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The fragile earth : writing from the New Yorker on climate change  Cover Image Book Book

The fragile earth : writing from the New Yorker on climate change / edited by David Remnick and Henry Finder ; [with an afterword by Elizabeth Kolbert].

Remnick, David, (editor.). Finder, Henry, (editor.). Kolbert, Elizabeth, (writer of afterword.).

Summary:

"A collection of the New Yorker's groundbreaking reporting from the front lines of climate change-including writing from Bill McKibben, Elizabeth Kolbert, Ian Frazier, Kathryn Schulz, and more"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063029217
  • ISBN: 0063029219
  • ISBN: 9780063017542
  • ISBN: 0063017547
  • Physical Description: xvi, 541 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Foreword / by David Remnick -- Reflections : the end of nature / by Bill McKibben -- The climate of man ; The darkening sea / by Elizabeth Kolbert -- Writers in the storm / by Kathryn Schulz -- The end of ice / by Dexter Filkins -- The new harpoon / by Tom Kizzia -- The sixth extinction? / by Elizabeth Kolbert -- The ice retreat / by Fen Montaigne -- The inferno / by Christine Kenneally -- The end of the end of the world / by Jonathan Franzen -- The emergency / by Ben Taub -- The day the Great Plains burned / by Ian Frazier -- Life on a shrinking planet / by Bill McKibben -- Green Manhattan / by David Owen -- Big foot / by Michael Specter -- The great oasis / by Burkhard Bilger -- The climate fixers / by Michael Specter -- Adaptation / by Eric Klineberg -- Power brokers / by Bill McKibben -- Value meal / by Tad Friend -- Trailblazers / by Nicola Twilley -- Afterword / by Elizabeth Kolbert.
Subject: Climatic changes.
Human beings > Effect of climate on.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Lehigh Valley Library System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Allentown Public Library 363.73874 FRAG (Text) 34455006742239 Adult Nonfiction 2nd FL Available -
Bethlehem Main Library 363.738 (Text) 33062009352304 Adult Nonfiction Available -

Summary: "A collection of the New Yorker's groundbreaking reporting from the front lines of climate change-including writing from Bill McKibben, Elizabeth Kolbert, Ian Frazier, Kathryn Schulz, and more"--

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