{"product_id":"rats-observations-on-the-history-habitat-of-the-citys-most-unwanted-inhabitants-9781582344775","title":"Rats: Observations on the History \u0026 Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Public Library Book for the Teenager \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Public Library Book to Remember \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePSLA Young Adult Top 40 Nonfiction Titles of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEngaging...a lively, informative compendium of facts, theories, and musings.-Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBehold the rat, dirty and disgusting  Robert Sullivan turns the lowly rat into the star of this most perversely intriguing, remarkable, and unexpectedly elegant \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLove them or loathe them, rats are here to stay-they are city dwellers as much as (or more than) we are, surviving on the effluvia of our society. In \u003ci\u003eRats\u003c\/i\u003e, the critically acclaimed bestseller, Robert Sullivan spends a year investigating a rat-infested alley just a few blocks away from Wall Street. Sullivan gets to know not just the beast but its friends and foes: the exterminators, the sanitation workers, the agitators and activists who have played their part in the centuries-old war between human city dweller and wild city rat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSullivan looks deep into the largely unrecorded history of the city and its masses-its herds-of-rats-like mob. Funny, wise, sometimes disgusting but always compulsively readable, \u003ci\u003eRats\u003c\/i\u003e earns its unlikely place alongside the great classics of nature writing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith an all-new Afterword by the author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/11\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781582344775\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2005 pg. 109\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMen's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2010 pg. 35\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e86054 \/ Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.1 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 14\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Robert Sullivan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36660549812380,"sku":"9781582344775","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e973b3df-787f-4025-9a38-415c8d6a59d8.jpg?v=1603896984","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/rats-observations-on-the-history-habitat-of-the-citys-most-unwanted-inhabitants-9781582344775","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}