Author: William Greene BinneyPublisher:
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Category : Mollusks
Languages : en
Pages : 744
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Land and Fresh Water Shells of North America
Author: William Greene BinneyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mollusks
Languages : en
Pages : 744
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A Manual of the Land and Fresh-water Shells of the British Islands
Author: William TurtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 372
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Land and Fresh Water Shells of North America
Author: America, NorthPublisher:
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Category : Aquatic invertebrates
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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A Descriptive Manual of British Land and Fresh-water Shells, Containing Descriptions and Figures of All the Species
Author: George DixonPublisher:
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Category : Mollusks
Languages : en
Pages : 122
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Amanual of the Land and Fresh-water Shells of the British Islands, with Figures of Each of the Kinds
Author: William TurtonLand and Fresh Water Shells of North America ...: Ampullariidae, Valvatidae, Viviparidae, fresh-water Rissoidae, Cyclophoridae, Truncatellidea, fresh-water Neritae, Helicinidae, by W.G. Binney, 1865
Author: William Greene BinneyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mollusks
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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A Manual of the Land and Fresh-Water Shells of the British Islands ... with coloured plates
Author: William TURTON (M.D.)Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 374
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Land and Fresh-water Shells of North America
Author: George Washington TryonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mollusks
Languages : en
Pages : 494
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The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans
Author: Cynthia BarnettPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393651452
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
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.
Land and Water
Author: Publisher:
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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