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Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Like fluttering shards of stained glass, butterflies possess a unique power to pierce and stir the human soul. Indeed, the ancient Greeks explicitly equated the two in a single word, psyche, so that from early times butterflies were not only a form of life, but also an idea. Profound and deeply personal, written with both wisdom and wit, Peter Marren's Rainbow Dust explores this idea of butterflies-the why behind the mysterious power of these insects...
Author
Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
In many eras and civilizations the butterfly has been a pivotal figure, giving rise to many myths. Three aspect of this insect have inspired humans: the almost magical succession of its different bodily forms; the evanescence of this small, aerobatic creature; and the fascinating behavior of the countless species of butterfly and moth. "The writer Paul claudel once observed, 'To learn about roses, some people use geometry, others use butterflies.'...
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
©2021.
Language
English
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"Outdoor educator and field researcher Sara Dykman made history when she became the first person to bicycle alongside monarch butterflies on their storied annual migration--a round-trip adventure that included three countries and more than 10,000 miles. Equally remarkable, she did it solo, on a bike cobbled together from used parts. Her panniers were recycled buckets. In Bicycling with Butterflies, Dykman recounts her incredible journey and the...
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