Bücher von Michael Perry

Willkommen in der Welt der außergewöhnlichen Pflanzen und Pilze! Von verblüffend über giftig bis hin zu schmerzstillend - "Mr. Plant Geek" Michael Perry nimmt Sie mit auf eine Entdeckungstour zu den 40 kuriosesten Pflanzen und Pilzen. Unterhaltsam erklärt er, was jede dieser Arten so besonders macht. Mit detaillierten Illustrationen und spannenden Fakten ist dies ein witzig-schräges, aber auch informatives Pflanzenbuch für Naturliebhaber*innen und Hobbygärtner*innen. Auf den Spuren der skurrilsten Pflanzen der Erde: - Wunderbar verrückt aufbereitete "Freakshow" der 40 faszinierendsten Pflanzen und Pilze: egal ob klein oder groß, wohlriechend oder stinkend, schön oder hässlich- Welche Blume sieht aus wie Darth Vader? Und wieso gilt die Telegrafenpflanze als Dancing Queen?- Überraschende Fakten, spannende Pflanzenporträts und witzige Reiseerlebnisse des Autoren bieten großen Lesespaß So erstaunlich können Pflanzen sein! Schurkenpflanzen, die sich ganz schön kriminell benehmen oder tanzende Superhelden - dieses Buch hält viele außergewöhnliche Infos bereit: von der Wasserfalle, die ihre Beute innerhalb von 10-20 Millisekunden schnappt, über die Enten-Orchidee bis zum gruseligen Krakenpilz. Dieses Buch bringt Ihnen nicht nur die kulturelle Bedeutung und den Lebensraum der Pflanzen und Pilze näher, sondern zeigt, ob und wie Sie sie auch selbst anbauen können. Seien Sie gespannt! Ein verrücktes und humorvolles Buch, das allen Naturliebhaber*innen einen ganz besonderen Einblick in die Welt der skurrilen Pflanzen und Pilze gibt.

When farmer Harold wakes to find his wife dead beside him in bed and snow threatening to crush the last life from his dwindling farm, he takes drastic steps toward a fresh start. Set in a world of stark wintry beauty, Forty Acres Deep is the brief, unrelenting tale of one person's attempt to make sense of a world he no longer recognizes while pitilessly calling himself into account. Seamed with grim humor and earthy revelations, it is an unforgiving story...and yet leaves open the idea that we might surrender to hope.

"You can read Michael Perry's Coop as an outrageously funny comedy about a semi-hapless neophyte navigating the pitfalls (and pratfalls) of the farming life. Please do, in fact. But scratch a little deeper, past Perry's lusciously entertaining and epigrammatic prose, his ultra-charming combo of Midwestern earnestness and serrated wit, and you'll find a reflective, sincere, and surprisingly touching-at times, even heart-cracking-story about a man struggling to put down roots." -- Jonathan Miles, author of Want NotIn over his head with two pigs, a dozen chickens, and a baby due any minute, the acclaimed author of Population: 485 gives us a humorous, heartfelt memoir of a new life in the country.Living in a ramshackle Wisconsin farmhouse--faced with thirty-seven acres of fallen fences and overgrown fields, and informed by his pregnant wife that she intends to deliver their baby at home--Michael Perry plumbs his unorthodox childhood for clues to how to proceed as a farmer, a husband, and a father.Whether he's remembering his younger days--when his city-bred parents took in sixty or so foster children while running a sheep and dairy farm--or describing what it's like to be bitten in the butt while wrestling a pig, Perry flourishes in his trademark humor. But he also writes from the quieter corners of his heart, chronicling experiences as joyful as the birth of his child and as devastating as the death of a dear friend.

"Part portrait of a place, part rescue manual, part rumination of life and death, Population: 485 is a beautiful meditation on the things that matter." -- Seattle TimesWelcome to New Auburn, Wisconsin (population: 485) where the local vigilante is a farmer's wife armed with a pistol and a Bible, the most senior member of the volunteer fire department is a cross-eyed butcher with one kidney and two ex-wives (both of whom work at the only gas station in town), and the back roads are haunted by the ghosts of children and farmers. Michael Perry loves this place. He grew up here, and now--after a decade away--he has returned.Unable to polka or repair his own pickup, his farm-boy hands gone soft after years of writing, Perry figures the best way to regain his credibility is to join the volunteer fire department. Against a backdrop of fires and tangled wrecks, bar fights and smelt feeds, Population: 485 is a comic and sometimes heartbreaking true tale leavened with quieter meditations on an overlooked America.

"A touching and very funny account. . . . Thoroughly engaging."--New York TimesHilarious and heartfelt, Truck: A Love Story is the tale of a man struggling to grow his own garden, fix his old pickup, and resurrect a love life permanently impaired by Neil Diamond. In the process, he sets his hair on fire, is attacked by wild turkeys, and proposes marriage to a woman in New Orleans. The result is a surprisingly tender testament to love."Part Bill Bryson, part Anne Lamott, with a skim of Larry the Cable Guy and Walt Whitman creeping around the edges."--Lincoln Journal Star"Perry takes each moment, peeling it, seasoning it with rich language, and then serving it to us piping hot and fresh."--Chicago Tribune

Whether he's fighting fires, passing a kidney stone, hammering down I-80 in an 18-wheeler, or meditating on the relationship between cowboys and God, Michael Perry draws on his rural roots and footloose past to write from a perspective that merges the local with the global.Ranging across subjects as diverse as lot lizards, Klan wizards, and small-town funerals, Perry's writing in this wise and witty collection of essays balances earthiness with poetry, kinetics with contemplation, and is regularly salted with his unique brand of humor.