The End of Nature
$29.36
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
13 June 2006
Summary
Reissued on the tenth anniversary of its publication, this classic work on our environmental crisis features a new introduction by the author, reviewing both the progress and ground lost in the fight to save the earth.
This impassioned plea for radical and life-renewing change is today still considered a groundbreaking work in environmental studies. McKibben’s argument that the survival of the globe is dependent on a fundamental, philosophical shift in the way we relate to nature is m…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780812976083 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0812976088 |
| Author: | Bill McKibben |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 13 June 2006 |
| Weight: | 193g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 134mm x 202mm |
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Critics Review
“Whatever we once thought Nature was–wildness, God, a simple place free from human thumbprints, or an intricate machinery sustaining life on Earth–we have now given it a kick that will change it forever. Humanity has stepped across a threshold. In his free-ranging and provocative book, Bill McKibben explores the philosophies and technologies that have brought us here, and he shows how final a crossing we have made.” –James Gleick, author of Chaos
Bill McKibben
Bill McKibben has written several hundred pieces for The New Yorker. His writings on nature have also appeared in The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, and other national publications. He and his wife live in the Adirondack Mountains of New York.
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