2003, ISBN: 9780896724495

London: HarperCollins, 2003. Australian ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear, remainder stripes bottom edge, owner… Altro …

London: HarperCollins, 2003. Australian ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear, remainder stripes bottom edge, owner's rubber stamp inside front cover. 348 pp. This remarkable story of quinine, the chemical from the South American fever-tree that transformed medicine (as a treatment for malaria) - and history., HarperCollins, 2003, 0, London: Free Press. 2003. First Edition. Paperback. 0743239881 . Xvii, 316 pages, many illustrations and 25 colour plates, A fine copy. - In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.' H. G. Wells' famous dictum tells us something that may seem self-evident: sight matters. But imagine for a moment that the country of the blind is in fact the whole world, 544 million years ago. It's a world where life is primitive and aimless, and evolution slow and painstaking. But then something remarkable happened. Over the next five million years, the process of evolution kick-started into life. In this short space of time - the blink of an eye, in geological terms - the number of different classifications of animals, or phyla, mushroomed from three to thirty-eight, the number we still have today. Why did this 'Big Bang' of evolution, known as the 'Cambrian explosion', happen when it did? What caused it? Andrew Parker's astounding explanation is that it was during this period that the eye evolved. Those primitive Cambrian life-forms had their eyes opened for literally the first time. Suddenly there was enormous pressure to evolve hard external parts as armour, and clasping limbs to grab prey. The country of the blind became a teeming mass of hunters and hunted, all scrambling for their place on the evolutionary tree. This theory, which is becoming increasingly influential and accepted, is fully explored and described in this ground-breaking book. A scientific detective story which encompasses disciplines as diverse as biology, history, geology and art, In the Blink of an Eye is destined to become a popular-science classic. ; 235 x 150mm ., Free Press, 2003, 0, Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech University Press. Near Fine. (1941) 2001. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. 425 pages. Quincie, the motherless thirteen-year-old daughter of an itinerant muleskinner, is the captivating protagonist of this Depression-era novel set in the Texas oil patch. Her story's value resides not only in the viewpoint of a young girl who comes of age in the shadow of the derricks but also in the currency of her creators sensitivity to the natural world and environmental issues. Originally a 1941 Houghton-Mifflin Literary Fellowship Book, "Quincie Bolliver" is an extraordinary study in character, place, and the community of women weak and strong. From the moment the wise, lonesome Quincie and her stubborn, charming father, Curtin, arrive in Good Union, Texas, where the boom has passed and Judith Paradises boarding house stands as a tattered monument to bygone prosperity, King engages the reader in the passions and struggles of the small towns inhabitants. As beautiful and natural as its commanding realism, "Quincie Bolliver" is not only a remarkable first novel, but one that should stand for all time. Her grief was wide, touching the still trees, the wet coats of the grazing cattle, the lonely posts of the power line, the soft feathers of the heron. Her pity was for all things: for the leaf set spinning by the rain, for the drops of rain that fell and were lost, for the darkening sky itself, and for the tender earth that must lie forever open to the sky, racked to preserve the running heel-and toe-print of all who chose to pass. ., Texas Tech University Press, 4<

2001, ISBN: 9780896724495

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Piggy Toes Pr, 1997-09. Hardcover. Good., Piggy Toes Pr, 1997-09, 2.5, Piggy Toes Pr, 1997-09-01. Hardcover. Used:Good., Piggy Toes Pr, 1997-09-01, 0, Boston, MA: James R. Osgood and Co… Altro …

Piggy Toes Pr, 1997-09. Hardcover. Good., Piggy Toes Pr, 1997-09, 2.5, Piggy Toes Pr, 1997-09-01. Hardcover. Used:Good., Piggy Toes Pr, 1997-09-01, 0, Boston, MA: James R. Osgood and Company, 1874. 13 x 18 cm. Adventures of Trotty the ubiquitous-- the Doctor, the Reverend, the Husband. Cloth on board, edges, corners, heel and toe of spine all frayed, front inside hinge cracked. Some pencil marks on two pages. Poor. . Catalogs: Children's., James R. Osgood and Company, 1874, 0, Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech University Press. Near Fine. (1941) 2001. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. 425 pages. Quincie, the motherless thirteen-year-old daughter of an itinerant muleskinner, is the captivating protagonist of this Depression-era novel set in the Texas oil patch. Her story's value resides not only in the viewpoint of a young girl who comes of age in the shadow of the derricks but also in the currency of her creators sensitivity to the natural world and environmental issues. Originally a 1941 Houghton-Mifflin Literary Fellowship Book, "Quincie Bolliver" is an extraordinary study in character, place, and the community of women weak and strong. From the moment the wise, lonesome Quincie and her stubborn, charming father, Curtin, arrive in Good Union, Texas, where the boom has passed and Judith Paradises boarding house stands as a tattered monument to bygone prosperity, King engages the reader in the passions and struggles of the small towns inhabitants. As beautiful and natural as its commanding realism, "Quincie Bolliver" is not only a remarkable first novel, but one that should stand for all time. Her grief was wide, touching the still trees, the wet coats of the grazing cattle, the lonely posts of the power line, the soft feathers of the heron. Her pity was for all things: for the leaf set spinning by the rain, for the drops of rain that fell and were lost, for the darkening sky itself, and for the tender earth that must lie forever open to the sky, racked to preserve the running heel-and toe-print of all who chose to pass. ., Texas Tech University Press, 4<

1941, ISBN: 0896724492

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[EAN: 9780896724495], Near Fine, [PU: Texas Tech University Press (1941) 2001, Lubbock, TX], FICTION LITERARY TEXAS, 425 pages. Quincie, the motherless thirteen-year-old daughter of an it… Altro …

[EAN: 9780896724495], Near Fine, [PU: Texas Tech University Press (1941) 2001, Lubbock, TX], FICTION LITERARY TEXAS, 425 pages. Quincie, the motherless thirteen-year-old daughter of an itinerant muleskinner, is the captivating protagonist of this Depression-era novel set in the Texas oil patch. Her story's value resides not only in the viewpoint of a young girl who comes of age in the shadow of the derricks but also in the currency of her creators sensitivity to the natural world and environmental issues. Originally a 1941 Houghton-Mifflin Literary Fellowship Book, "Quincie Bolliver" is an extraordinary study in character, place, and the community of women weak and strong. From the moment the wise, lonesome Quincie and her stubborn, charming father, Curtin, arrive in Good Union, Texas, where the boom has passed and Judith Paradises boarding house stands as a tattered monument to bygone prosperity, King engages the reader in the passions and struggles of the small towns inhabitants. As beautiful and natural as its commanding realism, "Quincie Bolliver" is not only a remarkable first novel, but one that should stand for all time. Her grief was wide, touching the still trees, the wet coats of the grazing cattle, the lonely posts of the power line, the soft feathers of the heron. Her pity was for all things: for the leaf set spinning by the rain, for the drops of rain that fell and were lost, for the darkening sky itself, and for the tender earth that must lie forever open to the sky, racked to preserve the running heel-and toe-print of all who chose to pass.<

2001, ISBN: 9780896724495

Texas Tech University Press, 2001-09-15. Paperback. Good., Texas Tech University Press, 2001-09-15, 2.5