I honestly think everyone should read this book or a book like it, due to our current problems with breeding antibiotic resistant strains of microbes and making our kids asthmatic. But also if you love other life forms in any way, you'll want to read this book just to learn about the ones that live around you.

I finally learned what the heck might be the weird little fly that kept appearing near my bathroom sink drain despite the seeming total absence of food there: a drain fly, appropriately enough!