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Total Pages : 472 pages
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Download or read book The Aurelian's Fireside Companion written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Marren
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022639591X
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)
Download or read book Rainbow Dust written by Peter Marren and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-10-31 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like fluttering shards of stained glass, butterflies possess a unique power to pierce and stir the human soul. Indeed, the ancient Greeks explicitly equated the two in a single word, psyche, so that from early times butterflies were not only a form of life, but also an idea. Profound and deeply personal, written with both wisdom and wit, Peter Marren’s Rainbow Dust explores this idea of butterflies—the why behind the mysterious power of these insects we do not flee, but rather chase. At the age of five, Marren had his “Nabokov Moment,” catching his first butterfly and feeling the dust of its colored scales between his fingers. It was a moment that would launch a lifetime’s fascination rivaling that of the famed novelist—a fascination that put both in good company. From the butterfly collecting and rearing craze that consumed North America and Europe for more than two hundred years (a hobby that in some cases bordered on madness), to the potent allure of butterfly iconography in contemporary advertisements and their use in spearheading calls to conserve and restore habitats (even though butterflies are essentially economically worthless), Marren unveils the many ways in which butterflies inspire us as objects of beauty and as symbols both transient and transcendent. Floating around the globe and through the whole gamut of human thought, from art and literature to religion and science, Rainbow Dust is a cultural history rather than merely a natural one, a tribute to butterflies’ power to surprise, entertain, and obsess us. With a sway that far surpasses their fragile anatomy and gentle beat, butterfly wings draw us into the prismatic wonders of the natural world—and, in the words of Marren, these wonders take flight.
Author : James Lowen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472966996
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)
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Author : William R. Leach
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1400076927
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 ( download)
Download or read book Butterfly People written by William R. Leach and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With 32 pages of full-color inserts and black-and-white illustrations throughout. From one of our most highly regarded historians, here is an original and engrossing chronicle of nineteenth-century America's infatuation with butterflies—“flying flowers”—and the story of the naturalists who unveiled the mysteries of their existence. A product of William Leach's lifelong love of butterflies, this engaging and elegantly illustrated history shows how Americans from all walks of life passionately pursued butterflies, and how through their discoveries and observations they transformed the character of natural history. In a book as full of life as the subjects themselves and foregrounding a collecting culture now on the brink of vanishing, Leach reveals how the beauty of butterflies led Americans into a deeper understanding of the natural world.
Author : Peter C. Barnard
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444332562
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)
Download or read book The Royal Entomological Society Book of British Insects written by Peter C. Barnard and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-10-24 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Royal Entomological Society (RES) and Wiley-Blackwell are proud to present this landmark publication, celebrating the wonderful diversity of the insects of the British Isles, and the work of the RES (founded 1833). This book is the only modern systematic account of all 558 families of British insects, covering not just the large and familiar groups that are included in popular books, but even the smallest and least known. It is beautifully illustrated throughout in full colour with photographs by experienced wildlife photographers to show the range of diversity, both morphological and behavioural, among the 24,000 species. All of the 6,000 genera of British insects are listed and indexed, along with all the family names and higher groups. There is a summary of the classification, biology and economic importance of each family together with further references for detailed identification. All species currently subject to legal protection in the United Kingdom are also listed. The Royal Entomological Society is one of the oldest and most prestigious of its kind in the world. It is the leading organisation for professional entomologists and its main aim has always been the promotion of knowledge about insects. The RES began its famous Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects in 1949, and new works in that series continue to be published. The Royal Entomological Society Book of British Insects has been produced to demonstrate the on-going commitment of the RES to educate and encourage each generation to study these fascinating creatures. This is a key reference work for serious students of entomology and amateur entomologists, as well as for professionals who need a comprehensive source of information about the insect groups of the British Isles they may be less familiar with.
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Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
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Author : Michael A. Salmon
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520229630
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)
Download or read book The Aurelian Legacy written by Michael A. Salmon and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This entertaining and informative book traces the history of butterfly collection in Britain from the 17th century, when the study of natural history had its beginnings. Laced with anecdotes and quotations, the beautifully illustrated volume describes the equipment used and gives brief biographies of 101 deceased lepidopterists. 58 illustrations, 42 in color.
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Total Pages : 632 pages
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Download or read book Entomologist's Gazette written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 658 pages
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Author : Thomas Forster
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Total Pages : 844 pages
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Author : Peter Marren
Publisher : Random House
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Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
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Author : Thomas Ignatius M. Forster
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Total Pages : 846 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)
Download or read book The perennial calendar, and companion to the almanack, revised and ed. [or rather written] by T. Forster written by Thomas Ignatius M. Forster and published by . This book was released on 1824 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas FORSTER (F.L.S.)
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Total Pages : 848 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (18 download)
Download or read book The Perennial Calendar, and Companion to the Almanack; Illustrating the Events of Every Day in the Year, as Connected with History, Chronology, Botany, Etc. With Useful Rules of Health, Observations on the Weather, Etc. Compiled from Scientific Authorities as Well as from the Manuscripts of Several Distinguished Persons, and Revised and Edited by T. F. written by Thomas FORSTER (F.L.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1824 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 514 pages
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Author : Arthur James Wells
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Total Pages : 1884 pages
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Total Pages : 436 pages
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