Plants & Us : How they shape human history & society - Sir Tim Smit Crime accompanied by Tim Severin and

accompanied by Tim Severin and Michael de Larrabeiti

daunted by the mountain of often conflicting advice in gardening manuals

can remind you that most days have moments that buoy your mood

Ray DiZazzo is a poet obsessed with imagery

Plants & Us : How they shape human history & society - Sir Tim Smit Crime accompanied by Tim Severin andA completely new look at plants not only in food, drink and commerce, and how they have created civilisation, trade and empires, but also in love, in war, in crime, in horror and delight, in music, poetry and prose, and on the screen. Not just another gardening or plant book, this is a complete picture of how plants affect people, for better or worse, now, in the past and in the future with illuminating and startling facts about their ubiquitous