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Never Home Alone

From Microbes to Millipedes, Camel Crickets, and Honeybees, the Natural History of Where We Live

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By Rob Dunn

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On Sale
Nov 6, 2018
Page Count
336 pages
Publisher
Basic Books
ISBN-13
9781541645745

Price

$12.99

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$16.99 CAD

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  1. Hardcover
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  3. Trade Paperback

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  1. ebook $12.99 $16.99 CAD
  2. Hardcover $28.00 $36.50 CAD
  3. Audiobook Download (Unabridged) $27.99
  4. Trade Paperback $17.99 $22.99 CAD

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A natural history of the wilderness in our homes, from the microbes in our showers to the crickets in our basements

Even when the floors are sparkling clean and the house seems silent, our domestic domain is wild beyond imagination. In Never Home Alone, biologist Rob Dunn introduces us to the nearly 200,000 species living with us in our own homes, from the Egyptian meal moths in our cupboards and camel crickets in our basements to the lactobacillus lounging on our kitchen counters. You are not alone. Yet, as we obsess over sterilizing our homes and separating our spaces from nature, we are unwittingly cultivating an entirely new playground for evolution. These changes are reshaping the organisms that live with us — prompting some to become more dangerous, while undermining those species that benefit our bodies or help us keep more threatening organisms at bay. No one who reads this engrossing, revelatory book will look at their homes in the same way again.

Genre:

  • Nonfiction
  • Science
  • Natural History

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Rob Dunn

About the Author

Rob Dunn is professor in the Department of Applied Ecology and senior vice provost at North Carolina State University. He is the author of seven previous books, including A Natural History of the Future and Never Home Alone. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.  

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