The End of Nature - Hardcover

McKibben, Bill

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394576012 ISBN 13: 9780394576015

Publisher: Random House Inc, 1989

Synopsis

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 more relevant than ever. McKibben writes of our earth's environmental cataclysm, addressing such core issues as the greenhouse effect, acid rain, and the depletion of the ozone layer. His new introduction addresses some of the latest environmental issues that have risen during the 1990s. The book also includes an invaluable new appendix of facts and figures that surveys the progress of the environmental movement.

More than simply a handbook for survival or a doomsday catalog of scientific prediction, this classic, soulful lament on Nature is required reading for nature enthusiasts, activists, and concerned citizens alike.
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About this title

Review:

"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.
From the Trade Paperback edition.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Inc
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0394576012
• ISBN 13: 9780394576015
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 226