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• Title:The triumph of seeds : how grains, nuts, kernels, pulses, and pips conquered the plant kingdom and shaped human history / Thor Hanson.
  
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• Author/Creator:Hanson, Thor, author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Ebooks Corporation.
  
• Published/Created:New York, New York : Basic Books, 2015.
  ©2015
  

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  • Call Number: QK661
    
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  • Status:No information available 

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Seeds.
  
• Description:1 online resource.
  
• Summary:Presents a guide to seeds that explains their importance to nature and humanity, describing their role in such events as the Age of Discovery, the American Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
  
• Reproduction note:Electronic reproduction. Perth, W.A. Available via World Wide Web.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  Description based on print version record.
  
• ISBN:9780465048724 electronic bk.
  0465048722 electronic bk.
  9780465055999
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: Seeds Nourish
  ch. One Seed for a Day
  ch. Two Staff of Life
  ch. Three Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut
  Seeds Unite
  ch. Four What the Spike Moss Knows
  ch. Five Mendel's Spores
  Seeds Endure
  ch. Six Methuselah
  ch. Seven Take It to the Bank
  Seeds Defend
  ch. Eight By Tooth, Beak, and Gnaw
  ch. Nine Riches of Taste
  ch. Ten Cheeriest Beans
  ch. Eleven Death by Umbrella
  Seeds Travel
  ch. Twelve Irresistible Flesh
  ch. Thirteen By Wind and Wave.