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The book frames urban ecology through distinct parts and chapters, moving from the “Neighborhood Ark” and puzzling animal behavior to themes of architecture, intelligence, deep time, and changing relationships between humans and wildlife. It culminates with the Synanthropocene perspective, emphasizing reciprocal listening and presenting humans as a key ecological driver shaping animal lives.","ALSO BY DAN WERB  \nThe Invisible Siege City of Omens  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nC􀂖􀂓􀂛􀂒  \nAn imprint of the Crown Publishing Group  \nA division of Penguin Random House LLC  \n1745 Broadway  \nNew York, NY 10019  \n[crownpublishing.com](crownpublishing.com)  \n[penguinrandomhouse.com](penguinrandomhouse.com)  \nCopyright © 2026 by Grapes Unlimited Incorporated Excerpt from The Invisible Siege copyright © 2022 by Daniel Werb Penguin Random House values and supports copyright. 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Title: Our wild familiars : how animals are adapting to cities and reshaping the natural world / Dan Werb. Identifiers: LCCN 2025050913 (print) | LCCN 2025050914 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593799635 hardcover | ISBN 9781039056824 international edition | ISBN 9780593799642 ebook Subjects: LCSH: Urban ecology (Biology) | Urban animals—Adaptation |Nature—Effect of human beings on | Human-animal relationships Classification: LCC QH541 .5.C6 (print) | LCC  \nQH541 .5.C6 (ebook)  \nLC record available at [https://lccn.loc.gov/2025050913](https://lccn.loc.gov/2025050913)  \nLC ebook record available at [https://lccn.loc.gov/2025050914](https://lccn.loc.gov/2025050914)  \nHardcover ISBN 9780593799635  \nEbook ISBN 9780593799642  \nEditor: Kevin Doughten | Editorial assistant: Jessica Jean Scott | Production editor: Natalie Blachere | Print text designer: Amani Shakrah | Print production: Heather Williamson | Copy editor: Dianna Stirpe | Proofreaders: Rob Sternitzky and Kevin Clift | Indexer: J S Editorial, LLC | Publicist: Lindsay Cook | Marketer: Hannah Perrin | Ebook production manager: Kyle Madigan  \nThe authorized representative in the EU for product safety and compliance is Penguin Random House Ireland, Morrison Chambers, 32 Nassau Street, Dublin D02 YH68, Ireland, [https://eu](https://eu)  \n[contact.penguin.ie](contact.penguin.ie).  \nep_prh_7.3a_ 156711532_c0_r1  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nContents  \nDEDICATION  \nEPIGRAPH  \nPROLOGUE Death and Desire  \nPART I The Neighborhood Ark  \nCHAPTER 1 Puzzles CHAPTER 2 The Tower  \nCHAPTER 3 The Soft Intelligence CHAPTER 4 Grave Architecture  \nPART II Damnatio ad Bestias CHAPTER 5 Neophytes  \nCHAPTER 6 The New Animism CHAPTER 7 Deep Time  \nPART III The Synanthropocene  \nCHAPTER 8 Embracing the Widow Makers CHAPTER 9 Listening to Animals  \nEPILOGUE Humans, a Species of Least Concern  \nAUTHOR’S NOTE  \nACKNOWLEDGMENTS  \nNOTES  \nINDEX  \nEXCERPT FROM THE INVISIBLE SIEGE  \nABOUT THE AUTHOR  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)","cbCaiib7tAovURu3","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiib7tAovURu3","pdf",3717629,3,1,363,"English","en",105,"# Prologue\n## Death and Desire\n# Part I The Neighborhood Ark\n## Chapter 1 Puzzles\n## Chapter 2 The Tower\n## Chapter 3 The Soft Intelligence\n## Chapter 4 Grave Architecture\n# Part II Damnatio ad Bestias\n## Chapter 5 Neophytes\n## Chapter 6 The New Animism\n## Chapter 7 Deep Time\n# Part III The Synanthropocene\n## Chapter 8 Embracing the Widow Makers\n## Chapter 9 Listening to Animals\n# Epilogue\n## Humans, a Species of Least Concern\n# Author’s Note\n# Acknowledgments\n# Notes\n# Index\n# Excerpt from The Invisible Siege\n# About the Author","[{\"question\":\"What is the central focus of Our Wild Familiars?\",\"answer\":\"It examines how animals adapt to cities and how those adaptations reshape the natural world. 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