a common thread connecting her various titles."I am consistently looking at individuals and social periods where there were changes that were so fundamental that we assume that is the way it has always been," Smith says. "I try to go back and say: Where did we get this enormous change?
"Her latest book is "The Garden of Invention: Luther Burbank and the Business of Breeding Plants."
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But don't let the genre-hopping mislead you. Smith, a cultural historian and an adjunct professor at Northwestern University, sees a common thread connecting her various titles."I am consistently looking at individuals and social periods where there were changes that were so fundamental that we assume that is the way it has always been," Smith says. "I try to go back and say: Where did we get this enormous change?
"Her latest book is "The Garden of Invention: Luther Burbank and the Business of Breeding Plants."
Read more>
Shop for Book>
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Book Review by Erica Jackson: Hothouse Flower and the 9 Plants of Desire
Hothouse Flower and the 9 Plants of DesireBy Margot BerwinPantheon • 288 pages
Lila Nova is a high-powered New York advertising executive who's secretly getting a little tired of the corruption of her job. Lonely and ready to start afresh after a nasty divorce, she buys a houseplant from a charming botanist, little knowing that plants will very soon take over her life. Read more>
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