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Books with author Adrian Forsyth

  • How Monkeys Make Chocolate: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Rainforest

    Adrian Forsyth

    Hardcover (Owlkids, July 12, 2006)
    In How Monkeys Make Chocolate renowned ecologist Adrian Forsyth introduces the people, plants, and animals of the world’s rain forests through exciting first-hand stories and stunning color photographs. He visits aboriginal shamans and imitates the behavior of animals to tap into the inner workings of various rain forests, revealing a world of riches with unsuspected connections to everyday life. His adventures expose the amazing origins of familiar products, including chocolate, cola, aspirin, and rubber, and offer tantalizing glimpses of the discoveries yet to be made. With visual force and vivid anecdotes, Forsyth instills a deep wonder for the web of life and the importance of conserving these fragile ecosystems.
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  • Exploring the World of Insects: The Equinox Guide to Insect Behavior

    Adrian Forsyth

    Paperback (Camden House, Oct. 1, 1992)
    Discusses insect characteristics and behavior, including camouflage, defenses, life cycle, diet, predators, movement, courtship, habitat, symbiosis, and communication
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  • How Monkeys Make Chocolate: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Rain Forest

    Adrian Forsyth

    Paperback (Owlkids, July 12, 2006)
    In How Monkeys Make Chocolate renowned ecologist Adrian Forsyth introduces the people, plants, and animals of the world’s rain forests through exciting first-hand stories and stunning color photographs. He visits aboriginal shamans and imitates the behavior of animals to tap into the inner workings of various rain forests, revealing a world of riches with unsuspected connections to everyday life. His adventures expose the amazing origins of familiar products, including chocolate, cola, aspirin, and rubber, and offer tantalizing glimpses of the discoveries yet to be made. With visual force and vivid anecdotes, Forsyth instills a deep wonder for the web of life and the importance of conserving these fragile ecosystems.
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  • Exploring the World of Insects: The Equinox Guide to Insect Behavior

    Adrian Forsyth

    Library Binding (Camden House, Oct. 1, 1992)
    Fleas that can leap eight hundred times farther than their body length, grasshoppers that can draw human blood with a kick, and other amazing insects and their strategies for survival are described in a survey of the teeming insect world.
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  • How Monkeys Make Chocolate: Foods and Medicines from the Rainforests

    Adrian Forsyth

    Paperback (Maple Tree Press, Sept. 1, 1995)
    Exploring the natural history of common and uncommon foods and medicines, an examination of the relationship between the rainforests and science explains why it is so important to learn about and preserve the rainforests,
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  • How Monkeys Make Chocolate: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Rainforest

    Adrian Forsyth

    Hardcover (Owlkids Books, July 12, 2006)
    In How Monkeys Make Chocolate renowned ecologist Adrian Forsyth introduces the people, plants, and animals of the world’s rain forests through exciting first-hand stories and stunning color photographs. He visits aboriginal shamans and imitates the behavior of animals to tap into the inner workings of various rain forests, revealing a world of riches with unsuspected connections to everyday life. His adventures expose the amazing origins of familiar products, including chocolate, cola, aspirin, and rubber, and offer tantalizing glimpses of the discoveries yet to be made. With visual force and vivid anecdotes, Forsyth instills a deep wonder for the web of life and the importance of conserving these fragile ecosystems.
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  • The Architecture of Animals: The Equinox Guide to Wildlife Structures

    Adrian Forsyth

    Paperback (Camden House, July 1, 1989)
    Explores the range of sophisticated structures built by insects, fish, reptiles, birds, and mammals
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  • Journey Through a Tropical Jungle

    Adrian Forsyth

    Library Binding (Simon & Schuster, Feb. 1, 1989)
    Presents in text and photographs some of the plants, animals, and people that live in the the tropical rain forest of Costa Rica.
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  • How Monkeys Make Chocolate: Foods and Medicines from the Rainforests

    Adrian Forsyth

    Hardcover (Maple Tree Press, Sept. 1, 1995)
    Exploring the natural history of common and uncommon foods and medicines, an examination of the relationship between the rainforests and science explains why it is so important to learn about and preserve the rainforests.
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  • The Architecture of Animals: The Equinox Guide to Wildlife Structures

    Adrian Forsyth

    Hardcover (Camden House Publishing, March 15, 1992)
    Book by Adrian Forsyth
  • Exploring the World of Insects: The Equinox Guide to Insect Behaviour

    Adrian Forsyth

    Paperback (Diane Pub Co, )
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  • How Monkeys Make Chocolate: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Rain Forest

    Adrian Forsyth

    Paperback (Owlkids Books, July 12, 2006)
    In How Monkeys Make Chocolate renowned ecologist Adrian Forsyth introduces the people, plants, and animals of the world’s rain forests through exciting first-hand stories and stunning color photographs. He visits aboriginal shamans and imitates the behavior of animals to tap into the inner workings of various rain forests, revealing a world of riches with unsuspected connections to everyday life. His adventures expose the amazing origins of familiar products, including chocolate, cola, aspirin, and rubber, and offer tantalizing glimpses of the discoveries yet to be made. With visual force and vivid anecdotes, Forsyth instills a deep wonder for the web of life and the importance of conserving these fragile ecosystems.
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