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Spirals in time : the secret life and curious afterlife of seashells Cover Image Book Book

Spirals in time : the secret life and curious afterlife of seashells

Scales, Helen (author.).

Summary: Offers an examination of mollusks, their shells, and their role in human culture, as well as their susceptibility to the effects of humans on the environment.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781472911377
  • ISBN: 1472911385
  • ISBN: 9781472911384
  • ISBN: 1472916700
  • ISBN: 9781472916709
  • ISBN: 1472911369
  • ISBN: 9781472911360
  • Physical Description: 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
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  • Publisher: London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2015.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [293]-296) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Meet the shell-makers -- How to build a shell -- Sex, death, and gems -- Shell food -- A mollusc called home -- Spinning shell stories -- Flight of the Argonauts -- Hunting for treasures -- Bright ideas -- The sea butterfly effect -- A note on shell-collecting -- Glossary : a word in your shell-like.

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Homer Public Library 594.147 SCA (Text) 000126383 Nonfiction Available -
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