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The Shadow-Lives of Plants
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Fez Inkwright
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Discover the folklore and history of our most toxic plants.
"If you drink much from a bottle marked 'poison,' it is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or later." (Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland)
In both history and fiction, some of the most dramatic, notorious deaths have been through poisonings. Concealed and deliberate, it's a crime that requires advance planning and that for many centuries could go virtually undetected. And yet there is a fine line between healing and killing: The difference lies only in the dosage!
In Botanical Curses and Poisons, Fez Inkwright returns to folkloric and historical archives to reveal the fascinating, untold stories behind a variety of lethal plants, witching herbs, and funghi. Going from A to Z, she covers everything from apple (think of the poisoned fruit in "Snow White") and the hallucinogenic angel's trumpet to laurel, which emits toxic fumes, to oleander (a deadly ornamental shrub), with each plant beautifully illustrated by the author herself. This enthralling treasury is packed with insight, lore, and the revealed mysteries of everyday flora-including the prevalence of poisoning in ancient Rome, its use in religion and magic, and common antidotes - making this perfect for gardeners, writers, folklorists, witches, and scientists alike!
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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.
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A good review of NA silva
- By Euler2.71828 on 08-29-15
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Wild Magic
- Celtic Folk Traditions for the Solitary Practitioner
- By: Danu Forest
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Shake off the energy of our frenetic modern-day life and reconnect to the wild magic of your heart. This book is an immersive guide to creating deep relationships with faerie folk, green kin, the ancestors, and the spirits of the land. Explore dozens of meditations and exercises based on Celtic lore that serve as energetic keys for accessing levels of reality and spiritual destinations that will forever transform your relationship to the here and now. Learn how to work with animal spirits, the powers of place, and the tides.
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best of kind
- By Jamie on 05-29-21
By: Danu Forest
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Wicked Plants
- The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities
- By: Amy Stewart
- Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Beware! The sordid lives of plants behaving badly. A tree that sheds poison daggers; a glistening red seed that stops the heart; a shrub that causes paralysis; a vine that strangles; and a leaf that triggered a war. Amy Stewart, best-selling author of Flower Confidential, takes on over two hundred of Mother Nature's most appalling creations in an A to Z of plants that kill, maim, intoxicate, and otherwise offend.
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Grows on You Like Kudzu
- By Cynthia on 04-23-13
By: Amy Stewart
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Entering Hekate's Garden
- The Magick, Medicine & Mystery of Plant Spirit Witchcraft
- By: Cyndi Brannen
- Narrated by: Leslie Howard
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Bringing pharmakeia (the practice of plant spirit witchcraft) into contemporary times, Entering Hekate's Garden merges historical knowledge with modern techniques. In it, author Cyndi Brannen offers her extensive insight into Hekatean ritual and witchcraft and especially its application to the Green World.
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wonderful
- By Kindle Customer on 12-15-20
By: Cyndi Brannen
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Gory Details
- By: Erika Engelhaupt
- Narrated by: Mari Weiss
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Filled to the brim with far-out facts, this wickedly informative narrative from the author of National Geographic's popular Gory Details blog takes us on a fascinating journey through an astonishing new reality. Blending humor and journalism in the tradition of Mary Roach, acclaimed science reporter Erika Engelhaupt investigates the gross, strange, and morbid absurdities of our bodies and our universe.
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Feels like old school Discovery channel
- By Anonymous User on 02-15-23
By: Erika Engelhaupt
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A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons
- By: Kate Khavari
- Narrated by: Jodie Harris
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
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London, 1923. Newly minted research assistant Saffron Everleigh is the first woman to hold the position at University College of London. When she attends a dinner party for the school, she expects to engage in conversations about the university's large expedition to the Amazon. What she doesn’t expect is for Mrs. Henry, one of the professors’ wives, to drop to the floor, poisoned by an unknown toxin. Dr. Maxwell, Saffron’s mentor, is the main suspect, and evidence quickly mounts.
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Clean cozy mystery
- By dubois940 on 08-21-22
By: Kate Khavari
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This Is Your Mind on Plants
- By: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Michael Pollan
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
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Of all the things humans rely on plants for - sustenance, beauty, medicine, fragrance, flavor, fiber - surely the most curious is our use of them to change consciousness: to stimulate or calm, fiddle with or completely alter, the qualities of our mental experience. Take coffee and tea: People around the world rely on caffeine to sharpen their minds. But we do not usually think of caffeine as a drug, or our daily use as an addiction, because it is legal and socially acceptable.
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This is a clip show.
- By Jeff on 07-07-21
By: Michael Pollan
Informative and entertaining
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pleasing poison
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The readers voice is absolutely pleasent!
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More than deadly plants
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What a great book!
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Great stories
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The book was really good! Super light & enjoyable! Loved all the folk tales and historical references used to explain the cultural history of a lot of plants throughout the world and it showed how they can be so different from place to place, sometimes! Loved the stories of old wives tales, the old fears of witches etc, medicinal uses prior to better scientific experimentation, uses within war and punishment, etc… truly would recommend this read! Fascinating!
Side note: Are mushrooms plants? They’re fungi so I don’t think so. I’ve learned lots about mushroom foraging and identification over the years.. this book had a whole surprise section about mushrooms!! 🍄 💕
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Interesting and full of history and information
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Worth it
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Great book, narration needs editing
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