Mike Shanahan

Ladders to Heaven

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A stunning survey of the extraordinary and surprising ways that fig trees have shaped human civilisation â and could enrich our future

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Unbound
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 222g
• ISBN-13: 9781783525805
• ISBN-10: 1783525800
• Artikelnr.: 52914691

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Snakes & Ladders and Tantalising Figs
Chapter 2: Trees of Life, Trees of Knowledge
Chapter 3: A Long Seduction
Chapter 4: Banyans and the Birth of Botany
Chapter 5: Botanical Monkeys
Chapter 6: Sex & Violence in the Hanging Gardens
Chapter 7: Struggles for Existence
Chapter 8: Goodbye to the Gardeners, Hello to the Heat
Chapter 9: From Dependence to Dominion
Chapter 10: The War of the Trees
Chapter 11: The Testimony of Volcanoes
Chapter 12: Once Destroyed, Forever Lost?
Epilogue: A Wedding Invitation