{"product_id":"sixth-extinction-an-unnatural-history-1","title":"Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eSixth Extinction: An Unnatural History\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eElizabeth Kolbert\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780805092998\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eHenry Holt and Co.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2014\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e336\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE\u003cbr\u003eONE OF THE \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S\u003c\/i\u003e 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003eA NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA major book about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a powerful account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists around the world are currently monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be the most devastating extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. This time around, the cataclysm is us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Sixth Extinction\u003c\/i\u003e, two-time winner of the National Magazine Award and \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e writer Elizabeth Kolbert draws on the work of scores of researchers in half a dozen disciplines, accompanying many of them into the field: geologists who study deep ocean cores, botanists who follow the tree line as it climbs up the Andes, marine biologists who dive off the Great Barrier Reef. She introduces us to a dozen species, some already gone, others facing extinction, including the Panamian golden frog, staghorn coral, the great auk, and the Sumatran rhino. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough these stories, Kolbert provides a moving account of the disappearances occurring all around us and traces the evolution of extinction as concept, from its first articulation by Georges Cuvier in revolutionary Paris up through the present day. The sixth extinction is likely to be mankind's most lasting legacy; as Kolbert observes, it compels us to rethink the fundamental question of what it means to be human.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Henry Holt and Co.","offers":[{"title":"Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History | Elizabeth Kolbert | Hardcover | 9780805092998 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks E 1743813","offer_id":48199316111512,"sku":"1743813","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81_ujuQEvSL.jpg?v=1772553954","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/sixth-extinction-an-unnatural-history-1","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}