{"product_id":"9780316498272","title":"Andy Warner's Oddball Histories: Spices and Spuds","description":"Author: Andy Warner\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780316498272\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Hachette Children's Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 10 Dec 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 248 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDid you know that plants helped shape our modern world?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt may sound ridiculous, but empires have risen and fallen because of stuff you'd find in your grocery store's vegetable aisle. Through wars, famine, prosperity, and more, every aspect of our lives and livelihoods has something to do with plants!\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether or not you notice them, plants are as central to our day-to-day lives as a bowl of rice or a plate of pasta, and they have shaped our history the same way a gardener trims a topiary.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDid you know that a pepper blockade led to the Age of Exploration? How about that huge wheat barges once kept Rome running with free bread? Or that whole wars were fought over tea? Get ready to follow corn's weird journey from the floating fields of the Aztec emperors to the glossy shine on this book's cover. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAndy Warner sifts through the roots and leaves of our long, complicated history with the earth's original green resources in this hilarious, fact-filled follow-up to \u003ci\u003eAndy Warner's Oddball Histories: Pests and Pets\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46491571290270,"sku":"ADS-9780316498272","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780316498272.jpg?v=1770593862","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780316498272","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}