Books
by Richard C Conniff
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Spineless Wonders - The Joys of Formication (sic! Formication means a sensation of insects crawling on the skin) |
This fairly typical example of a journalist's book provides a range of very readable essays loosely grouped around a central theme - in this case invertebrates. And very interesting it is too with chapters from spiders to slugs and fleas to flies. The essays are a mix of history, biology, anecdote and fact with at least a couple of 'Fancy thats!' and 'Well I nevers!' in each chapter, which is all you could ask for really.
(Clive Yelf - bwl 36 September 2006) |
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