(Crown Publishing Group) Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Kolbert’s new book may have you shaking your head and chuckling, albeit grimly and under your breath. In the groundbreaking Silent Spring, Rachel Carson denounced the idea of the “control of nature,” unfortunately, this convenient approach to our environment continued, helping to create a new era, the Anthropocene, a period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment. And now, as Kolbert explores, … (read more)
