The Mosquito Book

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 : 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.

Author : Elise Gravel
Publisher : Tundra Books
ISBN 13 : 0735266476
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mosquito written by Elise Gravel and published by Tundra Books. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hilarious illustrated nonfiction about mosquitos perfect for beginning readers. Conversational text and silly illustrations will have you up all night reading about the most annoying bug on Earth! Fast mosquito facts: Distinctive trait: Leaving annoying itchy bites Diet: Your blood (and nectar and plant juice) Special talent: Making a terrible whining sound in your ear The Mosquito covers habitat (mosquitos live everywhere except Antarctica and Iceland!), species (over 3,500!), history (the oldest recorded mosquito was 79 million years ago!) and much more. Although silly and off-the-wall, The Mosquito contains factual information that will both amuse and teach at the same time.

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 : Jill Bailey
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN 13 : 9781403483003
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mosquito written by Jill Bailey and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2006 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated edition asks some great questions. How many kinds of mosquitoes are there? Do mosquitoes suck only human blood? How many wings does a mosquito have? Are you brave enough to find out more about these interesting creatures? How are they born? How do they grow, feed, move, and have babies? Where do they live and what do they look like? What makes mosquitoes special?

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 : 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 : Buzz Bissinger
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062879944
Total Pages : 585 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mosquito Bowl written by Buzz Bissinger and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-09-13 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Instant New York Times Bestseller · Winner of the General Wallace M. Greene Jr. Award from the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation “Buzz Bissinger’s Friday Night Lights is an American classic. With The Mosquito Bowl, he is back with a true story even more colorful and profound. This book too is destined to become a classic. I devoured it.” — John Grisham An extraordinary, untold story of the Second World War in the vein of Unbroken and The Boys in the Boat, from the author of Friday Night Lights and Three Nights in August. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, college football was at the height of its popularity. As the nation geared up for total war, one branch of the service dominated the aspirations of college football stars: the United States Marine Corps. Which is why, on Christmas Eve of 1944, when the 4th and 29th Marine regiments found themselves in the middle of the Pacific Ocean training for what would be the bloodiest battle of the war – the invasion of Okinawa—their ranks included one of the greatest pools of football talent ever assembled: Former All Americans, captains from Wisconsin and Brown and Notre Dame, and nearly twenty men who were either drafted or would ultimately play in the NFL. When the trash-talking between the 4th and 29th over who had the better football team reached a fever pitch, it was decided: The two regiments would play each other in a football game as close to the real thing as you could get in the dirt and coral of Guadalcanal. The bruising and bloody game that followed became known as “The Mosquito Bowl.” Within a matter of months, 15 of the 65 players in “The Mosquito Bowl” would be killed at Okinawa, by far the largest number of American athletes ever to die in a single battle. The Mosquito Bowl is the story of these brave and beautiful young men, those who survived and those who did not. It is the story of the families and the landscape that shaped them. It is a story of a far more innocent time in both college athletics and the life of the country, and of the loss of that innocence. Writing with the style and rigor that won him a Pulitzer Prize and have made several of his books modern classics, Buzz Bissinger takes us from the playing fields of America’s campuses where boys played at being Marines, to the final time they were allowed to still be boys on that field of dirt and coral, to the darkest and deadliest days that followed at Okinawa.