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The Book of Animal Ignorance: Everything You Think You Know Is Wrong
by John Mitchinson,John Lloyd
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 030739493X
- ISBN 13
- 9780307394934
- Seller
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Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Crown, September 2008. Hardcover. Used Very Good/Very Good. Dust Jacket is clean and intact, with minor edge and corner wear. Front and back covers have very light edge and corner wear. Spine intact with no creasing or warping. Binding is tight and intact, pages clean and unmarked. We carry new and used books in our storefront. We want you to be satisfied with your purchase. Please contact us if you have questions regarding this item.
Synopsis
Fast on the heels of the New York Times bestseller The Book of General Ignorance comes The Book of Animal Ignorance, a fun, fact-lled bestiary that is sure to delight animal lovers everywhere. Arranged alphabetically from aardvark to worm, here are one hundred of the most interesting members of the animal kingdom explained, dissected, and illustrated, with the trademark wit and wisdom of John Lloyd and John Mitchinson.Did you know, for instance, that- when a young albatross takes wing, it may stay aloft for ten years- vampire bat saliva--unsurprisingly, when you think about it--is the source of the world's most powerful blood thinning drug, appropriately called draculin- bombardier beetles fire a boiling chemical spray out of their rears at 300 pulses per second- a bald eagle's feathers weigh twice as much as its bones- a giant tortoise recently died at the documented age of 255- octopuses are dexterous enough to unscrew tops from jars- spider silk is so light that a strand long enough to circle the world would weigh as much as a bar of soap?So meet the water bears that can live in suspension for hundreds of years, the parasite carried by your cat that makes men grumpy and women promiscuous, and the woodlouse that drinks through its bottom. Marvel at elephants that walk on tiptoe, pigs that shine in the dark, and woodpeckers that have ears on the ends of their tongues.If you still think a pangolin is a musical instrument, that hyenas are dogs, or that sheep are pointless and stupid, The Book of Animal Ignorance has arrived just in time.From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Firefly Bookstore LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 406760
- Title
- The Book of Animal Ignorance: Everything You Think You Know Is Wrong
- Author
- John Mitchinson,John Lloyd
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 030739493X
- ISBN 13
- 9780307394934
- Publisher
- Crown
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- September 2008
- Pages
- 256
- Bookseller catalogs
- Animals/General;
Terms of Sale
Firefly Bookstore LLC
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Firefly Bookstore LLC
Biblio member since 2013
Kutztown, Pennsylvania
About Firefly Bookstore LLC
Located in downtown Kutztown, we are an independently-owned and operated New and Used bookstore. Started in 2012 by two book aficionados, Firefly Bookstore strives to provide the best in diverse products and customer services. In addition to books on almost any subject, Firefly carries a large range of products including cards, bookmarks, audio books, and family tree charts. We carry over 60,000 items in 3000 sq/ft of space.Additionally, we have a large tabletop game selection, including board games, dice and card games, and Role-Playing titles. We have a wide selection of puzzles from Pomegranate and others. We have in stock new, each year, a large collection of current year Calendars with 100s of titles and styles to choose from, always discounted.We buy and trade books and games whenever the store is open, and we are looking for material for every section. Store credit can be used on new and used material. We are interested in large purchases, such as collections and estate sales. We are particularly looking for gaming books, metaphysics, history, cooking, science, Pennsylvania history and children's books.For current news and announcements, find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/fireflybookstore.We carry new and used books in our storefront. We want you to be satisfied with your purchase. Please contact us if you have questions regarding this itemStore hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.
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