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W. W. Norton & Company Insectopolis A Natural History
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Countryman Press Coloring Insectopolis
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Insectario
Book SynopsisJorge Fernández Gonzalo (Madrid, 1982) es poeta y profesor de Filosofía en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Es autor de varias docenas de libros, por los que ha obtenido diferentes galardones tanto en poesía como en ensayo. Con su obra Insectario, recibió el premio Juan Gil-Albert Ciutat de València en su edición de 2025.Con el libro Insectario, Jorge Fernández Gonzalo se adentra en los secretos recovecos de estos diminutos seres: el poeta indaga en los significados últimos del cuerpo, del amor y de la realidad, y en cómo el mundo y sus revelaciones se dejan devorar por los insectos. Ante la cortedad de las palabras, los grillos cantan la oxidación de los metales, las hormigas excavan en los cuerpos, los escarabajos cifran la epifanía del cosmos en sus secretas simetrías. Insectario logra combinar así la duda existencial con el hallazgo poético, en un libro plagado de resonancias oníricas y asombro ante las proximidades del paisaje.
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Gran hotel para insectos
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Scholastic Inc. Hombre Mosca Presenta Insectos Fly Guy Presents
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Faktoría K de Libros Inventario ilustrado de insectos
Book Synopsis?Inventario ilustrado de insectos? reúne 65 especiesde insectos de procedencia europea y del resto del mundo: coleópteros, lepidópteros, dípteros, himenópteros, isópteros...Solo los artrópodos ya representan más del 80% de los animalesdel planeta. Los científicos, que han catalogado un millónde tipos de insectos, calculan que la cifra real estáentre los cinco y los diez millones de especies. Sobre todo,son criaturas muy útiles, ya que colaboran en la polinizaciónde las flores y son el sustento de otros animales.Las ilustraciones de este libro son de estilo científico, representadas con la precisión de los naturalistas en los cuadernos de campo de antaño: perfiles hechos con rotuladory tinta china, y acuarelas que favorecen el juego de coloresy las transparencias.
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Ediciones Akal Cristianópolis
Book SynopsisJohann Valentin Andreae (1586-1654), pastor luterano humanista y polígrafo, es conocido principalmente por su vinculación con los Manifiestos Rosacruces, de los que es el autor casi con seguridad, y también, aunque mucho menos, por su obra Cristianópolis, un escrito utópico en que expone el programa para una genuina Fraternidad Rosacruz o sociedad cristiana. Esta utopía es la primera de cierta envergadura que se produce en el ámbito protestante y refleja con fidelidad las aspiraciones religiosas y sociales de la Reforma temprana, aspiraciones que habían sido formuladas de manera provisional y embrionaria en la Fama y la Confessio, los dos documentos fundacionales del movimiento rosacruz. En contra de lo que suele repetirse, Cristianópolis es una utopía completamente original, muy superior en su propio género tanto a La ciudad del Sol de Campanella, a la que no imita en absoluto, como a la Nueva Atlántida de Bacon, por la que más bien es imitada en algunos aspectos fundamentales. La tra
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CABI Publishing Insect Pests in Tropical Forestry
Book SynopsisThe management of tropical forest ecosystems is essential to the health of the planet. This book addresses forest insect pest problems across the world's tropics, addressing the pests' ecology, impact and possible approaches for their control. Fully updated, this second edition also includes discussions of new areas of interest including climate change, invasive species, forest health and plant clinics. This work is an indispensible resource for students, researchers and practitioners of forestry, ecology, pest management and entomology in tropical and subtropical countries.Table of Contents1: Tropical Forests 2: Tropical Forests and Insect Biodiversity 3: Abiotic and Biotic Effects 4: Insect-Host Tree Interactions 5: Tropical Forest Pests: Ecology, Biology and Impact 6: Management Systems I: Planning stage 7: Management Systems II: Nursery Stage 8: Management Systems III: Plantation Stage 9: Management Systems IV: Forest Health Surveillance, Invasive Species and Quarantine 10: Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
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Los insectos comestibles en el mundo
Book SynopsisA lo largo de la historia, numerosas civilizaciones incorporaron los insectos como parte de su dieta. Pero la entomofagia o consumo de insectos es una práctica alimentaria que, lejos de haberse extinguido, pervive en culturas y sociedades de aproximadamente la mitad de los países del mundo, con más de dos mil especies comestibles. En la actualidad, se presenta como una alternativa viable y necesaria ante los retos globales del hambre, la seguridad alimentaria y la sostenibilidad. A partir de las contribuciones de especialistas de distintas disciplinas y países, esta obra colectiva recorre los indicios de entomofagia en la evolución humana y sus tradiciones milenarias en México, Brasil y Colombia; describe tanto las características biológicas y nutricionales de las principales especies comestibles de insectos como su aprovechamiento en la industria alimentaria y su incorporación a las prácticas gastronómicas contemporáneas; expone y analiza las percepciones del consumidor en Europa y los retos sanitarios, económicos y culturales que enfrenta este emergente campo de investigación. Ofrece, en suma, una visión integral de cómo la ciencia, la tradición y la innovación pueden converger en un modelo alimentario más sostenible y equitativo.
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Random House USA Inc Insectopedia Vintage
Book SynopsisA New York Times Notable BookA stunningly original exploration of the ties that bind us to the beautiful, ancient, astoundingly accomplished, largely unknown, and unfathomably different species with whom we share the world. For as long as humans have existed, insects have been our constant companions. Yet we hardly know them, not even the ones we’re closest to: those that eat our food, share our beds, and live in our homes. Organizing his book alphabetically, Hugh Raffles weaves together brief vignettes, meditations, and extended essays, taking the reader on a mesmerizing exploration of history and science, anthropology and travel, economics, philosophy, and popular culture. Insectopedia shows us how insects have triggered our obsessions, stirred our passions, and beguiled our imaginations.
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De insectos y larvas
Book SynopsisDE INSECTOS Y LARVAS, de JOSÉ ANTONIO GARCÍA PRIEGO, es una edición especial de la colección Las puertas de lo posible. Con el número 44, y con ilustraciones de Toño Benavides, cuenta con dos portadas, dos prólogos y dos inicios posibles de lectura. Un libro dividido en dos partes y marcado por la voluntad de abrir caminos narrativos propios, desde una mirada impregnada acertadamente de lo insólito y de lo fantástico, con el uso apropiado del lenguaje y una conciencia permanente de las palabras como elementos capaces de una fuerza que va más allá de lo puramente descriptivo.Doce capítulos conforman Insectos. El autor permite expresamente, de entrada, cualquier orden de lectura para acceder a la interesante avalancha de sensaciones y sentimientos que se recogen en esta ficción, que muestra que los buenos relatos insólitos o fantásticos pueden tener notable consistencia, como piezas que afectan profundamente a nuestra identidad. He aquí una novela peculiar, en la que la huella experimentalista está vigente con intensidad. En el caso de la novela que nos ocupa, escrita con gran destreza, marca su sentido profundo la realidad cotidiana, aparentemente ordinaria, en la que se mueven los personajes, que sin embargo tiene para ellos misteriosas características. El escenario no tiene nada de raro, pero puede verse invadido por innumerables insectos, aunque a menudo los sobresaltos de los personajes lo matizan y modifican. Hay que considerar que el lenguaje es determinante, de forma que incluso podemos llegar a pensar que no estamos asistiendo a unas supuestas invasiones imaginarias de insectos, sino a formas expresivas que se ocultan bajo ello, que pueden resultar invisibles pero palpitantes metáforas.Doce capítulos conforman Larvas. El autor permite expresamente, de entrada, cualquier orden de lectura para acceder a lo raro de la vida que se va presentando en esta ficción, que brinda una atmósfera misteriosa y desasosegante, una realidad cargada de extraños caracteres, con escenarios en los que pueden encontrar, de repente, gusanos de todos los tamaños, vivos o muertos, blancos o negros? Como en el caso de Insectos, la forma de expresión literaria es acertada e interesante, aunque las palabras ?y en este caso también unos supuestos dibujos? tienen importancia más allá de su uso como elementos conformadores del discurso narrativo. He aquí una novela peculiar. Yo, que en los años de mi primera juventud viví intensamente la presencia del experimentalismo, con profunda empatía hacia autores como Julio Cortázar, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester o James Joyce ?sin olvidar la nivola Niebla de Miguel de Unamuno, que permanece en los sustratos de mis estímulos creativos? he leído esta novela con verdadero placer, recuperando muchos aspectos sentimentales de aquellas lecturas.JOSÉ MARÍA MERINO
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JUEZ DREDD NECRÓPOLIS
Book SynopsisJUEZ DREDD EN LA CIUDAD DE LOS MUERTOS!Recientemente, la fe del Juez Dredd en el sistema se ha tambaleado. El regreso del cadete Kraken, un joven clon creado a partir de la misma cepa genética que Dredd y que había intentado destruir Mega-City Uno en el pasado, es la gota que colma el vaso y el Juez Dredd decide emprender la Larga Marcha a la Tierra Maldita. Su ausencia deja desprotegida la ciudad ante el regreso de los Jueces Oscuros, acompañados esta vez de las Hermanas de Muerte: Fobia y Náusea. El resultado, Mega-City Uno es convertida en una gran Necrópolis con millones de muertos en sus calles.John Wanger (Perro de Estroncio) y Carlos Ezquerra (Rat Pack, Major Eazy) presentan uno de los blockbusters más recordados de la revista 2000 AD. Publicada a principios de los noventa e inédita en España hasta la fecha, Necrópolis se cuenta entre las sagas más importantes y ambiciosas de la historia del Juez Dredd. Además, en este volumen se incluye Cuento del Hombre Muerto, el prólogo a Necrópolis también inédito en nuestro país."Es complicado que una historia leída con cierta edad llegue al selecto podio de tus favoritas, normalmente ocupado de manera inamovible por las descubiertas de niño o adolescente, verdad? Pues Necrópolis, que cayó en mis manos ya pasados los cuarenta, tiene un sitio bien alto asegurado en esa cúspide de las protagonizadas por Dredd que más disfrute me han dado".Sergio Aguirre (Sala de Peligro)
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Cornell University Press Insects and Other Arthropods of Tropical America
Book SynopsisWith their beautifully illustrated guide to insects and other arthropods, Paul E. Hanson and Kenji Nishida put the focus on readily observable insects that one encounters while strolling through a tropical forest in the Americas.Table of Contents1. Introduction to Arthropods 2. Small Orders 3. True Bugs and Their Kin 4. Beetles 5. Wasps, Bees, Ants 6. Moths and Butterflies 7. Flies and Their Kin 8. Other Arthropods
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Springer Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects Collembola
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Independently Published Escorpião: Fatos Divertidos sobre Insectos para Crianças #11
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Albatros nakladatelstvi as Insectopia: The Wonderful World of Insects
Book SynopsisA sequel to Atlas of Extinct Animals and Atlas of Endangered Animals, this large-format encyclopedia focuses on the world’s largest group of animals—insects. Insects are the most diverse and abundant creatures on Earth, yet we often overlook their critical role in our ecosystem. Insectopia, the third book in the Large Encyclopedias series, invites young readers to explore the fascinating world of insects with expert entomologist Jiří Kolibac and the stunning illustrations of Pavel Dvorsky and his wife Pavla Dvorsky. With 96 pages of engaging content and lifelike full-page illustrations, Insectopia provides an immersive journey into the realm of these tiny creatures, whose behavior, shapes, and colors surprise us with their complexity. Kids will learn about the full range of topics related to insects, including complex rituals of courtship, tender care for offspring, organization of insect states, wars over food sources, and various insect features (scents, colorful wings, sharp mandibles, etc.). Sections include: Anatomy and Body Structure of Insects: How insects have a segmented body with a hard exoskeleton. Orders of Insects: The best-known groups of winged insects and their common and scientific names. Biology and Development of Insects: How insects undergo various metamorphoses. Evolution of Insects: The evolutionary relationships of insects. Evolutionary Tree of Insects: A tree graph showing the evolutionary relationships among different insect groups. Dawn of the Insects: The evolution and diversification of insects during various periods, including the emergence of flight and the extinction of certain insect orders. Diversification of Insects: The development of insect life through different geological periods, including their coevolution with plants and their rise to dominance. Courtship and Nuptial Gifts: How male insects often present a nuptial gift to the female, who chooses the suitor with the largest or most alluring gift. Adapting to Island Life: How isolated islands are home to unique plants and animals, some of which undergo insular gigantism, and are threatened by introduced predators. Fighting for the Female: Insects often engage in contests to produce offspring with a female, with the best-performing male often winning. Flying Acrobats: Dragonflies are ancient predators with exceptional flying abilities. The Short Life of the Mayfly: Mayflies have a brief lifespan of just a few hours to a few days, during which they mate, lay eggs, and die. Insect States: Termites live in large colonies with specialized castes, with worker termites providing food and defense and soldier termites fighting spraying predators. Slave-Makers, Slaves, and Warriors: Ants engage in aggressive behavior and interspecies wars. Courtship in the Hills: Insects gather on the tops of hills to find a mate, with males competing for the most visible spots, and this also attracts insectivorous birds and predators. Life in Darkness: Caves are home to uniquely adapted insects that are fairly different than those that live in the daylight. Farmer Ants: How large ant colonies are complex “state” organizations comprised of workers, soldiers, a queen and her entourage, nurses, foragers, and other occupations. Coexistence: How anthills are places where ants and other insects form complex relationships of mutual benefit or parasitism. In addition to exploring this complex world of insects, young readers will also discover the importance of insects to humankind and all life on our planet. They will learn about how insects are found everywhere, from arid deserts to freshwater pools, and how they play a crucial role in pollination, decomposition, and pest control. Written for children aged 12–15 who are nature lovers, biology enthusiasts, or just curious about the world around us, Insectopia is an essential addition to any young reader’s library. This informative and beautifully illustrated encyclopedia highlights the importance of insects and their contribution to our world. Whether used as a reference for school or as a fun read at home, Insectopia is a must-have resource for any young nature lover.Trade ReviewSelected for the CBC’s 2023 November Hot Off The Press Reading List (https://www.cbcbooks.org/cbc-book-lists/november-2023/)"Anyone wishing to while away time with a most interesting look at insects will enjoy this book." —Katrina Yurenka, Retired Librarian, Contributor, Youth Services Book Review (5 stars)"This book is packed full of information. Scientific (but down-to-earth), well-researched and very thorough. Beautiful artistic renderings not only capture the insects, but also show them in their natural environments carrying out everyday activities." —Erica Baxter, Goodreads"This is a very thorough insect encyclopedia and has awesome artwork for each section. I think any child who loves bugs would find this fascinating." —Michelle Smith, Goodreads"A very useful illustration shows a large tree with relationships between the insect species and we get to see who is closest to being cousins. I've learned a lot from this book that includes a lot of chapters and beautiful illustrations not only dedicated to the different insect species but to giving us an insight into their dawn of times, evolution, reproduction, body structure, co-operations between species, strangest shapes, strange habits." —Therearenobadbooks, Goodreads"This book is full of great information and gorgeous illustrations of species of insects. It’ would be great for an insect study." —Cheyenne S., NetGalley-Educator"This is a gorgeous book. The full-page illustrations of each insect are stunning and detailed. The text has a ton of fascinating information." —Shilo Q., NetGalley-Reviewer"Insectopia: The Wonderful World of Insects is an oversized book suitable for display. It’s designed to attract readers of all ages with lovely illustrations by Pavla Dvorska and Pavel Dvorsky, which bring full-page wonder and exceptionally artistic efforts to illustrate many facts about the insect world. The combination of art and insect facts is lovely in a title replete with insights and beautiful images, designed to entertain and educate all in one. Libraries and readers will find it visually attractive and educationally alluring." —Donovan’s Literary Services"Insectopia is a beautifully illustrated all ages book about insects by Dr. Jiří Kolibáč and illustrated by Pavel and Pavla Dvorsky. The drawings are realistically rendered in color in pencil. The illustrations are anatomically detailed and the book/writing is also scientifically accurate and up to date. The author writes engagingly and accessibly, with simple language which will be easy for readers to understand. Although it's billed as juvenile non-fiction, all ages will find it interesting and educational. This would make a great choice for public or school library acquisition, for home use, or for gift giving to a bug-interested youngster." —Annie, NetGalley-Reviewer "Insectopia: The Wonderful World of Insects is an oversized book suitable for display. It’s designed to attract readers of all ages with lovely illustrations by Pavla Dvorska and Pavel Dvorsky, which bring full-page wonder and exceptionally artistic efforts to illustrate many facts about the insect world. The combination of art and insect facts is lovely in a title replete with insights and beautiful images, designed to entertain and educate all in one. Libraries and readers will find it visually attractive and educationally alluring." —Donovan's Literary Services "This book is teeming with life! Through full-colour, full-page detailed illustrations, that somehow feel both pastoral and sharply realistic, this book comes alive. Written in an engaging, conversational style, readers will be absorbed in The Wonderful World of Insects while learning complex information from mimicry and coexistence to the full range offeatures (like bugs’ scents). This book is both comprehensive and absorbing. This encyclopedia is aimed at readers 12 - 15, but younger audiences will love learning interesting facts (e.g. did you know that fireflies speak to each other in a kind of Morse Code through their flickering light?) and want to pour over the exceptional artwork. This book feels like a fresh-take on an encyclopedia — one thatcould sit out on the coffee table and be enjoyed by anyone who picks it up. Importantly, this book reminds readers how important even the teeniest animals is important to life on our planet—and by extension, why our perception matters!" —Fairytales and Fingerpaints, IG "Insectopia: The Wonderful World of Insects is a phenomenonal encyclopedia all about the lives of insects. This extra large book is packed with fascinating information, paired with absolutely gorgeous illustrations. It gives readers an in-depth look at a variety of insects, from their anatomy to their adaptations and everything in between. Best for a middle school audience and above, this is an excellent resource for any home or classroom. There's SO much to learn from this one!" —Fun Reads for Kids, IG"There is so much information packed into this book that it’s hard to pick out my favorite parts! Here’s why I recommend this one: It is broken into sections, including anatomy, biology, diversification, adaptation, courtship, and coexistence; Explains the importance of insects in our world; The illustrations are stunning and detailed!" —Mr. J.S. Thornton, IGTable of ContentsINTRODUCTIONANATOMY AND BODY STRUCTURES OF INSECTSORDERS OF INSECTS: A SURVEYBIOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT OF INSECTSEVOLUTION OF INSECTSEVOLUTIONARY TREE OF INSECTSDAWN OF THE INSECTSDIVERSIFICATION OF INSECTSCOURTSHIP AND NUPTIAL GIFTSADAPTING TO ISLAND LIFEFIGHTING FOR THE FEMALEFLYING ACROBATSTHE SHORT LIFE OF THE MAY FLYINSECT STATESSLAVE-MAKERS, SLAVES, AND WARRIORSCOURTSHIP IN THE HILLSLIFE IN DARKNESSFARMER ANTSCOEXISTENCETHE ART OF DECEPTIONMIMICRY AND THE ARMS RACEGIANT INSECTS AND THE ART OF CONCEALMENTA POOL IN A STREAMUNDERWATER DANGERCARRIERS OF DISEASELETHAL BEAUTYSABRE-TOOTHED HUNTERSDECEIVED SUITORS, AND THE BRIGHT BEAUTY OF COLORCARING PARENTSBEE HUNTERSSTRANGE SHAPESTHE COMPLICATED LIFE OF PARASITESMUSICIANS OF THE INSECT WORLDHARMFUL AND USEFULTHE THREAT OF FAMINELAKE AND SEA SURFACESUNDER THE SURFACES OF CLEAR WATER POOLSHERDERS AND THEIR FLOCKSMEAT-EATING FLIESFLYING LANTERNSBEETLE GOLIATHSTITANS OF THE RAINFOREST GLOOMMY HOME IS MY CASTLESOME LIKE IT COLDTHE LOVED AND THE UNLOVEDA LIFE IN HAIRCHEATING ORCHIDSSCOURGE OF NORTH AND SOUTH
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Ediciones Minotauro Necrópolis
Book SynopsisEl campamento de Carranque vive momentos dulces. Tras haber sobrevivido el ataque del Padre Isidro y sus enloquecedoras huestes de caminantes, los supervivientes se entregan a ensoñaciones y esperanzas de futuro propiciadas por los descubrimientos del doctor Rodríguez. Juan Aranda, su líder, decide utilizar su nueva condición para explorar la ciudad en busca de otras personas que continúen todavía con vida. Nueva edición.
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Zootrópolis. Dónde están Judy y Nick
Book SynopsisBusca y encuentra a tus personajes favoritos de ZootrópolisBusca y encuentra a Judy Hopps, a Nick Wilde y a los demás personajes de Zootrópolis por todo Madrigueras y el resto de zonas de la gran metrópolis animal.Incluye 14 escenas ilustradas llenas de detalle, así como un montón de personajes y objetos especiales escondidos para descubrir.La colección Dónde está? estimula la capacidad de atención, la concentración y fomenta el desarrollo de habilidades cognitivas como la percepción visual y la agilidad mental.Recomendado a partir de 5 años.
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Tramuntana Editorial Zoo de insectos
Book SynopsisA Ben le encantan los insectos: Pequeños, grandes, con largaspatas, voladores, saltarines, que floten y naden...Así que recoge todos los que encuentra y crea un zoo de insectos.Ben no podría ser más feliz, pero, qué ocurre con su zoo?
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LEGARE STREET PR Insectotheology
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Hardpress Publishing Mlanges Entomologiques Sur Les Insectes Du Portugal 1
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Guía de campo de los insectos
Book SynopsisLos insectos constituyen el grupo animal que cuenta con más especies en nuestro mundo. Muchas de ellas nos resultan de una utilidad ineludible y otras son un importante componente de la alimentación de nuestros animales domésticos. Con sus casi 1000
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National Geographic Society National Geographic Photo Ark Insects
Book SynopsisNext in the wildly popular Photo Ark franchise, this book uses Joel Sartore’s signature portraits to highlight the amazing features and behaviors of the world’s insects, spiders, and kin.When the pandemic year forced photographer Joel Sartore to stay home in Nebraska instead of traveling to zoos and wildlife centers around the world, what did he do? He went outside and explored bugs. This book reveals more than 100 species of insects, spiders, and related creatures—some exotic, but many common in fields, forests, and neighborhoods. Amazing portraits in Sartore’s signature style—against a black or white background—capture these creatures’ bulbous eyes, probing antennae, and iridescent bodies in living color. Alongside, entertaining text explains the basics of insect bodies, lives, and behavior, rich with unforgettable details. Who knew that a South American butterfly emerges from a chrysalis that glistens like gold? Or that one sp
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CABI Publishing Encyclopedia of Scale Insect Pests
Book SynopsisScale insects feed on plant juices and can easily be transported to new countries on live plants. They sometimes become invasive pests, costing billions of dollars in damage to crops worldwide annually, and farmers try to control them with toxic pesticides, risking environmental damage. Fortunately, scale insects are highly susceptible to control by natural enemies so biological control is possible. They have unique genetic systems, unusual metamorphosis, a broad spectrum of essential symbionts, and some are sources of commercial products like red dyes, shellac and wax. There is, therefore, wide interest in these unusual, destructive, beneficial, and abundant insects. The Encyclopedia of Scale Insect Pests is the most comprehensive work on worldwide scale insect pests, providing detailed coverage of the most important species (230 species in 26 families, 36% of the scale insect pest species known). Advice is provided on collection, preservation, slide-mounting, vouchering, and labelling of specimens, fully illustrated with colour photographs, diagrams and drawings. Pest species are presented in two informal groups of families, the 'primitive' Archaeococcoids followed by the more 'advanced' Neococcoids, covered in phylogenetic order. Each family is illustrated and diagnosed based on features of live and slide-mounted specimens, with information on numbers of genera and species, main hosts, distribution, and biology. For the important pest species, coverage includes information on the morphology of live and slide-mounted specimens, common names, principal synonyms, geographical distribution, plant hosts, plant damage and economic impact, reproductive biology, dispersal, and management strategies including biological, cultural and chemical control, sterile insect techniques, regulatory control, early warning systems and field monitoring. An additional complete list of scale insect pests worldwide is provided, comprising 642 species in 28 scale insect families (about 8% of the 8373 species of living scales known), with information on plant hosts, geographical distribution and validation sources. Beneficial uses of scale insects include sources of red dyes, natural resins and waxes, and agents for invasive weed control, alongside the importance of their honeydew to bees for making honey, and as a food source to other animals. Academic researchers, students, entomologists, pest management officials in agribusiness or government including plant quarantine identifiers, extensionists, farmers, field scientists and ecologists will all benefit from this book.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Beneficial scale insects Chapter 2: A list of scale insect agricultural pests Chapter 3: Archaeococcids Chapter 4: Neococcoids Chapter 5: Collection, preservation, slide-mounting, labelling and vouchering of scale insects
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CABI Publishing Insect Pests in Tropical Forestry
Book SynopsisThe management of tropical forest ecosystems is essential to the health of the planet. This book addresses forest insect pest problems across the world's tropics, addressing the pests' ecology, impact and possible approaches for their control. Fully updated, this second edition also includes discussions of new areas of interest including climate change, invasive species, forest health and plant clinics. This work is an indispensible resource for students, researchers and practitioners of forestry, ecology, pest management and entomology in tropical and subtropical countries.Table of Contents1: Tropical Forests 2: Tropical Forests and Insect Biodiversity 3: Abiotic and Biotic Effects 4: Insect-Host Tree Interactions 5: Tropical Forest Pests: Ecology, Biology and Impact 6: Management Systems I: Planning stage 7: Management Systems II: Nursery Stage 8: Management Systems III: Plantation Stage 9: Management Systems IV: Forest Health Surveillance, Invasive Species and Quarantine 10: Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
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Prh Grupo Editorial Los Conectamigos y el Festival de Neurópolis The
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp La menace insectoïde
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Editorial Gustavo Gili, S.L. Antpolis el desvanecimiento de lo urbano en el
Book SynopsisLa expresión Cinturón del Sol ( Sunbelt ) designa la franja de Estados Unidos comprendida entre el paralelo 37 y la frontera con México. En ella se ubican los catorce estados y las decenas de ciudades que protagonizan este libro: Los Ángeles, Phoenix, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Miami, etc.Sin embargo, el Cinturón del Sol es algo más que un término geográfico: es un estilo de vida; un cóctel compuesto de conservadurismo político, ultraliberalismo económico, modos de vida suburbanos, alta movilidad, buen clima y ocio. En las dos últimas décadas numerosos teóricos han vuelto su mirada hacia esta zona, convencidos de que allí se está forjando el futuro de la ciudad estadounidense. Algunos, incluso, han ido más allá y aventuran la cuarta revolución urbana, que daría paso a una nueva fase de la historia de la ciudad.
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Head of Zeus Planet Insect
Book SynopsisInsects are the most successful group of animals ever to have lived: they comprise a million species and perhaps 10 quintillion individuals. Much of life on earth depends on the activities of these busy, teeming arthropods, from pollination to the breaking down of waste matter. Each chapter of Planet Insect centres on one or more of the traits of insect life that have allowed them to hold dominion over the earth's terrestrial and freshwater environments for so long, from their staggering reproductive ability to their complex partnership with flowering plants. Planet Insect offers a winning fusion of glorious imagery and fine biological writing by an entomological specialist who writes both entertainingly and with authentic scientific rigour and who also happens to be a very gifted nature photographer.
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Lulu.com CATROPOLIS
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Lectio Ediciones Qué hacen los insectos y por qué
Book SynopsisQué hacen los insectos y por qué te guía en un recorrido por el mundo de estos animalitos de un modo que no se había visto hasta ahora. Este manual espléndidamente ilustrado analiza minuciosamente una serie de comportamientos fascinantes: desde galantes exhibiciones de cortejo hasta actos brutales de depredación. Sobre la marcha, Ross Piper estudia la evolución de los insectos y revela todo aquello necesario para saber cómo nidifican, se alimentan, se reproducen y se defienden. Y concluye con una exposición sobre el impacto de los seres humans en los insectos y qué podemos hacer para evitar que disminuya su número. * Explora los singulares estilos de vida tanto de insectos exóticos como de aquellos que viven en el jardín. * Incluye aspectos interesantes de una amplia gama de nuevos estudios sobre el comportamiento de los insectos. * Recoge una gran cantidad de impresionantes fotos en color, ilustraciones y gráficos.
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Getty Trust Publications The Metropolis in Latin America, 1830-1930 -
Book SynopsisIn the century between 1830 and 1930, following independence from Spain and Portugal, major cities in Latin America experienced large-scale growth, with the development of a new urban bourgeois elite interested in projects of modernization and rapid industrialization. At the same time, the lower classes were eradicated from old city districts and deported to the outskirts. The Metropolis in Latin America, 1830-1930 surveys this expansion, focusing on six capital cities-Havana, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile, and Lima-as it examines sociopolitical histories, town planning, art and architecture, photography, and film in relation to the metropolis. Drawing from the Getty Research Institute's vast collection of books, prints, and photographs from this period, largely unpublished until now, this volume reveals the cities' changes through urban panoramas, plans depicting new neighborhoods, and photographs of novel transportation systems, public amenities, civic spaces, and more. It illustrates the transformation of colonial cities into the monumental modern metropolises that, by the end of the 1920s, provided fertile ground for the emergence of today's Latin American megalapolis.Trade Review"The authors shed light on the transformations that modified the colonial model of Iberian cities in America, from Mexico to Argentina, displacing the axis of viceregal power toward a circuit of cities that were able to expand and gather international prestige during the republican period. The book includes an unusual repertoire of topics in the field of research of history at the early stages of modernity in Latin America."-Gabriela Rangel, artistic director, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA); "The Metropolis in Latin America is an excellent survey featuring the city's key role in the conformation of the social and political order of the newly born republics, with enlightening essays that discuss a broad range of interdisciplinary approaches. A magnificent iconographic collection shows how Latin American urban development challenged Western architecture's aesthetic canons, became an accurate laboratory for the newly constituted discipline of urbanism, and shaped the structure of its own image and identity, as we can see today."-Horacio Torrent, professor of architecture, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de ChileTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Idurre Alonso, Maristella Casciato Chronology ALBUM_ Capital Cities 1-The Emergence of Latin American Capital Cities in the Nineteenth Century German Rodrigo Mejia Pavony 2-Exile and Return from Paradise in the City of the Future: Order, Nature, and Society in the Latin American Metropolis Jorge F. Rivas Perez ALBUM_ Colonial Cities and National Heroes 3-From Postcolonial Cities to the First Latin American Metropolises, 1850-1930 Arturo Almandoz 4-Dominated Nature in the Construction of the Latin American Urban Landscape Sonia Berjman ALBUM_ Avenues, Parks, Theaters, and Vacation 5-The Visible and the Invisible: The Photographic Image of the Latin American Metropolis (1840-1930) Idurre Alonso 6-Visions of Mobility: Early Cinema in the Latin American Metropolis David M. J. Wood ALBUM_ Infrastructures 7-Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires: Plans and Projects for the Formation of the Metropolis Maria Cristina da Silva Leme 8-The Resurgence of the Ancient Past: Mexico City in the Age of Modern Technologies Cristobal Jacome-Moreno 9-Americanizing the Metropolis. Pre-Hispanic and Colonial Reinterpretations in the Search for a New Art Rodrigo Gutierrez Vinuales ALBUM_ Expositions and Literature 10-Architects and Urban Planners, Voyages from Europe to Latin America Maristella Casciato ALBUM_ Toward Modernism Archival Sources Bibliography Index
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CABI Publishing Urban Insect Pests: Sustainable Management
Book SynopsisA companion to 'Urban Pest Management', this book builds on the issues of insect pests in urban settings to discuss control strategies that look beyond products. From an environmental and health perspective, it is not always practical to spray chemicals indoors or in urban settings, so this work discusses sustainable control and best practice methods for managing insects that are vectors of disease, nuisance pests and the cause of structural damage.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Urban Insect Pests: Sustainable Management Strategies Partho Dhang Chapter 2: Bed bug Management Clive Boase and Richard Naylor Chapter 3: Emerging technologies for urban mosquito management Julian Entwistle Chapter 4: Filth Fly Management in Urban Environments Robert Pereira, John Cooksey, Rebecca Baldwin and Philip Koehler Chapter 5: Sustainable cockroach management using insecticidal baits – formulations, behavioral responses and issues Hui-Siang Tee and Chow-Yang Lee Chapter 6: Fleas and Flea Management Clive Boase, Alica Kocisova and Frantiesk Rettich Chapter 7: Products and Strategies for Nuisance Urban Ant Management Grzegorz Buczkowski and Changlu Wang Chapter 8: Management Strategies for Subterranean Termites Michael Rust Chapter 9: Management of Drywood termites: Past practices, present situation, and future prospects Vernard Lewis and Brian Forschler Chapter 10: Urban Timber Pest Beetles: Risks and Management Donald Ewart Chapter 11: Molecular ecology meets urban entomology: how molecular biology is changing urban pest management Edward Vargo Chapter 12: Controlling hematophagous insects: The quality-of-life scenario Rajeev Vaidyanathan Chapter 13: Urban Pest Management: Need for Correct Mixture of Knowledge and Practice Grzegorz Buczkowski Chapter 14: Marketing Integrated Pest Management as a Value Added Service Partho Dhang Chapter 15: Plants with Pest Control Properties against Urban Pests Partho Dhang and K. Purusotaman Sanjayan
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Harvard University Press The Other Insect Societies
Book SynopsisIn his exploration of insect societies that don't fit the eusocial schema, James T. Costa gives these interesting phenomena their due. He synthesizes the scattered literature about social phenomena across the arthropod phylum: beetles and bugs, caterpillars and cockroaches, mantids and membracids, sawflies and spiders.Trade ReviewThis book provides comprehensive, astoundingly thorough coverage of the 'minor' social insect groups, which have been neglected since Fabre brought the study of insect behavior to life over 100 years ago. The chapters make accessible for the first time a huge trove of obscure yet endlessly fascinating natural history, which should entertain as well as inspire future researchers to study its six-legged bestiary. I was especially pleased to see the historical treatments of issues and research topics, which put the fields and topics in perspective. The Other Insect Societies is a tremendously impressive piece of scholarship. -- Bernard Crespi, Professor of Evolutionary Biology, Simon Fraser UniversityThis marvelously researched and comprehensive work fills a major gap in the literature on insect social behavior...Jim Costa has done this only as a seasoned entomologist could accomplish it, with a full account of each major taxonomic group in turn, including the contextual information needed to understand the significance of the social behavior its constituent species display...[He] routinely travels from taxonomy to anatomy, from physiology to ecology, and into broad issues of natural history to create in this book an overall mosaic of what the 'other' insect societies are and what they have achieved across hundreds of millions of years of evolution. -- from Edward O. Wilson's Commentary on The Other Insect SocietiesPerhaps we need fresh data from previously neglected kinds of insect societies. This is the approach James Costa offers in The Other Insect Societies. Costa launches the entomological equivalent of subaltern studies, focusing deliberately on species that have failed to make it to Wilson's elite grade of 'eusociality.' Readers will find in the book a fascinating wealth of information about the obscure social lives of earwigs, grasshoppers, crickets, mantids, cockroaches, aphids, treehoppers, bugs, thrips, beetles, caterpillars, sawflies, and even some non-insect anthropods. Costa's book will inevitably be compared with The Evolution of Social Behavior in Insects and Arachnids, edited by Jae C. Choe and Bernard Crespi...I am rather optimistic that, paralleling the effects of the subaltern studies of Indian historians, a focus on other insect societies will provide valuable fresh perspectives useful even for understanding present-day eusocial species...A few hours with Costa's book will bring any beginner up to date with a century's worth of scattered literature on almost everything that is known about any of the many obscure groups of insects discussed. -- Raghavendra Gadagkar * Science *E.O. Wilson calls the honeybees, the army and leaf-cutter ants, and the mound-building termites the superstars of insect social behavior. In this demanding but interesting book, Costa explores the other arthropod orders for social behavior. A few of his chapter titles suggest the range of areas and activities he explores: 'Earwig Mothers,' 'Hopper Herds and Cricket Families,' 'Samurai Aphids' and 'Communes and Family Fortresses.' A good present for the serious scientist. -- Gerry Rising * Buffalo News *For much of its history, the study of insect sociality has been dominated by the study of ants, bees and wasps...The other social arthropods have been largely ignored or relegated to fringe status. James T. Costa seeks to correct this oversight with his book The Other Insect Societies. He succeeds in showcasing the true diversity of social behaviour among insects, spiders and crustaceans, and provides support for a set of alternative hypotheses about social evolution that should stimulate research and fuel scientific debate for years to come...Although others have attempted to synthesize the literature on non-eusocial insect societies, this is the first major single-author monograph on the topic for more than a decade...Many of the taxa covered in the book are illustrated with stunning colour photographs. Costa takes a refreshingly unbiased approach to examining these fascinating societies, providing insight into how non-eusocial insect societies are structured, as well as details of their systematics, natural history, ecology and anatomy. His writing is scholarly enough to appeal to professionals, yet it is accessible enough to enlighten any interested reader. His book gives the 'other insect societies' well-deserved time in the spotlight. -- Jenai Miller and George Uetz * Nature *In the introduction the author sets a goal of being comprehensive but not encyclopaedic, and to highlight important outstanding questions that will entice a new generation of eager young naturalists to take a closer look. This goal is, in my opinion, fully accomplished. The book will become a standard reference work on the subject for many years to come and boost research on insects that would otherwise be neglected or poorly studied. This unique source of information should not be missing from the bookshelf of any student of insect ecology or socio-biology. Nevertheless, broadly interested zoologists and ecologists as well as laymen naturalists will undoubtedly find it both instructive and entertaining. -- J. Žd'árek * European Journal of Entomology *When one thinks of social insects it is usually of the very organized (eusocial) groups such as termites and ants, and the eusocial species of bees and wasps, which have highly complex societies. This book is an important reference to the literature of other, less complex, social arrangements found in many groups of insects and other arthropods. Costa has taken great pains to compile an erudite reference work that includes discussions of sociality in Derrnaptera, Orthoptera, Embiidina, Manteodea, Phasmatodea, Blattaria, Psocoptera, Zoraptera, Hemiptera, Thysanoptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, and some other arthropod groups including arachnids, centipedes, millipedes, and crustaceans. -- R. C. Graves * Choice *In this extraordinarily thorough book, James T. Costa sets the record straight and rebalances our view of sociality in insects by dealing with the neglected also-rans...[A] tour de force of natural history...The Other Insect Societies provides an encyclopedic and data-rich overview of that sociality, beautifully written with a love for the subject and with humor. It is a remarkable and eye-opening collation, a ground-breaking and first-class reference work of science and natural history. -- Gaden S. Robinson * Times Literary Supplement *The Other Insect Societies is a stunning feat of scholarship...I think that everyone who teaches entomology should buy a copy and use it. Costa has a most engaging, unforced enthusiasm for these animals, and we are greatly in his debt that he has unlocked this secret world for us. -- William A. Foster * Trends in Ecology and Evolution *I was very impressed by the depth of knowledge of the author of each taxonomic group and of the contextual information needed to understand the social behaviour of its members...The book will become a standard reference work on the subject for many years to come and boost research on insects that would otherwise be neglected or poorly studied. This unique source of information should not be missing from the bookshelf of any student of insect ecology or socio-biology. Nevertheless, broadly interested zoologists and ecologists as well as laymen naturalists will undoubtedly find it both instructive and entertaining. -- J. Zdarek * European Journal of Entomology *[Costa] is an experienced and passionate naturalist that makes him an ideal author for this book: he simultaneously manages to be a narrator--understood by the public--as well as a scientist, achieving comprehensiveness in the subject. -- Dirk Maes * Journal of Insect Conservation *
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La crisis de los insectos
Book SynopsisNo hace falta ser muy mayor para recordar viajes en coche que terminaban con el parabrisas emborronado por las huellas de los insectos voladores que se estrellaban contra él, las luces cubiertas por un bullicio de mosquitos y polillas en las noches de verano o jardines animados por un sinfín de laboriosas y a veces amenazantes abejas. Sin embargo, todas estas escenas cotidianas resultan cada vez más extraordinarias a medida que pasan los años: quizá para alivio de algunos, los insectos han desaparecido de nuestras vidas.Sin embargo, los insectos son un actor fundamental en el mantenimiento de nuestros ecosistemas y la biodiversidad que los sustenta, e incluso en el correcto funcionamiento de la industria agroalimentaria que pone la comida en nuestros platos (y que también supone, paradójicamente, una de las principales amenazas para la existencia de estos animales). Aunque no gocen de la popularidad de mamíferos entrañables como los osos panda, el reino de los insectos constituye un
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La astucia de los insectos y otros artrópodos
Book SynopsisNo les ha quedado un solo ecosistema sin conquistar. Mires hacia dónde mires, siempre habrá un insecto cerca. Cuál es el hábitat más extremo sobre la faz de la Tierra que te puedas imaginar? Seguro que hay algún artrópodo! Desiertos, glaciares, montañas, volcanes, profundas simas, estepas, bosques, grandes ciudades, ríos, islas e incluso en la piel de otros animales.La astucia de los insectos desvela ignotas historias, saca a la luz secretos ancestrales y sorprende con las estrambóticas formas de vida de muchos de los artrópodos que pueblan nuestro planeta; seres que, lejos de asustarnos, nos cautivarán con la complejidad de sus ciclos de vida, modos de alimentación, estrategias de supervivencia, peculiares formas o aprovechamientos que pueden otorgarnos. Y si conociesen los secretos para resolver muchos de nuestros problemas como especie?Sabías que existen insectos capaces de zombificar a sus presas? Y otros capaces de robarle agua al viento? Sabías que hay artrópodos viviendo en las cumbres más altas del planeta? Tienen tantas patas los milpiés? Existen especies prácticamente indestructibles, bioluminiscentes y auténticas maestras del engaño. Otras son más fuertes que Hércules o han desarrollado las armas más mortíferas que puedas imaginar. Explora su mundo con este libro!
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Insect Taste
Book SynopsisInsect Taste offers an accessible overview to some of the many advances in insect taste research. The book covers how insects solve the basic problem of taste gustatory processing, from detection and transduction, through coding to the generation of behavior and the evolutionary biology underpinning gustaory learning.Table of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1: Gustation in Drosophila MelanogasterChapter 2: Drosophila Gr5a: Expression Pattern, Ligand Profile and Transduction PathwayChapter 3: Neurophysiology of Gustatory Receptor Neurons in DrosophilaChapter 4: Chemosensory Regulation of Feeding in the Blowfly: Several Studies after the Hungry FlyChapter 5: Tasting in Plant-Feeding Insects: From Single Compounds to Complex Natural StimuliChapter 6: Tasting Toxicants as Bitter: PhytoecdysteroidsChapter 7: Peripheral Modulation of Taste ResponsesChapter 8: The "Sweet Tooth" of the Honeybee: The Perception of Nectar and its Influence on Honeybee BehaviourChapter 9: Effects of Experience on the Physiology of Taste Discrimination in InsectsChapter 10: Evolutionary Biology of Learning in Insect: The Search for Food
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Satori Ediciones La dama que amaba los insectos y otros relatos
Book SynopsisFascinantes perlas literarias aderezadas con humor, elegancia y refinamiento. Compilado por mano anónima entre los siglos XI y XII.En una sociedad estrictamente regulada y construida en torno a las más refinadas apariencias, una dama se rebela contra las imposiciones y el decoro causando estupor entre los cortesanos y provocando la desazón de sus padres. Mientras que sus compañeras disfrutan contemplando las delicadas y elegantes mariposas, ella prefiere las denostadas orugas; mientras que las jóvenes aristócratas se rasuran las cejas y se tiñen los dientes de negro siguiendo la moda de la capital, ella rechaza los convencionalismos y sonríe mostrando sus dientes inmaculados. La dama rechaza los artificios y la superficialidad e ignora las burlas y comentarios que suscita su excéntrica actitud pues ha descubierto que solo los espíritus libres de apariencias pueden llegar a ver la auténtica naturaleza de las cosas.
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Zootrópolis 2. Gran Libro de la película
Book SynopsisLa ciudad de Zootrópolis vuelve a estar en peligro, y, esta vez, la amenaza tiene escamasUn misterioso reptil se ha colado en la metrópolis y ha desatado el caos. La agente Judy Hopps y su inseparable socio, Nick Wilde, deberán infiltrarse en zonas jamás exploradas: desde pantanos ocultos hasta desiertos implacables donde nada es lo que parece. Mientras la investigación avanza, su amistad se verá puesta a prueba como nunca antes. Entre persecuciones, secretos y nuevas alianzas, Judy y Nick tendrán que descubrir si su vínculo es lo bastante fuerte para salvar Zootrópolis una vez más.
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LEGARE STREET PR Coleoptera Hesperidum Being An Enumeration Of The Coleopterous Insects Of The Cape Verde Archipelago
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Editorial Planeta Mexicana S.A. de C.V. Octópolis Octopolis
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Other Press LLC Phytopolis
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Necrópolis
Book SynopsisEl campamento de Carranque vive momentos dulces. Tras haber sobrevivido el ataque del Padre Isidro y sus enloquecedoras huestes de caminantes, los supervivientes se entregan a ensoñaciones y esperanzas de futuro propiciadas por los descubrimientos del doctor Rodríguez.Juan Aranda, su líder, decide utilizar su nueva condición para explorar la ciudad en busca de otras personas que continúen todavía con vida. Sin embargo, han pasado ya tres meses desde que se iniciara la pandemia zombi que asoló el planeta y sobrevivir es cada día más duro. Su periplo personal, no exento de vicisitudes, le aleja de Carranque, donde mientras tanto una serie de acontecimientos amenazan con convertirlo en una ciudad de muertos: una necrópolis.En 2009, Carlos Sisí sorprendió a los lectores españoles con una novela que situaba el apocalipsis zombi en las soleadas tierras malagueñas. Los caminantes supuso el pistoletazo de salida para una saga que, diez años después, ha acabado siendo un referente del género en nuestro país.
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