Author: Wharton Barker
Publisher: Philadelphia, W. Barker
ISBN:
Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
The Great Issues
Author: Wharton Barker
Publisher: Philadelphia, W. Barker
ISBN:
Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Publisher: Philadelphia, W. Barker
ISBN:
Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 410
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The Sixth Extinction
Author: Elizabeth Kolbert
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 0805099794
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR A 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 Over 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. In The Sixth Extinction, two-time winner of the National Magazine Award and New Yorker 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. Through 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.
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 0805099794
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR A 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 Over 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. In The Sixth Extinction, two-time winner of the National Magazine Award and New Yorker 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. Through 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.
The Great Cryptogram
Author: Ignatius Donnelly
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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The Great Events of the Great War
Author: Charles Francis Horne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Extension Service Review
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural extension work
Languages : en
Pages : 720
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural extension work
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Extension of Stabilization Fund and Powers, Etc
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Currency question
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Currency question
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A History of the Struggle for Slavery Extension Or Restriction in the United States
Author: Horace Greeley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Slavery
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Slavery
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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The Great Events by Famous Historians
Author: Charles Francis Horne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World history
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World history
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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Trade Agreements Extension
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reciprocity (Commerce)
Languages : en
Pages : 1388
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reciprocity (Commerce)
Languages : en
Pages : 1388
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Geological Reports
Author: Egypt. Maṣlaḥat al-Misāḥah
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 622
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