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Wicked Bugs: The Louse That Conquered Napoleon's Army and Other Diabolical Insects

Amy Stewart

Start date: January 23, 2012

Finish date: January 28, 2012

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Shelves: australia, france-french, vietnam, egypt-egyptian, south-central-america-mexico, caribbean, africa, nonfiction, england-english, japan

I recently read Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities by Amy Stewart and I enjoyed it so much that I was sure to put this book on hold at my local library, too. The two books are identical in format and both serve to educate, entertain and also to make me second-guess my more wild thoughts about world travel. The illustrations and etchings are gorgeous and worthy of any field manual. The entries are short and very interesting to read and it was the p ...more

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