wyszukanych pozycji: 14
Against the American Grain: A Borderlands History of Resistance
ISBN: 9780826366979 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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107,42 zł |
Cross-Pollinations: The Marriage of Science and Poetry
ISBN: 9781571312709 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 107 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In this book, Nabhan describes the circumstances of several of important--even breakthrough--discoveries that came about through the cross-pollination of science and the arts. His stories mix the personal and scientific in an engaging way. When he found out in high school that he is color blind, an amazing teacher chided him to use his so-called problem to explore varieties of perception. Years later, Nabhan organized teams of color-blind and color-normal scientists to survey a plant thought to be endangered. The color-blind scientists' results changed the views of that ecosystem. Nabhan...
In this book, Nabhan describes the circumstances of several of important--even breakthrough--discoveries that came about through the cross-pollination...
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60,27 zł |
Cumin, Camels, and Caravans: A Spice Odysseyvolume 45
ISBN: 9780520267206 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Gary Paul Nabhan takes the reader on a vivid and far-ranging journey across time and space in this fascinating look at the relationship between the spice trade and culinary imperialism. Drawing on his own family's history as spice traders, as well as travel narratives, historical accounts, and his expertise as an ethnobotanist, Nabhan describes the critical roles that Semitic peoples and desert floras had in setting the stage for globalized spice trade. Traveling along four prominent trade routes--the Silk Road, the Frankincense Trail, the Spice Route, and the Camino Real (for chiles and...
Gary Paul Nabhan takes the reader on a vivid and far-ranging journey across time and space in this fascinating look at the relationship between the sp...
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128,94 zł |
Cumin, Camels, and Caravans: A Spice Odysseyvolume 45
ISBN: 9780520379244 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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107,42 zł |
Food, Genes, and Culture: Eating Right for Your Origins
ISBN: 9781610914925 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Vegan, low fat, low carb, slow carb: Every diet seems to promise a one-size-fits-all solution to health. But they ignore the diversity of human genes and how they interact with what we eat. In "Food, Genes, and Culture," renowned ethnobotanist Gary Nabhan shows why the perfect diet for one person could be disastrous for another. If your ancestors were herders in Northern Europe, milk might well provide you with important nutrients, whereas if you re Native American, you have a higher likelihood of lactose intolerance. If your roots lie in the Greek islands, the acclaimed Mediterranean... Vegan, low fat, low carb, slow carb: Every diet seems to promise a one-size-fits-all solution to health. But they ignore the diversity of human gen... |
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129,94 zł |
Desert Terroir: Exploring the Unique Flavors and Sundry Places of the Borderlands
ISBN: 9780292725898 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Why does food taste better when you know where it comes from? Because history--ecological, cultural, even personal--flavors every bite we eat. Whether it's the volatile chemical compounds that a plant absorbs from the soil or the stories and memories of places that are evoked by taste, layers of flavor await those willing to delve into the roots of real food. In this landmark book, Gary Paul Nabhan takes us on a personal trip into the southwestern borderlands to discover the terroir--the "taste of the place"--that makes this desert so delicious. To savor the terroir of the... Why does food taste better when you know where it comes from? Because history--ecological, cultural, even personal--flavors every bite we eat. Whet... |
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115,82 zł |
The Nature of Desert Nature
ISBN: 9780816540280 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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72,98 zł |
Food from the Radical Center: Healing Our Land and Communities
ISBN: 9781610919197 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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133,00 zł |
Cultures of Habitat: On Nature, Culture, and Story
ISBN: 9781887178969 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Ethnobotanist Gary Paul Nabhan provides 26 essays that go beyond mere observations of wildlife but offer theories of links between cultural and biological diversity. He champions a shift away from the preservation efforts of the mainstream environmental movement, rejecting the separateness of ecological preserves that exclude humans. Nabhan argues that biodviersity thrives best in the presence of an involved, participatory culture, and his argument is bolstered by research and years of field experiecne.
Ethnobotanist Gary Paul Nabhan provides 26 essays that go beyond mere observations of wildlife but offer theories of links between cultural and biolog...
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85,89 zł |
Songbirds, Truffles, and Wolves: An American Naturalist in Italy
ISBN: 9780140239720 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. By the winner of the John Burroughs Medal for nature writing.
Gary Nabhan went to walk in old Italy like a pilgrim. . . . This is a story about moving from sad uncertainty to part-time joyousness. It is a great book. William Kittredge In part to ponder my Mediterranean roots and in part to learn of the land of my saint, San Francisco, Gary Paul Nabhan, one of America s finest nature writers and author of The Desert Smells Like Rain decided to walk the two hundred miles from Florence to Assisi. Along the way he met peasant farmers eager to share the love of their plants and... By the winner of the John Burroughs Medal for nature writing.
Gary Nabhan went to walk in old Italy like a pilgrim. . . . This is a story about m... |
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103,32 zł |
Chile, Clove, and Cardamom: A Gastronomic Journey Into the Fragrances and Flavors of Desert Cuisines
ISBN: 9781645022459 / Angielski / 30-01-2025 Książka dostępna od: 30-01-2025 |
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142,94 zł |
Where Our Food Comes From: Retracing Nikolay Vavilov's Quest to End Famine
ISBN: 9781610910033 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The future of our food depends on tiny seeds in orchards and fields the world over. In 1943, one of the first to recognize this fact, the great botanist Nikolay Vavilov, lay dying of starvation in a Soviet prison. But in the years before Stalin jailed him as a scapegoat for the country's famines, Vavilov had traveled over five continents, collecting hundreds of thousands of seeds in an effort to outline the ancient centers of agricultural diversity and guard against widespread hunger. Now, another remarkable scientist--and vivid storyteller--has retraced his footsteps. In Where Our Food...
The future of our food depends on tiny seeds in orchards and fields the world over. In 1943, one of the first to recognize this fact, the great botani...
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133,00 zł |
Mesquite: An Arboreal Love Affair
ISBN: 9781603589857 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. An homage to the useful and idiosyncratic mesquite tree
An homage to the useful and idiosyncratic mesquite tree
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77,49 zł |
Tequila!: A Natural and Cultural History
ISBN: 9780816519385 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 113 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The array of bottles is impressive, their contents finely tuned to varied tastes. But they all share the same roots in Mesoamerica's natural bounty and human culture. The drink is tequila--more properly, mescal de tequila, the first mescal to be codified and recognized by its geographic origin and the only one known internationally by that name. In Tequila A Natural and Cultural History, Ana G. Valenzuela-Zapata, the leading agronomist in Mexico's tequila industry, and Gary Paul Nabhan, one of America's most respected ethnobotanists, plumb the myth of tequila as...
The array of bottles is impressive, their contents finely tuned to varied tastes. But they all share the same roots in Mesoamerica's natural b...
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72,98 zł |