About this title: For most people cockroaches, spiders, worms, dung beetles and hyenas are not paragons of beauty in a natural world; in fact, many would prefer that they were not there at all. But in this book an American science-writer who has won the Pulitzer Prize champions the cause of these "beasts" - the lowlifes and the brutes - in a series of articles, most of which appeared in "The New York Times", and which she has reworked into a single narrative. Aiming to convey the discoveries of contemporary biological science, the book offers a heartfelt plea for the preservation of nature on its own terms.
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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
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780395791479ISBN:0395791472
Description: Fine. Paperback, Like New, clean, tight, unmarked, no spine or cover creases. There is slight edgewear over all. Nonfiction. All orders are shipped by kbooks every business day. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780395791479ISBN:0395791472
Description: Jan1307. Fine. No Jacket. Fine. No Jacket Fine. No DJ Issued Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Unread copy. No marks, no bumps, no creases. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 304 p. Audience: General/trade. Jan1307; Animals; Biology; General; Insects; Life (Biology); Life Sciences; Non-Fiction; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Science; Zoology. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 1996-04-04
ISBN-13:9780395791479ISBN:0395791472
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780395791479ISBN:0395791472
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hard Back
Publisher: Little Brown & Company, London UK
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780316876636ISBN:0316876631
Description: Book VG ++ Dustjacket VG++ 8 3/4" Tall By 5 1/2" Wide Approx. xxii+278 pages including index. Dustjacket has very slight wear to spine-ends & corenrs, one 1cm nick to bottom rear hinge (taped). Book has minimal wear to spine-ends & corenrs, dark green end-papers, page-edges slightly yellow, minimal signs of yellowing to margins. Text is spotless & hardly used. Very nice condition. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780316876636ISBN:0316876631
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780395791479ISBN:0395791472
Description: New. Few writers have ever covered so many facets of biology so evocatively in one book. Angier describes the power of symmetry in sexual relations, the brutal courting habits of dolphins, the grand deceit of orchids, and the impact of male and female pre... read more
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