People, Parasites, and Plowshares: Learning from Our Body's Most Terrifying Invaders Cookbook_Gift_Guide author of Gods of the

author of Gods of the Upper Air and Midnight at the Pera Palace

‘Everything this book is celebrating just makes life better - for you and the world around you’ - Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

feral stories

and stargazing

and ready to contribute—rather than disengaged

People, Parasites, and Plowshares: Learning from Our Body's Most Terrifying Invaders Cookbook_Gift_Guide author of Gods of theDickson D. Despommier's vivid, visceral account of the biology, behavior, and history of parasites follows the interplay between these fascinating life forms and human society over thousands of years. Despommier focuses on long term host parasite associations, which have evolved to avoid or even subvert the human immune system. Some parasites do great damage to their hosts, while others have signed a kind of "peace treaty" in exchange for their long