Small Wonders

Small Wonders

Author: Matthew Clark Smith

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781477826324

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"Meet Jean-Henri Fabre, one of the most important naturalists of all time, whose own life was as unusual as the lives of the creatures he studied"--Front jacket flap.


Fabre's Book of Insects

Fabre's Book of Insects

Author: Jean-Henri Fabre

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1998-02-06

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 9780486401522

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Great French entomologist's charming essays on insect life combine scientific rigor with the style of a literary classic. Beautifully written passages reveal the intricate, fascinating worlds of the beetle, cicada, praying mantis, glow-worm, wasp, grub, cricket, locust, and other creatures as they hunt, build nests, feed families, and more. Rare volume will delight any naturalist.


Fabre's Book of Insects

Fabre's Book of Insects

Author: Randolph Stawell

Publisher:

Published: 2020-10-22

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781649651051

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Mrs. Stawell's retelling of Fabre's classic 10 volume series "Souvenirs Entmologieques." A condensed version, this retelling includes such notorious insects as the beetle, the cicada, the paying mantis, the mason-wasp, and many more. A great introduction to the study of insects for young children. ?First published in 1921, this edition is derived from the original book published with 12 color illustrations by Jessie E.J. Detmold. As always, this edition is complete and unabridged.


The Insect Man

The Insect Man

Author: Eleanor Doorly

Publisher: Librorium Editions

Published: 2019-10-10

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 3961642656

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This is a book intended for young and lively-minded childrenwhich implies, as I believe, that it might win a larger number of readers in proportion to the host available than if it were intended solely for intelligent adults. But there is no more precarious merchandise than books. What we most need and pine for in this we may, by ill chance, easily fail to come across.


Fabre's Book of Insects

Fabre's Book of Insects

Author: Jean-Henri Fabre

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2023-11-21

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13:

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Charles Darwin described Fabre as the' Homer of insects'. This book is a collection of essays that Fabre wrote detailing his observations of all kinds of insects in his homeland of France. Though the subject matter might sound dull to a non-scientist, Fabre manages to combine real observation with folk-lore, storytelling and culture in an immensely readable way.


Pierre's Dream

Pierre's Dream

Author: Jennifer Armstrong

Publisher: Dial

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13:

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Thinking he is dreaming, Pierre, a lazy, foolish man, shows no fear as he performs many amazing and dangerous circus acts.


Picturing Time

Picturing Time

Author: Marta Braun

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13: 9780226071756

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A complete, illustrated survey of Etienne-Jules Marey's work that investigates the far reaching effects of her inventions on stream-of-consciousness literature, psychoanalysis, Bergsonian philosophy, and the art of cubists and futurists.


Are You Living?

Are You Living?

Author: Laura Purdie Salas

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 14

ISBN-13: 1404853022

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Using colorful images and rhyming text, introduces the characteristics that determine what is living and what is nonliving.