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Preface 1. Plants are cool, but why? 2. Photosynthesis: the leitmotiv of life 3. Respiration: breathing without lungs 4. Nitrogen, nitrogen, everywhere ... 5. Nutrition for the healthy lifestyle 6. Transport of delights 7. Growth: the long and short of it 8. The time of their lives 9. A dash of seasoning 10. Dormancy: a matter of survival 11. Stressful tranquility 12. The colourful world of plants 13. Fragrance and flavour 14. Chemical warfare 15. Not in my back yard! 16. Cornu copiae: the horn of plenty 17. Getting dead Epilogue Bibliography.