About this title: From the award-winning author of "The Song of the Dodo" comes a collection of essays in which various weird and wonderful aspects of nature are examined. This book contains tales of vegetarian piranha fish, voiceless dogs, and a scientific search for the genes that threaten to destroy the cheetah.
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Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Description: Good. 0684836262 Book could have a shelf wear, or a bump, or sunfade to edges. These are new unread books from the publisher with one of these conditions. See are feedback as customers are satisfied in how we grade our books. Has remainder mark. Fast shipping and customer service is our number 1 priority! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780684836263ISBN:0684836262
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. book is in excellent condition. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 320 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, NY
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780684836263ISBN:0684836262
Description: Very Good. 0684836262. Covers lightly scuffed, remainder mark on page bottoms, else a clean, tight copy. 302 pages, sources.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. read more
Description: Very good. Appearance of only slight previous use. Cover and binding show a little wear. All pages are undamaged with potentially only a few, small markings. Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read. Recycle and Reuse! read more
Edition: Trade Paperback Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Anchor Books, New York
Date Published: 1989
Description: Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. FIRST ANCHOR BOOKS EDITION 1989. THIRD PRINTING. 302 pages. The second non-fiction book (a collection of funny and offbeat natural history essays) by the award-winning author of THE SONG OF THE DODO and THE BOILERPLATE RHINO. A good trade pbk copy in pictorial covers. The text is clean, sound and lightly age-tanned. Mild shelf-rubbing on its corners and along the edges of its covers. No reading creases on its spine. Former owner's name and date (1990) inked on the ... read more
"Contains posibly the BEST biology-based rebuttal to creationism/intelligent design. Ever. Check out the essay 'Nasty Habits'. Serious ammunition. There are many, many reasons to read this book, but that's got to be #1, followed closely by 'The Siphuncle'."
"ditto my comments on the Song of the Dodo. A great read for anyone interested in natural history, evolution and ecology. Read in Peace Corps, a gift from my sister-in-law"
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