Chrysalis : Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis

Chrysalis

Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis

By
Kim Todd
Kim Todd
2007 • 328 pages

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62 books

Mostly Plants

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Emma
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
The Botany of Desire
The Orchid Thief
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Fifty Plants that Changed the Course of History
Weeds: How Vagabond Plants Gatecrashed Civilisation and Changed the Way We Think About Nature
Teaching the Trees: Lessons from the Forest

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7 books

Biography

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Lory
A royal experiment
Chrysalis : Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis
How to Live
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder
John Adams
Sometimes You Have to Lie: The Life and Times of Louise Fitzhugh, Renegade Author of Harriet the Spy
Ich bin ein Geschichtenerzähler

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66 books

Non Fiction

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The Good Soldiers
Young Stalin
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
1776
Three Cups of Tea
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain

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23 books

Armchair Travel

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Judy
Cutting for Stone
The Discovery of Jeanne Baret
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Chrysalis : Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis
Sweetness in the belly
Parrot and Olivier in America
The Palace of the Snow Queen: Winter Travels in Lapland

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66 books

History

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Judy
The Evolution of God
Carnage and Culture
The Discovery of Jeanne Baret
Chrysalis : Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis
Blood Work
Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Parrot and Olivier in America

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4 books

Women Explorers

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Judy
The Discovery of Jeanne Baret
Chrysalis : Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis
The Life and Times of Mary Vaux Walcott
Coming of Age in Samoa

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13 books

Art History

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Judy
The Forest Lover
Carr, O'Keeffe, Kahlo
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Chrysalis : Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis
The Lady and the Unicorn
Girl in Hyacinth Blue
Clara and Mr. Tiffany

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29 books

Biography

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Young Stalin
My Life in France
The Forest Lover
Carr, O'Keeffe, Kahlo
Remarkable Creatures
The Discovery of Jeanne Baret

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4 books

Botany

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Judy
The Discovery of Jeanne Baret
Chrysalis : Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis
The Life and Times of Mary Vaux Walcott
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from A Secret World

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3 books

Exploration

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The Discovery of Jeanne Baret
Chrysalis : Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis
Caribbean

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Ready

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Landskipping: Painters, Ploughmen and Places
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Victorians Undone: Tales of the Flesh in the Age of Decorum
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Shanghai Grand: Forbidden Love and International Intrigue in a Doomed World
The Isles: A History
The Pride of the Yankees: Lou Gehrig, Gary Cooper, and the Making of a Classic

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Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul
Aviators, The: Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the Epic Age of Flight
Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
Cahokia: Ancient America's Great City on the Mississippi
Beasts: What Animals Can Teach Us About the Origins of Good and Evil
Becoming Queen

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Storytel

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De Bourgondiërs: aartsvaders van de Lage Landen
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De meeste mensen deugen
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Nature Gardening Agriculture

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The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide
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The Elephant Whisperer
A Feathered River Across the Sky: The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction
Beasts: What Animals Can Teach Us About the Origins of Good and Evil

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Women

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Nothing daunted the unexpected education of two society girls in the West
Millions Like Us
Daughters of Britannia: The Lives and Times of Diplomatic Wives
Lady Almina and the real Downton Abbey the lost legacy of Highclere Castle
Call the Midwife
The Girls of Atomic City
The art of acquiring

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80 books

Art

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The Monuments Men
Effie: The Passionate Lives of Effie Gray, John Ruskin and Millais
The Hare with Amber Eyes
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher
Lizzie Siddal: The Tragedy of a Pre-Raphaelite Supermodel
The art of acquiring

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Science And Engineering

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Built: The Hidden Stories Behind our Structures
Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight
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Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain
Evolution Gone Wrong: The Curious Reasons Why Our Bodies Work
Robotics, AI, and Humanity: Science, Ethics, and Policy
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning

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Biology

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The Invisible Enemy: A Natural History of Viruses
Gory Details
Philosophy of Biology
The Book of Genes and Genomes

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Nonfiction

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Empty Mansions
How to be a Victorian
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Is That a Fish in Your Ear? Translation and the Meaning of Everything
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran

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59 books

Zoology

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Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps
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Bears: A Brief History
Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
The Secret Life of Lobsters
Sexus Animalis
Platypus Matters: The Extraordinary Story of Australian Mammals