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The Private Life of Plants: A Natural History of Plant Behaviour (Large Print)
The Private Life of Plants A Natural History of Plant Behaviour - Large Print
Author: David Attenborough
Based on the immensely popular six-part BBC program that aired in the United States during the fall of 1995, this book offers what writer/filmmaker David Attenborough is best known for delivering: an intimate view of the natural world wherein a multitude of miniature dramas unfold. In the program and book, both titled The Private Life of...  more », Attenborough treks through rainforests, mountain ranges, deserts, beaches, and home gardens to show us things we might never have suspected about the vegetation that surrounds us. With their extraordinary sensibility, plants compete endlessly for survival and interact with animals and insects: they can see, count, communicate, adjust position, strike, and capture.

Covering this remarkable range of information with enthusiasm and clarity, Attenborough helps us to look anew at the vegetation on which all life depends and which has an intriguing life of its own. He has created a book sure to please the plant lover and any other reader interested in exploring the natural world.
ISBN-13: 9781856951999
ISBN-10: 1856951995
Publication Date: 5/1996
Pages: 300
Edition: Large Print Ed
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Publisher: ISIS Large Print Books
Book Type: Hardcover
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