The Plant Hunter

Happy Friday! I am loving all the different types of memoirs out there this year. The last giveaway featured a verse memoir in haiku by Ellen Samuels and I am delighted to offer 10 copies of Dr. Cassandra Quave’s new book, The Plant Hunter: A Scientist’s Quest for Nature’s Next Medicines, available now from Viking Press.

From the publisher:

In The Plant Hunter, Dr. Quave weaves together science, botany, and memoir to tell us the extraordinary story of her own journey. Traveling by canoe, ATV, mule, airboat, and on foot, she has conducted field research in the flooded forests of the remote Amazon, the murky swamps of southern Florida, the rolling hills of central Italy, isolated mountaintops in Albania and Kosovo, and volcanic isles arising out of the Mediterranean—all in search of natural compounds, long-known to traditional healers, that could help save us all from the looming crisis of untreatable superbugs. And as a person born with multiple congenital defects of her skeletal system, she’s done it all with just one leg. Filled with grit, tragedy, triumph, awe, and scientific discovery, her story illuminates how the path forward for medical discovery may be found in nature’s oldest remedies.

About the author:

Cassandra Quave, PhD, is the herbarium curator and an associate professor of dermatology and human health at Emory University, where she leads anti-infective drug discovery research initiatives and teaches courses on medicinal plants, food, and health. She is also the co-founder and CEO/CSO of PhytoTEK LLC, a drug-discovery company dedicated to developing solutions from botanicals for the treatment of recalcitrant antibiotic-resistant infections.

Details

1) Any disabled person in the US is eligible for this giveaway. You do not need to disclose any details about your disability. If you already received a book from one of my previous giveaways, please consider letting other people have a chance.

2) The first 10 people will receive a hardcover or audiobook. If you do not receive a reply that means the books have been claimed or you did not include all the required information.

3) Send an email to DisabilityVisibilityProject@gmail.com with ‘Book Giveaway’ in the title of the message. Do not reply to this post!!

4) Include the following information in your message:

• First and last name
• Mailing address
• Format (list one only): hardcover or audiobook

Please note: I will send this information along with your email address to the publisher. They are responsible for confirming your details and sending you the book.