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David Attenborough meets Lemony Snicket in The Big Bad Book of Botany Michael Largos entertaining and enlightening one-of-a-kind compendium of the worlds most amazing and bizarre plants their history and their loreThe Big Bad Book of Botany introduces a world of wild wonderful and weird plants Some are so rare they were once more valuable than gold Some found in ancient mythology hold magical abilities including the power to turn a person to stone Others have been used by assassins to kill kings and sorcerers to revive the dead Here too is vegetation with astonishing properties to cure and heal many of which have long since been lost with the advent of modern medicineOrganized alphabetically The Big Bad Book of Botany combines the latest in biological information with bizarre facts about the plant kingdoms oddest members including a species that is more poisonous than a cobra and a prehistoric plant that actually walked Largo takes you through the history of vegetables and fruits and their astonishing agricultural evolution Throughout he reveals astonishing facts from where the worlds first tree grew to whether plants are telepathicFeaturing more than photographs and illustrations The Big Bad Book of Botany is a fascinating fun A-to-Z encyclopedia for all ages that will transform the way we look at the natural world.
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Michael Largo is an expert on the anomalous ways of American dying. He is the author of (a Bram Stoker Award Finalist) , (winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Nonfiction) , and three novels. He was the former editor of and the researcher/archivist for the film company Allied Artists. The son of an NYPD narcotics detective, Largo was the owner and founder of the landmark NYC East Village, St Marks Bar & Grill during the early 80s, where he served an eclectic clientele, including Allen Ginsberg, Joni Mitchell, Larry Rivers, and Keith Richards, to name a few, allowing an insider's look and unusual vantage to observe both genius and heroin--in all its deviations--and its impact on contemporary culture. Michael Largo has been collecting statistics and information on the American way of dying for over a decade. He is a member of The Authors Guild, Mystery Writers of America amd Horror Writers of America, and The American Historical Association.
