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Crime Scene Processing Laboratory Manual and Workbook

by Patrick Jones, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A.
Ralph E. Williams, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A.

  • Presents the real-world experience of crime scene processing
  • Provides simple directions for each assignment
  • Includes a list of equipment and supplies needed for each exercise
  • Contains numerous templates for proper documentation of evidence

Only $39.95! ORDER NOW!

How to Make an Awesome Insect Collection!

Timothy Gibb, Purdue University, Indiana, U.S.A.

How to Make an Awesome Insect Collection! (ID-401) is a first basic but comprehensive resource for students interested in collecting insects. It's a "must have" for beginning insect collectors in middle and high school, 4-H, and FFA. Based on an understanding of the principles of how insects live, behave, develop, and reproduce, the book teaches students how to collect, identify, and display insects. Its 200-plus pages are full of how-to illustrations, color photos, and descriptions of common insects. The book also includes a key to identifying insect orders and contains labels, card points, check lists, and many references on how to make or where to obtain essential insect collecting supplies. While there are other advanced texts about insects, this book focuses on the basics for all beginning entomologists, FFA and 4-H students interested in insect science.

Only $15! ORDER NOW!

Fishing in the Entomological Stream

Edited by J. Green, T. Heidel & L. Murdock
Illustrated by T. Heidel

A collection of stories written by Purdue Entomology students about their personal experiences with the insect world.

Only $25.95! ORDER NOW!

Why did the Chicken Cross the Road?

by Larry Murdock

A collection of essays on outmoded phrases and words we still use in everyday speech, told with the help of childhood memories, bits of Midwestern history, and liberal dashes of humor.

Only $19.95! ORDER NOW!

Arthropod Collection and Identification

By Timothy Gibb, Purdue University, Indiana, U.S.A.
Christian Oseto, Purdue University, Indiana, U.S.A.

  • Over 400 professionally drawn illustrations
  • Identification keys to find arthropod orders
  • Comprehensive reading list
  • Detailed glossary of terms

Only $40.95! ORDER NOW!

Flies in the Face of Fashion, Mites Make Right, and Other BUGdacious Tales

by Tom Turpin

If you want to get downright buggy, pick up this wonderful collection of insect tales from the "Bug Bowl" guru, Tom Turpin. After you're through, you'll know more about the six-legged kingdom and its occupants than any bookworm that you run across. How does insect suturing work? Which insect did the ancient Egyptians worship as a god? What did Ogden Nash have to say about termites? Which insect produces "Turkey Red" dye? What bug has survived for 300 million years? How does a horse fly manage to fly without its head? Each tale is easily accessible, provides fun and scientific facts, and is self-contained. Juveniles and adults alike will be fascinated with the world of Turpin's bugs. The nicely illustrated collection won't give you ants in your pants, but just might put a flea in your ear.

Only $11.66! ORDER NOW!