Here on Earth: A Natural History of the Planet by Tim Flannery

 This book has some fascinating parts. For example in the chapter on superorganisms the author shows that ants create a civilization analogous to ours. They have millions of individuals and learned to herd bugs and have agriculture. They have specialized types, short-lives workers analogous to some of our cells, and forceful drones, analogous to our immune system. He considers whether humans are part of Gaia and can cooperate to solve our problems or are like Medea and destructive of our environment.