The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History is a 2014 nonfiction book written by Elizabeth Kolbert and published by Henry Holt & Company. The book demonstrates that the Earth is in the midst of a modern, man-made, sixth extinction. In the book, Kolbert chronicles previous mass extinction events, and compares them to the accelerated, widespread extinctions during our present time. She also describes specific species extinguished by humans, as well as the ecologies surrounding prehistoric and near-present extinction events. The author received the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction for the book in 2015.
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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History is a 2014 nonfiction book written by Elizabeth Kolbert and published by Henry Holt & Company. The book demonstrates that the Earth is in the midst of a modern, man-made, sixth extinction. In the book, Kolbert chronicles previous mass extinction events, and compares them to the accelerated, widespread extinctions during our present time. She also describes specific species extinguished by humans, as well as the ecologies surrounding prehistoric and near-present extinction events. The author received the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction for the book in 2015.
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La Sexta Extinción, Una histor ...... especies de vida en la tierra"
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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnat ...... all living species on earth".
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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnat ...... n het einde van de 21ste eeuw.
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9780805092998
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QE721.2.E97 K65 2014
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United States, United Kingdom
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Nonfiction popular science
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La Sexta Extinción, Una histor ...... ara no-ficción en el año 2015.
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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnat ...... -Fiction for the book in 2015.
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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnat ...... oor dit boek ontving zij de Pu
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La sexta extinción (libro)
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The Sixth Extinction
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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
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