{"product_id":"blight-fungi-and-the-coming-pandemic-9781324007012","title":"Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic","description":"\u003cp\u003eFungi are everywhere. Most are harmless; some are helpful. A few are killers. Collectively, infectious fungi are the most devastating agents of disease on earth, and a fungus that can persist in the environment without its host is here to stay. In \u003cem\u003eBlight\u003c\/em\u003e, Emily Monosson documents how trade, travel, and a changing climate are making us all more vulnerable to invasion. Populations of bats, frogs, and salamanders face extinction. In the Northwest, America's beloved national parks are covered with the spindly corpses of whitebark pines. Food crops are under siege, threatening our coffee, bananas, and wheat--and, more broadly, our global food security. \u003cem\u003eCandida auris\u003c\/em\u003e, drug-resistant and resilient, infects hospital patients and those with weakened immune systems. \u003cem\u003eCoccidioides\u003c\/em\u003e, which lives in drier dusty regions, may cause infection in apparently healthy people. The horrors go on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet prevention is not impossible. Tracing the history of fungal spread and the most recent discoveries in the field, Monosson meets scientists who are working tirelessly to protect species under threat, and whose innovative approaches to fungal invasion have the potential to save human lives. Delving into case studies at once fascinating, sobering, and hopeful, \u003cem\u003eBlight\u003c\/em\u003e serves as a wake-up call, a reminder of the delicate interconnectedness of the natural world, and a lesson in seeing life on our planet with renewed humility and awe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emily Monosson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.34w x 1.05d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324007012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2023 pg. 6","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":41100110790771,"sku":"9.78132E+12","price":32.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_b66b3e89-5673-4589-8ed9-097b40addd87.jpg?v=1700141323","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/blight-fungi-and-the-coming-pandemic-9781324007012","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}