Fire Ants And Other Stories
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Author | : Gerald Duff |
Publisher | : NewSouth Books |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2007-01-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1588382087 |
"In this collection of stories--ranging in locale from the marshes and pine barrens of East Texas to the row houses of Baltimore, and in time from the Civil War to the present day--Gerald Duff conjures up portraits of people suffering from the condition defined by a character in the prizewinning title story, "Fire Ants." "Does it burn when the fire ants bite?" he says. "Everywhere it stings, a piece of you swells up and rots out"--Jacket flap.
Author | : Gerald Duff |
Publisher | : NewSouth Books |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2007-07-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1603062106 |
Publisher’s Weekly hailed the “wit and subtlety” in Gerald Duff’s fiction as “simply satisfying as a tall cold one on a hot Gulf Coast afternoon,” and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazetter said “Gerald Duff’s dialogue is among the best being written, and his sense of the absurd is Portis-like.” This new collection of short stories by the author of Coasters (2001) features the Ploughshares Cohen Prize-winning story “Fire Ants.”
Author | : R.E. Todd |
Publisher | : iUniverse |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2002-07-31 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 1475909284 |
This book is a collection of true stories about real people, family and friends and the influence they had on my life. It is all about the journey that each of us makes through life and how we arrive at our destination.
Author | : Walter R. Tschinkel |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 748 |
Release | : 2013-03-11 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0674072405 |
Walter Tschinkel’s passion for fire ants has been stoked by over thirty years of exploring the rhythm and drama of Solenopsis invicta’s biology. Since South American fire ants arrived in Mobile, Alabama, in the 1940s, they have spread to become one of the most reviled pests in the Sunbelt. In The Fire Ants, Tschinkel provides not just an encyclopedic overview of S. invicta—how they found colonies, construct and defend their nests, forage and distribute food, struggle among themselves for primacy, and even relocate entire colonies—but a lively account of how research is done, how science establishes facts, and the pleasures and problems of a scientific career. Between chapters detailed enough for experts but readily accessible to any educated reader, “interludes” provide vivid verbal images of the world of fire ants and the people who study them. Early chapters describe the several failed, and heavily politically influenced, eradication campaigns, and later ones the remarkable spread of S. invicta’s “polygyne” form, in which nests harbor multiple queens and colonies reproduce by “budding.” The reader learns much about ants, the practice of science, and humans’ role in the fire ant’s North American success.
Author | : Joshua Blu Buhs |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2004-11-15 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780226079813 |
Telling the story of the ill-fated campaigns to eradicate the fire ant from American soil, this is also the history of changing attitudes to nature, to science and a reconsideration of the place of humankind in the natural world.
Author | : Adam K White |
Publisher | : Independently Published |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2021-10-18 |
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ISBN | : |
A young fire ant creates a revolutionary contraption to extinguish fires more effectively. A mix of humor, drama, and a metric ton of ant spirit, Fire Ants is a fun family book that will have parents and children rooting for the protagonist until the last fire is extinguished.
Author | : Meish Goldish |
Publisher | : They Don't Belong |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015-08 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781627248310 |
At one time, there were no red imported fire ants in the United States. In the 1930s, the insects got into the country by accident. The ants soon spread rapidly all over the South. Today, the aggressive fire ants roam fields and lawns, looking for food and biting and stinging any animal or person who disturbs them. In Red Imported Fire Ants: Attacking Everything, students will learn all about these dangerous insects. The fascinating details describe how the fire ants attack and kill small animals for food, how they destroy millions of dollars worth of crops every year, and how they've even caused car accidents by destroying traffic lights! Large color photos, maps, and fact boxes enrich the dramatic details. Written in narrative format, this series is sure to keep young readers engaged.
Author | : Kari Schuetz |
Publisher | : Bellwether Media |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 2015-08-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1681030632 |
Beware of their bite! Equipped to harm plants, animals, and people, fire ants are aggressive. Victims will tell you their bite stings and leaves a noticeable mark. Anything that disturbs a fire antÕs mound will be attacked. Learn all about these busy workers in this interesting title for young students.
Author | : Seymour Simon |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 66 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0486484688 |
Most ants don't look dangerous but certain species can be lethal. Discover fascinating facts about killer ants: where they can be found, how they organize their colonies, and the methods of controlling their damage. This illustrated volume is written in accessible language that can be appreciated by readers of all ages.
Author | : Alba N. Ambert |
Publisher | : Arte Publico Press |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 1997-06-30 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781611921281 |
This powerful and enriching collection of nine stories explores and illuminates the fusion of intimate and public dramas. Focusing on the persistence of personal memory amid political and historical upheaval, the tales in The Eighth Continent portray the impact of broad political and historical events on individual lives, success in the face of low expectations and the humor that redeems everyday struggles. In rich evocative language, award winning author Alba Ambert invokes strong characters and demonstrates the cool detachment of modern life. Populating the stories are engrossing individuals: underground revolutionaries faced with fear of betrayal; a woman who looks back at a massacre she witnessed as a child and the wrenching consequences of this event on her life; a linguist who makes a dangerous trip to a tropical island and finds a language on the verge of extinction; and a young woman in a mental hospital who challenges our perception of truth and lies, sanity and insanity.