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Also by Amy Stewart:

Girl Waits with Gun, September 2015
Hardcover / e-Book
The Drunken Botanist, March 2013
Hardcover / e-Book
Wicked Bugs, May 2011
Hardcover
Wicked Plants, June 2009
Hardcover
Flower Confidential, January 2007
Hardcover

WICKED BUGS
By: Amy Stewart

The Louse That Conquered Napoleon's Army & Other Diabolical Insects

Algonquin Books
May 2011
On Sale: May 3, 2011
288 pages
ISBN: 1565129601
EAN: 9781565129603
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction

In this darkly comical look at the sinister side of our relationship with the natural world, Stewart has tracked down over one hundred of our worst entomological foes—creatures that infest, infect, and generally wreak havoc on human affairs. From the world’s most painful hornet, to the flies that transmit deadly diseases, to millipedes that stop traffic, to the “bookworms” that devour libraries, to the Japanese beetles munching on your roses, Wicked Bugs delves into the extraordinary powers of six- and eight-legged creatures.

With wit, style, and exacting research, Stewart has uncovered the most terrifying and titillating stories of bugs gone wild. It’s an A to Z of insect enemies, interspersed with sections that explore bugs with kinky sex lives (“She’s Just Not That Into You”), creatures lurking in the cupboard (“Fear No Weevil”), insects eating your tomatoes (“Gardener’s Dirty Dozen”), and phobias that feed our (sometimes) irrational responses to bugs (“Have No Fear”).

Intricate and strangely beautiful etchings and drawings by Briony Morrow-Cribbs capture diabolical bugs of all shapes and sizes in this mixture of history, science, murder, and intrigue that begins—but doesn’t end—in your own backyard.

Media Buzz

Weekend Edition Saturday - April 30, 2011
Fresh Air - NPR - April 25, 2011