| 1. | ![]() | Silent Spring
from Fawcett
Customer Review:
This book is a classic observational study of the effects of man-made chemicals on the natural world. Carson, a biologist and writer, turned her attention to the natural consequences of the new practices of trying to control insect pests with chemical treatments. She begins the book by explaining... more info | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | A Field Guide to Insects: America North of Mexico (Peterson Field Guides(R))
from Houghton Mifflin
Customer Review:
A good simple introduction to insects and a handy pocket book size, easy too carry in the field. | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 3. | ![]() | Spiders and Their Kin (Golden Guide)
from Random House
Customer Review:
this book is more of a minaturized field guide,..in size (it's about 6" x 4" wide) and in regards to information. there is not that much information but the line drawings help with identifying spiders. i would have liked to see more writen information on the spiders as well as actual pictures.... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 4. | ![]() | The Queen Must Die
from W W Norton & Co Ltd
Customer Review:
This might well be the most fascinating book I have ever read. Longgood writes about bees in a way that stays true to fact, but does not read like a science book. His philosophical speculations about their culture and ours are enriching. | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 5. | ![]() | Keeper of the Bees
from Amereon Limited
Customer Review:
I have purchased many copies of this book as gifts - something I cannot write about the popular fiction that fills the Costco/Sams warehouses! Carole Joy Seid recommends this for high school students - and I think it should be "required reading" for all of us. Gene Stratton-Porter is truly a gifted... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 6. | ![]() | Daddy Long-Legs (Watermill)
from Troll Communications
Customer Review:
It was well written and entertaining. While the ending was happy, I was a bit disappointed. I had expected Jerusha to, I don't know, do or be something with the education she got. Instead she became a little "copy" of her provider. She was more original at the beginning than at the end... | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 7. | ![]() | A Field Guide to Western Butterflies (Peterson Field Guide Series)
from Houghton Mifflin Company
Customer Review:
Unlike some other reviewers I have always liked the Peterson guides best and this is no exception. The emphasis of the book is not simply on sight identification (which can be difficult at best) but also on a rounded education about the world of butterflies.
The first several chapters cover... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | The Red Hourglass
from Delacorte Press
Customer Review:
This book came to my attention when someone on an online mailing list devoted to arachnids mentioned that she had started reading the book and found it upsetting, perhaps because she is "just too tender-hearted where arachnids are concerned."
Even before reading the book, I found another... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 9. | ![]() | First Lessons in Beekeeping
from MacMillan Publishing Company
Customer Review:
I have not read this book, but for the uninformed, the Dadent and Sons company, has been selling products-including stock for the hives, and queen bees, for a very long time. I contacted them in the early 70's. their catalog was very informative.
I don't know which dadent he is, but I would not... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | A Field Guide to Spiders & Scorpions of Texas (Texas Monthly Field Guide Series.)
from Texas Monthly Pr
Customer Review:
Well I was able to identify the Striped Bark Scorpion, or the tree climbing scorpion as some call it, and also some of the spiders I have seen. However, the most spectacular spider I have ever seen in Texas was not in this book. Once I saw a large black and yellow striped spider with a very... more info | 3.5 / 5.0
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