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Stewarts writing style is breezy and wicked plants is a lot of fun. Additional information provided by amy stewart, one of the authors of this book, refers to another book wicked plants. Amy tells the basic story of many of the more pedestrian poisonous plants, and a very short paragraph on many more. Stewart is the new york times bestselling author of 10 books, which have sold more than a million copies worldwide and have been translated into 17 languages. Amy stewart is the awardwinning author of seven books, including her acclaimed miss kopp series and the bestsellers the drunken botanist and wicked plants. Join bestselling author amy stewart as she takes on mother natures most appalling creations. Amy stewart is the new york times bestselling author of over a dozen books.
Amy stewart is the new york times bestselling author of ten books, including girl waits with gun, lady cop makes trouble, the drunken botanist, and wicked plants. Im a huge fan of amy stewart, and ive read everything shes written, including her bimonthly column in our local newspaper and her writing at garden rant, so i was thrilled when i heard about her latest book, wicked plants im a professional gardener and a total plant geek, so reading all about the wicked deeds of the plants i know and love and learning some new ones as well. The book lists plantlife in alphabetical order, beginning with the deadly aconite responsible for killing two priests at a dinner party in 1856 to the yew, known as the graveyard tree in. She is the cofounder of the popular blog garden rant and is. Amy stewart, bestselling author of flower confidential, takes on over 200 of mother natures most appalling creations in an a to z of plants that kill, maim, intoxicate, and otherwise offend. Author amy stewart writes about illegal, dangerous and. I want to say that amy stewart has written a nonthreatening, very readable, informative book for the general public. If you havent run across her books before, she wrote a 2011 companion book, wicked bugs. Amy stewart is the bestselling author of several books on the perils and pleasures of the natural world, including from the ground up, the earth moved, flower confidential, wicked plants, and wicked bugs. Wicked plants never gets boring or twee the way gardening books so often do.
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