The Triumph of Seeds : How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History (Hardcover)

from TeaTimeCoder

An otherwise interesting book mired by constant personal digressions and anecdotes. The author cannot write a paragraph without mentioning his three year old son Noah and the wild antics he gets up to. Where was the editor during all this?

from Dreesie

3.5-4 stars. Not the most engaging book (though some parts certainly are). But this is a solid popular science work, and is interesting. The chapter on coffee is soooo much better than the coffee chapter in [book:A History of the World in 6 Glasses|3872]. There is a fair amount of botany in this ...

from MM_Jones

Wonderfully entertaining and informative. A book of knowledge, adventure and wonder by an award-winning writer. So many ways that seeds affect not just what we eat, but the very course of human history.

from MM_Jones

Wonderfully entertaining and informative. A book of knowledge, adventure and wonder by an award-winning writer. So many ways that seeds affect not just what we eat, but the very course of human history.