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Leaves and Pods
enlarge	Authors: Josie Iselin, Mary Ellen Hannibal Publisher: "Harry N. Abrams, Inc." Category: Book List Price: ~~$17.95~~ Buy New: $13.46 You Save: $4.49 (25%) New (24) Used (17) from $6.16 Rating: 2 reviews Sales Rank: 86995 Media: Hardcover Pages: 144 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1 Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 7.1 x 0.7 ISBN: 0810930781 Dewey Decimal Number: 779.34092 EAN: 9780810930780 ASIN: 0810930781 Publication Date: August 1, 2006 Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours


Editorial Reviews: Product Description From the delicate new growth that emerges in springtime to jewel-toned fall foliage to winter's brown husks, leaves unfurl, mature, and wither in a life cycle that evokes our own. But a tree's leaves and the protective pods that cradle its seeds not only serve as metaphors for our lives: they actually sustain us. Each leaf plays an essential role, gathering nutrients for the tree and producing oxygen for the planet. In Leaves & Pods, artist Josie Iselin celebrates the diversity and beauty of these transitory objects with lushly detailed portraits of foliage she has gathered throughout the seasons across the world. As in her previous book, Beach Stones, Iselin arranges found natural objects into striking images, which she produces on a flatbed scanner. In her introduction and captions, nature writer Mary Ellen Hannibal thoughtfully examines leaves and pods in all their variety, explaining why they look as they do and their essential role in supporting life on earth. Both an art book and a botanical guide, Leaves & Pods reveals the splendor, complexity, and purpose of some of the most common objects in our natural world. This contemplation of nature combines aesthetic delight in familiar objects with scientific fact and philosophical wonder.

Customer Reviews: Leaves and Pods April 10, 2008 Susan Fredricks (Alaska) 2 out of 2 found this review helpful Have this author's other books and I was disappointed with this format,not like the author's valuable imput regarding the material in her other books. Susan Words in the Woods February 6, 2008 Edward L. Hannibal (East Hampton, NY) 5 out of 6 found this review helpful Warning: open this compact tome to any page and you'll soon be lost in the woods forever. Stunningly detailed scanner-taken photographs are here abetted by a gracefully written text that is both surprisingly snappy and helpful, particularly for non-botanists. Part art book, part nature guidebook, leaves & pods is, like each of its wondrous subjects, perfectly made; hence a thing of beauty.

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