Most of us do not know a fruit hunter, much less a durianarian and their passion for durians. And what about fruitarians and their all-fruit diet? You might think you have very little in common with passionate individuals such as these, but you would be wrong. The common thread that ties us together is the global fruit industry and all its forms, from the produce section of markets to fruit drinks in the beverage aisle to agricultural checkpoints at airports and along highways. 
Adam Leith Gollner traveled the world to interview fruit hunters, growers, enthusiasts, researchers, and vendors to explore the fruit industry. He explains how fruit makes it to our grocery store and why the selection of fruit at our local market is so uninspiring. He explains how the kiwi made it big and lets us in on fruit varieties that may become available in the near future. Gollner describes his encounters with fruit hunters so vividly, you will feel as if you experienced the “fruit underworld” yourself. To make the experience even more complete, Gollner has posted photos of his adventures online. View these photos after you have started to read The Fruit Hunters to help visualize the people and places described in the book.
Gollner is a writer who has written for The New York Times, Gourmet, Bon Appetit, and Good magazine. The Fruit Hunters is his first book.
Adrian Bell describes the processes behind plant morphology in the new edition of Plant Form: An Illustrated Guide to Flowering Plant Morphology. Written for amateur botanists and plant enthusiasts, this book is an excellent reference containing bite-sized morsels of information. Author/botanist Adrian Bell and illustrator, Alan Bryan, combine interesting and informative text with detailed pen-&-ink illustrations to provide insight about the following topics:
Written by Margaret Stevens, in association with the Society of Botanical Artists (SBA), this book complements The Art of Botanical Painting (2004) also published by Stevens and the SBA. In their first book, the SBA provided instruction on drawing techniques, colored pencil techniques, watercolor techniques, and gouache painting techniques. Stevens and SBA contributors gave instruction on the painting of fruit, vegetables, and foliage. In their follow-up work, they focus on colors specific to the botanical palette. They give special attention to the following colors: white, yellow, green, blue, purple, red, brown, and black.
While several books have been published about contemporary botanical art, both how-to books and books about international collections, there has never been a book highlighting the work of North American artists until the publication of Today’s Botanical Artists earlier this year. Written by Cora B. Marcus and Libby Kyer, this book features 220 pieces of artwork by 
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