Sprout Lands: Tending the Endless Gift of Trees - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sprout Lands: Tending the Endless Gift of Trees write by William Bryant Logan. This book was released on 2019-03-26. Sprout Lands: Tending the Endless Gift of Trees available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Arborist William Bryant Logan recovers the lost tradition that sustained human life and culture for ten millennia. Once, farmers knew how to make a living hedge and fed their flocks on tree-branch hay. Rural people knew how to prune hazel to foster abundance: both of edible nuts, and of straight, strong, flexible rods for bridges, walls, and baskets. Townspeople cut their beeches to make charcoal to fuel ironworks. Shipwrights shaped oaks to make hulls. No place could prosper without its inhabitants knowing how to cut their trees so they would sprout again. Pruning the trees didn’t destroy them. Rather, it created the healthiest, most sustainable and most diverse woodlands that we have ever known. In this journey from the English fens to Spain, Japan, and California, William Bryant Logan rediscovers what was once an everyday ecology. He offers us both practical knowledge about how to live with trees to mutual benefit and hope that humans may again learn what the persistence and generosity of trees can teach.
Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth
Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth write by William Bryant Logan. This book was released on 2007-01-17. Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "A gleeful, poetic book…Like the best natural histories, Dirt is a kind of prayer." —Los Angeles Times Book Review "You are about to read a lot about dirt, which no one knows very much about." So begins the cult classic that brings mystery and magic to "that stuff that won't come off your collar." John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Saint Phocas, Darwin, and Virgil parade through this thought-provoking work, taking their place next to the dung beetle, the compost heap, dowsing, historical farming, and the microscopic biota that till the soil. Whether William Bryant Logan is traversing the far reaches of the cosmos or plowing through our planet’s crust, his delightful, elegant, and surprisingly soulful meditations greatly enrich our concept of "dirt," that substance from which we all arise and to which we all must return.
Oak: The Frame of Civilization
Oak: The Frame of Civilization - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Oak: The Frame of Civilization write by William Bryant Logan. This book was released on 2006-06-27. Oak: The Frame of Civilization available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Explores the role that the oak tree has played throughout history and in shaping the modern world.
Air: The Restless Shaper of the World
Air: The Restless Shaper of the World - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Air: The Restless Shaper of the World write by William Bryant Logan. This book was released on 2012-08-20. Air: The Restless Shaper of the World available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Examines the science of the air we breathe and how the smallest molecular changes in composition can make the difference between life and death.
My New Roots
My New Roots - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook My New Roots write by Sarah Britton. This book was released on 2015-03-31. My New Roots available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. At long last, Sarah Britton, called the “queen bee of the health blogs” by Bon Appétit, reveals 100 gorgeous, all-new plant-based recipes in her debut cookbook, inspired by her wildly popular blog. Every month, half a million readers—vegetarians, vegans, paleo followers, and gluten-free gourmets alike—flock to Sarah’s adaptable and accessible recipes that make powerfully healthy ingredients simply irresistible. My New Roots is the ultimate guide to revitalizing one’s health and palate, one delicious recipe at a time: no fad diets or gimmicks here. Whether readers are newcomers to natural foods or are already devotees, they will discover how easy it is to eat healthfully and happily when whole foods and plants are at the center of every plate.
