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The Red Hourglass : Lives of the Predators Gordon Grice

Lives of the Predators morbidly fascinating new book, "The Red Hourglass," in which he combines the observations of a naturalist with a dry, Nature's most fearsome predators are nightmarish creatures: the black widow, recognizable the blood-red hourglass shape on its underside; the rattlesnake; the tarantula. With an unnerving sense of delight, Gordon Grice shows that the reality of these creatures' behaviour is in In the eye-popping collection, The Red Hourglass: Lives of the Predators, naturalist Gordon Grice describes female praying mantises who decapitate their mates during sex, wild boars who flatten " THE RED HOURGLASS; Lives Of The Predators Grice, Gordon A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More Gordon Grice is a nature writer and author of THE RED HOURGLASS: Lives of the Predators and DEADLY KINGDOM: The Book of Dangerous Animals. His articles about wildlife and biology have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper s, and Discover. He lives in Wisconsin. The Thumbnail Book John Q McDonald - 26 March 1999. The Red Hourglass Lives of the Predators. Gordon Grice. A man in rural Oklahoma likes to collect the critters that hide in the dark corners of the landscape. The bite of the black widow (red hourglass) spider, Grice explains, is lethal far beyond what is necessary to kill insects, its normal prey; it can slay mice, frogs, The Red Hourglass Lives of the Predators Gordon Grice Paperback, 276 Pages, Published 1999 Delta Mobipocket_Ebook. ISBN-13: 978-0-385-31890-7, MLA Style Citation: DeJager, Cindy "The Red Hourglass - Lives of the Predators, Gordon Grice." The Red Hourglass - Lives of the Predators, Gordon Grice. THE RED HOURGLASS: Lives of the Predators. .BUY NOW FROM. AMAZON BARNES & NOBLE "We're not pure predators like the mantid, but we have the equipment to be," he writes; we also, he continues in a later essay, have a feral and fearsome capacity "to murder, to become demonic," much more so than any other creature. The Red Hourglass: Lives of the Predators, Gordon Grice. The black widow spider is notorious for eating her mate as they copulate, but how many of us know much more than that about this beautiful, mysterious, spider? Grice collects black widows and keeps them in jars and studies them, and he tells us more than we care to know at times. Charting the simple brutality of the lives of these predators, Grice's starkly graceful essays guide us toward startling truths about our own predatory nature. The Red Hourglass brings us face to fanged face with the inadequacy of our distinctions between normal and abnormal, dead and alive, innocent and evil. The red hourglass:lives of the predators. [Gordon Grice] Home. WorldCat Home About WorldCat Help. Search. Search for Library Items Search for Lists Search for Contacts Search for a Library. Create lists, bibliographies and reviews: or Search WorldCat. Find items in libraries near you Get this from a library! The red hourglass:lives of the predators. [Gordon Grice] - Grice explores the violence inherent in the animals near his rural Oklahoma home, describing the behavior of spiders, insects, and snakes. The Red Hourglass: Lives of the Predators. Gordon Grice 4.2 out of 5 stars 24. Kindle $4.99 $ 4. 99 $19.00 $19.00. Audible Audiobook Graces Dawn Super beautiful transparent glass Hourglass Sand Timer 60 minutes with (red) 4.1 out of 5 stars 28. $20.99 $ 20. 99. Get it as soon as Thu, Sep 5. Kill. Eat. Mate. Die. Charting the simple brutality of the lives of these predators, Grice s starkly graceful essays guide us toward startling truths about our own predatory nature. The Red Hourglass brings us face to fanged face with the inadequacy of our distinctions between normal and abnormal, dead and alive, innocent and evil. Editorial Reviews. Review. Gordon Grice, a young essayist from rural western The Red Hourglass: Lives of the Predators Kindle Edition. The Red Hourglass: Lives of the Predators, Gordon Grice e / Book Reviews The black widow spider is notorious for eating her mate as they copulate, but how many of us know much more than that about this beautiful, mysterious, spider The red hourglass: lives of the predators, gordon grice - book-reviews:The Lives of the Predators is fascinating, strange, and scary, all at the same time. Grice writes with such vivid descriptions that you can just about feel the hairy tarantula, and hear the exact sound of the black widows web as you brush all the way through it. Kill. Eat. Mate. Die. Charting the simple brutality of the lives of these predators, Grice's starkly graceful essays guide us toward startling truths about our own predatory nature. The Red Hourglass brings us face to fanged face with the inadequacy of our distinctions between normal and abnormal, dead and alive, innocent and evil. Gordon Grice is a nature writer and author of The Red Hourglass: Lives of the Predators and Deadly Kingdom: The Book of Dangerous Animals. His articles about wildlife and biology have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper s, and Discover. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for The Red Hourglass:Lives of the Predators Gordon Grice (1998, Hardcover) at the best online prices at A video about The Red Hourglass: Lives of the Predators Gordon Grice - 233 views - 0 people liked it. A Dispatch from the Deadly Kingdom. 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