The Lost and Left Behind, Stories from the Age of Extinctions
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Ecologists are calling the age we live in the Sixth Great Extinction. The world is losing more than animal and plant species. We are also losing the vast human legacy of languages, and with it ways of living, seeing and knowing. Glavin sets off in pursuit of the very things we’re losing - a distinct species every ten minutes, a unique vegetable variety every six hours, an entire language every two weeks. Along the way he encounters some of the world’s wonderful, rare things: a myste, Ecologists are calling the age we live in the Sixth Great Extinction. The world is losing more than animal and plant species. We are also losing the vast human legacy of languages, and with it ways of living, seeing and knowing. Glavin sets off in pursuit of the very things we´re losing - a distinct species every ten minutes, a unique vegetable variety every six hours, an entire language every two weeks. Along the way he encounters some of the world´s wonderful, rare things: a mysterious Sino-Tibetan song-language, a Malayan tiger (the last of its kind) and a strange tomato that tastes just like black cherry ice cream. And he finds hope in the most unlikely places - a macaw roost in Costa Rica, a relic community of Norse whalers and the vault beneath the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. A fresh narrative take on the usual doom and gloom environmentalism, The Lost and Left Behind draws upon zoology, biology, ecology, anthropology and mythology to uncover the hidden story of a long human struggle to conserve the living things of the world. ´A thoughtful and engaging book´ Times Literary Supplement ´A wise and eloquent writer whose clear-eyed intelligence explores our conflicted relationship with nature. What Glavin has to tell is urgent, important, and well said.´ Ronald Wright, author of A Short History of Progress ´An urgent, necessary book. Glavin writes with both passion and authority´ Mark Abley, author of Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages, ePUB, 25.01.2013.

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Ecologists are calling the age we live in the Sixth Great Extinction. The world is losing more than animal and plant species. We are also losing the vast human legacy of languages, and with it ways of living, seeing and knowing. Glavin sets off in pursuit of the very things we’re losing - a distinct species every ten minutes, a unique vegetable variety every six hours, an entire language every two weeks. Along the way he encounters some of the world’s wonderful, rare things: a myste, Ecologists are calling the age we live in the Sixth Great Extinction. The world is losing more than animal and plant species. We are also losing the vast human legacy of languages, and with it ways of living, seeing and knowing. Glavin sets off in pursuit of the very things we're losing - a distinct species every ten minutes, a unique vegetable variety every six hours, an entire language every two weeks. Along the way he encounters some of the world's wonderful, rare things: a mysterious Sino-Tibetan song-language, a Malayan tiger (the last of its kind) and a strange tomato that tastes just like black cherry ice cream. And he finds hope in the most unlikely places - a macaw roost in Costa Rica, a relic community of Norse whalers and the vault beneath the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. A fresh narrative take on the usual doom and gloom environmentalism, The Lost and Left Behind draws upon zoology, biology, ecology, anthropology and mythology to uncover the hidden story of a long human struggle to conserve the living things of the world. 'A thoughtful and engaging book' Times Literary Supplement 'A wise and eloquent writer whose clear-eyed intelligence explores our conflicted relationship with nature. What Glavin has to tell is urgent, important, and well said.' Ronald Wright, author of A Short History of Progress 'An urgent, necessary book. Glavin writes with both passion and authority' Mark Abley, author of Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages.

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Ecologists are calling the age we live in the Sixth Great Extinction. The world is losing more than animal and plant species. We are also losing the vast human legacy of languages, and with it ways of living, seeing and knowing. Glavin sets off in pursuit of the very things we're losing - a distinct species every ten minutes, a unique vegetable variety every six hours, an entire language every two weeks. Along the way he encounters some of the world's wonderful, rare things: a mysterious Sino-Tibetan song-language, a Malayan tiger (the last of its kind) and a strange tomato that tastes just like black cherry ice cream. And he finds hope in the most unlikely places - a macaw roost in Costa Rica, a relic community of Norse whalers and the vault beneath the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. A fresh narrative take on the usual doom and gloom environmentalism, The Lost and Left Behind draws upon zoology, biology, ecology, anthropology and mythology to uncover the hidden story of a long human struggle to conserve the living things of the world. 'A thoughtful and engaging book' Times Literary Supplement 'A wise and eloquent writer whose clear-eyed intelligence explores our conflicted relationship with nature. What Glavin has to tell is urgent, important, and well said.' Ronald Wright, author of A Short History of Progress 'An urgent, necessary book. Glavin writes with both passion and authority' Mark Abley, author of Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages.

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Toronto: Viking Canada, 2006. pp. 318, "Waiting for the Macaws is a haunting and beautifully written account of the age in which we live. A dark and gathering sameness is upon the earth, and while ecologists are calling this epoch the Sixth Great Extinction, the world isn´t losing just the ecological legacy of animal and plant species. We are also losing the vast human legacy of languages, ways of living, ways of seeing, and ways of knowing. Journeying around the world and drawing upon zoology, biology, ecology, anthropology, and mythology, Terry Glavin argues that all extinctions are related and that the language of environmentalism is inadequate to describing this great unravelling.". First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

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Ecologists are calling the age we live in the Sixth Great Extinction. The world is losing more than animal and plant species. We are also losing the vast human legacy of languages, and with it ways of living, seeing and knowing. Glavin sets off in pursuit of the very things we're losing - a distinct species every ten minutes, a unique vegetable variety every six hours, an entire language every two weeks. Along the way he encounters some of the world's wonderful, rare things: a mysterious Sino-Ti... Ecologists are calling the age we live in the Sixth Great Extinction. The world is losing more than animal and plant species. We are also losing the vast human legacy of languages, and with it ways of living, seeing and knowing. Glavin sets off in pursuit of the very things we're losing - a distinct species every ten minutes, a unique vegetable variety every six hours, an entire language every two weeks. Along the way he encounters some of the world's wonderful, rare things: a mysterious Sino-Tibetan song-language, a Malayan tiger (the last of its kind) and a strange tomato that tastes just like black cherry ice cream. And he finds hope in the most unlikely places - a macaw roost in Costa Rica, a relic community of Norse whalers and the vault beneath the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. A fresh narrative take on the usual doom and gloom environmentalism, The Lost and Left Behind draws upon zoology, biology, ecology, anthropology and mythology to uncover the hidden story of a long human struggle to conserve the living things of the world. 'A thoughtful and engaging book' Times Literary Supplement 'A wise and eloquent writer whose clear-eyed intelligence explores our conflicted relationship with nature. What Glavin has to tell is urgent, important, and well said.' Ronald Wright, author of A Short History of Progress 'An urgent, necessary book. Glavin writes with both passion and authority' Mark Abley, author of Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened LanguagesTaal: Engels;Formaat: ePub met kopieerbeveiliging (DRM) van Adobe;Bestandsgrootte: 0.67 MB;Kopieerrechten: Het kopiëren van (delen van) de pagina's is niet toegestaan ;Printrechten: Het printen van de pagina's is niet toegestaan;Voorleesfunctie: De voorleesfunctie is uitgeschakeld;Geschikt voor: Alle e-readers te koop bij bol.com (of compatible met Adobe DRM). Telefoons/tablets met Google Android (1.6 of hoger) voorzien van bol.com boekenbol app. PC en Mac met Adobe reader software;Verschijningsdatum: januari 2013;ISBN10: 0863567681;ISBN13: 9780863567681; Engelstalig | Ebook | 2013.

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Viking Canada. Used - Very Good. Ships from Reno, NV. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy!

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Ships from Reno, NV. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside.

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SAQI, 2007. This book has hardback covers. Ex-library, With usual stamps and markings, In good all round condition. Dust Jacket in good condition.

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Stories from the Age of Extinctions, Stories from the Age of Extinctions.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Better World Books [51315977], Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside.