The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan

The Botany of Desire

Michael Pollan with Scott Brick (Narrator)

nonfiction nature science informative reflective slow-paced

8 hours, 49 minutes | first published 2001

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Every schoolchild learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers: The bee collects nectar and pollen to make honey and, in the process, spreads the flowers' genes far and wide. In The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan ingeniou...
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