Mosquito

  • Mosquito
    By Richard Jones

    Ray, J., The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works cy' Creation (London, 1691) Rocco, F., The Miraculous Fever Tree: ... T. Ross (London, 1852) Wallace, A. R., A Narrative cg' Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro, with an Account of the ...

  • Mosquito: The Story of Man's Deadliest Foe
    By Andrew Spielman

    For three years Ross struggled. His work was interrupted by a cholera epidemic in Bangalore, which he tried to combat with a sanitation program that got little support from his fellow health officers. Millions died as Ross's ...

  • Mosquito: The Story of Man's Deadliest Foe
    By Andrew Spielman

    In this lively and comprehensive portrait of the mosquito, its role in history, and its threat to mankind, Spielman and D'Antonio take a mosquito's-eye view of nature and man.

  • Mosquito: A Natural History of Man's Most Persistent and Deadly Foe
    By Michael D'Antonio, Andrew Spielman

    An expert on this vexing insect traces the mosquito's origins, its role in history, and its ongoing threat to humankind as the bearer of diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, and encephalitis.

  • Mosquito
    By Roma Tearne

    A lyrical and profoundly moving story of love, loss and civil war, set in Sri Lanka, London and Venice.

  • Mosquito
    By Gayl Jones

    Along the road, Mosquito introduces us to Delgadina, a Chicana bartender who fries cactus, writes haunting stories, and studies to become a detective; Monkey Bread, a childhood pal who is, improbably, assistant to a blonde star in Hollywood ...

  • Mosquito
    By Gayl Jones

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  • Mosquito
    By Roma Tearne

    The story unfolds in a beguiling landscape as Tearne presents us with the turmoil of the Sri Lankan civil war, told unusually from a woman's point of view.

  • Mosquito: The Original Multi-Role Combat Aircraft
    By Graham M. Simons

    An IDFAF Mosquito apparently crudely serialled 4X3179 is made ready for flight. (Israeli Air Force) The mainstay of Mosquito operations before 1956 were reconnaissance missions, using the type's long range and high service ceiling to ...

  • Mosquito: Poems
    By Alex Lemon

    Arranged in four parts, a cycle of poems explores the journey of serious illness and recovery.

  • Mosquito
    By Jill Bailey

    A simple introduction to the physical characteristics, diet, life cycle, predators, habitat, and lifespan of mosquitoes.

  • Mosquito: Unseen Images from the Archives
    By Colin Higgs

    Accompanying this ground-breaking book are two documentaries: De Havilland presents the Mosquito, and early film telling the aircraft's history and Gaining Altitude, the story of the rebuilding of a Mosquito to airworthy condition in Canada ...

  • Mosquito: A Natural History of Our Most Persistent and Deadly Foe
    By Michael D'Antonio, Andrew Spielman

    From a world-renowned expert on mosquitoes and a prize-winning reporter comes a fascinating work of popular science -- a comprehensive study of the insect itself, its role in history, and...

  • Mosquito
    By Margarita del Mazo

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  • Mosquito: A Natural History of Our Most Persistent and Deadly Foe
    By Michael D'Antonio, Andrew Spielman

    In Mosquito he tells the story of man's struggle to live with the mosquito, from the defeat of Sir Francis Drake's fleet, to the death of thousands of Frenchmen working on the Panama Canal and to the recent panic over the West Nile Virus in ...

  • Mosquito
    By J Bailey

    A simple introduction to the physical characteristics, diet, life cycle, predators, habitat, and lifespan of mosquitoes. Suggested level: junior, primary.

  • Mosquito
    By Virginia Kroll

    An informational note in the back of the book lists what makes mosquitoes pests in the first place, where they're found, and how to avoid them. Virginia Kroll is a prolific children's author whose work has received numerous awards.