(Hardback)
By: Marcia Reiss
ISBN: 9781780233406
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2015
UK Publication Date: 1st November 2014
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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This book explores the apple's history and the latest debates about the use of agrichemicals, the rise of organic and heirloom orchards, and the hopes and fears of genetic crop modification.
(Hardback)
By: Edward Parker
ISBN: 9781789143560
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2021
UK Publication Date: 14th June 2021
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A beautifully illustrated account of the botanical and cultural faces of the ash tree.
(Paperback)
By: Dan Torre
ISBN: 9781789147780
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2024
UK Publication Date: 13th November 2023
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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An entertaining rendition of the botanical and cultural history of carnivorous plants.
(Hardback)
By: Mike Maunder
ISBN: 9781789145434
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2022
UK Publication Date: 16th May 2022
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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An exploration of the botanical history and cultural impact of house plants.
(Hardback)
By: Dan Torre
ISBN: 9781789147087
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2023
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A beautifully illustrated, natural, cultural and social history of orchids.
(Paperback)
By: Laura Mason
ISBN: 9781789148664
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2024
UK Publication Date: 13th May 2024
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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Reveals how pine trees have inspired and been utilized by humanity throughout history.
(Hardback)
By: Andrew Lack
ISBN: 9781780236537
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2017
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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In Poppy Andrew Lack explores all aspects of one of our most familiar but declining flowers, combining history and biology with symbolic associations and connections with the arts.
(Hardback)
By: Richard Milne
ISBN: 9781780238159
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2017
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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Explores the many ways in which rhododendrons have influenced human societies, as well as the extraordinary story of the plants' evolution.
(Hardback)
By: Oliver Southall
ISBN: 9781789147124
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2023
UK Publication Date: 1st May 2023
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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An in-depth social and natural history of the much-loved, highly symbolic rowan tree.
(Paperback)
By: Gail Harland
ISBN: 9781789148503
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2024
UK Publication Date: 1st March 2024
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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An exploration of the botanical and cultural history of the popular snowdrop.
(Hardback)
By: Stephen A. Harris
ISBN: 9781780239262
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2018
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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Sunflowers unravels the interplay between the biology of sunflowers and human cultures over the last 6,000 years. It explores our fascination with the family and how our uses of the plants have changed over millennia.
(Paperback)
By: Fred Hageneder
ISBN: 9781789147216
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2023
UK Publication Date: 1st April 2023
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A beautifully illustrated botanical and cultural history of Europes most ancient species of tree, the yew.
(Hardback)
By: Gail Harland
ISBN: 9781836390589
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2025
UK Publication Date: 1st April 2025
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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The history, culture, botany and beauty of the beloved peony.
(Paperback)
By: Susanne Lucas
ISBN: 9781789149258
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2025
UK Publication Date: 1st January 2025
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A complete picture of bamboo in both history and our modern world.
(Hardback)
By: Victoria Dickenson
ISBN: 9781789141931
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2021
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A delightful, surprising and occasionally juicy exploration of the seemingly humble berry.
(Hardback)
By: Elizabeth Lawson
ISBN: 9781789149395
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2025
UK Publication Date: 16th December 2024
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A revealing exploration of mosses and lichens, unsung heroes of the natural world.
(Hardback)
By: Laura Mason
ISBN: 9781780231013
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2013
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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In this book, Laura Mason describes how pine trees have inspired artists, writers, film-makers and photographers throughout history, particularly in the East where they symbolize wisdom and longevity.
(Hardback)
By: Celia Fisher
ISBN: 9781780237596
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2017
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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In Tulip, Celia Fisher traces the story of this important and highly popular plant, from its mountain beginnings to its cultivation in the gardens of Mughul, Persian and Ottoman potentates, and its migration from East to West along the silk trading routes.
(Paperback)
By: Nina Edwards
ISBN: 9781789149586
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2025
UK Publication Date: 7th October 2024
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A scientific and botanical history of weeds, from unwanted intruder to beautiful ornament.
(Hardback)
By: Anna Lewington
ISBN: 9781789140118
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2019
UK Publication Date: 12th November 2018
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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Richly illustrated throughout, Birch presents a fascinating overview of their cultural and ecological significance, from botany to literature and art, as Anna Lewington looks both at the history of birches and what the future may hold in store for them.
(Hardback)
By: Dan Torre
ISBN: 9781780237220
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2017
UK Publication Date: 1st April 2017
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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Dan Torre uniquely explores the natural, cultural and social history of cacti - with particular emphasis on how these remarkable plants have been represented in art, literature, cinema, animation and popular culture around the world.
(Hardback)
By: Mary Newman
ISBN: 9781789142822
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2021
UK Publication Date: 15th February 2021
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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Recounts the origins, art, literature and legends of the cherry tree.
(Hardback)
By: Kasia Boddy
ISBN: 9781780230481
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2013
UK Publication Date: 1st October 2012
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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Today geraniums can be found throughout the world, their widespread use in food and perfume manufacture as well as floral display exemplifying the global industrialization of plant production. This book details how the amenable geranium remains a plant that many love and others love to hate, but above all it is a flower that is seldom ignored.
(Hardback)
By: Peter Coles
ISBN: 9781789141429
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2019
UK Publication Date: 11th November 2019
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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This sumptuously illustrated book tells the remarkable story of the mulberry tree.
