Devil's Cacti |
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| Author:
| Skarzynski, Jan |
| ISBN: | 979-8-4650-6930-4 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2021 |
| Publisher: | Independently Published
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $23.77 |
Book Description:
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A pharmaceutical trainee falls foul of his Director and is exiled to an aloe vera farm in the desert lands of Mexico. His task is to improve production. There he discovers a particular type of deadly poisonous cactus which, in order to survive, can only be found in steep, inaccessible cliffs. Deciding to pick a flowering head he succumbs to its poison and almost dies. On return to his home in the Alpujarras, Spain, he decides to cultivate this cactus to find a suitable antidote. By...
More DescriptionA pharmaceutical trainee falls foul of his Director and is exiled to an aloe vera farm in the desert lands of Mexico. His task is to improve production. There he discovers a particular type of deadly poisonous cactus which, in order to survive, can only be found in steep, inaccessible cliffs. Deciding to pick a flowering head he succumbs to its poison and almost dies. On return to his home in the Alpujarras, Spain, he decides to cultivate this cactus to find a suitable antidote. By chance he discovers the marvellous food enhancing properties of this plant. He sets up a thriving restaurant business using this ingredient and, becoming extremely rich he takes his family to Namibia and Algeria. There, he assists the UN in finding water for the farmers and resurrecting ancient water courses.