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I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Pishier (Pierre Girard); Alan Mills; Contributions by Thomas Hellman, Emilie Clepper
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Discovery Miles 2 980
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The Hungry Goat (Hardcover)
Alan Mills; Illustrated by Abner Graboff
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Discovery Miles 3 510
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The (very) hungry goat has a big appetite which gets him into all
kinds of adventures. He'll eat anything, from pigs swill to frying
pans and even barbed wire. As a result he grows fatter and fatter
until one day he gobbles up something that sends him on the biggest
adventure of all. Abner Graboff's timeless illustrations bring this
greedy animal to life in a comic rhyming tale for younger children.
In parts a whimsical and entertaining story, in others an
informative guide by a knowledgeable and much-respected
professional in his field, this highly readable portrayal of Alan
Mills' life and adventures is told in an appealing tone, rooted in
the history of the times and places where he has practised his
craft. A son of Southern Africa, the author has enjoyed a
privileged life of good fortune. He has worked in Rhodesia (now
Zimbabwe), England, South Africa, Australia and Ireland. Pathology
has been his life. It was how he earned a living, and in retirement
has become his hobby. In his autobiography he shares the highs and
lows of his own long and interesting career in pathology, in
addition to a well-researched guide to medical history. A framework
of great medical advances is linked to Nobel Laureates, with
comments on their lives. The role of the pathologist in medical
research is stressed. The author has traced the evolution of human
beings, from earliest life forms through our ancestral 'African
Eve' in East Africa to the present day. This development is coupled
with genetic information relating to such things as oncogenes and
how they relate to cancer, and other diseases. This enlightening
book has an easy, chatty style, and is not without humour and a
little poetry.
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