The Red Hourglass: Lives of the Predators by Gordon Grice, ISBN 0385318901
Snake venom that digests human flesh. A building cleared of every living thing by a band of tiny spiders. An infant insect eating its living prey from within, saving the vital organs for last. These are among the deadly feats of natural engineering you'll witness in "The Red Hourglass, prize-winning author Gordon Grice's masterful, poetic, often dryly funny exploration of predators he has encountered around his rural Oklahoma home.
Grice is a witty and intrepid guide through a world where mating ends in cannibalism, where killers possess toxins so lethal as to defy our ideas of a benevolent God, where spider remains, scattered like "the cast-off coats of untidy children," tell a quiet story of violent self-extermination. It's a world you'll recognize despite its exotic strangeness--the world in which we live. Unabashedly stepping into the mix, Grice abandons his role as objective observer with beguiling dark humor--collecting spiders and other vermin, decorating a tarantula's terrarium with dollhouse furniture, or forcing a battle between captive insects because he deems one "too stupid to live."
Kill. Eat. Mate. Die. Charting the simple brutality of the lives of these predators, Grice's starkly graceful essays guide us toward startling truths about our own predatory nature. "The Red Hourglass brings us face to fanged face with the inadequacy of our distinctions between normal and abnormal, dead and alive, innocent and evil.
"From the Hardcover edition.
Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins by William Morris, ISBN 006015862X
The first Edition of the "Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins detailed the fascinating and little known stories behind thousands of words and phrases that we use every day. In this new edition, William and Mary Morris update and expand their classic work to keep pace with our ever changing language.
New entries include:
- "New trends"--crack, glitch, greenmail, Harrier attack airplanes
- "Foreign terms"--falafel, geisha, jihad, paparazzi
- "People--batman, dead end kid, Dutch uncle, hatchet man, Young Turks
- "Given names"--Chester, Edith, Jennifer and others
- "Food--Adam and Eve on a raft, alligator pear, grapefruit, Harriet Lane
- "Sports--box score, cheese champions, full court press
- "and many more"
Throughout the Morris' s present the histories of intriguing expressions in an eminently entertaining and readable fashion.
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The Billion Dollar Boy by Charles Sheffield, ISBN 0765345668
New York Public Library "Best Books for the Teen Age" selection
Shelby Cheever V is a spoiled brat. He is also the richest kid in the country. Actually, make that the "universe. Bored with his all-the-amusements-money-can-buy life, he decides on a bit of interstellar action, Shelby-style. But it turns out life on a starship is not all fun and games. As part of a crew, Shelby has a few things to learn. Like, how to "follow orders instead of simply "giving orders. Can Shelby learn how to cooperate with his crewmates?
He may not have a choice. When Shelby becomes the target of a hostage-for-ransom scheme, he'll need all the help he can get.
The Billion Dollar Boy by Charles Sheffield, ISBN 0765345668
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The Complete Book of Paint: 70 Techniques, Finishes, and Designs for Your Home
With over 300,000 copies sold, "Paint Recipes and "Decorative Paint Recipes are required reading for anyone decorating with color. Now "The Complete Book of Paint combines the best of both books into one oversized easy reference guide. It offers do-it-yourself enthusiasts over 70 painting techniques and finished designed for walls, floors, and furniture--from stenciling, sponging, and stippling, to colorwashing, gilding, and bordering. Creative ideas for 18 weekend projects, plus in-depth guidance on selecting materials and preparing surfaces, are all accompanied by easy-to-follow instructional photographs for foolproof results.
The Complete Book of Paint: 70 Techniques, Finishes, and Designs for Your Home
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The Billion Dollar Boy by Charles Sheffield, ISBN 0765345668
New York Public Library "Best Books for the Teen Age" selection
Shelby Cheever V is a spoiled brat. He is also the richest kid in the country. Actually, make that the "universe. Bored with his all-the-amusements-money-can-buy life, he decides on a bit of interstellar action, Shelby-style. But it turns out life on a starship is not all fun and games. As part of a crew, Shelby has a few things to learn. Like, how to "follow orders instead of simply "giving orders. Can Shelby learn how to cooperate with his crewmates?
He may not have a choice. When Shelby becomes the target of a hostage-for-ransom scheme, he'll need all the help he can get.
The Billion Dollar Boy by Charles Sheffield, ISBN 0765345668
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