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Searching for Cicadas

Author : Lesley Gibbes

Publisher :

Page : 32 pages

File Size : 11,99 MB

Release : 2021-08-04

Category :

ISBN : 9781760653965

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This lovely story about a child and their grandfather searching for cicadas is part of the award-winning narrative nonfiction Nature Storybooks series. In the summertime, Grandpa and I go cicada-watching. We put our camping gear into my wagon and walk down to the local reserve. Last year we saw five Green Grocers, three Yellow Mondays and one Floury Baker. Can we find the rare Black Prince this year? This picture book brings together award winners Lesley Gibbes and Judy Watson to showcase the wonder and beauty of cicadas as well as highlight the common summer pastime of cicada-watching.



The Queen of the Cicadas

Author : V. Castro

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 117 pages

File Size : 24,37 MB

Release : 2021-06-22

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1787586049

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NOMINATED FOR A BRAM STOKER AWARD FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL 2018 - Belinda Alvarez has returned to Texas for the wedding of her best friend Veronica. The farm is the site of the urban legend, La Reina de Las Chicharras - The Queen of The Cicadas. In 1950s south Texas a farmworker- Milagros from San Luis Potosi, Mexico, is murdered. Her death is ignored by the town, but not the Aztec goddess of death, Mictecacíhuatl. The goddess hears the dying cries of Milagros and creates a plan for both to be physically reborn by feeding on vengeance and worship. Belinda and the new owner of the farmhouse - Hector, find themselves immersed in the legend and realize it is part of their fate as well. FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.



Cicadas!

Author : Laurence Pringle

Publisher : Astra Publishing House

Page : 34 pages

File Size : 48,9 MB

Release : 2021-05-25

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1635926777

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"Definitely the best cicada book for kids. Adults will appreciate it as well, as it is well written, factually accurate, and beautifully illustrated." —Cicadamania.com Discover why cicadas are all the buzz in the most complete, comprehensive book for kids about these noisy but harmless insects. Every year, annual cicadas emerge and pierce the air with their buzzing calls. Also every year, at least one brood of 13 or 17 year cicadas emerges in some part of the eastern or central United States. In Spring 2021, a group of 17 year periodical cicadas called Brood X will make their appearance in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Author Laurence Pringle and illustrator Meryl Henderson have created the story of this fascinating and often misunderstood insect, one that deserves to be protected.



Listening to the Cicadas

Author : G. R. F. Ferrari

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 312 pages

File Size : 18,66 MB

Release : 1990-11-30

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 9780521409322

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This full-length study of Plato's dialogue Phaedrus, now in paperback, is written in the belief that such concerted scrutiny of a single dialogue is an important part of the project of understanding Plato so far as possible 'from the inside' - of gaining a feel for the man's philosophy. The focus of this account is on how the resources both of persuasive myth and of formal argument, for all that Plato sets them in strong contrast, nevertheless complement and reinforce each other in his philosophy. Not only is the dialogue in its formal structure a dovetail of myth and argument, but the philosophic life that it praises is also shaped by an acknowledgement of the limitations of argument and the importance of mythical understanding. By means of this correlation of form and content Plato invites his readers, through the very act of reading, to take a first step along the path of the philosophical life.



Cecily Cicada

Author : Patsy Helmetag

Publisher : Independently Published

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 47,27 MB

Release : 2024-02-20

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN :

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Our special edition of the classic, Cecily Cicada, created for the Midwest's double-brood emergence of 2024.



Summer of the Cicadas

Author : Chelsea Catherine

Publisher : Red Hen Press

Page : 167 pages

File Size : 35,48 MB

Release : 2020-08-18

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1597098655

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“A fast-paced, stirring narrative about loss and unrequited love” set amid a destructive cicada swarm in West Virginia (Publishers Weekly). In a West Virginian town, a brood of Magicicadas emerges for the first time in seventeen years. The cicadas damage crops and trees, and swarm locals. Jessica, a former cop whose entire family was killed in a car crash two years earlier, is deputized during the crisis. At the same time, she is dealing with her feelings for her sister’s best friend, Natasha, a town council member—and the two-year anniversary of the car crash that killed her family is approaching. As all this descends, a sudden, devastating loss will change everything . . . “A bright, raw, original new voice in American fiction. Her prose is electric. And Summer of the Cicadas was a novel I couldn't put down.” —Thomas Christopher Greene, author of The Perfect Liar



Cicada

Author : Moira McKinnon

Publisher : Allen & Unwin

Page : 397 pages

File Size : 37,59 MB

Release : 2014-03-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1743432976

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A stunning novel of terror, love and survival in the greatest wilderness on earth. A lyrical, heartbreaking epic debut. An isolated property in the middle of Western Australia, just after the Great War. An English heiress has just given birth and unleashed hell. Weakened and grieving, she realises her life is in danger, and flees into the desert with her Aboriginal maid. One of them is running from a murderer; the other is accused of murder. Soon the women are being hunted across the Kimberley by troopers, trackers and the man who wants to silence them both. How they survive in the searing desert and what happens when they are finally found will take your breath away.



Cicada

Author : Shaun Tan

Publisher : Hachette UK

Page : 36 pages

File Size : 39,36 MB

Release : 2018-06-26

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0734418647

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WINNER OF THE CBCA PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2019 Cicada work in tall building. Data entry clerk. Seventeen year. No sick day. No mistake. Tok Tok Tok! Cicada works in an office, dutifully toiling day after day for unappreciative bosses and being bullied by his coworkers. But one day, cicada goes to the roof of the building, and something truly extraordinary happens ... A story for anyone who has ever felt unappreciated, overlooked or overworked, from Australia's most acclaimed picture book creator.



The Year of the Cicadas

Author : Catie Hartsfield

Publisher :

Page : 373 pages

File Size : 30,44 MB

Release : 2013-01

Category : Brain damage

ISBN : 9780988456709

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"Catie Hartsfield's life changed dramatically on May 23, 2004. The small business owner and mother of four teenagers received the news that her son had fallen 180 feet off a cliff. This book is the true story of this mother's journey and the ripple effects the accident had on her and her family's life"--



Periodical Cicadas

Author : Gene Kritsky

Publisher :

Page : 156 pages

File Size : 11,70 MB

Release : 2021-02-26

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ISBN : 9780867271737

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Every seventeen years, millions of cicadas rise from the soil of the eastern United States to fly, mate, and fill the air with their noisy song. Periodical Cicadas: The Brood X Edition Black and White edition provides a less costly examination of how the study of Brood X cicadas shaped our understanding of these "bugs of history." First documented in Philadelphia in 1715, Brood X was and is the largest of the 17-year cicada broods, occurring in 15 states that include several major cities. Periodical Cicadas: The Brood X Edition Black and White discusses the natural history, evolution, behavior, and distribution of periodical cicadas and provides an overview of the eighteen emergences that have occurred since the brood was first reported. It offers a perfect starting point to learn about these insects and to enjoy them as one of the wonders of our natural world.Gene Kritsky, Ph.D., is Dean of the School of Behavioral and Natural Sciences at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is the author of several books, including The Quest for the Perfect Hive and The Tears of Re: Beekeeping in Ancient Egypt (both published by Oxford University Press). He has researched periodical cicadas for over 45 years, publishing 33 papers and three books on the insects.