Rat City: Overcrowding and Urban Derangement in the Rodent Universes of John B. Calhoun Classics_Gift_Guide So begins the first letter

So begins the first letter that falls into Wang’s lap as he flips down the visor in his taxi

Each illustrated biography brings to life the resilience

cruelty and mercy

retire early

talk about—and don’t talk about—our bodies and our well-being

Rat City: Overcrowding and Urban Derangement in the Rodent Universes of John B. Calhoun Classics_Gift_Guide So begins the first letterA New York Times Editors' Choice "Entertaining, phenomenally weird . . . Rat City may well be the worlds first ever work of socio biographical scientific pop history. . . . a freaky romp down a peculiar passage in the history of ideas, full of oddball cameos (Aldous Huxley! Buckminster Fuller!) and some very sharp science writing."The New York Times "Facebook, Yik Yak, Twitter, Twitcheach had a sunny, expansive phase, followed by a descent into