The Spice of Life
by Chris Howes
Take a rich mixture of life, a gentle squeeze of evolution, add a pinch of history and flavour liberally with science. The Spice of Life a study of life: how it began, what affects its species – and where it is heading.
The sheer variety of life on earth is both astonishing and bewildering, and we still have little idea of how many species share our planet, of what they are and how they life. Estimates suggest that the earth may be supporting 20 to 50 times the number of known species of animals and plants, many of which may be of incredible value to us as sources of food or medicine. Not for nothing has it been said that there is little new in the world – man's inventions so often mimic, intentional or no, what the natural world has for millennia made use of.
Those with an interest in the outdoor world will enjoy this book, aimed at lay readers: it is clear and authoritative in its presentation and is, above all, a story of our wonder with nature and how urgent our need to initiate action.
Hardback, 19.5cm x 25.5cm, 192pp, over 100 colour photographs and illustrations. Published price £25; special offer at half price: £12.50
ISBN-10: 0-7137-2390-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-7137-2390-8
This book was published by Blandford Press but all stocks are now held by Wild Places Publishing
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