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Mosquitoes / by Murray, Julie,1969-;
Includes Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: Mosquitoes;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Mosquitoes / by Webster, Christine.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 23) and index.Explores the physical characteristics, natural habitat, history, and folklore of the mosquito.
Subjects: Mosquitoes;
© 2010., Weigl,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Mosquitoes : tiny insect troublemakers / by Markle, Sandra.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 45) and index.Explores the similarities and differences between mosquitoes and other insects.
Subjects: Mosquitoes;
© 2008., Lerner,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Mosquito bite / by Siy, Alexandra; Kunkel, Dennis;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 32), Internet addresses and index.Black-and-white photographs show a children's game of hide-and-seek ending in a mosquito bite, while colour photomicrographs show the life story of Culex pipiens, the common house mosquito, as seen through an electron microscope.
Subjects: Culex pipiens; Mosquitoes; Photomicrography;
© c2005., Charlesbridge,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Mischievous mosquitoes / by Doudna, Kelly,1963-;
"SandCastle level: transitional"--T.p. verso.LSC
Subjects: Mosquitoes;
© c2012., ABDO Pub.,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The mosquito : a human history of our deadliest predator / by Winegard, Timothy C.(Timothy Charles),1977-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A pioneering and groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction that offers a dramatic new perspective on the history of humankind, showing how through millennia, the mosquito has been the single most powerful force in determining humanity's fate. Why was gin and tonic the cocktail of choice for British colonists in India and Africa? What does Starbucks have to thank for its global domination? What has protected the lives of popes for millennia? Why did Scotland surrender its sovereignty to England? What was George Washington's secret weapon during the American Revolution? The answer to all these questions, and many more, is the mosquito. Across our planet since the dawn of humankind, this nefarious pest, roughly the size and weight of a grape seed, has been at the frontlines of history as the grim reaper, the harvester of human populations, and the ultimate agent of historical change. As the mosquito transformed the landscapes of civilization, humans were unwittingly required to respond to its piercing impact and universal projection of power. The mosquito has determined the fates of empires and nations, razed and crippled economies, and decided the outcome of pivotal wars, killing nearly half of humanity along the way. She (only females bite) has dispatched an estimated 52 billion people from a total of 108 billion throughout our relatively brief existence.As the greatest purveyor of extermination we have ever known, she has played a greater role in shaping our human story than any other living thing with which we share our global village. Imagine for a moment a world without deadly mosquitoes, or any mosquitoes, for that matter?Our history and the world we know, or think we know, would be completely unrecognizable. Driven by surprising insights and fast-paced storytelling,The Mosquitois the extraordinary untold story of the mosquito's reign through human history and her indelible impact on our modern world order.
Subjects: Mosquitoes; Human ecology.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Mosquito story / by Bowman, Martin W.;
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Subjects: Mosquito (Military aircraft); Mosquito (Military aircraft); Mosquito (Military aircraft);
© 2011., History Press,
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The mosquito bowl : a game of life and death in World War II / by Bissinger, Buzz,1954-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, college football was at the height of its popularity. As the nation geared up for total war, one branch of the service dominated the aspirations of college football stars: the United States Marine Corps. Which is why, on Christmas Eve of 1944, when the 4th and 29th Marine regiments found themselves in the middle of the Pacific Ocean training for what would be the bloodiest battle of the war - the invasion of Okinawa--their ranks included one of the greatest pools of football talent ever assembled: Former All Americans, captains from Wisconsin and Brown and Notre Dame, and nearly twenty men who were either drafted or would ultimately play in the NFL. When the trash-talking between the 4th and 29th over who had the better football team reached a fever pitch, it was decided: The two regiments would play each other in a football game as close to the real thing as you could get in the dirt and coral of Guadalcanal. The bruising and bloody game that followed became known as "The Mosquito Bowl." Within a matter of months, 15 of the 65 players in "The Mosquito Bowl" would be killed at Okinawa, by far the largest number of American athletes ever to die in a single battle. The Mosquito Bowl is the story of these brave and beautiful young men, those who survived and those who did not. It is the story of the families and the landscape that shaped them. It is a story of a far more innocent time in both college athletics and the life of the country, and of the loss of that innocence. Writing with the style and rigor that won him a Pulitzer Prize and have made several of his books modern classics, Buzz Bissinger takes us from the playing fields of America's campuses where boys played at being Marines, to the final time they were allowed to still be boys on that field of dirt and coral, to the darkest and deadliest days that followed at Okinawa." --publisher's website.
Subjects: Biographies.; Informational works.; Personal narratives.; United States. Marine Corps; Football players; Football; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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Blackflies / by Munsch, Robert N.,1945-; Odjick, Jay.;
Helen has a plan to deal with the gazillions of blackflies and mosquitoes that springtime brings.LSC
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Flies; Mosquitoes;
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Berry itchy day / by Lankford, Raye.;
"Molly and her family take a trip to their favorite berry-picking spot, but their fun is cut short by a swarm of pesky bugs!"--Page 4 of cover.Guided reading level: L.LSC
Subjects: Indians of North America; Berries; Mosquitoes; Traditional medicine;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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