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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

By Elizabeth Kolbert
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By Elizabeth Kolbert
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A harrowing look at the damage humanity can do, The Sixth Extinction uses science and billions of years of evidence to create a compelling and damning narrative that holds a devastating mirror to the world we’ve made.

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
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A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST

A major book about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a powerful account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes

Over the last half-billion years, there have been Five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Sci...

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AwardsScience & TechnologyNatureSocial SciencesBiology & Life SciencesEarth ScienceFuture Studies & ForecastingBiologyNature - OtherBiology - General & MiscellaneousPaleontology - General & MiscellaneousHumanity - Relationship with NatureScience & Technology - Forecasting2011-2020->General Nonfiction->Pulitzer Prize2014 Kirkus Prize FinalistsLibrary Journal's Top Ten Books of 2014Publishers Weekly's Best Nonfiction of 2014Washington Post 10 Best Books of 2014New York Times Notable Nonfiction of 2014Chicago Tribune's Best Books of 2014New York Times 10 Best Books of 2014Time Magazine's Top 10 Nonfiction Books of 2014St. Louis Post-Dispatch Best Nonfiction of 2014New York Magazine's 10 Best Books of 2014Seattle Times Best Nonfiction of 2014San Francisco Chronicle's Best Nonfiction of 2014Salon's Top 10 Books of 20142014 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalists2015 Andrew Carnegie Medal Finalists2014 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winners2015 Pulitzer Prize WinnersLos Angeles Times Book Prize for Science & TechnologyPulitzer PrizesGeneral Nonfiction - Pulitzer Prize WinnersOther AwardsKirkus PrizePrevious Finalists - Kirkus PrizeBest Books of the YearBest Books of the Year 2014Library Journal's Best Books of 2014Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2014Washington Post Best Books of 2014New York Times Best Books of 2014Chicago Tribune's Best Books of 2014Time Magazine's Best Books of 2014St. Louis Post-Dispatch Best Books of 2014New York Magazine's Best Books of 2014Seattle Times Best Books of 2014San Francisco Chronicle's Best Books of 2014Salon's Best Books of 2014National Book Critics Circle AwardsPrevious Finalists - National Book Critics Circle AwardsAndrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and NonfictionPrevious Finalists - Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and NonfictionLos Angeles Times Book PrizesAll Winners by Year - Los Angeles Times Book PrizesAll Winners - Pulitzer PrizesWinners by Category - Los Angeles Times Book Prizes