Snail [Audiobook] download free by Dr. Peter Williams
- Listen audiobook: Snail
- Author: Dr. Peter Williams
- Release date: 2009/7/3
- Publisher: REAKTION BOOKS
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Natural History
- ISBN: 9781861895288
- Rating: 9.32 of 10
- Votes: 117
- Review by: Melita Salter
- Review rating: 8.31 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/11/7
- Duration: 2H3M39S in 256 kbps (33.6 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-07-02
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: FLAC, MPEG4, MP3, WMA, MPEG-4 SLS, MPEG-4 ALS, WAV (compression IMG, TAR.Z, TAR.LZO, ZIP, RAR)
- Total pages original book: 168
- Includes a PDF summary of 16 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 12M46S (3.2 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: For most of us, snails do not elicit feelings of warmth or affection. Apart from our repugnance at its appearance, our relationship with the snail has been influenced by the harm it has inflicted over the years on our garden seedlings. With 'Snail', Peter Williams wishes to change our perspectives on this little but much maligned creature. Beginning with an overview of our relationship with snails, slugs and sea-snails, Williams goes on to examine snail evolution; snail behaviour and habitat; snails as food, medicine and the source of useful chemicals and dyes; snail shells as collectible objects; and snails in literature, art and popular culture. The book concludes with a plea for a reconsideration of the snail as a dignified, ancient creature that deserves our respect, rather than one to be thoughtlessly squashed underfoot after a shower of rain. Containing many surprising and beautiful illustrations, and a collection of recipes for those brave enough to try them, 'Snail' will help readers get beyond the shell and slime to discover the fascinating creature inside.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Wildlife: General Interest
- Download servers: Hotfile, Mediafire, Google Drive, SecureSlice, FreakShare, Drop.me. Compressed in IMG, TAR.Z, TAR.LZO, ZIP, RAR
- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 15.33 USD
- Dimensions: 135x190x12.7mm
- Weight: 295g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: London, United Kingdom
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