The End of Nature - Softcover

McKibben, Bill

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ISBN 10: 0140123067 ISBN 13: 9780140123067

Publisher: Penguin, 1990

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This study examines man's relationship with the natural world. For centuries, man has taken nature for granted, treating it as invincible and a wilderness apart from man. The book looks at the philosophies and technologies that have brought us here and looks at the changes that have taken place over the last 200 years, especially those in the last 50 years. McKibben suggests that we have already destroyed nature. and in its place there lies uncertainty, fear and a sense of impermanence. Bill McKibben has been an editorial writer for the " New Yorker" and has published magazine articles on the environment. His work appears in the "New York Review of Books".

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"A kind of song for the wild, a lament for its loss, and a plea for its restoration" -- New York Review of Books

"An environmental blockbuster ... an extraordinary book," -- Daily Telegraph

"by our actions nature has been irredeemably altered. It is hard to think of anything more chilling." -- Ruth Rendal

About the Author:

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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