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A salad only the devil would eat : the joys of ugly nature / Charles Hood.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781597145459 : PAP
- ISBN: 1597145459 : PAP
- Physical Description: 222 pages : cm illustrations ; 21 cm
- Publisher: Berkeley, California : Heyday, [2021]
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | I heart ugly nature -- The lure of the list -- Nature journals for fun and profit -- Fifty dreams for forty monkeys -- Two thousand palm trees -- Things you can do with water -- Divorce insurance -- A small, humble addiction -- Confessions of an amateur -- Today I will draw a penguin -- Love and sex in natural history dioramas -- Cochineal and the color red -- Audubon's tiny houses -- Landscape with unicorns and barnacles. |
| Summary, etc.: | "In these wry and explosively funny essays, nature obsessive Charles Hood reveals his abiding affection for the overlooked and undervalued parts of the natural world"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Subject: | Nature > Miscellanea. Nature > Humor. |
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Table of Contents
A Salad Only the Devil Would Eat : The Joys of Ugly Nature
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| I Heart Ugly Nature | p. 1 | |
| The Lure of the List | p. 21 | |
| Nature Journals for Fun and Profit | p. 49 | |
| Fifty Dreams for Forty Monkeys | p. 69 | |
| Two Thousand Palm Trees | p. 83 | |
| Things You Can Do with Water | p. 93 | |
| Divorce Insurance | p. 107 | |
| A Small, Humble Addiction | p. 115 | |
| Confessions of an Amateur | p. 127 | |
| Today I Will Draw a Penguin | p. 135 | |
| Love and Sex in Natural History Dioramas | p. 143 | |
| Cochineal and the Color Red | p. 159 | |
| Audubon's Tiny Houses | p. 169 | |
| Landscape with Unicorns and Barnacles | p. 189 | |
| About the author | p. 219 | |
| Acknowledgments | p. 221 |
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