03469cam a2200337 i 450000100190000000500170001900800410003601500190007702000290009602400180012502900210014303500410016403500240020504000510022904100120028005000210029210000370031324500770035026400580042726400120048530000450049750000200054250509380056252014410150065000220294165000250296365000290298894200080301795200910302599900150311699110760228630619620260304103636.0250107t20252025enkab 001 0 eng d aGBC5318892bnb a9781399412162qhardcover8 aCIPO0002059810 aUKMGBb300534357 a(OCoLC)1518028287z(OCoLC)1513217985 a(OCoLC)on1518028287 aUKMGBbengerdacUKMGBdOCLCOdBDXdYDXdOCLCO aEnglish 4aQH548b.P38 2025 aPavelle, Sophie,eauthor.92675010aTo have or to hold b: nature's hidden relationships c/ Sophie Pavelle. 1aLondon, UK ;aNew York :bBloomsbury Wildlife,c2025. 4c♭2025 a336 pages :billustrations, map ;c24 cm aIncludes index.0 aMe, The Moon — Relationship status: unrequited — + = — The Mint Sauce Worm + The Algae = Animalgae — Relationship status: rather not say — Misfits — The Ocean Sunfish (and Others) — Relationship status: friends with benefits — The Trojan Horse — The Shore Crab and The Barnacle — Relationship status: just seeing each other — A Cad and A Bounder — The Early Spider Orchid and The Buffish Mining Bee — Relationship status: it's complicated — All Rise — The Hair Worm and [insert host here] — Relationship status: unhinged — Killing Me Softly — The Aspen, The Aspen Bracket Fungus and The Aspen Hoverfly — Relationship status: situationship — The Sleeper Agent — The Lungwort Lichen — Relationship status: throuple — Terms & Conditions — The Colony (of the Narrow-Headed Ant) — Relationship status: frenemies — EPILOGUE — The One-hit Wonder? — Relationship status: working on it. aA thrilling exploration of nature's symbiotic relationships, some comforting and familiar, others wildly alien, by the award-winning author of Forget Me Not. What can nature teach us about living together? Investigating eight symbiotic relationships trying to survive the climate and biodiversity crises, Sophie Pavelle explains why it has never been more vital for us to understand symbiosis. Symbiotic relationships regulate ecosystems, strengthen resilience and bind pivotal connections. Species living together in symbiosis is no accident - these dynamics evolved. Species form and sever alliances everywhere, from deep within temperate rainforests to the open ocean, quiet tidal pools or chalk grasslands, and nature thrives on relationships as glamorous as they are grotesque and as bizarre as they are engrossing. In To Have or To Hold, Sophie relishes the interconnectedness between species and celebrates the relationships that underpin natural environments. Low-carbon travelling around the British Isles, she presents nature's frauds, fortune-tellers, misfits and cheaters. The natural world is built on parasitism, a cunning blend of bargaining and exploitation in the name of survival. In our relationship with the natural world, are we the parasites? Will we continue to exploit nature's resources? Or will we vow to love and cherish what remains - shaping a more restorative life alongside nature - till death us do part? 0aSymbiosis.926751 0aHuman ecology923288 0aClimatic changes 914247 2lcc 00102lcc4070aTBSbTBSd2026-03-04l0r2026-03-04t1w2026-03-04y1zSOON AVAILABLE c5366d5366