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Second nature a gardener's education

Chosen by the American Horticultural Society as one of the seventy-five greatest books ever written about gardening, Second Nature has become a manifesto for rethinking our relationship with nature. With chapter ranging from a reconsideration of the Great American Lawn and a dispatch from one man?s war with a woodchuck to reflections on the sexual politics of roses, Pollan captures the rhythms of our everyday engagement with the outdoors in all its glory and exasperation.

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  • "Chosen by the American Horticultural Society as one of the seventy-five greatest books ever written about gardening, Second Nature has become a manifesto for rethinking our relationship with nature. With chapter ranging from a reconsideration of the Great American Lawn and a dispatch from one man?s war with a woodchuck to reflections on the sexual politics of roses, Pollan captures the rhythms of our everyday engagement with the outdoors in all its glory and exasperation."@en
  • "One day, Harper's Magazine editor Michael Pollan bought an old Connecticut dairy farm. He planted a garden and attempted to follow Thoreau's example: do not impose your will upon the wilderness, the woodchucks, or the weeds. That ethic, of course, did not work. But neither did pesticides or firebombing the woodchuck burrow. So Pollan began to think about the troubled borders between nature and contemporary life. The result is a funny, profound, and beautifully written book which has become a classic of American nature writing. It inspires thoughts on the war of the roses; sex and class conflict in the garden; virtuous composting; the American lawn; seed catalogs, and the politics of planting a tree. A blend of meditation, autobiography, and social history, Second Nature is ultimately a modern Walden.--From publisher description."@en
  • "Wenn Menschen sich das Paradies vorstellen, gleicht es meist einem Garten. Gärten verkörpern Fu?lle und Fruchtbarkeit, sie sind Orte der Entspannung und der Fantasie. Doch manchmal droht auch hier Ungemach, durchpflu?gen kleine Nager das so sorgsam geschaffene Idyll, findet der Giersch seinen Weg ins Blumenbeet oder der Frost schaut schon im September vorbei. Mit viel Humor erzählt Michael Pollan aus seinem Leben als Gärtner, von den vielen kleinen Erfolgen und Misserfolgen, von der politischen Dimension des Bäumepflanzens oder Sinn und Unsinn des Rasenmähens. "Meine zweite Natur" ist ein Grenzgänger, eine wunderbare Mischung aus Belletristik, Autobiografie und Kulturgeschichte. Der amerikanische Journalist und Bestseller-Autor Michael Pollan befasst sich in seinem literarischen Schaffen mit Orten und Dingen, an denen Natur und Kultur zusammentreffen. Seine besondere Leidenschaft geho?rt dem Ga?rtnern, sein grosses Interesse gilt Fragen der Erna?hrung. Pollan schreibt fu?r das New York Times Magazine und unterrichtet als Professor fu?r Wissenschafts- und Umwelt- journalismus an der University of California in Berkeley. Mehr auf www.michaelpollan.com."
  • "Wederwaardigheden van de Amerikaanse journalist met de tuin van zijn boerderij in New England."
  • "Second Nature captures the rhythms of our everyday engagement with the outdoors in all its glory and exasperation. With chapters ranging from a reconsideration of the Great American Lawn and a dispatch from one man's war with a woodchuck to an essay about the sexual politics of roses, Pollan has created a passionate and eloquent argument for reconsidering our relationship with nature."@en
  • "The author draws on his gardening experiences to explore attitudes toward nature and wilderness, environmental questions, and what gardening teaches about the borders between nature and culture."

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  • "Meine zweite Natur : Vom Glück, ein Gärtner zu sein"
  • "Meine zweite Natur Vom Glück, ein Gärtner zu sein"
  • "Second nature a gardener's education"
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  • "Second nature : a gardener's education"@en
  • "Second nature : a gardener's education"
  • "Mijn tweede natuur : leven met een weerbarstige tuin"
  • "Second nature"

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