The World Without Us Alan Weisman

The World Without Us

Author: Alan Weisman
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Book Title
The World Without Us
Author
Alan Weisman
ISBN
9780312427900
Time #1 Nonfiction Book of 2007Entertainment Weekly #1 Nonfiction Book of 2007Finalist for the 2007 National Book Critics Circle AwardSalon Book Awards 2007Amazon Top 100 Editors' Picks of 2007 (#4)Barnes and Noble 10 Best of 2007: Politics and Current AffairsKansas City Star's Top 100 Books of the Year 2007Mother Jones' Favorite Books of 2007South Florida Sun-Sentinel Best Books of the Year 2007Hudson's Best Books of 2007St. Louis Post-Dispatch Best Books of 2007St. Paul Pioneer Press Best Books of 2007 If human beings disappeared instantaneously from the Earth, what would happen? How would the planet reclaim its surface? What creatures would emerge from the dark and swarm? How would our treasured structures--our tunnels, our bridges, our homes, our monuments--survive the unmitigated impact of a planet without our intervention? In his revelatory, bestselling account, Alan Weisman draws on every field of science to present an environmental assessment like no other, the most affecting portrait yet of humankind's place on this planet.Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: Alan WeismanPublisher: Picador USAPublished: 08/05/2008ISBN: 9780312427900Pages: 416Weight: 0.74lbsSize: 8.16h x 5.76w x 0.72dReview Citations: Newsweek 05/26/2008 pg. 12Entertainment Weekly 08/08/2008 pg. 72People Weekly 09/01/2008 pg. 47New York Times Book Review 09/07/2008 pg. 24
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    Time #1 Nonfiction Book of 2007
    Entertainment Weekly #1 Nonfiction Book of 2007
    Finalist for the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award
    Salon Book Awards 2007
    Amazon Top 100 Editors' Picks of 2007 (#4)
    Barnes and Noble 10 Best of 2007: Politics and Current Affairs
    Kansas City Star's Top 100 Books of the Year 2007
    Mother Jones' Favorite Books of 2007
    South Florida Sun-Sentinel Best Books of the Year 2007
    Hudson's Best Books of 2007
    St. Louis Post-Dispatch Best Books of 2007
    St. Paul Pioneer Press Best Books of 2007

    If human beings disappeared instantaneously from the Earth, what would happen? How would the planet reclaim its surface? What creatures would emerge from the dark and swarm? How would our treasured structures--our tunnels, our bridges, our homes, our monuments--survive the unmitigated impact of a planet without our intervention? In his revelatory, bestselling account, Alan Weisman draws on every field of science to present an environmental assessment like no other, the most affecting portrait yet of humankind's place on this planet.

    Binding Type: Paperback
    Author: Alan Weisman
    Publisher: Picador USA
    Published: 08/05/2008
    ISBN: 9780312427900
    Pages: 416
    Weight: 0.74lbs
    Size: 8.16h x 5.76w x 0.72d

    Review Citations: Newsweek 05/26/2008 pg. 12
    Entertainment Weekly 08/08/2008 pg. 72
    People Weekly 09/01/2008 pg. 47
    New York Times Book Review 09/07/2008 pg. 24
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