{"product_id":"the-sixth-extinction-elizabeth-kolbert-9781408851241","title":"The Sixth Extinction","description":"\u003cp\u003e________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE 2015 PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NON-FICTION\n\u003cbr\u003e________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'An invaluable contribution to our understanding of present circumstances, just as the paradigm shift she calls for is sorely needed' - Al Gore, New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Compelling ... It is a disquieting tale, related with rigour and restraint by Kolbert' - Observer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Passionate ... This is the big story of our age' - Sunday Times\n\u003cbr\u003e________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA major book about the future of the world, blending natural history, field reporting and the history of ideas and into a powerful account of the mass extinction happening today\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions of life on earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eScientists around the world are currently monitoring the sixth, predicted to be the most devastating extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Kolbert combines brilliant field reporting, the history of ideas and the work of geologists, botanists and marine biologists to tell the gripping stories of a dozen species - including the Panamanian golden frog and the Sumatran rhino - some already gone, others at the point of vanishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe sixth extinction is likely to be mankind's most lasting legacy and Elizabeth Kolbert's book urgently compels us to rethink the fundamental question of what it means to be human.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elizabeth Kolbert","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43176570814707,"sku":"9781408851241","price":19.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781408851241.jpg?v=1662086092","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/the-sixth-extinction-elizabeth-kolbert-9781408851241","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}