The World Without Us
$35.51
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
12 June 2022
Summary
With a new afterword from the author, this worldwide bestseller answers the ultimate question: what happens to the Earth when human beings disappear?
Revised Edition with New Afterword from the Author
Time #1 Nonfiction Book of the Year Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award Over 3 million copies sold in 35 Languages
“On the day after humans disappear, nature takes over and immediately begins cleaning house - or houses, that is. C…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753559710 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0753559714 |
| Author: | Alan Weisman |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Virgin Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 12 June 2022 |
| Weight: | 309g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 127mm x 29mm |
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Critics Review
“Compelling … jammed packed with fascinating “what ifs”
Compelling … jammed packed with fascinating “what ifs” * Guardian *
A powerful vision of a possible future for the earth * Sunday Times *
A fascinating nonfiction eco-thriller * The New York Times Book Review *
Drawing from hundreds of interviews with engineers, scientists and archaeologists, it unfolds like a thriller
– Cal Flyn * Guardian Best Books about the Post-Human Earth *One of the grandest thought experiments of our time, a tremendous feat of imaginative reporting! * Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature and Deep Economy *
Flesh-creepingly good fun … Food for thought * Independent *
A wonderful idea… a hugely enjoyable and thought-provoking book… Terrific * Evening Standard *
The imaginative power of The World Without Us is compulsive and nearly hypnotic–make sure you have time to be kidnapped into Alan Weisman’s alternative world before you sit down with the book, because you won’t soon return. This is a text that has a chance to change people, and so make a real difference for the planet * Charles Wohlforth, author of L.A. Times Book Prize-winning The Whale and the Supercomputer *
An exacting account of the processes by which things fall apart. The scope is breathtaking…the clarity and lyricism of the writing itself left me with repeated gasps of recognition about the human condition. I believe it will be a classic * Dennis Covington, author of National Book Award finalist Salvation on Sand Mountain *
The book boasts an amazingly imaginative conceit that manages to tap into underlying fears and subtly inspire us to consider our interaction with the planet * The Washington Post *
About The Author
Alan Weisman
Alan Weisman is an award-winning journalist and the author of several books, including the global bestseller The World Without Us, which has been translated into 34 international languages and was nominated for numerous awards. His writing has appeared in Harper’s, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, Vanity Fair, The Los Angeles Times Magazine and many other places. Alan has worked on all seven continents and reported from 58 countries, and lives in western Massachusetts.
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