Download or read book Mosquito Blood Diaries written by Adam Eldon Gill and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2011-02-07 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zanza is a mosquito and, being a Buddhist, believes she has lived through many thousands of short lifetimes, but she can’t recall a single one of them before she met Herbert. Not that Herbert is particularly memorable. On their first meeting, Zanza viewed this unexceptional human as nothing more than a quick snack opportunity.But then, having sipped from the cup of a Mayan demi-god, Zanza is blessed with a new and profound self-awareness and begins to see her host, not just as a ‘blood bag’, but as a distinct personality. From that point on, with every sip of his blood, with every small death, with every re-incarnation, Zanza learns something new about Herbert. She begins to understand what it is to be human, to feel something like love, to contemplate a chance for immortality.For his part, Herbert, a misanthropic cameraman on assignment in Guatemala, remains oblivious to his involvement in this blossoming relationship. His mind is gripped by a rapidly rising fever, and he is not sure if what he experiences in the dense forests around Tikal is real or a Malaria-induced hallucination. Vampire Monkeys, Zombie Accountants, Golden Warriors that walk through walls, it all starts getting far too weird. But this is a special moment in the world’s history and even the dull witted Herbert finally realises he has a role to play.It’s December 2012, the Mayan Calendar is about to reset to zero and the world is about to end.
Download or read book Donating Blood One Mosquito at a Time written by Centric Journals and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-14 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journal Notebook To Write In. Lined, Ruled Journal 6inx9in 100 Pages Get yourself a journal to write in. Journal your thoughts, notes, and much more. Go to our Author page and check out our extensive range of journals with fantastic covers Keeping a Journal has many benefits Including Problem Solving Mental clarification Increasing Focus Enabling Self Discovery Reducing Stress And Many More! Get A Journal Today!
Download or read book Blood Suckers written by John DiConsiglio and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Age 9-11. A pesky mosquito lands on your arm and drinks some of your blood. It leaves behind an itchy bump, but if thats all it leaves behind, you should be happy. Every year, mosquitoes infect millions of people with deadly diseases!
Download or read book The Mosquito written by Timothy C. Winegard and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 639 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **The instant New York Times bestseller.** *An international bestseller.* Finalist for the Lane Anderson Award Finalist for the RBC Taylor Award “Hugely impressive, a major work.”—NPR A pioneering and groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction that offers a dramatic new perspective on the history of humankind, showing how through millennia, the mosquito has been the single most powerful force in determining humanity’s fate Why was gin and tonic the cocktail of choice for British colonists in India and Africa? What does Starbucks have to thank for its global domination? What has protected the lives of popes for millennia? Why did Scotland surrender its sovereignty to England? What was George Washington's secret weapon during the American Revolution? The answer to all these questions, and many more, is the mosquito. Across our planet since the dawn of humankind, this nefarious pest, roughly the size and weight of a grape seed, has been at the frontlines of history as the grim reaper, the harvester of human populations, and the ultimate agent of historical change. As the mosquito transformed the landscapes of civilization, humans were unwittingly required to respond to its piercing impact and universal projection of power. The mosquito has determined the fates of empires and nations, razed and crippled economies, and decided the outcome of pivotal wars, killing nearly half of humanity along the way. She (only females bite) has dispatched an estimated 52 billion people from a total of 108 billion throughout our relatively brief existence. As the greatest purveyor of extermination we have ever known, she has played a greater role in shaping our human story than any other living thing with which we share our global village. Imagine for a moment a world without deadly mosquitoes, or any mosquitoes, for that matter? Our history and the world we know, or think we know, would be completely unrecognizable. Driven by surprising insights and fast-paced storytelling, The Mosquito is the extraordinary untold story of the mosquito’s reign through human history and her indelible impact on our modern world order.
Download or read book Blood Suckers Deadly Mosquito Bites written by John DiConsiglio and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2007-09-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pesky mosquito lands on your arm and drinks some of your blood. It leaves behind an itchy bump, but if that's all it leaves behind, you should be happy. Every year, mosquitoes infect millions of people with deadly diseases!
Download or read book Mosquito Soldiers written by Andrew McIlwaine Bell and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of the 620,000 soldiers who perished during the American Civil War, the overwhelming majority died not from gunshot wounds or saber cuts, but from disease. And of the various maladies that plagued both armies, few were more pervasive than malaria -- a mosquito-borne illness that afflicted over 1.1 million soldiers serving in the Union army alone. Yellow fever, another disease transmitted by mosquitos, struck fear into the hearts of military planners who knew that "yellow jack" could wipe out an entire army in a matter of weeks. In this ground-breaking medical history, Andrew McIlwaine Bell explores the impact of these two terrifying mosquito-borne maladies on the major political and military events of the 1860s, revealing how deadly microorganisms carried by a tiny insect helped shape the course of the Civil War. Soldiers on both sides frequently complained about the annoying pests that fed on their blood, buzzed in their ears, invaded their tents, and generally contributed to the misery of army life. Little did they suspect that the South's large mosquito population operated as a sort of mercenary force, a third army, one that could work for or against either side depending on the circumstances. Malaria and yellow fever not only sickened thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers but also affected the timing and success of certain key military operations. Some commanders took seriously the threat posed by the southern disease environment and planned accordingly; others reacted only after large numbers of their men had already fallen ill. African American soldiers were ordered into areas deemed unhealthy for whites, and Confederate quartermasters watched helplessly as yellow fever plagued important port cities, disrupting critical supply chains and creating public panics. Bell also chronicles the effects of disease on the civilian population, describing how shortages of malarial medicine helped erode traditional gender roles by turning genteel southern women into smugglers. Southern urbanites learned the value of sanitation during the Union occupation only to endure the horror of new yellow fever outbreaks once it ended, and federal soldiers reintroduced malaria into non-immune northern areas after the war. Throughout his lively narrative, Bell reinterprets familiar Civil War battles and events from an epidemiological standpoint, providing a fascinating medical perspective on the war. By focusing on two specific diseases rather than a broad array of Civil War medical topics, Bell offers a clear understanding of how environmental factors serve as agents of change in history. Indeed, with Mosquito Soldiers, he proves that the course of the Civil War would have been far different had mosquito-borne illness not been part of the South's landscape in the 1860s.
Download or read book Diary of a Blood Donor written by Mati Unt and published by Dalkey Archive Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, Unt rather blasphemously weaves this national icon and her Latvian doctor husband into a postmodern tale of vampires and a mysterious trip to Leningrad.
Download or read book Diary of R C A F Serviceman Michael Kutyn written by Greg Kutyn and published by Greg Kutyn. This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A life story, beautifully narrated and illustrated with a wealth of photos and maps, is a captivating account of the drama of the twentieth century. From your proud roots in a devoted family of immigrants to the Canadian West, through your dedicated sacrifices during World War II, to your present status as a venerated patriarch of a lovely family and an honoured citizen of Canada, the Diary has a personal feel to it, even though it offers a panoramic sweep through events that shaped the contemporary world. I confess that when I began to read the book this afternoon, I could not put it down until I had reached the final pages
Download or read book A Meditator s Diary written by Jane Hamilton-Merritt and published by Souvenir Press. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is rare for a foreign woman to be accepted for instruction in intensive meditation in a Buddhist temple in Thailand. Jane Hamilton-Merritt writes about this experience from the inside, describing the extraordinary journey into the self, the expansion of her consciousness. In a personal account of her struggles, her fears and her experiences - some euphoric, some terrifying, some beautiful in the form of psychedelic visions and some that were genuinely threatening. A Meditator's Diary is an intellectually disciplined attempt to understand what Buddhist meditation techniques have to offer us, those in the Western world caught up in a cycle of destruction that we cannot control, and shows how to access its secrets. Jane Hamilton-Merritt describes her own dawning understanding of 'compassion without attachment', her eventual arrival at a state of peace and reconciliation and the sense of living flow with the whole of the universe that has transformed her life. Encouraging her readers to try meditation she describes how we can take the first steps on the long road to tranquillity for ourselves.
Download or read book Reports on Plans for the Extermination of Mosquitoes on the North Shore of Long Island Between Hempstead Harbor and Cold Spring Harbor written by North Shore Improvement Association and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Diary of Ochibi English Edition written by Moyoco Anno and published by Cork. This book was released on with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Diary of Ochibi 5: In Mametsubu-cho, a little town somewhere in Japan's ancient capital of Kamakura, the cheerful Ochibi lives a free and easy life. Together with his friends, he welcomes new discoveries and acquaintances that come with the changing seasons. (Volume 5)
Download or read book Blood Dust and Snow written by Robin Schäfer and published by Greenhill Books. This book was released on 2022-12-31 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘The infantry is only a few metres ahead of us when suddenly, on the left of our tank, a Russian stands up. The swine had pretended to be dead when our infantry came past him! That’s an old classic, pretending to be dead and then firing from the rear. But that isn’t a good idea when facing tank-men like us… floor the accelerator! Turn left and run over him!' The war on the Eastern Front from 1941 to 1945 was the bloodiest combat theater in the bloodiest war in history. Oberleutnant Friedrich Wilhelm Sander experienced this bloodshed first-hand when serving with the 11th Panzer-Regiment. This regiment made up the core of the 6th Panzer-Division, one of Hitler’s top armored formations, which was involved in most of the major campaigns on the Eastern Front; campaigns such as Operation Barbarossa and Operation Winter Storm. Sander recorded his experience of these campaigns in astounding detail in some recently-discovered diaries covering the period from April 1938 to December 1943, translated here for the first time by historian Robin Schäfer. Written during the fighting, these diaries not only offer an honest assessment of the war on the Eastern Front, but also provide an insight into the mind of a young and highly politicized officer, and offer an intimate glimpse into the close-knit community of a German Panzer crew. A brutally honest, immediate and unfiltered personal account, Sander’s translated diaries make for some uniquely fascinating reading about some of the most important campaigns of the Second World War. Supported by more than 100 photographs and maps from the period, Blood, Dust & Snow will be of great interest not only to readers studying the war on the Eastern Front, but also to any historian researching the Second World War.
Download or read book Diary of a Journey from the Mississippi to the Coasts of the Pacific with a United States Government Expedition written by Balduin Möllhausen and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Swallow Nan s Rescue Diary written by LI HONGMEI and published by Partridge Publishing Singapore. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Download or read book Stray leaves from the diary of an Indian officer written by Stray leaves and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stray Leaves from the Diary of an Indian Officer written by R. B. Cumberland and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
