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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Dunn, Rob R., author.
Title: Never home alone : from microbes to millipedes, camel crickets, and honeybees, the natural history of where we live / Rob Dunn.
Description: First edition. | New York, NY : Basic Books, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018015934 (print) | LCCN 2018023036 (ebook) | ISBN 9781541645745 (ebook) | ISBN 9781541645769 (hardcover)
Subjects: LCSH: Biology--Popular works. | Natural history--Popular works.
Classification: LCC QH309 (ebook) | LCC QH309 .D866 2018 (print) | DDC
570—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018015934
ISBNs: 978-1-5416-4576-9 (hardcover); 978-1-5416-4574-5 (ebook)
E3-20180921-JV-NF