{"product_id":"the-botany-of-desire-a-plants-eye-view-of-the-world","title":"The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"0375760393\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\"\u003e\n \u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n   \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“Pollan shines a light on our own nature as well as on our implication in the natural world.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e—The New York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e“A wry, informed pastoral.” \n   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e—The New Yorker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003eThe book that helped make Michael Pollan, the \n   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e bestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eHow to Change Your Mind\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eCooked\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Omnivore’s Dilemma,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e one of the most trusted food experts in America\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003eEvery 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\n   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Botany of Desire,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Michael Pollan ingeniously demonstrates how people and domesticated plants have formed a similarly reciprocal relationship. He masterfully links four fundamental human desires—sweetness, beauty, intoxication, and control—with the plants that satisfy them: the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato. In telling the stories of four familiar species, Pollan illustrates how the plants have evolved to satisfy humankind’s most basic yearnings. And just as we’ve benefited from these plants, we have also done well by them. So who is really domesticating whom?\u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Silberhaze Genetics Official Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67785425682652,"sku":"0375760393","price":15.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/1790\/6652\/files\/81oCJGZcHVL._SL1500.jpg?v=1792150978","url":"https:\/\/silberhazestore.com\/products\/the-botany-of-desire-a-plants-eye-view-of-the-world","provider":"Silberhaze Genetics Official Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}