Tiger (9781861892768)

Contrary to popular belief it is the tiger, not the lion, who is the true king of the jungle: a male Siberian tiger can grow to almost three and a half metres in length and weigh more than 300 kilograms. Sleek, powerful and mysterious, the tiger is revered as a potent symbol of sexuality, ferocity and magic in many cultures around the world, yet the tiger's strength and beauty has also been its downfall: nearly every part of the tiger has a value to poachers. Live tigers are sold as exotic pets; skin is made into magical amulets and novelties, as are teeth and claws; tiger penis is an ingredient of allegedly powerful sexual tonics and traditional Asian medicine uses tiger bone in a number of different formulae. Poaching now threatens the long-term survival of the species: there are only an estimated 30 to 80 South China tigers, 150 to 200 Siberian tigers and 600 to 650 Sumatran tigers left in the wild, and there may be as few as 5,000 still alive worldwide.
In "Tiger", Susie Green uncovers the natural history of the tiger, showing how the decline of its natural habitat and relentless pressure from poachers and farmers have turned a naturally retiring, solitary creature into an aggressive, man-eating predator. She also explores its cultural history, describing tigers in many cultures from the White Tiger in Chinese Toaist mythology and the Chinese Zodiac, to Lord Siva in Indian Hindu mythology who is almost always pictured wearing a tiger skin. In the West, Bacchus, or Dionysos, god of wine and mystical ecstasy, was pictured riding a tiger, and tigers have been used by artists such as Salvador Dali to symbolise sexuality and desire. Written in a lively, approachable style, and featuring many illustrations of tigers in myth and reality from around the world, "Tiger" will appeal to the wide audience who admires this wonderfully vital, yet highly endangered species.

Product details

• Format Paperback | 224 pages
• Dimensions 135 x 190 x 12.95mm | 336g
• Publication date 05 Sep 2006
• Publisher Reaktion Books
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Illustrations note 65 black & white illustrations, 35 colour illustrations
• ISBN10 1861892764
• ISBN13 9781861892768
• Bestsellers rank 661,651

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Onions and Garlic : A Global History (9781780235875)

Do you know your onions? From large, sweet onions to shallots, garlic, chives and leeks, the allium family contains some of the most popular vegetables in the world. Shy of the spotlight - except when repelling vampires, preserving mummies, curing heart disease or predicting the future - this lowly yet universal family of plants has been a friend to mankind from earliest times. Onions and Garlic follows the trail of these cherished plants through history and across the globe, tracing their story back to the earliest civilizations of the Fertile Crescent and the recipes of ancient Mesopotamia. Traders spread onion varieties through Central Asia and from there they moved across the world, as civilizations from the ancient Romans and Greeks to the Koreans and Japanese found this humble family of vegetables an indispensable part of their cuisines - and of their culture.The book reveals the close relationship between the allium and human worlds: the Welsh have proudly adopted the leek as their national symbol; in many societies, garlic has long been identified as a magical herb with supernatural origins; while onions symbolized the simple peasant life to French painters of the nineteenth century.
Celebrated, denigrated, avoided or sought-after, the story of the allium family is filled with fine cuisine and art, peasants and kings, colonization and conquest, magic and medicine. But most of all, it's the story of a very ordinary vegetable.

Product details

• Format Hardback | 136 pages
• Dimensions 120 x 200 x 20.32mm | 317.51g
• Publication date 15 May 2016
• Publisher Reaktion Books
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Illustrations note 55 illustrations, 50 in colour
• ISBN10 1780235879
• ISBN13 9781780235875
• Bestsellers rank 1,813,116

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