The First Mosquito

Author : Caroll Simpson
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
ISBN 13 : 1772030635
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The First Mosquito written by Caroll Simpson and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2015-08-14 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book includes a glossary of supernatural creatures that commonly appear in the stories and dances of Northwest Coast Indigenous People.

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 : 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 : 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 : Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817317813
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mosquitoes of the Southeastern United States written by Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2013-03-29 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: , , , Mosquitoes of the Southeastern United States is a full-color, highly-illustrated guide to the 64 known species of mosquitoes in 11 genera that populate the South's main geographical area--from the Gulf Coastal states to the Carolinas. , ,

Author : Roma Tearne
Publisher : HarperCollins Canada
ISBN 13 : 1554689708
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mosquito written by Roma Tearne and published by HarperCollins Canada. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the lush coast of Sri Lanka, a talented and beautiful young woman, Nulani, returns day after day to the verandah of a beach house to paint. Her subject is Theo, a writer attempting to heal from a tragic loss and struggling to complete a faltering novel. Just as love blossoms between them, the country is shaken by civil war. Through the years that follow, Nulani and Theo must depend upon their memories and the art that once brought them together to find the strength to face their much changed lives. In a rare and unforgettable work, Roma Tearne captures both the fragility and the endurance of love. The story unfolds in a beguiling landscape as Tearne presents us with the turmoil of the Sri Lankan civil war, told unusually from a woman's point of view.

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 : J. R. McNeill
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139484508
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mosquito Empires written by J. R. McNeill and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-11 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the links among ecology, disease, and international politics in the context of the Greater Caribbean - the landscapes lying between Surinam and the Chesapeake - in the seventeenth through early twentieth centuries. Ecological changes made these landscapes especially suitable for the vector mosquitoes of yellow fever and malaria, and these diseases wrought systematic havoc among armies and would-be settlers. Because yellow fever confers immunity on survivors of the disease, and because malaria confers resistance, these diseases played partisan roles in the struggles for empire and revolution, attacking some populations more severely than others. In particular, yellow fever and malaria attacked newcomers to the region, which helped keep the Spanish Empire Spanish in the face of predatory rivals in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. In the late eighteenth and through the nineteenth century, these diseases helped revolutions to succeed by decimating forces sent out from Europe to prevent them.

Author : Richard C. Wilkerson
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN 13 : 1421438143
Total Pages : 1332 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mosquitoes of the World written by Richard C. Wilkerson and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-19 with total page 1332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most complete reference work on mosquitoes ever produced, Mosquitoes of the World is an unmatched resource for entomologists, public health professionals, epidemiologists, and reference libraries.