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Free Press, 2006. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: The Free Press, 2005. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Free Press, 2006. First Trade Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Used, with light reading wear; the spine is not creased.

Free Pr, 2006. Soft Cover. Good. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight/ page clean/ covers show moderate edge wear/ several pages and page tips creased

Atria, 2/1/2006 12:00:01 AM. paperback. Good. 0.9016 8.2008 5.5000. Minor wear and creasing

Atria Books. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Free Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Free Press, 2005. Paperback. Good. 5x0x8. Softcover, minor wear, remainder mark on top edge, pages tanned, wear to spine, binding tight, a very nice copy.

New York: Free Press. Fine copy. 2005. 1st. softcover. 8vo, 324 pp., Advance Reader's Edition in wrappers. .

New York: Free Press. Fine copy. 2005. 2nd prt.. softcover. 8vo, 324 pp. .

New York, NY: Free Press, 2005. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 324 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Very good dust jacket. First Edition / First Printing. 1,3,5,7,9,10,8,6,4,2.

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Good.

Free Press, 2005. 1st printing. Brief gift note inked on front flyleaf, otherwise a crisp clean copy. 324pp. In a very nice unclipped jacket.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

Pocket Books, 2007. Paperback. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Free Press; Simon & Schuster, 2005. 324 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Light shelfwear. Fine DJ. A near-fine copy of the first printing. "'Honey has been waiting almost ten million years for a good biography,' writes Holley Bishop. Bees have been making this food on Earth for hundreds of millennia, but we humans started recording our fascination with it only in the past few thousand years -- painting bees and hives on cave and temple walls and papyrus scrolls, revering them in poetry and art, even worshipping these amazing little insects as gods. From the temples of the Nile to the hives behind the author's own house, people have had a long, rapturous love affair with the beehive and the seductive, addictive honey it produces. Combining passionate research, rich detail, and fascinating anecdote, Holley Bishop's Robbing the Bees is an in-depth, sumptuous look at the oldest, most delectable food in the world. Part biography, part history,… Leer más

Pocket Books, 2007. Paperback. Like New. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Free Press, 2005. Hard cover. Very Good/Very Good. 105x19x152. Part biography, part history, Robbing the Bees is also a celebration, a love letter to bees and their magical produce. Honey has played significant and varied roles in civilization: it is so sweet that bacteria can't survive in it, so it was our first food preservative and all-purpose wound salve. Honey wine, or mead, was the intoxicant of choice long before beer or wine existed. Hindus believe honey leads to a long life; Mohammed looked to honey as a remedy for all illness. Virgil; Aristotle; Pythagoras; Gregor Mendel; Sylvia Plath's father, Otto; and Sir Edmund Hillary are among the famous beekeepers and connoisseurs who have figured in honey's past and shaped its present.To help navigate the worlds and cultures of honey, Holley Bishop -- beekeeper, writer, and honey aficionado -- apprentices herself to a modern guide and expert, professional beekeeper Donald Smiley, who harvests tupelo honey from hundreds of hives in the… Leer más

Free Press, 2005-03-22. First edition, complete line of . Hardcover. fine/near fine. NOT an ex library book. 324 pages including the index. Dust jacket has no chips or tears, price is not clipped.

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