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Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature
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Hardcover
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Rev exp edition from W W Norton & Co Inc (March 30, 2008); titled "Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science & Nature"
9780393058055 | details & prices | 350 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $24.95
About: A new edition of the author's first work of nonfiction traces his journeys throughout natural regions of the world to pose such lively questions as the redeeming merits of mosquitoes and the potential for cloning, in a volume complemented by the author's popular 'Natural Acts' columns.
from Schocken Books (April 1, 1985)
9780805239676 | details & prices | List price $16.95
About: Essays discuss bats, octopuses, crows, snakes, cockroaches, dinosaurs, bisons, animal rights, hypothermia, sea cucumbers, black widow spiders, and mosquitoes
Paperback
Book cover for 9780393333602 Book cover for 9780440556961 Book cover for 9781585742622
 
Reprint edition from W W Norton & Co Inc (March 29, 2009)
9780393333602 | details & prices | 350 pages | 5.50 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.62 lbs | List price $15.95
from Lyons Pr (April 1, 2001)
9781585742622 | details & prices | List price $16.95
About: Essays discuss bats, octopuses, crows, snakes, cockroaches, dinosaurs, bisons, animal rights, hypothermia, sea cucumbers, black widow spiders, and mosquitoes
Reprint edition from Dell Books (September 1, 1986)
9780440556961 | details & prices | List price $6.95
About: Essays discuss bats, octopuses, crows, snakes, cockroaches, dinosaurs, bisons, animal rights, hypothermia, sea cucumbers, black widow spiders, and mosquitoes
Cassette/Spoken Word
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from Audio Pr (May 1, 1990)
9780939643288 | details & prices | 4.50 × 7.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $16.95
About: A revised and expanded edition of Quammen’s first book of nonfiction, including the best of his recent work.