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    Galileo's glassworks the telescope and the mirror / by Reeves, Eileen Adair

    Published 2008
    Table of Contents: “…The daily mirror of empire -- Idle inventions -- Obscure procedures and odd opponents -- The Dutch telescope and the French mirror -- The afterlife of a legend.…”
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    In the company of crows and ravens by Marzluff, John M.

    Published 2005
    Table of Contents: “…-- Intertwined ecologies and mutual destinies -- Inspiration for legend, literature, art, and language -- The social customs and culture of crows -- Communication and culture -- Reaping what we sow -- Centering the balance -- Future interactions.…”
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    Spider by Michalska, Katarzyna

    Published 2010
    Table of Contents: “…Introduction : spiders on the wall and elsewhere -- Some basic zoological facts -- Arachnophobia -- Venom and cold intellect : the spider and its web in the European intellectual tradition -- The femme fatale and eroticism -- Oppressive mothers, dreams and Louise Bourgeois -- Spiders in art and caricature -- Myth and folklore -- Urban legends -- Spider goes Hollywood.…”
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