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Book Synopsis_________________A superbly crafted, diligently compressed vision of a world spiralling towards destruction'' - ObserverKolbert mesmerises with her poetic cadence in this riveting view of the apocalypse already upon us'' - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.The most frightening book I''ve read this century'' - Times Literary Supplement_________________Elizabeth Kolbert''s environmental classic
Field Notes from a Catastrophe first developed out of a groundbreaking, award-winning three-part series in
The New Yorker. She expanded it into a still-concise yet richly researched and damning book about climate change: a primer on the greatest challenge facing the world today. In the years since, the story has continued to develop; the situation has become more dire, even as our understanding of it grows. Now Kolbert returns to the defining book of her career, with new chapters on ocean acidification, the tar sands, and a Danish town that
Trade Review‘Kolbert mesmerises with her poetic cadence in this riveting view of the apocalypse already upon us' * Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. *
‘The most frightening book I've read this century ... Field Notes from a Catastrophe holds a powerful message for us all and we would do well to heed it' * Times Literary Supplement *
‘A detailed and very readable account of the problems many communities are faced with as the puddles form in the Arctic ... and how we continue to cover our eyes to the visible changes happening around us' * Ecologist *
‘A superbly crafted, diligently compressed vision of a world spiralling towards destruction' * Observer *
