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A Natural History of North American Trees gives us a picture of life in America from its earliest days to the middle of the last century. The information is always interesting, though often heartbreaking. While Peattie looks for the better side of man's nature, he reports sorrowfully on the greed and waste that have doomed so much of America's virgin forest.

Las plantas y las flores nos tocan de muchas maneras – tanto por su apariencia como por su fragancia. El agua de las plantas, también conocida como hidrolatos, conserva estas flores y su fragancia, y puede considerarse como el alma de las plantas. El agua de las plantas de diversas flores tiene efectos muy diferentes en nuestro cuerpo y mente. En esta guía de aguas florales, aprenderás exactamente cómo usar cada flor para obtener salud, sanación o relajación.

Plants and flowers touch us in many ways – both through their appearance and their scent. Plant water, also known as hydrosols, preserves these flowers and their scent and can thus be called the soul of the plants. The plant waters of various flowers have very different effects on our body and mind. In this guide to plant waters, you will learn exactly how to use each flower to achieve health, healing, or relaxation. Embark on an exciting journey of discovery and explore the soul of the plants!

We live in a world of seeds. From our morning toast to the cotton in our clothes, they are quite literally the stuff and staff of life, supporting diets, economies, and civilizations around the globe. Just as the search for nutmeg and the humble peppercorn drove the Age of Discovery, so did coffee beans help fuel the Enlightenment and cottonseed help spark the Industrial Revolution. And from the fall of Rome to the Arab Spring, the fate of nations continues to hinge on the seeds of a Middle Eastern grass known as wheat.

After a chance meeting in the pub, Roger Morgan-Grenville and his friend Duncan decide to take up beekeeping. Their enthusiasm matched only by their ignorance, they are pitched into an arcane world of unexpected challenges. Coping with many setbacks along the way, they manage to create a colony of beehives, finishing two years later with more honey than anyone knows what to do with. By standing back from their normal lives and working with the cycle of the seasons, they emerge with a new-found understanding of nature and a respect for the honeybee and the threats it faces.