The subtitle of the above book is Predators, Parasites and Partners That Shape Who We are Today and it proved irrestible to me.  The author is a professor in the biology department of North Carolina State University and has written extensively for magazines like National Geographic, Scientific American, Natural History, BBC Wildlife and Seed. 

The theme of the book is how we evolved in a world of parasites and predators that we have mostly eliminated in our environment, but our bodies are still ticking along with the internal systems we evolved

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February 2, 2012                                                                                         

    Recommended by a teacher, the book Dope sick is based in the realism found in many of the popular urban fiction titles. But Myers gives the nod to acclaimed South American writers Isabel Allende and Gabriel Garcia Marquez by adding magical realism to his usual NYC inner-city setting. It opens with a young man, Lil J, on the run from the police with a bullet in his arm. Then the book takes a detour into fantastic realms when Lil J runs into an abandoned building.

    A funny!  I was delighted  to discover that the book Dog on it by Spencer Quinn was a hoot.  Not expecting anything beyond a cozy PI book, Dog on it turned out to be one of the better reads this year. This series is told by Chet the Jet, an almost K9 trained mutt.