An introduction to the domesticated silkworm moth, raised on farms in Japan and elsewhere for the sake of the silk thread out of which its cocoons are construct

For use in schools and libraries only. Details the stages of a silkworm's development, shows the role of silk-thread production in its life, and explains how si

Describes the physical characteristics, habits and stages of development of silkworms, as well as how they are raised to produce silk.

Private investigator Cormoran Strike must track down a missing writer -- and a sinister killer bent on destruction -- in this "wonderfully entertaining" mystery

The definitive biography of Tsien Hsue-Shen, the pioneer of the American space age who was mysteriously accused of being a communist, deported, and became -- to