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Gross universe
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Jeff Szpirglas |
Gross Universe is an eye-opening, sometimes stomach-turning, but always irresistibly entertaining exploration of the many physical things about animals, plants, and-of course-young readers themselves… |
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Disgusting food invaders
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Ruth Owen |
From insects that chomp on chocolate and strawberries to grain weevils and fruit flies, the food we eat is not ours alone. Virtually everything we consume is a target for thousands of creatures, some… |
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Mother Nature is trying to kill you
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Dan Riskin |
Using the seven deadly sins as a road map, Riskin offers dozens of jaw-dropping examples that illuminate how brutal nature can truly be and shows ways this deadly world has shaped us as humans and wh… |
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Reptile & Amphibian Parasites
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Eric M. Rundquist |
Presents information about the different kinds of parasites found on pets and the illnesses they may cause; then offers suggestions on how to diagnose and combat the problem. |
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Zoom in on Body Invaders
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Richard Spilsbury |
Body Invaders zooms in on some of the weird and wonderful creatures - such as ticks, mites, lice and viruses - that live on and in our bodies. Learn about the creepy crawlies that live in your eyelas… |
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Zoom in on House of Horrors
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Richard Spilsbury |
House of Horrors zooms in on some of the weird and wonderful creatures - such as spiders, silverfish, dust mites and woodworms - that share our houses. Learn how to follow a cockroach trail, and meet… |
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The Rains: A Novel (The Rains Brothers)
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Gregg Andrew Hurwitz |
366 pages ; 21 cm |
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Animal zombies!
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Chana Stiefel |
Do monsters really exist? Find out for yourself in this fun-filled book, featuring some real-life wonders of nature: zombifying parasites, bloodsucking vampires, aliens, sea beasts, ghosts, and more. |
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What bugged the dinosaurs?
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Roberta Poinar,George, Jr. Poinar |
This book reveals that T. rex was not the only killer in the Cretaceous: insects--from biting sand flies to disease-causing parasites--dominated life on the planet and played a significant role in th… |
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People, parasites, and plowshares
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Dickson D. Despommier |
An account of the biology, behavior, and history of parasites, following the interplay between these fascinating life forms and human society over thousands of years. Despommier focuses on long-term … |
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Symbiont
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Seanan McGuire |
"THE SECOND BOOK IN MIRA GRANT'S TERRIFYING PARASITOLOGY SERIES. THE ENEMY IS INSIDE US. The SymboGen designed tapeworms were created to relieve humanity of disease and sickness. But the implants in … |
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Ash & Orihel's atlas of human parasitology
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Lawrence R. Ash,Thomas C. Orihel |
The goal of the new 5th edition of Ash & Orihel's Atlas of Human Parasitology is to provide the user with the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of information for parasite diagnosis in the lab… |
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Things that bite
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Anderson, Tom |
"Spiders, snakes, bears and bats--they're out there but there's no reason to fear them. Things that bite takes a matter-of-fact look at more than 30 creatures of the Great Lakes region"--P [4] of cov… |
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Biology of Parasites
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Richard Lucius,Brigitte Loos-Frank,Richard K. Grencis,Boris Striepen,Robert Poulin |
xiii, 452 pages : 25 cm |
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Flea biology and control
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Friederike Krämer,Norbert Mencke |
"The book describes in great detail the complex life cycle of fleas. The text is based on the example of the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis), the most important ectoparasite. The cat flea parasitize… |
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Infected
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Scott Sigler |
CIA operative Dew Phillips, working together with CDC epidemiologist Margaret Montoya, race to stop the spread of a mysterious disease that is turning ordinary people into murderers. A former footbal… |
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Pesky critters!
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Joan Axelrod-Contrada |
"A look at squirrels, raccoons, and other pesky critters, as well as what ways to prevent unwanted visitors from invading your home"-- |
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A host-parasite catalog of North American Tachinidae (Diptera)
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Paul Henry Arnaud |
The Tachinidae are the most important of the dipterous families with entomophagous habits. Though often little noticed, these flies have an important role in controlling phytophagous Insecta.
The pu… |
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Bloodstream
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Tess Gerritsen |
Lapped by he gentle waters of Locust Lake, the small resort town of Tranquility, Maine, seems like the perfect spot for Dr. Claire Elliot to shelter her adolescent son, Noah, from the distractions of… |
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Yikes--Lice!
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Donna Caffey |
Rhyming text describes what happens when a family discovers lice in the home and fights against them. Includes factual information about how lice live, spread, and can be eradicated. |
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