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Slippery BeastCondition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9781419765858 Year: 2024 Publisher: ABRAMS Description: A fascinating account of a deeply mysterious creaturethe eelmixing true crime, natural history, travel, and big business Ellen Ruppel Shells Slippery Beast is a fascinating account of a deeply mysterious creaturethe eela thrilling saga of true crime, natural history, travel, and big business. What is it about eels? Depending on who you ask, they are a pest, a
Condition: BRAND NEWISBN: 9781419765858
Year: 2024
Publisher: ABRAMS
Description:
A fascinating account of a deeply mysterious creature—the eel—mixing true crime, natural history, travel, and big business
Ellen Ruppel Shell’s Slippery Beast is a fascinating account of a deeply mysterious creature—the eel—a thrilling saga of true crime, natural history, travel, and big business.
What is it about eels? Depending on who you ask, they are a pest, a fascination, a threat, a pot of gold. What they are not is predictable. Eels emerged some 200 million years ago, weathered mass extinctions and continental shifts, and were once among the world’s most abundant freshwater fish. But since the 1970s their numbers have plummeted. Because eels—as unagi—are another thing: delicious.
In Slippery Beast, journalist Ellen Ruppel Shell travels in the world of “eel people,” pursuing a burgeoning fascination with this mysterious and highly coveted creature. Despite centuries of study by celebrated thinkers from Aristotle to Leeuwenhoek to a young Sigmund Freud, much about eels remains unknown, including exactly how eels beget other eels. Eels cannot be bred reliably in captivity, and as a result, infant eels are unbelievably valuable. A pound of the tiny, translucent, bug-eyed “elvers” caught in the cold fresh waters of Maine can command $3,000 or more on the black market. Illegal trade in eels is an international scandal measured in billions of dollars every year. In Maine, federal investigators have risked their lives to bust poaching rings, including the notorious half-decade-long “Operation Broken Glass.”
Ruppel Shell follows the elusive eel from Maine to the Sargasso Se
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★★★★★ 5
Nice small bar cart
Color: Brown(17"w）, Color: Brown(17"w）
We have a bar area but it’s downstairs and we are usually upstairs so it’s not convenient. I wanted a little cart to hold a few items but not be in the way. After looking all over the Internet I found this one for a good price. I liked the ability to remove the top so we can bring just that into the kitchen or living room and it looks nice. I had to put it together and it wasn’t too difficult, took about 30 min, HOWEVER I used a ratcheting screwdriver with an Allen wrench attachment or else it would have taken a lot longer! (It does come with the little Allen wrench included so you don’t have to purchase any tools.) All the parts were labeled well and included a couple extra screws. I tightened it up good and it’s sturdy. It doesn’t take up a lot of space. If you just need a small cart this will work!
PS you can opt to leave off the parts that hold the wine glass if you don’t need them/ or want more space on that middle shelf
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Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Wife’s wish comes true!
Color: Brown(24.8"w), Color: Brown(24.8"w)
Great product, at a great price, and fast delivery!
I ordered these gifts (the cart, Bartesian Bartesian Premium Cocktail and Margarita Machine, Dust Cover, Margaritas Dipping Dishes, and individual drinks cups) as a Christmas gift for my wife!
She always wanted to have a “Drinks and Wine Cart”…and she loves them!
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Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2026
★★★★★ 4
Ninjavan delivery not recommended
Color: Brown(24.8"w)
Bar cart came with instructions that were easy to follow for assembly. Size and height were as expected.
The real problem was the delivery. Ninjavan was not able to deliver on time and kept saying that the wrong address was provided. Item was supposed to arrive on Dec 15 however, we reached out to Amazon about the problem and they sent a new item which arrived December 30 using a different courier.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Sturdy space saving cute little wine/alcohol cart on wheels
Color: Brown(24.8"w), Color: Brown(24.8"w)
Sturdy space saving cute little wine/alcohol cart on wheels. Very well designed. Took a while to put together because there were so many pieces but it was easy and it was worth it. High quality. Bought it on Black Friday and got an amazing deal.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Muy bueno
Color: Brown(17"w）
My husband loved his mini bar; it's excellent quality, each piece arrived in perfect condition, and it was very easy to assemble. Highly recommended if you want to organize and maintain every space in your home with a special touch.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2026