The World Without Us (Reprint) (Paperback) by Alan Weisman

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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.

A thought-provoking study of what would happen to Earth if the human presence was removed from the equation examines our short-term and long-term legacy for the planet, from the objects of today's world that would vanish without human intervention to those that would become long-lasting remnants of humankind. Reprint. 200,000 first printing.
Edition: Reprint
Number of Pages: 416
Genre: Social Science, Science, Antiques + Collectibles, Pets, Nature
Sub-Genre: Earth Sciences / General
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Picador USA
Author: Alan Weisman
Language: English
Street Date: August 5, 2008
TCIN: 11326595
UPC: 9780312427900
Item Number (DPCI): 059-04-1974
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