MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01382cam a22003018i 4500
001 2015017169
003 DLC
005 20151119082828.0
008 150504s2015 nyu b 000 0 eng
010 $a 2015017169
020 $a9781476755526 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a9781476755533 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(DNAL)1316202
040 $aDNAL/DLC$beng$erda$cDNAL$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aSB404.9$b.B83 2015
070 0 $aSB404.9$b.B83 2015
082 00 $a635.9$223
100 1 $aBuchmann, Stephen L.,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe reason for flowers :$btheir history, culture, biology, and how they change our lives /$cStephen Buchmann.
264 1 $aNew York :$bScribner,$c2015.
300 $ax, 342 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aWill trade food for sex -- First flowers and their ancestors -- The go-betweens -- Pleasure gardens ancient and modern -- Flowers for eternity, and appeasing the gods -- Best of show -- Arriving by jumbo jet -- From the kitchen to your plate -- A little dab behind the ear -- The secret language of flowers -- Flowers on the page -- Flower power: the meaning of flowers in art -- The flower and the scientist -- Good for what ails us?
650 0 $aFlowers.