{"product_id":"rats-robert-sullivan-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\u003e\"Engaging...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\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Sullivan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1582344779\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781582344775\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/11\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\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\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e86054 \/ Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"Robert Sullivan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048112845055,"sku":"9781582344775","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d1c31674-5c3a-4871-8f6e-eb6aae6c274d.jpg?v=1684993958","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rats-robert-sullivan-9781582344775","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}