
Second Nature
A Gardener's Education
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Narrated by:
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Michael Pollan
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Michael Pollan
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In his articles and in best-selling books such as The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan has established himself as one of our most important and beloved writers on modern man's place in the natural world. A new literary classic, Second Nature has become a manifesto not just for gardeners but for environmentalists everywhere.
Chosen by the American Horticultural Society as one of the 75 greatest books ever written about gardening, Second Nature captures the rhythms of our everyday engagement with the outdoors in all its glory and exasperation. With chapters ranging from a reconsideration of the Great American Lawn, a dispatch from one man's war with a woodchuck, to an essay about the sexual politics of roses, Pollan has created a passionate and eloquent argument for reconceiving our relationship with nature.
©2003 Michael Pollan (P)2010 Brilliance Audio, Inc.What the critics say
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- Will
- 2023-07-13
meh
not bad by any standard but not a topic worth garnering 4+ stars. interesting enough to sooth and educate to a certain degree but not a gripping subject worthy of 4+ stars.
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- coach amanda
- 2021-09-28
Very enjoyable
This is an enjoyable and perceptive commentary on our relationship with gardens, nature and landscape design.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2021-02-08
Pollan lets you into his calm mind.
I came to this title as an aspiring gardener, planning my second season on the land. I hoped to glean a few tips about how to place my carrots with appropriate shoulder room and how to place my mind in relation to the work a gardener performs. I left with the golden apple of all tips, insight. Michael Pollan is a writer before he is a gardener, that is clear by his resume, but he has been a gardener much longer according to the biographical snippets in this book. Pollan's narration, as most often I've found with author narrated works, is perfectly timed and inflected to the intention of the work being performed. His voice is calm, soothing and instructive. His background in journalism shows great by the breadth of his research that he expounds upon in this, his very first non-fiction in book form.
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- Jared
- 2022-12-05
Wonderfully written
This book was wonderfully written and recorded by Michael Pollan. He’s ability to paint a picture with his words is enjoyable. A very very good read.
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- Anonymous User
- 2022-02-06
wonderful!
Thoroughly love everything Michael Pollan produces!
easy listen.
funny.
total garden porn for us soil junkies!
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