Spiders : learning to love them / Lynne Kelly.
Spiders : learning to love them / Lynne Kelly.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2009.
Date
2009.
Call Numbers
616.85225/6 , N616.85225/35
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 264 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.
Contents
Arachnophobia -- Spiders, spiders everywhere -- Garnishing the garden -- Let's get physical -- Classification challenges -- The hunters and the hunted -- Live long and primitive : the mygalomorphs -- No-one does it like a spider -- Murderous or misunderstood : the spider bite -- Changing the image -...
Publication information
Publisher
Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2009.
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
2009.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Yet again I was screaming in the night" is the opening sentence in this book. The author decided to deliberately overcome her fear of spiders by observing and studying them, and learning as much as she could about them. As well as being an authoritative book on spiders this book is a personal account of how the author came to love them; and how an...
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Full title
Spiders : learning to love them / Lynne Kelly.
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references: p. 243-251.
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Call Numbers
616.85225/6 , N616.85225/35
Record Identifier
74VM4oMQAkaZ
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM4oMQAkaZ
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9781741751796 (pbk.)
DDC
616.85225
MMS ID
991001497179702626
