{"product_id":"9780805076271","title":"The Bill McKibben Reader: Pieces from an Active Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePowerful, impassioned essays on living and being in the world, from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe End of Nature \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDeep Economy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor 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, \u003ci\u003eThe End of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e, is considered \"as important as Rachel Carson's classic \u003ci\u003eSilent Spring\u003c\/i\u003e\"* and \u003ci\u003eDeep Economy, \u003c\/i\u003ehis \"deeply thoughtful and mind-expanding\"** exploration of globalization, helped awaken and fuel a movement to restore local economies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Bill McKibben Reader. \u003c\/i\u003eWhether 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*\u003ci\u003eThe Plain Dealer \u003c\/i\u003e(Cleveland )\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e**Michael Pollan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030748807408,"sku":"9780805076271","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780805076271_p0.jpg?v=1763725116","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780805076271","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}