100 Plants That (Almost) Changed The World

An entertaining, beautifully illustrated exploration of 100 plants that shaped history, culture, and technology full of surprising stories about humanity’s extraordinary bond with the plant kingdom.

From the technologically revolutionary to the downright ridiculous, this collection of concise musings documents the varied and often humorous relationships humans have developed with members of the plant kingdom.

These pithy stories span species celebrated as tribal fodder to delicacies elevated as some of our most valued possessions, from the ultimate symbols of devotion and love to campaigns that resulted in genocide, revolt and the shaping of the global political landscape, demonstrating a relationship between humans and the plant kingdom as broad, wonderful, and strange as the plants themselves.

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