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September 14 By Community Reads author, Amy Stewart. 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 foescreaturesthat infest, infect, and generally wreak havoc on human affairs. From the worlds mostpainful hornet, to the flies that transmit deadly diseases, to millipedes that stop traffic, to thebookworms that devour libraries, to the Japanese beetles munching on your roses, Wicked Bugsdelves into the extraordinary powers of six- and eight-legged creatures.With wit, style, and exacting research, Stewart has uncovered the most terrifying and titillatingstories of bugs gone wild. Its an A to Z of insect enemies, interspersed with sections thatexplore bugs with kinky sex lives Shes Just Not That Into You, creatures lurking in the cupboardFear No Weevil, insects eating your tomatoes Gardeners Dirty Dozen, and phobiasthat feed our sometimes irrational responses to bugs Have No Fear. Meet Amy Stewart October 15 at the library. Details at https://wcdpl.org/CommunityReads



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Amy Stewart

Amy Stewart is the New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen books, including the new Kopp Sisters series, which began with Girl Waits With Gun. The series is based on the true story of three remarkable sisters who lived in New Jersey a hundred years ago.Amy has also written six nonfiction books on the perils and pleasures of the natural world, including the New York Times bestsellers The Drunken Botanist, Wicked Bugs, Wicked Plants, and Flower Confidential. She lives in Portland with her husband Scott Brown, a rare book dealer. When she isn't writing, she's making art, which you can see on Instagram, or teaching art and writing classes online.



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