After being seriously injured in a hit-and-run, Piers Moore Ede goes to an organic farm in Italy to recuperate. There, a beekeeper shows him the magic of the beehive and Piers, depressed since his accident, realises that honey might be his salve and salvation. This is the story of his quest to seek out the most wondrous honeys in the world, from the terracotta bee jars of the Lebanon to the clay cylinders of Syria. Slowly his personal tribulations fall into perspective against the backdrop of the dwindling traditions of the honey-farmers. Hunting wild honey from cliffs with Gurung tribesmen in Nepal, and in vast jungle trees with Veddah tribesmen in Sri Lanka, Piers draws close to the very origins of life. But honey is the real luminary of Honey and Dust and it is by witnessing nature's astonishing healing powers that Piers finally finds his own sense of regeneration.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-13
9780747579670
eBay Product ID (ePID)
90206060
Product Key Features
Book Title
Honey and Dust: Travels in Search of Sweetness
Author
Piers Moore Ede
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Travel Writing
Publication Year
2006
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
198mm
Item Width
129mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Piers Moore Ede
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
Best Selling in Books
Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Best Selling in Books