{"title":"Bernd Brunner","description":"\u003cp\u003eBernd Brunner’s works invite readers on a journey through nature and history, blending meticulous research with engaging storytelling. His books often explore fascinating subjects with a fresh perspective, from the mysteries of remote polar regions to the cultural and scientific stories behind everyday phenomena.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a keen eye for detail and a passion for discovery, Brunner’s writing illuminates the interconnectedness of human experience and the natural world. 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It is also a story of how humans have bent and shaped nature to our tastes and desires for millennia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTaming Fruit\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning writer Bernd Brunner interweaves science, literature, art, history, and geography to tell the complete and fascinating story of orchards and humans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe first orchards may have been oases dotted with date trees, where desert nomads stopped to rest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the Amazon, Indigenous tribes maintained beautiful mosaic gardens centuries before colonisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eModern fruit cultivation developed over thousands of years in the West and the East. As populations expanded, fruit trees sprang from the lush gardens of the wealthy and monasteries to fields and roadsides, changing landscapes as they fed the hungry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen settlers colonised North America, they brought apple orchards and orange groves. Today, rewilding efforts break down fences, encouraging nature to play an active role.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut orchards are not only for growing fruit; they are also places of worship and creativity, inspiring poems, music, and art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis sweeping account of orchards explores an overlooked focal point of our relationship to nature. 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