{"product_id":"natural-history-isbn-9780140444131","title":"Natural History","description":"Pliny’s \u003ci\u003eNatural History\u003c\/i\u003e is an astonishingly ambitious work that ranges from astronomy to art and from geography to zoology. Mingling acute observation with often wild speculation, it offers a fascinating view of the world as it was understood in the first century AD, whether describing the danger of diving for sponges, the first water-clock, or the use of asses’ milk to remove wrinkles. Pliny himself died while investigating the volcanic eruption that destroyed Pompeii in AD 79, and the natural curiosity that brought about his death is also very much evident in the Natural History — a book that proved highly influential right up until the Renaissance and that his nephew, Pliny the younger, described ‘as full of variety as nature itself’.\u003cp\u003eJohn F. Healy has made a fascinating and varied selection from the \u003ci\u003eNatural History \u003c\/i\u003efor this clear, modern translation. In his introduction, he discusses the book and its sources topic by topic. This edition also includes a full index and notes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003c\/p\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eFurther Reading\u003cbr\u003eTranslator's Note\u003cbr\u003eNatural HistoryPreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Universe and the World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook II. Astronomy\u003cbr\u003eBook III. Spain and Italy\u003cbr\u003eBook IV. Europe and Britain\u003cbr\u003eBook V. The Continents of Africa and Asia\u003cbr\u003eBook VI. The Black Sea, India, and the Far East\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eZoology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook VII. Man\u003cbr\u003eBook VIII. Land Animals\u003cbr\u003eBook IX. Creatures of the Sea\u003cbr\u003eBook X. Birds\u003cbr\u003eBook XI. Insects\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBotany\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBooks XII-XIII. Trees\u003cbr\u003eBook XIV. Vines and Viticulture\u003cbr\u003eBook XV. The Olive and Other Fruit-Trees\u003cbr\u003eBook XVI. Forest Trees\u003cbr\u003eBook XVIII. Agriculture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMateria Medica\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook XX. Drugs Obtained from Garden Plants\u003cbr\u003eBooks XI-XXII. Flowers and Herbs\u003cbr\u003eBook XXIII. The Vine and the Walnut\u003cbr\u003eBook XXIV. Drugs Obtained from Foreign Trees\u003cbr\u003eBook XXV. The Nature of Wild Plants\u003cbr\u003eBook XXVI. Diseases and Their Remedies\u003cbr\u003eBook XXVII. More Plants Used in Medicine\u003cbr\u003eBook XXVIII. Drugs Obtained from Man; Magic and Superstition\u003cbr\u003eBook XXIX. Medicine, Doctors and Medical Practice\u003cbr\u003eBook XXX. Magic\u003cbr\u003eBook XXXI. Water\u003cbr\u003eBook XXXII. Fish and Aquatic Creatures\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMining and Minerals\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook XXXIII. Gold and Silver\u003cbr\u003eBook XXXIV. Copper and Bronze Sculpture, Tin, Lead and Iron\u003cbr\u003eBook XXXV. Painting, Sculpture and Architecture\u003cbr\u003eBook XXXVI. Stones, Minerals and Monuments\u003cbr\u003eBook XXXVII. Precious Stones\u003cbr\u003eKey to Place-Names\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301339975909,"sku":"NP9780140444131","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140444131.jpg?v=1767733574","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/natural-history-isbn-9780140444131","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}