Parasites: Tales of Humanity's Most Unwelcome Guests

by RosemaryDrisdelle (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2011

  $44.69

  Hidden away within living tissues, parasites are all around us - and inside us. They have played an enormous role in civilizations through time and around the globe. This book puts amoebae, roundworms, tapeworms, mites, and others at the center of the action as human cultures have evolved and declined.

• New

  Hardcover
  2010

  $75.86

  Hidden away within living tissues, parasites are all around us - and inside us. This book puts amoebae, roundworms, tapeworms, mites, and others at the center of the action as human cultures have evolved and declined. It shows their role in exploration, war, and even terrorist plots, often through an unpredictable ripple effect.