Mosquito And Other Stories

Author : Mitra
Publisher : Penguin Books India
ISBN 13 : 9780143063902
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mosquito and Other Stories written by Mitra and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2009 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghana-Da'S Bizarre Narratives Draw Upon Science, History And Geography To Conjure Up Exotic Locales, Other Worlds And Peoples, Their Habits, Lifestyles And Languages. Mosquito And Other Stories Brings Together Twelve Of Premendra Mitra&Rsquo;S Most Popular Ghana-Da Tales. These Stories Within Stories, Told In First Person By One Of The Denizens Of The Mess Hall, Straddle The Thin Line Between Make-Believe And Truth. Ghana-Da&Rsquo;S Bizarre Narratives Draw Upon Science, History And Geography To Conjure Up Exotic Locales, Other Worlds And Peoples, Their Habits, Lifestyles And Languages. In &Lsquo;Mosquito&Rsquo; Ghana-Da Saves Mankind From A New And Deadly Breed Of The Insect; In &Lsquo;Pebble&Rsquo; We Find Him Trading In Sandalwood In The New Hebrides; &Lsquo;Glass&Rsquo; And &Lsquo;Duck&Rsquo; Explore Nuclear Science; In &Lsquo;Hole&Rsquo; He Tells His Spellbound Audience About The Fourth Dimension; And In &Lsquo;Hat&Rsquo; He Is Dragged Over Mount Everest By A Runaway Yeti. And That&Rsquo;S Just The Beginning&Hellip; These Accounts Of Travel And Heroism, Born Of Wild Imagination And Sound Knowledge, Make The Teller And His Tales Simply Irresistible.

Author : Premendra Mitra
Publisher : Prhi
ISBN 13 : 9780143430353
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mosquito and Other Stories written by Premendra Mitra and published by Prhi. This book was released on 2009-02-10 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghana-da's bizarre narratives draw upon science, history and geography to conjure up exotic locales, other worlds and peoples, their habits, lifestyles and languages. Mosquito and Other Stories brings together twelve of Premendra Mitra's most popular Ghana-da tales. These stories within stories, told in first person by one of the denizens of the mess hall, straddle the thin line between make-believe and truth. Ghana-da's bizarre narratives draw upon science, history and geography to conjure up exotic locales, other worlds and peoples, their habits, lifestyles and languages. In 'Mosquito' Ghana-da saves mankind from a new and deadly breed of the insect; in 'Pebble' we find him trading in sandalwood in the New Hebrides; 'Glass' and 'Duck' explore nuclear science; in 'Hole' he tells his spellbound audience about the Fourth Dimension; and in 'Hat' he is dragged over Mount Everest by a runaway yeti. And that's just the beginning. These accounts of travel and heroism, born of wild imagination and sound knowledge, make the teller and his tales simply irresistible.

Author : Timothy C. Winegard
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1524743437
Total Pages : 639 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mosquito written by Timothy C. Winegard and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 639 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **The instant New York Times bestseller.** *An international bestseller.* Finalist for the Lane Anderson Award Finalist for the RBC Taylor Award “Hugely impressive, a major work.”—NPR A pioneering and groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction that offers a dramatic new perspective on the history of humankind, showing how through millennia, the mosquito has been the single most powerful force in determining humanity’s fate Why was gin and tonic the cocktail of choice for British colonists in India and Africa? What does Starbucks have to thank for its global domination? What has protected the lives of popes for millennia? Why did Scotland surrender its sovereignty to England? What was George Washington's secret weapon during the American Revolution? The answer to all these questions, and many more, is the mosquito. Across our planet since the dawn of humankind, this nefarious pest, roughly the size and weight of a grape seed, has been at the frontlines of history as the grim reaper, the harvester of human populations, and the ultimate agent of historical change. As the mosquito transformed the landscapes of civilization, humans were unwittingly required to respond to its piercing impact and universal projection of power. The mosquito has determined the fates of empires and nations, razed and crippled economies, and decided the outcome of pivotal wars, killing nearly half of humanity along the way. She (only females bite) has dispatched an estimated 52 billion people from a total of 108 billion throughout our relatively brief existence. As the greatest purveyor of extermination we have ever known, she has played a greater role in shaping our human story than any other living thing with which we share our global village. Imagine for a moment a world without deadly mosquitoes, or any mosquitoes, for that matter? Our history and the world we know, or think we know, would be completely unrecognizable. Driven by surprising insights and fast-paced storytelling, The Mosquito is the extraordinary untold story of the mosquito’s reign through human history and her indelible impact on our modern world order.

Author : Verna Aardema
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0140549056
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears written by Verna Aardema and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1992-08-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this Caldecott Medal winner, Mosquito tells a story that causes a jungle disaster. "Elegance has become the Dillons' hallmark. . . . Matching the art is Aardema's uniquely onomatopoeic text . . . An impressive showpiece." -Booklist, starred review. Winner of Caldecott Medal in 1976 and the Brooklyn Art Books for Children Award in 1977.

Author : Mark Helprin
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 1328954331
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ellis Island written by Mark Helprin and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2017-06-20 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This award-winning short story collection by the acclaimed author of Winter’s Tale “ascends to the peak of literary achievement” (The Boston Globe). Winner of the Prix de Rome and the National Jewish Book Award, these eleven stories demonstrate Mark Helprin’s mastery of fiction across a diverse spectrum of styles. The stories in this collection range from children caught in a Vermont blizzard to an English sea captain who encounters an ape adrift in the Indian Ocean. The title novella tells the tale of a Jewish immigrant who arrives in New York City with little more than an ivory pen—and an unflagging determination to survive the indignities of Ellis Island’s many protocols. In the worlds of The Philadelphia Inquirer, this collection presents “stories beyond compare…[Helprin’s] imagination should be protected by some intellectual equivalent of the National Park Service.” "Such an ambitious reach is almost unheard of in our short fiction."—New York Times Book Review

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The First Mosquito written by and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Faulkner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mosquitoes written by William Faulkner and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Satirisk roman fra New Orleans

Author : Alexandra Siy
Publisher : Charlesbridge
ISBN 13 : 1607341468
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mosquito Bite written by Alexandra Siy and published by Charlesbridge. This book was released on 2006-02-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A game of hide-and-seek forms the backdrop of a mosquito's life cycle. Micrographs show details of the mosquito and what she sees as she searches.

Author : Andrew Spielman
Publisher : Hyperion
ISBN 13 : 9780786886678
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mosquito written by Andrew Spielman and published by Hyperion. This book was released on 2002-05-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback -- a fascinating work of popular science from a world-renowned expert on mosquitoes and a prize-winning reporter. In this lively and comprehensive portrait of the mosquito, its role in history, and its threat to mankind, Spielman and D'Antonio take a mosquito's-eye view of nature and man. They show us how mosquitoes breed, live, mate, and die, and introduce us to their enemies, both natural and man-made. The authors present tragic and often grotesque examples of how the mosquito has insinuated itself into human history, from the malaria that devastated invaders of ancient Rome to the current widespread West Nile fever panic. Filled with little-known facts and remarkable anecdotes that bring this tiny being into larger focus, Mosquito offers fascinating, alarming, and convincing evidence that the sooner we get to know this pesky insect, the better off we'll be.

Author : E. A. Hass
Publisher : William Morrow
ISBN 13 : 9780688014339
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Incognito Mosquito, Private Insective written by E. A. Hass and published by William Morrow. This book was released on 1982 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mosquito detective tells a cub reporter of his exploits and encounters with such insect notables as Mickey Mantis, F. Flea Bailey, and the Warden of Sting Sting Prison.