About this title: Stewart takes on more than 200 of Mother Nature's most appalling creations and offers this A-to-Z compendium of plants that kill, maim, intoxicate, and otherwise offend.
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Description: Fine. 1565126831 Mild shelf wear only. No marking in text. Binding solid. Not remainder or ex-library. Packaged carefully for shipping. Ships within 24 hours. Satisfaction guaranteed! ! read more
Edition: 1st edition
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Workman Pub Co
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781565126831ISBN:1565126831
Description: New. Stewart takes on more than 200 of Mother Nature's most appalling creations and offers this A-to-Z compendium of plants that kill, maim, intoxicate, and otherwise offend. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Date Published: 2009-05-21
ISBN-13:9781565126831ISBN:1565126831
Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781565126831. read more
"This was an interesting book, but it was a bunch of snippets and not a pulled together book. There was some repetition of plant information, as well. I enjoyed the book and the writing, but wish it read better. I did learn some interesting factoids about plants, and it convinced me to pull the monkshood out of my garden."
"Let me tell you, I knew there were some deadly plants out there, but wow.
It's probably weird to call this a fun read, but it really is--I mean, where else are you going to find out that Bayer actually introduced heroin (even came up with the name!), which was sold as a cough syrup for about ten years before being taken off the market.
Or how about the fact that Charles Julius Guiteau (who shot President James Garfield), was given a bouquet of flowers by his sister on the morning of his execution--and when prison officials looked at the flowers, they found arsenic tucked between the petals--with author Amy Stewart then going on to list a bunch of common flowers that can possibly kill you. (Did you know tulip bulbs are so irritating that just touching them can cause a skin reaction, and florists who work with aconite have to be careful because handling the stems can possibly bring on numbness and cardiac problems?)"
"Offers many interesting facts on plants that people may not have realized were poisonous and many interesting stories on the history of these plants. While the line drawings were beautiful, sometimes I would have appreciated an actual photograph to be sure that the author was referring to the plant I thought she was referring to."
"I was reading this on the bus when a friend asked "what is that beautiful book you are reading?" The book is eye-catching, designed like Victorian Herbal. The information is not particularly useful as a reference or field guide. Instead, it focuses on little horror stories and interesting snippets that you expect to hear in a cocktail party."
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