Donough O'Brien – författare

Not just another gardening or plant book, from Presidents to pop stars, scientists to slavers, royals to religious leaders, chefs to charlatans, pioneers to politicians, artists to actors, in stories that will often surprise Plants & Us is a unique overview of plants wild and cultivated, their vital importance and the threats they face.

Throughout history, and all over the world, seemingly intelligent people have made foolish decisions based on delusions.This has affected love affairs, politics, finance, science, warfare, showbusiness and even sport. It has also wrecked marriages, bankrupted millionaires, lost battles, destroyed empires, brought down leaders and royalty, split religions, ruined reputations, changed climates, thwarted gangsters and even exposed sex pests.Donough O'Brien and Liz Cowley shine a spotlight on 150 intriguing, and often hidden, corners of such calamities... And in so doing they highlight over 650 characters who prove to be both fascinating and flawed. Dreams, Delusions & Disasters is an absorbing take on history.

A CHILDLESS world by a womens author! No schools, no playgrounds, no sports or concert days, no family holidays, no magic or Christmas. No dating or attraction, no dressing up or much interest at all in fashion or beauty. In a world where women can NO LONGER CONCEIVE!Dystopian fiction. When mists clear intercontinentally, a strange meteor-shower has done nothing anywhere. Except, within weeks there’s the shocking realisation men everywhere are inexplicably impotent and also infertile, with doctors as baffled as they are.No more babies! The devastating news dominates the media. And markets across the globe begin to collapse, at the horrific economic implications of an ageing and terminally reducing world.Scientists, the military and space experts find evidence that now convinces sceptical world leaders, of an ALIEN invasion intent on taking over the world by destroying human reproduction.One brave woman puts forward a radical idea, as the only possible and secret solution. But will it work?

A completely new look at plants - not only in food, drink and commerce, and how they have created civilisation, trade and empires, but also in love, war, crime, horror and delight, in music, poetry and prose, and on the screen. Not just another gardening or plant book, this is a complete picture of how plants affect people, for better or worse, now, in the past and in the future with illuminating and startling facts about their ubiquitous presence in human affairs - through life, death, illness, happiness, murder, despair, desperation, love, hate, loss, and far more. From Presidents to pop stars, from scientists to slavers, royals to religious leaders, chefs to charlatans, pioneers to politicians, artists to actors, Plants & Us is a unique overview of plants, wild and cultivated, their vital importance and the threats they face. Above all, how they affect all our lives in stories that will often surprise the reader.