THE MOSQUITO: A HUMAN HISTORY OF OUR DEADLIEST PREDATOR / WINEGARD, TIMOTHY C.

Título : THE MOSQUITO: A HUMAN HISTORY OF OUR DEADLIEST PREDATOR Tipo de documento: texto impreso Autores: WINEGARD, TIMOTHY C., Autor Editorial: NEW YORK : DUTTON Fecha de publicación: 2019 Número de páginas: 486 p. ISBN/ISSN/DL: 978-1-5247-4341-3 Idioma : Inglés (eng) Palabras clave: MOSQUITOES  ECOLOGY  HISTORY Clasificación: 823.9 Fiction anglaise, 1900-1945 Resumen: 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.

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THE WOODS / COBEN, HARLAN

Título : THE WOODS Tipo de documento: texto impreso Autores: COBEN, HARLAN, Autor Editorial: NEW YORK : DUTTON Fecha de publicación: 2020 Número de páginas: 402 PP ISBN/ISSN/DL: 978-1-5247-4684-1 Idioma : Inglés (eng) Palabras clave: DTECTIVE FICTION  FICTION Resumen: Paul Copeland, a New Jersey county prosecutor, is still grieving the loss of his sister from twenty years ago—the night she walked into the woods, never to be seen again. But now, a homicide victim is found with evidence linking him to the disappearance. The victim could be the boy who vanished along with Paul's sister. And, as hope rises that his sister could still be alive, dangerous secrets from his family's past threaten to tear apart everything Paul has been trying to hold together....

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