Biography - Nabhan, Gary Paul (1952-): An article from: ...
 Author: Gale Reference Team Binding: Digital Format: HTML Number Of Pages: 15 Publication Date: 2007-01-01 Release Date: 2007-12-16 [... more]
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Arab/American: Landscape, Culture, and Cuisine in Two ...
Author: Gary Paul Nabhan Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 979 EAN: 9780816526581 ISBN: 0816526583 Number Of Pages: 160 Publication Date: 2008-03-01 [... more]
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The Geography of Childhood (The Concord Library)
The landscape through a child's eyes: Gary Nabhan and Stephen Trimble have penned a fine collection of essays on how children perceive and play in their environment. References are made to psychological studies that support a child's need for wild places, [... more]
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Gathering the Desert
The author is not just an Ethnobotanist, he's a Poet!: Quite simply, read this book. It turns the subject of "ethnoecology" (sounds dull, doesn't it?!) into a poetic duet of plants and the relationship native peoples developed with them. Nabhan, [... more]
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The Desert Smells Like Rain: A Naturalist in Papago ...
Read This Book: Nabhan has written a beautifully eloquent book about the Papago people of Arizona. The book focuses on the importance of rainfall to these desert dwellers and the way that it has become a key part of their culture and their celebrations. [... more]
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THE GEOGRAPHY OF CHILDHOOD: Why Children Need Wild Places
The landscape through a child's eyes: Gary Nabhan and Stephen Trimble have penned a fine collection of essays on how children perceive and play in their environment. References are made to psychological studies that support a child's need for wild places, [... more]
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Cultures of Habitat: On Nature, Culture, and Story
We all need to see culture this way: So few nature writers (Barry Lopez being one notable exception) are concerned with dissolving the artificial wall between humanity and nature. Nabhan takes this objective one step further by showing that biodiversity [... more]
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The Forgotten Pollinators
Amazon.com Review: In The Forgotten Pollinators, two researchers delve into the little-known and fascinating world of pollination. The authors, an entomologist and an ethnobotanist and nature writer, illustrate in clear yet proficient language the [... more]
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Tequila: A Natural and Cultural History
The big picture: This book gave me a overview of tequila that included the agricultural considerations, cultural heritage, and history of mescal de tequila, not just a guide to making margaritas. It is well written with enough detail to satisfy the [... more]
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Why Some Like It Hot: Food, Genes, and Cultural Diversity
Interesting but not well-presented material: I found myself reading and then skimming this book, as my interest in what could have been a fascinating theory waned in the face of the author's inability to do more than cob together personal anecdotes and [... more]
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Tequila: A Natural and Cultural History
The big picture: This book gave me a overview of tequila that included the agricultural considerations, cultural heritage, and history of mescal de tequila, not just a guide to making margaritas. It is well written with enough detail to satisfy the [... more]
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Where Our Food Comes From: Retracing Nikolay Vavilov's ...
In the Foodsteps of Giants: Where our Food Comes From: Retracing Nikolay Vavilov's Quest to End Famine. Gary Paul Nabhan. Island Press: Washington, 2008. 214 pp., $24.95 hardcover (ISBN-13: 978-1-59726-399-3, ISBN-10: 1-59726-399-0). Reviewed by Rafael J. [... more]
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