{"product_id":"xerophile-revised-edition-cactus-store-9781984859341","title":"Xerophile, Revised Edition: Cactus Photographs from Expeditions of the Obsessed","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn updated edition of the cult classic, featuring stunning archival photographs of hundreds of the rarest and most spectacular plants on Earth, taken by a motley crew of cactus obsessives\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"A catalogue of wonders that most of us will never get to see in person.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the people behind Cactus Store comes \u003ci\u003eXerophile\u003c\/i\u003e, a photographic collection of these improbable desert wonders in the wild. Drawing on the archives of twenty-five cactus obsessives--from PhD botanist to banker, art teacher to cancer researcher--this revised edition spans eighty years and features new and expanded descriptive notes for all 350+ photos. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eXerophile\u003c\/i\u003e brings together eighty years' worth of these explorers' remarkable images from some of the world's most remote habitats: a peculiar two-leaved plant that lives for millennia in the deserts of Namibia; succulents whose poisonous sap is used by hunters to fell large game in Angola; and cactus that live on snow-covered mountains in Bolivia, sink below ground level to survive droughts in Mexico, are pollinated by bats in Brazil, and grow in pure lava fields of the Galápagos Islands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cactus Store\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 198485934X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781984859341\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ten Speed Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/23\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 7.20w x 1.00d","brand":"Cactus Store","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050678513919,"sku":"9781984859341","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_74bb9c94-a16a-48e4-9171-105dcd343f85.jpg?v=1685008612","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/xerophile-revised-edition-cactus-store-9781984859341","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}