The Fly Trap

Author : Fredrik Sjöberg
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781101872284

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The Fly Trap by Fredrik Sjöberg Pdf

For years, entomologist Fredrik Sjöberg has collected, cataloged, and obsessed over the hoverflies that populate the remote Swedish island he calls home. As confounded by his unusual vocation as anyone, here Sjöberg explores what drives the obsessive curiosity of collectors, along the way finding time to muse on everything from art to lost love, and drawing on sources as disparate as D. H. Lawrence and the fascinating and forgotten naturalist René Edmond Malaise. A mesmerizing memoir, The Fly Trap is one remarkable individual’s meditation on the unexpected beauty of small things and an examination of the history of entomology itself. Weaving a fascinating web of associations, histories, and personal memories, Sjöberg revels in the wonders of the natural world and, through indelible images and stories, opens up into it a dazzling, irresistible pathway.

Author : Frances Hardinge
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-04
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780230759138

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Twilight Robbery by Frances Hardinge Pdf

Twilight Robbery is the extraordinary sequel to the award-winning Fly By Night by Costa winner Frances Hardinge. The city at night is a dangerous place . . . Mosca Mye and Eponymous Clent are in trouble again. Escaping disaster by the skin of their teeth, they find refuge in Toll, the strange gateway town where visitors may neither enter nor leave without paying a price. By day, the city is well-mannered and orderly; by night, it's the haunt of rogues and villains. Wherever there's a plot, there's sure to be treachery, and wherever there's treachery, there's sure to be trouble – and where there's trouble, Clent, Mosca and the web-footed apocalypse Saracen the goose can't be far behind. But as past deeds catch up with them and old enemies appear, it looks as if this time there's no way out . . . 'Everyone should read Frances Hardinge. Everyone. Right now' - Patrick Ness, author of A Monster Calls.

Author : Tim S. Bailey,Stewart McPherson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Carnivorous plants
ISBN : 1908787104

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Venus's Flytrap by Tim S. Bailey,Stewart McPherson Pdf

Author : Frances Hardinge
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-14
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781683350798

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Fly By Night by Frances Hardinge Pdf

The award-winning author of The Lie Tree “has created a distinctly imaginative world full of engaging characters, robust humor, and true suspense” (School Library Journal, starred review). Everybody knew that books were dangerous. Read the wrong book, it was said, and the words crawled around your brain on black legs and drove you mad, wicked mad. Mosca Mye’s father insisted on teaching her to read—even in a world where books are dangerous, regulated things. Eight years later, Quillam Mye died, leaving behind an orphaned daughter with an inauspicious name and an all-consuming hunger for words. Trapped for years in the care of her cruel uncle and aunt, Mosca leaps at the opportunity for escape, though it comes in the form of sneaky swindler Eponymous Clent. As she travels the land with Clent and her pet goose, Mosca begins to discover complicated truths about the world she inhabits and the power of words. “Intricate plotting, well-developed and fascinating characters, delicious humor, and exquisite wordcraft envelop readers fully into this richly imagined world.” ?The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review) “Hardinge’s stylish way with prose gives her sprawling debut fantasy a literate yet often silly tone that calls to mind Monty Python.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Mosca’s ferocity and authentic inner turmoil [are] both reminiscent of Philip Pullman’s Lyra Belacqua.” ?Booklist “Incredibly well written.” ?The Seattle Times

Author : Tom Angleberger,Cece Bell
Publisher : Triangle Interactive, Inc.
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781684520657

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Inspector Flytrap (Book #1) by Tom Angleberger,Cece Bell Pdf

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: From husband-and-wife team Tom Angleberger, creator of the New York Times bestselling Origami Yoda series, and Cece Bell, author/illustrator of the Newbery Honor graphic novel El Deafo, comes the start to a funny and clever illustrated chapter-book series about a mystery-solving Venus flytrap. With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, this early-chapter-book series is a must for beginning readers. Inspector Flytrap in the Da Vinci Cold introduces kids to the humorous and wacky world of Inspector Flytrap’s Detective Agency, home to the world-renowned solver of BIG DEAL mysteries. The plant detective works tirelessly with his assistant Nina the Goat on his community’s unsolved cases. There’s no case too big, but there are definitely cases too small for this endearingly self-important plant detective. Celebrating the disabled yet enabled, the character of Inspector Flytrap is wheeled everywhere (on a skateboard, of course) by his goat sidekick as this mystery-solving duo works on cases such as “The Big Deal Mystery of the Stinky Cookies” and “The Big Deal Mystery of the Missing Rose.” On his first caper, Inspector Flytrap heads to the Art Museum’s Secret Lab to discover what important message lies in a mysterious glob on a recently discovered Da Vinci flower painting. The ingenious solution: Da Vinci was allergic to flowers, and the glob is, er, evidence of that ancient sneeze. Combining wacky humor and a silly cast of characters with adventure, friendship, and mystery, the powerhouse team of Tom Angleberger and Cece Bell have created a uniquely engaging series that is perfect for newly independent readers and fans of Ricky Ricotta, Captain Underpants, and the Galaxy Zack series. Also included in these books are some graphic novel–style pages that will attract reluctant readers.

Author : Frances Hardinge
Publisher : ABRAMS
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-10
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781683352686

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Fly Trap by Frances Hardinge Pdf

Having successfully wreaked revolution upon the City of Mandelion, the pair find themselves escaping catastrophe by the skin of their teeth and seeking refuge in Toll. In this strange, aptly named gateway town, visitors may neither enter nor exit without paying a steep price. By day, the city is well-mannered and orderly; by night, chaotic and debaucherous. Each resident, visitor, and passerby is allowed out in public only during one of these phases, with the segregation dependent on their name. When Mosca and Clent are separated by this quirky law, they hatch a plot to escape. But wherever there’s a plot, there’s sure to be treachery, and wherever there’s treachery, there’s sure to be trouble—and trouble is what Mosca, Clent, and Saracen the Goose love best. With each trip around the clock, past deeds catch up with them and old enemies reappear. This time, it seems as if there’s no way out . . .

Author : Susan A. Phillips
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226667676

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Operation Fly Trap by Susan A. Phillips Pdf

In 2003, an FBI-led task force known as Operation Fly Trap attempted to dismantle a significant drug network in two Bloods-controlled, African American neighborhoods in Los Angeles. The operation would soon be considered an enormous success, noted for the precision with which the task force targeted and removed gang members otherwise entrenched in larger communities. In Operation Fly Trap, Susan A. Phillips questions both the success of this operation and the methods used to conduct it. Based on in-depth ethnographic research with Fly Trap participants, Phillips’s work brings together police narratives, crime statistics, gang cultural histories, and extensive public policy analysis to examine the relationship between state persecution and the genesis of violent social systems. Crucial to Phillips’s contribution is the presentation of the voices and perspectives of both the people living in impoverished communities and the agents that police them. Phillips positions law enforcement surveillance and suppression as a critical point of contact between citizen and state. She tracks the bureaucratic workings of police and FBI agencies and the language, ideologies, and methods that prevail within them, and shows how gangs have adapted, seeking out new locations, learning to operate without hierarchies, and moving their activities more deeply underground. Additionally, she shows how the targeted efforts of task forces such as Fly Trap wreak sweeping, sustained damage on family members and the community at large. Balancing her roles as even-handed reporter and public scholar, Phillips presents multiple flaws within the US criminal justice system and builds a powerful argument that many law enforcement policies in fact nurture, rather than prevent, violence in American society.

Author : Eugene Gagliano
Publisher : Discover the World
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1585363502

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V is for Venus Flytrap by Eugene Gagliano Pdf

The plant world is explored from A to Z, with a poem to introduce each topic, and an expository text that provides details.

Author : H. M. Brundrett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Flies
ISBN : STANFORD:36105210407032

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A Homemade Fly Trap by H. M. Brundrett Pdf

Author : Jeanetta Rich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1736210424

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Black Venus Fly Trap by Jeanetta Rich Pdf

Jeanetta Rich is a mother and poet based in Los Angeles. Her work focuses on the emotional lives of voiceless women, those who have been silenced through poverty and/or lack of education. Her work was recently featured in Texte zur Kunst 30th Anniversary issue, "The Feminist." Black Venus Fly Trap is her debut poetry collection.

Author : Jody Foster,Michelle Joy
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781466887114

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The Schmuck in My Office by Jody Foster,Michelle Joy Pdf

"This is a timely must-read for managers and anyone who has ever had to deal with a difficult coworker; it addresses a ubiquitous problem in a proactive, positive manner that should get the desired results." - Publishers Weekly Everyone has a “schmuck” in their office---a difficult, disruptive person who upsets the workplace, confuses coworkers, and causes concern. It’s hard to understand why schmucks act the way they do, but one thing is certain---they seem to come in all shapes and sizes. . . . - Narcissus---the condescending attention-seeker who carelessly steps on everyone’s toes - The Flytrap---the bringer of chaos whose emotional instability causes an office maelstrom - The Bean Counter---the orderly perfectionist who never gives up control, even when it’s full-steam-ahead to disaster - The Robot---the unreadable stone wall who just can’t connect Sound like anyone you know? These are just a few of the more prominent types of difficult people at work. In The Schmuck in My Office, Dr. Jody Foster explains the entire spectrum of people we may think of as schmucks, how they can decrease productivity, destroy teams, and generally make everyone else unhappy. Along with nailing down the various types, she looks at personality traits and explains how dysfunctional interactions among coworkers can lead to workplace fiascos. She helps readers understand schmucks as people, figure out how to work with them, and ultimately solve workplace problems. She also makes readers consider the most difficult thing of all: despite where your finger may be pointing, sometimes you are the “schmuck”! Let Dr. Foster teach you how to make your workplace a happier and more productive one.

Author : Molly Cone
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0395243769

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Mishmash and the Venus Flytrap by Molly Cone Pdf

As the owner of a Venus flytrap, Miss Patch becomes suspicious when her dog Mishmash disappears.

Author : Dina Anastasio
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 53 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2000-05
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 0330481363

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Fly Trap by Dina Anastasio Pdf

Author : Jane O'Connor
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Children's stories, American
ISBN : 0785799893

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Eek! by Jane O'Connor Pdf

Three easy-to-read scary stories about a talking doll, a dog picture that barks, and a Halloween monster

Author : Eric Braun
Publisher : Hi Jinx Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Plants
ISBN : 1680726536

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Corpse Flower Vs. Venus Flytrap by Eric Braun Pdf

"Pairing two unusual plants together for an imaginary fight, this book has readers comparing and contrasting the features of corpse flowers and Venus fly traps"--Provided by publisher.