Butterfly People
An American Encounter with the Beauty of the World
Written by William R. Leach
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $32.50
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, and the story of the naturalists who unveiled the mysteries of their existence.
A product of William Leach’s lifelong love of butterflies...
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Butterfly People
An American Encounter with the Beauty of the World
Written by William R. Leach
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $16.99
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, and the story of the naturalists who unveiled the mysteries of their existence.
A product of William Leach’s lifelong love of butterflies...
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An Illustrated Guide to Cockroaches
Written by Ekaterina Smirnova
Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: May 31, 2011
Price: $17.95
City dwellers, especially in places like Manhattan, grow accustomed to having several hundred uninvited houseguests in their homes at all times: cockroaches. Slinking in the shadowy hollows between walls, under sinks, and along the floorboards, the ubiquitous urban insects are loathsome to most and frightening to many. But you only fear...
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Insectopedia
Written by Hugh Raffles
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: March 22, 2011
Price: $16.95
A New York Times Notable Book
A stunningly original exploration of the ties that bind us to the beautiful, ancient, astoundingly accomplished, largely unknown, and unfathomably different species with whom we share the world.
For as long as humans have existed, insects have been our constant companions. Yet we hardly know them, not...
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Insectopedia
Written by Hugh Raffles
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: July 2, 2010
Price: $13.99
A New York Times Notable Book
A stunningly original exploration of the ties that bind us to the beautiful, ancient, astoundingly accomplished, largely unknown, and unfathomably different species with whom we share the world.
For as long as humans have existed, insects have been our constant companions. Yet we hardly know them, not...
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Insectopedia
Written by Hugh Raffles
Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
On Sale: March 23, 2010
Price: $29.95
A stunningly original exploration of the ties that bind us to the beautiful, ancient, astoundingly accomplished, largely unknown, and unfathomably different species with whom we share the world.
For as long as humans have existed, insects have existed, too. Wherever we’ve traveled, they’ve traveled, too. Yet we hardly know them, not...
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Insights From Insects
What Bad Bugs Can Teach Us
Written by Gilbert Waldbauer
Format: Trade Paperback, 311 pages
On Sale: March 11, 2005
Price: $20.99
"Insects get a bum rap." So says world-renowned entomologist Gilbert Waldbauer, whose enthusiasm and engrossing writing on the subject of insects have been praised by the New York Times Book Review, the Times Literary Supplement, and many other prestigious publications. In this fascinating, beautifully illustrated book, Dr. Waldbauer explains that the...
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