Wonders of the Fly World
Author | : Sigmund A. Lavine |
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Release | : 1970-09 |
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ISBN | : 9780396071662 |
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Author | : Sigmund A. Lavine |
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Release | : 1970-09 |
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ISBN | : 9780396071662 |
Author | : Aimee Nezhukumatathil |
Publisher | : Milkweed Editions |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2020-09-08 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 157131959X |
“A poet celebrates the wonders of nature in a collection of essays that could almost serve as a coming-of-age memoir.” —Kirkus Reviews As a child, Nezhukumatathil called many places home: the grounds of a Kansas mental institution, where her Filipina mother was a doctor; the open skies and tall mountains of Arizona, where she hiked with her Indian father; and the chillier climes of western New York and Ohio. But no matter where she was transplanted—no matter how awkward the fit or forbidding the landscape—she was able to turn to our world’s fierce and funny creatures for guidance. “What the peacock can do,” she tells us, “is remind you of a home you will run away from and run back to all your life.” The axolotl teaches us to smile, even in the face of unkindness; the touch-me-not plant shows us how to shake off unwanted advances; the narwhal demonstrates how to survive in hostile environments. Even in the strange and the unlovely, Nezhukumatathil finds beauty and kinship. For it is this way with wonder: it requires that we are curious enough to look past the distractions in order to fully appreciate the world’s gifts. Warm, lyrical, and gorgeously illustrated by Fumi Nakamura, World of Wonders is a book of sustenance and joy. Praise for World of Wonders Barnes & Noble 2020 Book of the Year An NPR Best Book of 2020 An Esquire Best Book of 2020 A Publishers Weekly “Big Indie Book of Fall 2020” A BuzzFeed Best Book of Fall 2020 “Hands-down one of the most beautiful books of the year.” —NPR “A timely story about love, identity and belonging.” —New York Times Book Review “A truly wonderous essay collection.” —Roxane Gay, The Audacity
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Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 1921 |
Genre | : Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Author | : World |
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Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 1877 |
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Author | : Francis Channing Woodworth |
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Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 1853 |
Genre | : Insects |
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Author | : Julia Cooke |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin |
Total Pages | : 293 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0358251400 |
"A lively, unexpected portrait of the jet-age stewardesses serving on iconic Pan Am airways between 1966 and 1975"--
Author | : Edward Gorey |
Publisher | : Dodd Mead |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780396070313 |
Describes the characteristics and habits of various species of bears.
Author | : Jason Drew |
Publisher | : Andrews UK Limited |
Total Pages | : 170 |
Release | : 2014-06-26 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0992175410 |
The story of the fly and how it could save the world will take you behind the pesky reputation and inside the brain and body of the much misunderstood fly. It investigates the insect as a pest and how man has tried tirelessly, often unsuccessfully) to kill it – exploring everything from how it walks on ceilings to how it survives Ice Ages and outsmarts all manner of fly swats, toxins and traps. The book also reveals how, throughout history, innovative humans – including Genghis Kahn, Napoleon Bonaparte's surgeon, NASA, various forensic entomologists and the UK's National Health Service – have harnessed and researched the fly to help mankind. But ultimately it introduces the fly as a future hero that could help save the world. How? By recycling waste nutrients and generating sustainable protein to spare the fish in the ocean and feed the ever-growing number of people on our Earth. That’s a story worth telling. And one worth reading, too.
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Total Pages | : 458 |
Release | : 1874 |
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Author | : Henry Davenport Northrop |
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Total Pages | : 830 |
Release | : 1886 |
Genre | : Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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