A World in a Shell
By Thom van Dooren
By Thom van Dooren
By Thom van Dooren
By Thom van Dooren
By Thom van Dooren
By Thom van Dooren
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$22.95
Oct 17, 2023 | ISBN 9780262547345
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$29.95
Sep 13, 2022 | ISBN 9780262047029
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Sep 13, 2022 | ISBN 9780262370240
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Praise
“Attentive, elegiac… Eschewing more obvious fauna, A World in a Shell makes a strong case for overcoming ‘geographical and taxonomic biases,’ noting that every species lost is a tragedy.”
–Foreword Reviews
Table Of Contents
Introduction
In Search of Snails 1
1 The Wanderers
A Foray into Worlds Written in Slime 23
2 The Drifters
The Mysterious Deep Time Movements of Snails 51
3 The Collected
The Ongoing Colonial Entanglements of Shells 81
4 The Anonymous
Taxonomy and the Unknown Extinction Crisis 113
5 The Exploded
Solidarity and Military Snails 147
6 The Captives
Hope in a Time of Loss 177
Epilogue 197
Acknowledgments 211
Glossary 215
Notes 219
Bibliography 245
Index 263
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