false 60707400 176279 13839 0375760393 9780375760396 1117 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255579535m/13839.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255579535s/13839.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13839.The_Botany_of_Desire_A_Plant_s_Eye_View_of_the_World 4.06 6625 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?]]> 2121 4.16 44498 10721 2001 3 0 false Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 18:10:16 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 13:34:25 -0700 2009