| 1. |  | The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
from Penguin
Price: $10.88
Customer Review:
The author does an excellent job of explaining how ethics, policy, biology, culture and big business are connected and have shaped the foods that we eat today. Many of our eating habits in the Western diet simply do not make sense and ultimately have global repurcussions.
The author raises many... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
from Penguin Press HC, The
Price: $14.93
Customer Review:
This book has amazing information but i wish a bit more time was spent on its layout. It is very hard to read back when using it for quick refernce, and there are no graphics, it is just written as though its one big essay. Unfortunate because it has so much good informatin but is wasted with its... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
from Random House Trade Paperbacks
Price: $10.20
Customer Review:
It is a rare science book that evokes such an emotional response in me. "Beak of the Finch" by Jonathan Weiner is one, and "The Botany of Desire" is another. Pollan's discussion of four archetypal plants (apple, tulip, marijuana and potato) and our shared history with them makes for some wonderfully... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | Second Nature: A Gardener's Education
from Grove Press
Price: $10.20
Customer Review:
That's not entirely fair, but...this is a book of essays, not a natural history or gardening book. It is about Pollan's perceptions of nature and landscape, through the gateway of his garden. He does only enough research to flesh out his musings with historical fact and literary reference - and he... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 5. | ![]() | The Botany of Desire - A Plant's-Eye View of the World
from Random House
Customer Review:
The challenge faced by U.S. policy in Iraq is an indication of Kishore Mahbubani's assertion that you cannot export democracy into countries that are not ready for it.
In his book "The New Asian Hemisphere" Mahbubani points to the limitations of Western leadership in such areas as free trade,... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | A Place of My Own: The Architecture of Daydreams
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
Price: $10.88
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| 7. |  | Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn
from Metropolis Books
Price: $16.47
Customer Review:
This book reads more like a book report, or maybe a master's thesis than a full-blown book. You can get through it in an hour or two, and although it is an interesting read, it's not something you'll turn to again and again. Honestly, I haven't thought about it since I read through it weeks ago.... more info | 3.0 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | A Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder
from Delta
Customer Review:
Wonderful, wonderful book. I am inspired to find some land and build my own little haven... I guess that makes this the most expensive book I've ever bought. | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | Food Fight: The Citizen's Guide to a Food and Farm Bill
from University of California Press
Price: $11.53
Customer Review:
No one goes to the grocery store thinking that the government legislates what they buy or eat. But in fact, the government plays an enormously influential role on what products and foods are grown and produced, as well as distributed in your local grocery. The legislation known as the Farm Bill... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 10. | ![]() | In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
from Penguin Press
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