Field Notes from a Catastrophe Man, Nature, And Climate Change

Summary: Long known for her insightful and thought-provoking political journalism, author Elizabeth Kolbert now tackles the controversial and increasingly urgent subject of global warming. In what began as groundbreaking three-part series in the" New Yorker," for which she won a National Magazine Award in 2006, Kolbert cuts through the competing rhetoric and political agendas to elucidate for Americans what is really going on... with the global environment and asks what, if anything, can be done to save our planet. Now updated and with a new afterword, "Field Notes from a Catastrophe" is the book to read on the defining issue and greatest challenge of our times. [read more]