Introduction: A Mouse Is Miracle Enough |
ix |
Author's Note |
xv |
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I. FACES UNLIKE OURS |
1 |
The Face of a Spider |
3 |
Thinking About Earthworms |
10 |
The Thing with Feathers |
17 |
Nasty Habits |
25 |
Stalking the Gentle Piranha |
32 |
See No Evil |
40 |
Turnabout |
47 |
The Selfhood of a Spoon Worm |
54 |
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II. WILD NOTIONS |
61 |
The Descent of the Dog |
63 |
Street Trees |
70 |
The Ontological Giraffe |
77 |
The Lonesome Ape |
84 |
Stranger than Truth |
90 |
Deep Thoughts |
97 |
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III. FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS |
105 |
Island Getaway |
107 |
Talk Is Cheap |
114 |
Icebreaker |
122 |
Agony in the Garden |
132 |
The Poseidon Shales |
140 |
The Beautiful and Damned |
147 |
Provide, Provide |
155 |
The Flight of the Iguana |
161 |
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IV. THE MORAL ECOLOGY OF A DESERT |
177 |
The Beaded Lizard |
179 |
Drinking the Desert Juices |
203 |
The Desert Is a Mnemonic Device |
211 |
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V. CHAMBERS OF MEMORY |
231 |
The Miracle of the Geese |
233 |
Swamp Odyssey |
241 |
The Siphuncle |
261 |
The Same River Twice |
270 |
Partial Sources |
279 |