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  The language of butterflies : how thieves, hoarders, scientists, and other obsessives unlocked the secrets of the world's favorite insect First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

  Author

  Williams, Wendy, 1950-  

  Publisher:

  Simon & Schuster,

  Pub date:

  2020.

  Description:

  xiv, 224 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates :

  ISBN:

  9781501178061

  Item info:

  1 copy currently available - Glen Allen Library.
  

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  0

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  The language of butterflies : how thieves, hoarders, scientists, and other obsessives unlocked the secrets of the world's favorite insect First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
  Williams, Wendy, 1950-
  
  
  

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  The language of butterflies : how thieves, hoarders, scientists, and other obsessives unlocked the secrets of the world's favorite insect First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
  Williams, Wendy, 1950-
  

  Personal Author:

  Williams, Wendy, 1950-

  Title:

  The language of butterflies : how thieves, hoarders, scientists, and other obsessives unlocked the secrets of the world's favorite insect / Wendy Williams.

  Edition:

  First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

  Publication Info:

  New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020.

  264:

  ©2020

  Physical descrip:

  xiv, 224 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

  Contents:

  Introduction -- Past. The gateway drug ; Down the rabbit hole ; The number one butterfly ; Flash and dazzle ; How butterflies saved Charles Darwin's bacon -- Present. Amelia's butterfly ; A parasol of monarchs ; The honeymoon hotel ; Seablands ; On the Raindance Ranch ; A sense of mystical wonder -- Future. The social butterfly ; Paroxysms of ecstasy ; The butterfly highway -- Epilogue: In the mountains of Mexico.

  Summary:

  "In this fascinating book from the New York Times bestselling author of The Horse, Wendy Williams explores the lives of one of the world's most resilient creatures--the butterfly--shedding light on the role that they play in our ecosystem and in our human lives"-- Provided by publisher.

  Summary:

  From butterfly gardens to zoo exhibitions, we've encouraged them to infiltrate our lives. Williams reveals the inner lives of these 'flying flowers' and shows that butterflies are far more intelligent and tougher than we give them credit for. She takes readers to butterfly habitats across the globe and introduces us to not only various species, but to the scientists who have dedicated their lives to studying them. -- adapted from jacket

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  GLEN-ALLEN LIBBIEMILL

  Subject term:

  Butterflies--Popular works.

  Genre index term:

  Creative nonfiction. lcgft

  Genre index term:

  Instructional and educational works. lcgft