<DIV>For untold thousands of years, human beings have thrived on the nutritional and medicinal wealth of the plant life in the natural world. In these fascinating, wide-ranging, wonderfully informative stories, <b>Tom Brown</b>--director of the world-famous Tracking, Nature, and Wilderness Survival School--tells all about the uncommon benefits of the common trees, shrubs, flowers, and other plants we find all around us. This indispensible guide includes information on:<p>How to use every part of the plant--leaves, flowers, bark, bulbs, and roots<BR></p><p>Where to find useful plants, and the best time of the year and stages of growth to harvest them<BR></p><p>How to prepare delicious food dishes, soups, breads and teas from the riches of the great outdoors<BR></p><p>An incredible range of experience-proven medicinal uses to treat headaches, burns, digestive disorders, skin problems, and a host of other maladies<BR></p></div>