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A Journey to the Source of the River Oxus Hardcover – October 26, 2022

by John Wood (Author)
4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
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    October 26, 2022
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Legare Street Press (October 26, 2022)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 392 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1015457932
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1015457935
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.59 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.14 x 0.88 x 9.21 inches
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Ariel Valerie
5.0 out of 5 stars Good resource
Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2015
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mohammed ballout
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
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fernando senjobe
4.0 out of 5 stars Review for the second revised edition
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2015
The main themes, areas of focus, and ideas are, different species of insects, an introduction to the insect world, collecting insects, how to build one’s own equipment, organizing one’s insect collection, and making an experiment. These are organized in chapters. Chapters that explain how to collect specific insects follow those that explained their characteristics, and ways of life. This was very helpful, and displayed a great sense of organization.

The Junior Book of Insects is a well written book by one of the leading American naturalist and it discusses the insect world, different species of insects, how to build equipment to collect these insects, how to organize an insect collection, and making one’s own experiment. The title of the book is accurate and captures the attention of the reader and lives one wanting to read more about insects. The use of simple vocabulary and illustrations is very helpful to a person who has never had interest in this undiscovered world. The information is basic and introduced through interesting stories and comparisons to normal human life.

People who need a basic foundation to insects will find this book as a great tool and no technical experience or research is needed before reading the book. It is a great read for an average reader with no experience. The book title matched the contents of the book. It is technically accurate and uses natural language with examples that are easy to follow. The illustrations in the book are accurate, appropriate and well executed.

The book’s introduction is very interesting but looses the vibe in the later chapters when it gets technical and serious. It raises the curiosity about what we do not know about the insect world because they play a great role in life and we cannot do without them. I was satisfied by the contents and explanations offered in the book because all ideas were smoothly introduced and explained in detail with a great sense of humor. The book is well written and nothing id distinctive and everything is noteworthy about the book. I would highly recommend this book to an average reader who wants to know more about insects without getting overwhelmed.
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Palmcroft
5.0 out of 5 stars A Push Out The Back Door
Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2010
This is a book from my childhood. Many of the approaches that Mr. Teale adocates for the capture and observation of insects did not always translate well to the dry desert of the Southwest where I grew up. However, Teale's strong powers of observation and his celebration of the insect world inspired me to my own methods and findings. I owe to Teale a strong love for insects and an appreciation for how they wondrously interact with parts of the world to which I would otherwise never give a thought, like shrubbery, treebranches, and the patches of woods scattered around my new home in Michigan.

Mr. Teale never talks down to the reader, he prefers instead to encourage at every turn until you inevitably come to love insects as highly evolved forms of life worthy of dignity and observation if one just pays heed to the way they follow intuitive patterns of living that unimagined ancestral armies have repeated for hundreds of millions of years. Insects are fossils with independent consciousness, strands of information waiting to be gleaned and understood about behavior patterns and adaptations that keep the line going.

Observing insects is well-spent entertainment that enriches one's thoughts on Nature and the means she constructs to make God's creation work. Mr. Teale taught me that.
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Patricia C. Doran
5.0 out of 5 stars Insects, Ants and Bees
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2004
Entomology is a fascinating subject as introduced by this author, one of American's greatest living naturalists. Some chapters discuss the habits of such insects and beetles, butterflies and moths, ants, wasps, andpraying mantises. Other chapters are guides to collecting and photographing insects, building an ant house or an insect aquarium, and bee-keeping.
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C. D. Bezant
5.0 out of 5 stars A remarkable and sensitive account of a Victorian exploration
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 2, 2022
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It is easy these days to write off the expansion of the British Empire as a ruthless advance to exploit the world's resources for the then richest nation. Wood's account is detailed and full of sensitivity to the land and peoples that he encounters, describing them faithfully as he sees them. It's journey of wonder from the heat of the Indus plains in summer to the high altitude Pamir Plateau in the depths of winter. It's a journey that had me opening up an old atlas and exploring places on Google Maps. His task was to consider mercantile opportunities and he describes the places with a geographer's eye for detail. It was a book to read slowly and sink into the descriptions until you were walking alongside him in those vast landscapes that remain almost unchanged to this day.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Verifiable history
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 25, 2020
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This book has long been considered as being a central-asian classic. Reading through it has confirmed this. I'm glad that it is now in my library
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