Broadsides from the Other Orders, Sue Hubbell
Broadsides from the Other Orders, Sue Hubbell
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Broadsides from the Other Orders
A Book of Bugs

Author: Sue Hubbell

Narrator: Barbara Caruso

Unabridged: 8 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/26/2011

Categories: Nonfiction, Science

Synopsis

Most of us think of bugs as pesky creatures we inadvertently squish beneath our feet. Under the microscope of Sue Hubbell’s keen eye there emerges a world we rarely take the time to see. Noting in her opening chapter that for every pound of us there are 300 pounds of bugs, Hubbell approaches 13 quirky comrades of our natural world by asking one simple question: “What are they up to?” In addition to her layman’s expertise, Hubbell draws on the knowledge of various entomologists—a gregarious crew who disturb the studied calm of Capitol Hill restaurants by mimicking a katydid’s song or the mating habits of the ladybug.

About Sue Hubbell

Sue Hubbell (1935-2018) was the author of eight books, including A Country Year and New York Times Notable Book A Book of Bees. She wrote for the New Yorker, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Smithsonian, and Time, and was a frequent contributor to the "Hers" column of the New York Times.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim

Hubbell channels Rachel Carson in this wonderful wandering through the bug world. She's environmentally conscious & given to almost poetic maundering about them, from the prettiest to the nastiest. Some passages would be almost pornographic out of context, but it's all good & very interesting. She a......more

Goodreads review by Peacegal

3.5 stars--Broadsides from the Other Orders is fun, thought-provoking, and informative. Insects are everywhere, and our entire ecosystem depends upon them and their activities such as pollination, but few think about or pay attention to them. When we do, it is usually to battle the fraction of bugs......more

Goodreads review by Jason

I rather enjoyed this book. It is several short chapters, each easily read separately and out of order, about bugs. Ms. Hubbell's writing is both elegant, whimsical, entertaining and when it gets to the scientific stuff...just "sciency" enough and and yet not too technical to make the information ea......more

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