The Useful Book
- 403 pages
- 15 hours of reading
Home Ec and Shop features 138 practical projects and how-tos, with step-by- step instructions and illustrations, relevant charts, sidebars, lists, and handy toolboxes.
David Arora Book order
David Arora is an American mycologist and writer deeply immersed in the world of fungi. His work focuses on popularizing mycology through engaging field guides that not only facilitate mushroom identification but also illuminate their cultural and ecological significance. Drawing from extensive fieldwork, his writing explores mushroom-gathering traditions and economies across diverse global cultures. Arora also delves into topics concerning amateur and commercial mushroom hunting, its role in rural community economic development, and conservation issues related to the practice.
- 2016
- 2013
Mushrooms of the World with Pictures to Color
- 48 pages
- 2 hours of reading
This innovative coloring book introduces 92 fascinating mushroom species from all over the world. From the foot-tall parasol mushroom to minute, inconspicuous miniature mushrooms — from the poisonous to the delicious, each species is depicted in its natural habitat in meticulously rendered black-and-white illustrations.Detailed captions accompany the full-page drawings and provide scientific and common mushroom names, countries of origin, description of structure natural habitat growing conditions, and even flavors of edible types. An introduction provides information on identification methods and the mushroom life cycle.Page by page, you’ll discover the beauty and diversity of different mushroom species found in deserts, rain forests, or common garden mulch. Best of all, Mushrooms of the World allows you to participate in this invaluable learning experience by adding nature’s vibrant colors to botanically accurate illustrations.
- 2004
This invaluable handbook, provides clear definitions and distinctions between the terms and helps to navigate the complexities of magic, magical and marvellous realism within art and literary criticism.
- 1991
All That the Rain Promises and More
- 261 pages
- 10 hours of reading
“[ All That the Rain Promises and More ] is certainly the best guide to fungi, and may in fact be a long lasting masterpiece in guide writing for all subjects.”— Roger McKnight, The New York TimesMushrooms appeal to all kinds of people—and so will this handy pocket guide, which includes key information for more than 200 Western mushroomsOver 200 edible and poisonous mushrooms are depicted with simple checklists of their identifying features, as David Arora celebrates the fun in fungi with the same engaging bend of wit and wisdom, fact and fancy, that has made his comprehensive guide, Mushrooms Demystified, the mushroom hunter’s bible.“The best guide for the beginner. I’d buy it no matter where I lived in North America.”— Whole Earth Catalog
