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The Secret Life of Dust
From the Cosmos to the Kitchen Counter, the Big Consequences
of Little Things
By Hanna Holmes
| Our interest in this book began the moment we picked it up. With this book, we naturally began with the dust cover which said, "Some see dust as a dull stuff, useless, at best, and sneeze-inducing at worst. But in the hands of writer Hannah Holms, dust becomes a dazzling and mysterious force." And a blurb from Time magazine said, "This book is nothing to sneeze at." That had us hooked. We had to read this book. We don't think that ever before has so much been written about so little . . . 239 pages . . . a dusty journey through the ages . . . that’s what we like . . . making a mole hill out of a mountain . . . celebrating the ordinary. As Time magazine said, This book is nothing to sneeze at . . dust did in the dinos and suffocated the Pompeians; today its industrial version can kill. But without it? No earth, The planet is melted dust." What to Dull Men think about dust? Like with most things, there is the good and the bad. Dust, of course, can be a nuisance . . . housewives hate it . . . and it can even be harmful if it is spreading germs. On the other hand, there are some things we like about dust: we like its color (most of the dust that we see is gray or beige, our two favorite colors); we like to read a book like this about dust; we like to dust. |
Did we find anything missing from the book? Yes. There are no pictures.
Where to find it in the USA:
Click here: The
Secret Life of Dust: From the Cosmos...
Where to find it in UK:
Click here: The Secret Life of Dust from the Cosmos
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