{"product_id":"weeds-in-defense-of-natures-most-unloved-plants-paperback","title":"Weeds: In Defense of Nature's Most Unloved Plants - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Mabey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\" A] witty and beguiling meditation on weeds and their wily ways....You will never look at a weed, or flourish a garden fork, in the same way again.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Richard Holmes, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Age of Wonder\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In this fascinating, richly detailed book, Richard Mabey gives weeds their full due.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Carl Zimmer, author of \u003cem\u003eEvolution\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Mabey, Great Britain's Britain's \"greatest living nature writer\" (\u003cem\u003eLondon Times\u003c\/em\u003e), has written a stirring and passionate defense of nature's most unloved plants. \u003cem\u003eWeeds\u003c\/em\u003e is a fascinating, eye-opening, and vastly entertaining appreciation of the natural world's unappreciated wildflowers that will appeal to fans of David Attenborough, Robert Sullivan's \u003cem\u003eRats\u003c\/em\u003e, Amy Stewart's \u003cem\u003eWicked Plants\u003c\/em\u003e, and to armchair gardeners, horticulturists, green-thumbs, all those who stop to smell the flowers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeeds are botanical thugs, but they have always been essential to our lives. They were the first crops and medicines and they inspired Velcro. They adorn weddings and foliate the most derelict urban sites. With the verve and historical breadth of Michael Pollan, acclaimed nature writer Richard Mabey delivers a provocative defense of the plants we love to hate.\u003c\/p\u003e--Carl Zimmer, author of \u003ci\u003eEvolution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeeds are botanical thugs, but they have always been essential to our lives. They were the first crops and medicines and they inspired Velcro. They adorn weddings and foliate the most derelict urban sites. With the verve and historical breadth of Michael Pollan, acclaimed nature writer Richard Mabey delivers a provocative defense of the plants we love to hate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.91 x 8 x 5.31 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 26, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44432029843558,"sku":"9780062065469","price":27.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/dDlGcktibE0vd0xHQ0xOYk1mdXF6QT09.webp?v=1770292253","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/weeds-in-defense-of-natures-most-unloved-plants-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}