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Book Title: Plants That Kill : a Natural History of the World's Most Poisonous Plants
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2018
Topic: Life Sciences / Botany, Plants / General, Natural History
Item Height: 0.6 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Nature, Science
Item Weight: 40.1 Oz
Author: Sonny Larsson, Elizabeth A. Dauncey
Item Length: 3.8 in
Item Width: 19.1 in
Format: Hardcover
