At the heart of the explosion was a new kind of flora. In his essay "How Flowers Changed the World," the American naturalist Loren Eiseley describes what he calls "a soundless, violent explosion" of seed-born plant life millions of years ago, just as the Age of Reptiles started to draw toward its own apparently violent close in the late Cretaceous Era. This summer, NPR.org talks with authors about their favorite buttonhole books in the weekly series "You Must Read This." All readers have them - and so do writers. Browse Our Critics' Picks, Plus Get ExcerptsĬall them buttonhole books, the ones you urge passionately on friends, colleagues and passersby.
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