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Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis
Today, an entomologist in a laboratory can gaze at a butterfly pupa with a microscope so powerful that the swirling cells on the pupa’s skin look like a galaxy. She can activate a single gene or knock it out. What she can’t do is discover how the insect behaves in its natural habitat—which means she doesn’t know what steps to take to preserve it from extinction, nor how any particular gene may interact with the environment. Four hundred years ago, a fifty-year-old Dutch woman set sail on a solo scientific expedition to study insect metamorphosis. She could not have imagined the routine magic that scientists perform today—but her absolute insistence on studying insects in their natural habitats was so far ahead of its time that it is only now coming back into favor. Chrysalis restores Maria Sibylla Merian to her rightful place in the history of science, taking us from golden-age Amsterdam to the Surinam tropics to modern laboratories where Merian’s insights fuel new approaches to both ecology and genetics. .
Price: $4.24
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Full Moon Soup: A Wordless Book That's Brimful of Stories
The seeds of disaster are sown in the first cross section of the Hotel Splendide in Alastair Graham's stunning, oversized, wordless picture book Full Moon Soup, though you wouldn't know it at first glance. From attic to basement, all seems tranquil Under a full moon, a young couple stands arm in arm on a balcony, gazing skyward at the bright orb. A maid upstairs is dusting a lamp, as an overtaxed bellhop lugs luggage. An elderly gentleman hurries into the dining room with a newspaper. Downstairs in the basement, the cook is just about to take the fateful sip of glowing green, presumably full-moon soup. Turn the next page, and ... oh, my. All is no longer splendid at the Hotel Splendide, it seems. The moonstruck couple is visibly shaken as a pot wrenches itself from the balcony and spirals downward. Ghoulish goblins have appeared in the attic! The bedspread has attacked the maid! Is that Quasimodo under the stairwell? We hesitate to turn the page. The hotel paintings are alive! The maid is flailing under the bed! The cook is turning into a werewolf! Hotel life--and the hotel with it--continues to derail as a space ship crashes into the roof, Dracula comes out to dance, sausage links grow legs and crawl out of the freezer, mummies emerge, and the nearby canal floods the hotel basement. Young readers will eagerly devour the deliciously deranged details, tracking the characters from spread to spread to see what ridiculous events are unfolding. Your kids will find something new, odd, or hilarious in Full Moon Soup every time they look at it, which will no doubt be often! (Ages 5 to 105) --Karin Snelson.
Price: $1.50
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Living Serendipitously: Keeping the Wonder Alive
A powerful book that is both fun to read and transformative, Living Serendipitously . . . keeping the wonder alive, motivates people to become "active dreamers" who live their dreams. A lively and joyful read, it captures the joyful essence of "the art of living," showing the reader just how simple, easy and natural living serendipitously really is. With wit, humor and refreshing honesty, Madeleine Kay's recipe for a life filled with joy and wonder shows people how to make enthusiasm a way of life, live each day with joy, succeed at whatever they desire, and create the life they want . . . relishing every moment and experiencing the extraordinary in the ordinary..
Price: $2.25
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Flip Flap Safari (Flip Flap Books Series)
Journey deep into the jungle with Flip Flap Safari, a big, sturdy word and picture book, featuring stars like the leopard and the elephant Equipped with special split pages, this interactive book prompts children to flip the flaps to create crazy combinations! The bright and friendly artwork makes it wonderfully amusing, and there are endless possibilities for young, inquisitive minds, guaranteed to provide hours of fun and amusement..
Price: $4.94
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