F O R E W O R D
When I think of grass, I think of parks, pasture and football pitches. I don't think of rice �elds, bambooor sugarcane. I don't think of clothing, furnitureor beer.This bookhas openedmy eyes toanewwayof lookingat grass.
Anextraordinary family ofmore than10,000grass species, it canbe tracedback some 50million years. It is a family found in rain forests, deserts andmountains, fromtheAntarctic to the Sahara. It is a family onwhichmost of theworld's populationdepends for amajor portionof its diet: some 70%of agricultural crops aregrasses. In an easy-to-read, well-informed style, DavidCampbell Callender introduces the reader to theworld of grass, and its uses from agriculture tomedicine, cooking to construction; its associationwithmythology, symbolismand the arts; its importance toour wellbeingandwell just somuchmore. After reading this book, I amquite sure that next time you eat a bucket of popcorn, or chop up a piece of lemon grass for aThai curry, youwill stop just for amoment and contemplate on one of themost extraordinary plant families on the planet—and the signi�canceof the colour green. I know I will. Hilary Macmillan Consultant Head of Communications Vincent Wildlife Trust
H E A R I N G OT H E R S ' V O I C E S
Taking a bite out of the apple: a graphic designers tale, Rob Janoff, Apple logo creator (also available in Chinese) Time for the world to learn from Africa, Ruth Finnegan FBA, anthropologist, Emeritus Professor, The Open University, UK High days and holy days: voices of the Christian west, Arthur Hawes, theologian, Emeritus Archdeacon, Lincoln Cathedral From blank canvas to garment: a creative journey of discovery, Marella Campagna, fashion designer Listen world! Evelyn Glennie, the world's premier solo percussionist (Japanese translation forthcoming) Native American knowledge systems, Clara-Sue Kidsell, historian of science, University of North Carolina Façonner la parole en Afrique de l'Ouest / Voices of West Africa (bilingual edition), Cécile Leguy, linguistic anthropologist, New Sorbonne University, Paris Hunter gatherers, Alan Barnard FBA, Professor of the Anthropology of Southern Africa, University of Edinburgh Grass: miracle from the earth, David Campbell Callender, Irish naturalist For peace: voices of protest and aspiration, edited by Ruth Finnegan FBA, anthropologist Decisions, decisions, decisions, with compassion and love: voice from the headteacher's study, Neil James, head teacher Being a poet, being an Archbishop, being human, Rowan Williams FBA, writer, poet, theologian, former Archbishop of Canterbury Einstein's theory of relativity, a concise account for general readers, H.A.Lorentz, close colleague of Einstein's Our amazing world, seen by a scientist, a thinker, an Astronomer Royal, Martin Rees, FRS, astrophysicist Mind how you go: mental health, mind, body or spirit? Arthur Hawes, theologian and mental health worker, EmeritusArchdeacon, Lincoln Cathedral Becoming an artist-priest: impossible? Rev Ernesto Lozada Uzuriaga, Peruvian painter and British church minster. A Vietnamese boat refugee, a doctor, a singer - and a Lieutenant Colonel, Dr Thao Nguyen, General Practitioner Being a pastry cook, a restaurant owner, an immigrant, and more, Stefan Rinke, Austrian chef, Carinthia Konditerei, Auckland. Your amazing body - what you didn't know, Ani Vardanian. physiotherapist The story of the horse, Basil Tozer
‘Many further titles will follow in 2020 and subsequent years, some with translations into Chinese and other world languages’
If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow or the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which is the other side of silence.
To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made visible if we will open our minds and our eyes.
Thomas Carlyle
George Eliot
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