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Author | : Mitra |
Publisher | : Penguin Books India |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780143063902 |
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Ghana-Da'S Bizarre Narratives Draw Upon Science, History And Geography To Conjure Up Exotic Locales, Other Worlds And Peoples, Their Habits, Lifestyles And Languages. Mosquito And Other Stories Brings Together Twelve Of Premendra Mitra&Rsquo;S Most Popular Ghana-Da Tales. These Stories Within Stories, Told In First Person By One Of The Denizens Of The Mess Hall, Straddle The Thin Line Between Make-Believe And Truth. Ghana-Da&Rsquo;S Bizarre Narratives Draw Upon Science, History And Geography To Conjure Up Exotic Locales, Other Worlds And Peoples, Their Habits, Lifestyles And Languages. In &Lsquo;Mosquito&Rsquo; Ghana-Da Saves Mankind From A New And Deadly Breed Of The Insect; In &Lsquo;Pebble&Rsquo; We Find Him Trading In Sandalwood In The New Hebrides; &Lsquo;Glass&Rsquo; And &Lsquo;Duck&Rsquo; Explore Nuclear Science; In &Lsquo;Hole&Rsquo; He Tells His Spellbound Audience About The Fourth Dimension; And In &Lsquo;Hat&Rsquo; He Is Dragged Over Mount Everest By A Runaway Yeti. And That&Rsquo;S Just The Beginning&Hellip; These Accounts Of Travel And Heroism, Born Of Wild Imagination And Sound Knowledge, Make The Teller And His Tales Simply Irresistible.
Author | : Premendra Mitra |
Publisher | : Prhi |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 2009-02-10 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780143430353 |
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Ghana-da's bizarre narratives draw upon science, history and geography to conjure up exotic locales, other worlds and peoples, their habits, lifestyles and languages. Mosquito and Other Stories brings together twelve of Premendra Mitra's most popular Ghana-da tales. These stories within stories, told in first person by one of the denizens of the mess hall, straddle the thin line between make-believe and truth. Ghana-da's bizarre narratives draw upon science, history and geography to conjure up exotic locales, other worlds and peoples, their habits, lifestyles and languages. In 'Mosquito' Ghana-da saves mankind from a new and deadly breed of the insect; in 'Pebble' we find him trading in sandalwood in the New Hebrides; 'Glass' and 'Duck' explore nuclear science; in 'Hole' he tells his spellbound audience about the Fourth Dimension; and in 'Hat' he is dragged over Mount Everest by a runaway yeti. And that's just the beginning. These accounts of travel and heroism, born of wild imagination and sound knowledge, make the teller and his tales simply irresistible.
Author | : Timothy C. Winegard |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 639 |
Release | : 2019-08-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1524743437 |
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**The instant New York Times bestseller.** *An international bestseller.* Finalist for the Lane Anderson Award Finalist for the RBC Taylor Award “Hugely impressive, a major work.”—NPR A pioneering and groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction that offers a dramatic new perspective on the history of humankind, showing how through millennia, the mosquito has been the single most powerful force in determining humanity’s fate Why was gin and tonic the cocktail of choice for British colonists in India and Africa? What does Starbucks have to thank for its global domination? What has protected the lives of popes for millennia? Why did Scotland surrender its sovereignty to England? What was George Washington's secret weapon during the American Revolution? The answer to all these questions, and many more, is the mosquito. Across our planet since the dawn of humankind, this nefarious pest, roughly the size and weight of a grape seed, has been at the frontlines of history as the grim reaper, the harvester of human populations, and the ultimate agent of historical change. As the mosquito transformed the landscapes of civilization, humans were unwittingly required to respond to its piercing impact and universal projection of power. The mosquito has determined the fates of empires and nations, razed and crippled economies, and decided the outcome of pivotal wars, killing nearly half of humanity along the way. She (only females bite) has dispatched an estimated 52 billion people from a total of 108 billion throughout our relatively brief existence. As the greatest purveyor of extermination we have ever known, she has played a greater role in shaping our human story than any other living thing with which we share our global village. Imagine for a moment a world without deadly mosquitoes, or any mosquitoes, for that matter? Our history and the world we know, or think we know, would be completely unrecognizable. Driven by surprising insights and fast-paced storytelling, The Mosquito is the extraordinary untold story of the mosquito’s reign through human history and her indelible impact on our modern world order.
Author | : Verna Aardema |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 1992-08-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0140549056 |
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"In this Caldecott Medal winner, Mosquito tells a story that causes a jungle disaster. "Elegance has become the Dillons' hallmark. . . . Matching the art is Aardema's uniquely onomatopoeic text . . . An impressive showpiece." -Booklist, starred review. Winner of Caldecott Medal in 1976 and the Brooklyn Art Books for Children Award in 1977.
Author | : Caroll Simpson |
Publisher | : Heritage House Publishing Co |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2015-08-14 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1772030635 |
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This book includes a glossary of supernatural creatures that commonly appear in the stories and dances of Northwest Coast Indigenous People.
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Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 1958 |
Genre | : Tales |
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Author | : Martin W. Bowman |
Publisher | : The History Press |
Total Pages | : 45 |
Release | : 2012-02-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 075248530X |
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When de Havilland proposed, in 1938, an unarmed bomber constructed almost entirely from wood, few would have thought it could become one of the most versatile aircraft of the Second World War. The Mosquito easily outran a Spitfire on its test flight and was ordered into mass production, soon proving itself a key weapon in the fight against the Luftwaffe by day and the Nachtjagd by night. Illustrated throughout with previously unpublished photographs, this book tells the story of an aircraft which was for many the perfect synthesis of power and beauty. Author Martin Bowman describes the service histories and daring exploits of the 7,781 examples of the 'Wooden Wonder' which were built in the UK, Canada and Australia.
Author | : E. A. Hass |
Publisher | : William Morrow |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780688014339 |
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The mosquito detective tells a cub reporter of his exploits and encounters with such insect notables as Mickey Mantis, F. Flea Bailey, and the Warden of Sting Sting Prison.
Author | : Andrew Spielman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Diseases |
ISBN | : 9780571209804 |
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'Consider the most common mosquito on Earth. This soft, little, dusty-brown insect is Culex Pipiens. You've seen her land on your arm. You have caught her just at the end of her feeding, her translucent belly swelling red with your very own blood. At such a moment, you can be forgiven for failing to notice what an elegant and hardy thing she is. But she is . . . ' No creature has touched directly the lives of more human beings than the mosquito. She has been a nuisance, a pollinator of plants and an angel of death all over the globe. And throughout history, much of our trouble with the mosquito has been caused by man himself. Professor Andrew Spielman has dedicated his life to understanding this insect. In Mosquito he tells the story of man's struggle to live with the mosquito, from the defeat of Sir Francis Drake's fleet, to the death of thousands of Frenchmen working on the Panama Canal and to the recent panic over the West Nile Virus in New York. And he shows us how we have accelerated the spread of disease, describing the catastrophic failures of mosquito control which have ensured that - even now - one person dies of malaria every twelve seconds.
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Release | : 1938 |
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