The Life of the Spider (Dodo Press), Paperback - Jean-Henri Fabre

Modern Entomologic book of the early twentieth century by the physicist and botanist Jean-Henri Fabre. He is considered by many to be the father of...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Life of the Spider is a volume in Jean-Henri Fabre's "Souvenirs Entomologiques, " in which he shares fifty years of careful observat...

Reducere. Jean Henri Fabre, nineteenth-century French entomologist and author of the massive Souvenirs Entomoligies, has inspired perhaps more modern writer/...

DescriptionListen along as Uncle Paul converses with his three children, teaching them all about the world around us. Share the story of ants' unde...

Listen along with Jules and Emile as Uncle Paul uncovers the mysteries of chemistry.Readers familiar with Jules and Emile (The Storybook of Science...

Reducere. DescriptionFascinating conversations with Uncle Paul reveal the mysteries behind the dyeing and weaving of cloth, the lighting and heating of homes...

Reducere. Great French entomologist's charming essays on insect life combine scientific rigor with the style of a literary classic. Beautifully written passa...

Reducere. Starting with a mixture of iron filings and sulphur, Uncle Paul awakens in his young nephews an eagerness to learn more about the properties of the...

Reducere. The wonders of plant and animal life told with rare literary charm by Uncle Paul in conversations with three children. Besides such stories as the ...

Reducere. Originally published in 1917, "The Story Book of Science" is a detailed children's story book about nature. "Uncle Paul" teaches his niece and neph...

"THIS book is dedicated to the public - to the public which feels, the public which reflects. Which feels for the miseries and sufferings of our po...

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Reducere. Arabella B. Buckley (1840-1929), also known as Mrs. Fisher, was a writer and science educator. She was born in Brighton, England. At 24 she went to...

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Reducere. DescriptionWilhelm Hauff (1802-1827) was a German poet and novelist. Considering his brief life, he was an extraordinarily prolific writer. The fre...

Catharine Parr Traill, nee Strickland (1802-1899) was a British author who wrote about life as a settler in Canada. Traill began writing children's...

Rose Amy Fyleman (1877-1957) was an English writer and poet, noted for her works on the fairy folk, for children. Her poem There Are Fairies at the...

Husband and wife, Ernest Cobb (1877-1964) and Bertha Browning Cobb (1867-1951), were American children's book authors. They founded the Arlo Publis...

Reducere. Collection of poems from the American poet and literary critic whose works celebrated the natural world and his religious faith and who was killed ...

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Matthew Gregory Lewis (1775-1818) was a British author. From Westminster School, he passed to Christ Church, Oxford. Already he was busy over tales...

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Dorothy Miller Richardson (1873-1957) was the first writer to publish an English-language novel using what was to become known as the stream-of-con...

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Reducere. Constance Goddard Du Bois (1889-1934) was an American novelist and an ethnographer, writing extensively between 1899 and 1908 about the native peop...

Publisher: Dodo PressAuthor(s): George EliotNumber of pages: 48Publication date: 2007Dimensions: 181 x 227 x 3Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedes...

Publisher: Dodo PressAuthor(s): John EvelynNumber of pages: 124Publication date: 2007Dimensions: 152 x 228 x 13Cover type: Paperback / softbackRede...

Reducere. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475-1564), war ein italienischer Maler, Bildhauer, Architekt und Dichter. Michelangelo war der bedeute...

Reducere. Arabella B. Buckley (1840-1929), also known as Mrs. Fisher, was a writer and science educator. She was born in Brighton, England. At 24 she went to...

Reducere. A study on the nature and power of thoughts this is the most well-known book of the prominent Theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator.

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Reducere. Publisher: Dodo PressAuthor(s): Thomas Love PeacockNumber of pages: 96Publication date: 2007Dimensions: 229 x 154 x 6Cover type: Paperback / softba...

Leonard Leslie Brooke (1862-1940) was a British artist and writer. Brooke was born on Sept. 24, 1862, in Birkenhead, England. His skillful and witt...

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