"We humans are a minority of giants, stumbling around in the world of little things," Sue Hubbell writes in this marvelous book. Each of these litt...
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Jan 30, 2008
Lindsay
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I got up to about 3/4 the way through before I put this book down for greener pastures. Who knows...I may finish it one of these days as I usually don't like leaving books unfinished. It's full of information, but I was hoping for more of a A Country Year set in Maine. Instead, very few chapters deal with the creepy-crawlies in Maine--Hubbell travels all over the world to research invertebrates. Of course other interesting issues come up as well such as global warming, evolution, and taxonom
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Jul 17, 2011
Good descriptions of one invertebrate after another, but that was one invertebrate too many. I'd have liked to have had more description of her life in Maine. Nothing bad here, actually rather interesting, but too much for one time.
Jan 01, 2011
Diane
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Hubbell's prose is as if she is carefully turning over stones and describing to you what she finds. More science than personal... if you like learning about the small creatures, this is a good book.
Apr 09, 2009
Kate
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You know when more than one person gives you the same book it was meant to be.
Aug 05, 2008
Rae
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Essays on the creatures of the invertebrate class...camel crickets, sea cucumbers, millipedes, sponges, periwinkles, coral, earthworms, horseshoe crabs, and the elusive sea mouse. Good stuff.
Aug 15, 2009
Terry
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A lot of what Hubbell writes about in this book has been in the news since and there are already revisions to the science in some cases, but overall an at least interesting collection.
Mar 02, 2008
Amy
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A great natural history read...and it actually makes invertebrates seem as cool as they are! Well told stories about interesting creatures.
Oct 08, 2011
Linda
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Hubbell blends natural history, journalism, and a little personal narrative in the is delightful look at invertebrates.
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