We Alone: How Humans Have Conquered the Planet and Can Also Save It

A thoughtful exploration of how humans have endangered the Earth but can pull it back from the brink, as told by a renowned conservationist

This personal and thoughtful book by renowned Kenya conservationist David Western traces our global conquest from Maasai herders battling droughts in Africa to the technological frontiers of California.

Western draws on a half century of research in the savannas and his own life's journey to argue that conservation is not a modern invention. The succ...