{"product_id":"our-wild-familiars-hardcover-by-dan-werb","title":"Our Wild Familiars Hardcover by Dan Werb","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eKnopf Canada\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2026-07-14)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e336\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781039056824\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e498.96\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e23.88 x 16.23 x 2.9\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail \u003c\/i\u003eBest New Book of Summer 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA dazzling journey into the hidden lives of the wild animals who’ve found ingenious ways to survive and thrive in human communities—from Writers' Trust Weston Prize-winning author and renowned Canadian epidemiologist Dan Werb.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynanthropes—or wild animals who live alongside humans—have always been an immutable part of the tapestry of our lives. They are the reason we hear birdsong in the morning and skittering throughout the day, and why we take such pains to fix lids to our garbage cans. But they are so much more than that, too: epidemic vectors, churners of soil, ecosystem evolvers, spiritual lodestars, and, sometimes, sharp-toothed marauders making their way through our most intimate spaces with cruel intent. But beyond their quotidian impact on our lives, synanthropes have a critical part to play in how our communities are shaped and how sustainably they will function. These creatures are ambassadors from nature, arbiters of our planet’s future, and a key influence on our species’ ongoing evolution; and something essential has shifted with them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe are entering a fraught era of environmental disruption, habitat destruction, and human population expansion that is ravaging formerly wild and untouched lands. And with that, we are coming face to face with an entirely new class of synanthropes that are bringing chaos and danger—as well as opportunity—to our doorstep. These creatures, so long dismissed, are forcing us to reckon with them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough vivid storytelling, \u003ci\u003eOur Wild Familiars\u003c\/i\u003e brings to spectacular life the world’s most successful synanthropes, from bats, raccoons, and crows, to some of its weirdest, including the Giant Pacific Octopus. Acting as a guide to the curious, Werb reveals how the cracks in our millennia-long efforts to shield ourselves against the outside world might just lead us to a new and necessary harmony with nature—or to an ever more savage future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDan Werb, PhD\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning writer and epidemiologist whose work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, Salon, Believer Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other outlets in Canada and the US. He is an Assistant Professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, and Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health at the University of California San Diego. Werb is the author of two previous books, \u003ci\u003eCity of Omens\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Siege, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich won the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. Dan Werb lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46690435825825,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781039056824","price":34.2,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781039056824.jpg?v=1784016882","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/our-wild-familiars-hardcover-by-dan-werb","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}