Powerful, impassioned essays on living and being in the world, from the bestselling author of
The End of Nature
and
Deep Economy
For a generation, Bill McKibben has been among America's most impassioned and beloved writers on our relationship to our world and our environment. His groundbreaking book on climate change,
, is considered "as important as Rachel Carson's classic
Silent Spring
"* and
Deep Economy,
his "deeply thoughtful and mind-expanding"** exploration of globalization, helped awaken and fuel a movement to restore local economies.
Now, for the first time, the best of McKibben's essays—fiery, magical, and infused with his uniquely soulful investigations of modern life—are collected in a single volume,
The Bill McKibben Reader.
Whether meditating on today's golden age in radio, the natural place of biting black flies in our lives, or the patriotism of a grandmother fighting to get corporate money out of politics, McKibben inspires us to become better caretakers of the Earth—and of one another.
*
The Plain Dealer
(Cleveland )
**Michael Pollan