The Secret Life of Flies
Title | The Secret Life of Flies PDF eBook |
Author | Erica McAlister |
Publisher | |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Diptera |
ISBN | 9780565094751 |
Title | The Secret Life of Flies PDF eBook |
Author | Erica McAlister |
Publisher | |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Diptera |
ISBN | 9780565094751 |
Title | Secret Life of Flies PDF eBook |
Author | Erica McAlister |
Publisher | |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 2016-09 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780565093365 |
Title | The Secret Life of Flies PDF eBook |
Author | Erica McAlister |
Publisher | |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9781770858091 |
Originally published: London: Natural History Museum, c2017.
Title | The Fox and the Flies PDF eBook |
Author | Charles van Onselen |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 692 |
Release | 2010-08-09 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0802718922 |
A chance encounter with Silver's career in South Africa set Charles van Onselen on a twenty five-year obsession: a journey to reconstruct the shadowy life and times of-in some ways to match wits with-a devious master criminal. From Russian Poland in the 1860s, where Silver was born Joseph Lis, to London in the 1880s, turn-of-the-century New York, Argentina, and Africa, van Onselen recaptures the dangerous demimonde of the Atlantic world. Silver's notoriety was found among the most confidential correspondence of a dozen countries; what those in law enforcement kept to themselves, however, was how their officers had attempted to use Silver as an informer to infiltrate syndicates built on vice, only to have him outwit them as he moved in the risky space between police and prostitutes. Such is the meticulousness of van Onselen's research that The Fox and the Flies is as rich in history as it is in the detail and drama of Silver's career, as layer after layer of his life and times are revealed. And it has an extraordinary pay-off, for van Onselen contends that Joseph Silver's darkest secret of all lay in London in the autumn of 1888 when, before he embarked on his legendary life of crime, he was, indeed, Jack the Ripper.
Title | The Inside Out of Flies PDF eBook |
Author | Erica McAlister |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2021-09-02 |
Genre | Flies |
ISBN | 9780565095260 |
Title | Live Like a Fruit Fly PDF eBook |
Author | Gabe Berman |
Publisher | Health Communications, Inc. |
Pages | 217 |
Release | 2011-08 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 0757315690 |
Fruit flies are born, begin attending to their fruit-fly agendas almost immediately, then succumb to old age before witnessing a single change of season. Likewise, we live and die in the virtual blink of an eye. Unfortunately, we often ignore our own mortality and simply coast through our days without ever checking out the bowl of fruit on the other side of the kitchen. The life we hoped for can wait for another day, we think. But another day often slips through our grasp, and we learn that we can't wait another day . . . that if we are to live consciously, we must learn to live like a fruit fly, not tomorrow but at this very moment, the one we are experiencing now. We are responsible for creating our own destiny. Our gut, our instincts--the GPS we're all born with--will never lead us astray if we trust it. Silver linings--more fruit to feast on--will always be within reach if only we're willing to explore.
Title | The Secret Life of Flies PDF eBook |
Author | Erica McAlister |
Publisher | Firefly Books |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 2022-09 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780228103929 |
Dr. McAlister has captured her affection for the Diptera in The Secret Life of Flies, a short, rich book by turns informative and humorous, both a hymn of praise to her favorite creatures and a gleeful attempt to give readers the willies. -- New York Times An enjoyable and informative read. Highly recommended for anyone interested in biology and in particular those intrigued by entomology and zoology. -- Library Journal Stories and science about nature's most complex, crucial and highly adaptive insect. The Secret Life of Flies takes readers into the hidden world of snail killers, con artists, crazy sex and a great many silly names. It dispels common misconceptions about flies and reveals how truly extraordinary, exotic and important are these misunderstood creatures. There are 10 chapters: 1. The immature ones -- Squirmy wormy larvae can be just a bit unnerving. 2. The pollinators -- Those annoying No See Ums, or midge flies, are the only pollinator of the chocolate-producing cacao tree. 3. The detritivores -- These garbage eaters are often fluffy and thus water-repellent, good for a life spent in a sewer. 4. The vegetarians -- Entomological spelunkers, many of these flies prefer plant roots. 5. The fungivores -- The mushroom eaters include the dark-winged fungus gnats. 6. The predators -- Here are the most devious and imaginative methods of luring, capturing and eating prey. 7. The parasites -- Their methods of survival are often disgusting but the evolutionary genius is admirable. 8. The sanguivores -- Exactly why do we have blood-sucking disease-spreading mosquitos? 9. The coprophages -- The champions of dung, detritus and other unpleasant things. 10. The necrophages -- The body eaters without which we would be in a most disagreeable situation. In clear language, McAlister explains Diptera taxonomy and forensic entomology, and describes the potential of flies to transform their relationship with humans from one of disease vector to partner in environmental preservation. She has a wonderful knack for storytelling, deftly transforming what could be dry descriptions of biology, reproduction and morphology into entertainment. She takes readers to piles of poo in Ethiopia by way of underground caves, latrines and backyard gardens, and opens the drawers at the Natural History Museum to rhapsodize over her favorite flies.