1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791581003321

Autore

Waldbauer Gilbert

Titolo

Fireflies, honey, and silk [[electronic resource] /] / Gilbert Waldbauer ; with illustrations by James Nardi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-77267-8

9786612772672

0-520-94495-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

NardiJames B. <1948->

Disciplina

595.7/163

Soggetti

Beneficial insects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Insects people like -- The silk we wear -- Dyeing the cloth -- Baubles, bracelets, and anklets -- Candles, shellac, and sealing wax -- Paper and ink -- Butterflies in your tummy -- Satisfying the sweet tooth -- Cures and nostrums -- Insect pets and performers -- Epilogue : the ecological context.

Sommario/riassunto

The ink our ancestors wrote with, the beeswax in altar candles, the honey on our toast, the silk we wear. This enchanting book is a highly entertaining exploration of the myriad ways insects have enriched our lives-culturally, economically, and aesthetically. Entomologist and writer Gilbert Waldbauer describes in loving, colorful detail how many of the valuable products insects have given us are made, how they were discovered, and how they have been used through time and across cultures. Along the way, he takes us on a captivating ramble through many far-flung corners of history, mythology, poetry, literature, medicine, ecology, forensics, and more. Enlivened with personal anecdotes from Waldbauer's distinguished career as an entomologist, the book also describes surprising everyday encounters we all experience that were made possible by insects. From butterfly gardens and fly-fishing to insects as jewelry and sex pheromones, this is an eye-opening ode to the wonder of insects that illuminates our extraordinary and essential relationship with the natural world.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910477321903321

Autore

Schütrump Michael

Titolo

Kratkija pravila rossijskoj grammatiki : Nachdruck der Ausgabe Moskva 1773 nebst einer Aufsatzstudie von Michael Schütrumpf / Michael Schütrump

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frankfurt a.M, : PH02, 1982

Edizione

[1st, New ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (116 p.) : , EPDF

Collana

Specimina philologiae Slavicae ; 41

Soggetti

linguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften

Nota di contenuto

Vorwort - Die Kratkija pravila von 1773 und 1784 und einige angrenzende Probleme - Faksimilie-Nachdruck der Kvatkija pravila Roesijakoj grammatiki von 1784

Sommario/riassunto

Der vorliegende Faksimile-Nachdruck stellt die Ergänzung zu den bereits 1980 edierten Kvatkija pravila Rossijskoj grammatiki von 1784 dar (Band 32 dieser Reihe). Ihm ist eine Aufsatzstudie beigefügt, in der einige der mit den Kvatkija pravila von 1773 und 1784 verbundenen Probleme behandelt werden. Hierdurch wird die an anderer Stelle (vgl. SPS, Bd. 32, Vorwort) angekündigte Einleitung ersetzt.