Pomegranate Roads: A Soviet Botanist's Exile from Eden - Brossura

Levin, Gregory M.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0964949768 ISBN 13: 9780964949768

Casa editrice: Floreant Pr, 2006

Riassunto

Dr. Gregory Levin's fascinating memoir of his life with pomegranates illuminates the botany, the history and myths, the astonishing range of tastes, and the health benefits--from folklore to pharmaceuticals--that make it the wonder fruit of our time.

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L'autore:

Dr. Gregory Levin, a famed pomegrante scientist, devoted his life to studying the ruby fruit and preserving its biodiversity. He has published over 300 papers translated into many languages. His forthcoming botanical study, "Pomegranate" will be published by Texas A & M press in late 2006

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

For more than forty years, Dr. Gregory Levin trekked across Central Asia and the TransCaucasus in search of wild and endangered pomegranates. His home was a remote Soviet agricultural station int he mountain range separting Turkmenistan from Iran. After the break-up of the Soviet Union, he found himself exiled from his hidden Eden and his collection of 1,117 pomegranates.

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• Editore: Floreant Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0964949768
• ISBN 13: 9780964949768
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 183