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Fungipedia: Un compendio breve sobre el mundo del hongo / Fungipedia: A Brief Compendium of Mushroom Lore
Regular price $19.95 Save $-19.95En estos momentos, en la oscura humedad de un tronco hueco, crece un hongo. Parece inverosímil, pero ese hongo tiene el mismo ancestro que tú, y tu relación con él no solo es genética: también es gastronómica, espiritual, religiosa y comercial.
Desde el agárico blanco, que «provoca la orina» y baja la fiebre de la malaria, hasta los hongos bailarines de la película Fantasía de Disney, pasando por Alicia en el país de las maravillas y el hongo de Chernóbil que se alimenta de la radiación, este compendio con más de 180 entradas te transportará a un universo increíble.
No es una exageración: este año encontrarás muy pocos libros más interesantes que este. No importa en qué año leas esto.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
"This little book is big fun."—Michael Pollan
An illustrated mini-encyclopedia of fungal lore, from John Cage and Terence McKenna to mushroom sex and fairy rings
Fungipedia presents a delightful A–Z treasury of mushroom lore. With more than 180 entries—on topics as varied as Alice in Wonderland, chestnut blight, medicinal mushrooms, poisonings, Santa Claus, and waxy caps—this collection will transport both general readers and specialists into the remarkable universe of fungi.
Combining ecological, ethnographic, historical, and contemporary knowledge, author and mycologist Lawrence Millman discusses how mushrooms are much more closely related to humans than to plants, how they engage in sex, how insects farm them, and how certain species happily dine on leftover radiation, cockroach antennae, and dung. He explores the lives of individuals like African American scientist George Washington Carver, who specialized in crop diseases caused by fungi; Beatrix Potter, creator of Peter Rabbit, who was prevented from becoming a professional mycologist because she was a woman; and Gordon Wasson, a J. P. Morgan vice-president who almost single-handedly introduced the world to magic mushrooms. Millman considers why fungi are among the most significant organisms on our planet and how they are currently being affected by destructive human behavior, including climate change.
With charming drawings by artist and illustrator Amy Jean Porter, Fungipedia offers a treasure trove of scientific and cultural information. The world of mushrooms lies right at your door—be amazed!

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Our Future: A Green Manifesto for Latin America and the Caribbean / Nuestro Futuro: Un Manifiesto Verde para América Latina y el Caribe
Regular price $18.95 Save $-18.95Our world is facing an unprecedented environmental crisis. We have lost more than 70% of wildlife in the last fifty years; with the current rate of deforestation, in less than a decade the Amazon will become a net emitter of greenhouse gases; rising sea levels threaten entire cities;Frequent natural disasters resulting from extreme weather events indiscriminately annihilate lives.
Latin America and the Caribbean play a predominant role in mitigating this crisis, as they have the highest concentration of biodiversity on the planet, the main sources of fresh water, the Amazon biome, and an unquantifiable wealth of coral reefs, among others. Aware of this reality, Iván Duque proposes in these pages a roadmap for the countries of the region – with realistic, bankable, replicable, scalable and sustainable strategies – to join forces that allow solutions in the short, medium and long term.
The stage of speeches and promises is over. Concrete actions are needed to save the planet and must be implemented now.
SPANISH DESCRIPTIONAcciones hacia la carbono-neutralidad, la conservación positiva y la sostenibilidad en América Latina y el Caribe
Nuestro mundo afronta una crisis ambiental sin precedentes. Hemos perdido más del 70 % de la vida silvestre en los últimos cincuenta años; con la tasa de deforestación actual, en menos de una década la Amazonía se convertirá en un emisor neto de gases efecto invernadero; el aumento en los niveles del mar amenaza ciudades enteras; los frecuentes desastres naturales producto de los eventos climáticos extremos aniquilan vidas de manera indiscriminada.
América Latina y el Caribe tienen un rol predominante en la mitigación de esta crisis, al poseer la mayor concentración de biodiversidad de todo el planeta, las principales fuentes de agua fresca, el bioma amazónico y una riqueza incuantificable de arrecifes coralinos, entre otros. Consciente de esta realidad, Iván Duque plantea en estas páginas una hoja de ruta para los países de la región —con estrategias realistas, financiables, replicables, escalables y sostenibles—, para aunar esfuerzos que permitan soluciones a corto, mediano y largo plazo.
La etapa de los discursos y las promesas ha terminado. Para salvar al planeta se necesitan acciones concretas y hay que implementarlas ahora.

Dinopedia: Un compendio breve del mundo dinosaurístico / Dinopedia: A Brief Compendium of Dinosaur Lore
Regular price $19.95 Save $-19.95Los dinosaurios no son solo animales: son criaturas emocionantes. Nunca vimos uno vivo, sin embargo, perviven en nuestros museos, películas y piyamas.
Conocemos casi todo sobre ellos: qué comían, cómo cazaban, cómo se apareaban, cuánto tiempo vivían, pero cada día que pasa descubrimos algo nuevo.
En Dinopedia encontrarás a los anquilosaurios, con sus enormes martillos al final de la cola; al tirano más popular y terrible de todos; al gigantesco Patagotitan, con sus imponentes 40 metros de largo, y a los dinosauroides, la hipotética evolución de los dinosaurios si no se hubieran extinguido, entre muchos datos más. Este compendio contiene toda la información que siempre quisiste saber de los seres que reinaron este planeta durante 135 millones de años.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Dinosaurs are not just animals; they are exciting creatures. We have never seen one alive, yet they live on in our museums, movies, and pajamas. We know almost everything about them: what they ate, how they hunted, how they mated, how long they lived, but every day we discover something new.
In Dinopedia, you will find ankylosaurs, with their enormous tail clubs; the most popular and terrible tyrant of all; the gigantic Patagotitan, with its impressive 40 meters in length; and the dinosauroids, the hypothetical evolution of dinosaurs if they had not gone extinct, among many other facts. This compendium contains all the information you ever wanted to know about the beings that ruled this planet for 135 million years.
