The Resource Mother Nature is trying to kill you : a lively tour through the dark side of the natural world, Dan Riskin, PhD
Mother Nature is trying to kill you : a lively tour through the dark side of the natural world, Dan Riskin, PhD
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The item Mother Nature is trying to kill you : a lively tour through the dark side of the natural world, Dan Riskin, PhD represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Jacksonville Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 7 library branches.
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The item Mother Nature is trying to kill you : a lively tour through the dark side of the natural world, Dan Riskin, PhD represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Jacksonville Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 7 library branches.
- Summary
- 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 what our responsibilities are to this terrible, wonderful planet we call home
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Touchstone hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 260 pages
- Note
- "A Touchstone book."
- Contents
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- Introduction: Georgia on my mind
- Lions don't kill zebras. Zebras kill zebras
- Meat robots screwing one another--over
- Just another day in parasite paradise
- Eat and be eaten
- Of thieves and sneaker males
- Venoms and extinctions
- Rise up, meat robots
- Isbn
- 9781476707549
- Label
- Mother Nature is trying to kill you : a lively tour through the dark side of the natural world
- Title
- Mother Nature is trying to kill you
- Title remainder
- a lively tour through the dark side of the natural world
- Statement of responsibility
- Dan Riskin, PhD
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 what our responsibilities are to this terrible, wonderful planet we call home
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Riskin, Dan
- Dewey number
- 591.5/3
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QL758
- LC item number
- .R57 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Predation (Biology)
- Predatory animals
- Predatory insects
- Parasites
- Nature
- SCIENCE / General
- Label
- Mother Nature is trying to kill you : a lively tour through the dark side of the natural world, Dan Riskin, PhD
- Note
- "A Touchstone book."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-252) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Georgia on my mind -- Lions don't kill zebras. Zebras kill zebras -- Meat robots screwing one another--over -- Just another day in parasite paradise -- Eat and be eaten -- Of thieves and sneaker males -- Venoms and extinctions -- Rise up, meat robots
- Control code
- ocn852226598
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Touchstone hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 260 pages
- Isbn
- 9781476707549
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2013032852
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
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- 1143797
- (Sirsi) o852226598
- (OCoLC)852226598
- Label
- Mother Nature is trying to kill you : a lively tour through the dark side of the natural world, Dan Riskin, PhD
- Note
- "A Touchstone book."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-252) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Georgia on my mind -- Lions don't kill zebras. Zebras kill zebras -- Meat robots screwing one another--over -- Just another day in parasite paradise -- Eat and be eaten -- Of thieves and sneaker males -- Venoms and extinctions -- Rise up, meat robots
- Control code
- ocn852226598
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Touchstone hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 260 pages
- Isbn
- 9781476707549
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2013032852
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
-
- 1143797
- (Sirsi) o852226598
- (OCoLC)852226598
Library Locations
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