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Nature, Gardens & Animals
Pearls & Parasites
A. E. (Arthur Everett), Sir Shipley
270 pages~5 hr 22 min read15 chapters$4.99
A zoologist with a light touch takes you from the ocean floor to the biting fly. Shipley strings together essays on how pearls are made, the depths of the sea, British fisheries, zebras and their hybrids, malaria, and the infinite torment of flies. Learned science delivered with wit and range. Dip in anywhere and come out knowing something surprising.
Every copy includes a printable PDF edition, a beautifully typeset book you can print, mark up in the margins, and keep on your shelf. Yours the moment you own it.
Inside this book
15 chapters
- 1PEARLS PARASITES
- 2PREFACE
- 3CONTENTS
- 4LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5BIBLIOGRAPHY
- 6PEARLS AND PARASITES
- 7THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA
- 8BRITISH SEA-FISHERIES
- 9ZEBRAS, HORSES, AND HYBRIDS
- 10PASTEUR
- 11MALARIA
- 12‘INFINITE TORMENT OF FLIES’
- 13THE DANGER OF FLIES
- 14CAMBRIDGE
- 15INDEX
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