For Love of Insects Author:Thomas Eisner Independent Publisher Book Award for Best Science Book Winner of the 2003 Professional/Scholarly Publishing Award of the Association of American Publishers, Biology Category Imagine beetles ejecting defensive sprays as hot as boiling water; female moths holding their mates for ransom; caterpillars disguising themselves as flowers by fastening ... more »petals to their bodies; termites emitting a viscous glue to rally fellow soldiers—and you will have entered an insect world once beyond imagining, a world observed and described down to its tiniest astonishing detail by Thomas Eisner. "Prepare to be amazed. Brimming with enthusiasm, Eisner reveals a world of unbelievable majesty and complexity in the simplest of insects. The photographs alone are worth the price of the book, but the text crackles with the electricity of a brilliant genius at work." —David Lukas, Los Angeles Times "A fascinating and highly unusual book … Anyone fascinated by the endless diversity of nature, who prefers quirky fact to highfalutin theory or who simply likes to share someone else's passion, will find this book a delight." —Derek Bickerton, New York Times Book Review "There are few books which present the fullness of a life in science as powerfully, as modestly, and as enchantingly as this one … For Love of Insects is not only a delight to read, but, with its amazing photographs, a visual feast, too." —Oliver Sacks, author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat« less