{"product_id":"life-on-a-little-known-planet-dispatches-from-a-changing-world-hardcover","title":"Life on a Little-Known Planet: Dispatches from a Changing World - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Kolbert\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA landmark collection of Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Kolbert's most important pieces about climate change and the natural world\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"To be a well-informed citizen of Planet Earth,\" \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e has advised, \"you need to read Elizabeth Kolbert.\" From her National Magazine Award-winning series \u003ci\u003eThe Climate of Man\u003c\/i\u003e to her Pulitzer Prize-winning book \u003ci\u003eThe Sixth Extinction\u003c\/i\u003e, Kolbert's work has shaped the way we think about the environment in the twenty-first century. Collected in \u003ci\u003eLife on a Little-Known Planet\u003c\/i\u003e are her most influential and thought-provoking essays. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn intrepid reporter and a skillful translator of scientific idees, Kolbert expertly captures the wonders of nature and paints vivid portraits of the researchers and concerned citizens working to preserve them. She takes readers all around the globe, from an island in Denmark that's succeeded in going carbon neutral, to a community in Florida that voted to give rights to waterways, to the Greenland ice sheet, which is melting in a way that has implications for everyone. We meet a biologist who believes we can talk to whales, an entomologist racing to find rare caterpillars before they disappear, and a climatologist who's considered the \"father of global warming,\" amongst other scientists at the forefront of environmental protection. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe threats to our planet that Kolbert has devoted so much of her career to exposing have only grown more serious. Now is the time to deepen our understanding of the world we are in danger of losing.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Kolbert\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eField Notes from a Catastrophe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sixth Extinction\u003c\/i\u003e, for which she won the Pulitzer Prize, and \u003ci\u003eUnder a White Sky, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was named a top ten book of the year by\u003ci\u003e The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. For her work at \u003ci\u003eTh\u003c\/i\u003ee \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, where she's a staff writer, she has received two National Magazine Awards and the Blake-Dodd Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts, with her husband and children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.1 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44852535459910,"sku":"9798217086061","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0702\/9882\/8870\/files\/9_KgpDvrfU9798217086061.webp?v=1775596559","url":"https:\/\/wandowl.com\/products\/life-on-a-little-known-planet-dispatches-from-a-changing-world-hardcover","provider":"Wand \u0026 Owl Coffee Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}