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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Marble Arch Pr
Publication date
February 17, 2015
Pages
480
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781476730356
ISBN-10
1476730350
Dimensions
1.25 by 6.25 by 9.25 in.
Weight
1.36 lbs.
Original list price
$28.00
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: This fascinating scientific foray into the animal kingdom examines how the world’s creatures—weird, wonderful, and everything in between—are inextricably linked.
Life on planet earth is not weirder than we imagine. It’s weirder than we are capable of imagining. And we’re all in it together: humans, blue whales, rats, birds of paradise, beetles, mollusks the size of buses, gladiator slugs, bdelloid rotifers that haven’t had sex for millions of years, and water bears—creatures that can be boiled, frozen, and fired off into space without dying.
We’re all part of the animal kingdom, appearing in what Darwin called “endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful.” In this audacious book, Simon Barnes brings together all of the world’s creatures, seeking not what sets them all apart but what unites all. He explores arcane knowledge from the works of Darwin to James Joyce and David Attenborough to Sherlock Holmes, in addition to telling his own wild, don’t-try-this-at-home adventures in humorous and compulsively readable prose.
Fascinating, entertaining, and perfect for Discovery Channel enthusiasts, Ten Million Aliens will open your eyes to the real marvels of the planet we live on.
Life on planet earth is not weirder than we imagine. It’s weirder than we are capable of imagining. And we’re all in it together: humans, blue whales, rats, birds of paradise, beetles, mollusks the size of buses, gladiator slugs, bdelloid rotifers that haven’t had sex for millions of years, and water bears—creatures that can be boiled, frozen, and fired off into space without dying.
We’re all part of the animal kingdom, appearing in what Darwin called “endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful.” In this audacious book, Simon Barnes brings together all of the world’s creatures, seeking not what sets them all apart but what unites all. He explores arcane knowledge from the works of Darwin to James Joyce and David Attenborough to Sherlock Holmes, in addition to telling his own wild, don’t-try-this-at-home adventures in humorous and compulsively readable prose.
Fascinating, entertaining, and perfect for Discovery Channel enthusiasts, Ten Million Aliens will open your eyes to the real marvels of the planet we live on.
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Hardcover
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from Marble Arch Pr (February 17, 2015)
9781476730356 | details & prices | 480 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.36 lbs | List price $28.00
About: This fascinating scientific foray into the animal kingdom examines how the world’s creatures—weird, wonderful, and everything in between—are inextricably linked.
About: This fascinating scientific foray into the animal kingdom examines how the world’s creatures—weird, wonderful, and everything in between—are inextricably linked.
With Sonja Lamut (other contributor) |
Board book edition from Grosset & Dunlap (September 1, 1997); titled "1-2 Peek-A-Boo!"
9780448416106 | details & prices | 5.00 × 7.00 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels Preschool | 0.25 lbs | List price $4.95
This edition also contains 1-2 Peek-A-Boo!
About: Shows barnyard scenes with cows, pigs, and baby chicks to count, with surprises behind flaps on each page
This edition also contains 1-2 Peek-A-Boo!
About: Shows barnyard scenes with cows, pigs, and baby chicks to count, with surprises behind flaps on each page
Paperback
from Marble Arch Pr (December 15, 2015)
9781501117183 | details & prices | 480 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $17.00
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