The Secret Life Of Clams

Author : Anthony D. Fredericks
Publisher : Skyhorse
ISBN 13 : 1632201186
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secret Life of Clams written by Anthony D. Fredericks and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2014-11-18 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get up close and personal with an amazing creature that has invaded our lexicon as well as our restaurants. It breathes with tubes, it has no head or brain, it feeds through a filter, and it is the source of dozens of familiar proverbs (“happy as a clam!”). Clams, it turns out, have been worshipped (by the Moche people of ancient Peru), used as money (by the Algonquin Indians), and consumed by people for thousands of years. Yet The Secret Life of Clams is the first adult trade book to deal exclusively with this gastronomic treat that is more complex than its simple two shells might reveal. The Secret Life of Clams features compelling insights, captivating biology, wry observations, and up-to-the-minute natural history that will keep readers engaged and enthralled. Written by award-winning science author Anthony D. Fredericks, The Secret Life of Clams includes a comfortable infusion of humor, up-to-date research, fascinating individuals (scientists and laypeople alike), and the awe of a fellow explorer as he guides readers on a journey of wonder and adventure. Along with an appreciation for oceanic creatures, this is a guidebook for armchair marine biologists everywhere who seek amazing discoveries in concert with compelling narration.

Author : Salvador Dali
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486319849
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí written by Salvador Dali and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-06-10 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This startling early autobiography takes Dalí through his late 30s and "communicates the...total picture of himself (Dalí) sets out to portray" — Books. Superbly illustrated with over 80 photographs and scores of drawings.

Author : Peter Tompkins
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 006287442X
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secret Life of Plants written by Peter Tompkins and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the inner world of plants and its fascinating relation to mankind, as uncovered by the latest discoveries of science. A perennial bestseller. In this truly revolutionary and beloved work, drawn from remarkable research, Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird cast light on the rich psychic universe of plants. Now available in a new edition, The Secret Life of Plants explores plants' response to human care and nurturing, their ability to communicate with man, plants' surprising reaction to music, their lie-detection abilities, their creative powers, and much more. Tompkins and Bird's classic book affirms the depth of humanity's relationship with nature and adds special urgency to the cause of protecting the environment that nourishes us.

Author : Sharon Cracknell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781803780016
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secret Lands, Petrol Clams and a Bagful of Bolivar written by Sharon Cracknell and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine Sharon's horror as her backpack, filled to the brim with illegal banknotes, enters the x-ray machine at a Venezuelan airport! What should she do? And that's not the only bizarre dilemma she faces. Where to hide hundreds of banknotes during a hair-raising bicycle ride in Caracas? How should she conform to dictatorship laws in North Korea when continuously bowing to dead leaders housed in glass boxes? Or while watching a live synchronised gymnastic show with Kim Jong Un barely metres from her seat? Not to mention choking on toxic fumes in one of the most hostile places on Earth! Join Sharon as she reflects on the quirky aspects of travelling, whether it's finding herself on a volcano edge in the Danakil Depression, dodging unexpected flatulence hiking up Mount Toubkal or confusing Cubans with her Spanglish. Funny yet informative, this book will grab anyone with a wanderlust spirit (or those not quite brave enough to venture far and wide!). Prepare to be transported into a world of secret destinations and humorous tales.

Author : Stephen Jay Gould
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674061632
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms written by Stephen Jay Gould and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2011-10 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With his customary brilliance, Gould examines the puzzles and paradoxes great and small that build nature’s and humanity’s diversity and order.

Author : Helen Scales
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472911377
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spirals in Time written by Helen Scales and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beautifully written story of shells and their makers, and our relationships with them. Seashells are the sculpted homes of a remarkable group of animals: the molluscs. These are some of the most ancient and successful animals on the planet. But watch out. Some molluscs can kill you if you eat them. Some will kill you if you stand too close. That hasn't stopped people using shells in many ways over thousands of years. They became the first jewelry and oldest currencies; they've been used as potent symbols of sex and death, prestige and war, not to mention a nutritious (and tasty) source of food. Spirals in Time is an exuberant aquatic romp, revealing amazing tales of these undersea marvels. Helen Scales leads us on a journey into their realm, as she goes in search of everything from snails that 'fly' underwater on tiny wings to octopuses accused of stealing shells and giant mussels with golden beards that were supposedly the source of Jason's golden fleece, and learns how shells have been exchanged for human lives, tapped for mind-bending drugs and inspired advances in medical technology. Weaving through these stories are the remarkable animals that build them, creatures with fascinating tales to tell, a myriad of spiralling shells following just a few simple rules of mathematics and evolution. Shells are also bellwethers of our impact on the natural world. Some species have been overfished, others poisoned by polluted seas; perhaps most worryingly of all, molluscs are expected to fall victim to ocean acidification, a side-effect of climate change that may soon cause shells to simply melt away. But rather than dwelling on what we risk losing, Spirals in Time urges you to ponder how seashells can reconnect us with nature, and heal the rift between ourselves and the living world.

Author : Vincent Gaston Dethier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780892720859
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Newberry written by Vincent Gaston Dethier and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newberry, a clam who wears a purple muffler, leads a life of adventure in and around the Maine mudflat he calls home.

Author : Joni Kelly
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN 13 : 1538216817
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 500-Year-Old Clams! written by Joni Kelly and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poor old Ming was a very old clam indeed! This book introduces young audiences to the fascinating story of Ming the Quahog clam, whose story is a lesson in life cycles, ecology, climate change, environmentalism, responsible science, and much more. The best part is, all of these complex science concepts are made easy for young readers. By communicating this tale of marine science with accessible language and vivid, full-color photography, readers are sure to be bitten by the science bug, and inspired to learn more.

Author : Cynthia Barnett
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393651452
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans written by Cynthia Barnett and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Science Friday Best Science Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year A Library Journal Best Science and Technology Book of the Year A Tampa Bay Times Best Book of the Year A stunning history of seashells and the animals that make them that "will have you marveling at nature…Barnett’s account remarkably spirals out, appropriately, to become a much larger story about the sea, about global history and about environmental crises and preservation" (John Williams, New York Times Book Review). Seashells have been the most coveted and collected of nature’s creations since the dawn of humanity. They were money before coins, jewelry before gems, art before canvas. In The Sound of the Sea, acclaimed environmental author Cynthia Barnett blends cultural history and science to trace our long love affair with seashells and the hidden lives of the mollusks that make them. Spiraling out from the great cities of shell that once rose in North America to the warming waters of the Maldives and the slave castles of Ghana, Barnett has created an unforgettable history of our world through an examination of the unassuming seashell. She begins with their childhood wonder, unwinds surprising histories like the origin of Shell Oil as a family business importing exotic shells, and charts what shells and the soft animals that build them are telling scientists about our warming, acidifying seas. From the eerie calls of early shell trumpets to the evolutionary miracle of spines and spires and the modern science of carbon capture inspired by shell, Barnett circles to her central point of listening to nature’s wisdom—and acting on what seashells have to say about taking care of each other and our world.

Author : Denise Clemons
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625858159
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Culinary History of Southern Delaware written by Denise Clemons and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historic farms and waterways crisscross Southern Delaware, connecting its residents to a set of rich culinary traditions. The original Nanticoke inhabitants baked hearty johnnycakes and hunted wild game. Hungry for a taste of home, German settlers developed scrapple from local ingredients. Today’s home cooks and chefs draw their bounty from the land and sea for a distinct, seasonal cuisine. Summer strawberries and peaches from local farms and orchards become delectable preserves thanks to treasured family recipes. Come springtime, succulent blue crab reigns supreme. With recipes for regional favorites like beach plum jelly and chicken with slippery dumplings, author Denise Clemons explores the history behind the ingredients and savors the story in every dish.