Frederic C Rich
Author
Language
English
Description
As Escape from Extinction opens, the last Neanderthal dies in a cave on the Iberian Peninsula. 30,000 years later, the naturalist Muir O'Brien, hunting deep in the Oregon wilderness, spots a fern believed to be extinct since the end of the last ice age. His discovery leads to a life-changing encounter with the visionary and narcissistic Leo Bonelli, founder of the world's most successful biotech company. Despite misgivings, Muir and his daughter,...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
iv, 342 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"They said what they would do, and we did not listen. Then they did what they said they would do." So ends the first chapter of this brilliantly readable counterfactual novel, reminding us that America's Christian fundamentalists have been consistently clear about their vision for a "Christian Nation" and dead serious about acquiring the political power to achieve it. When President McCain dies and Sarah Palin becomes president, the reader, along...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
361 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Green movement in America has lost its way. Pew polling reveals that the environment is one of the two things about which Republicans and Democrats disagree most. Congress has not passed a landmark piece of environmental legislation for a quarter-century. As atmospheric CO2 continues its relentless climb, even environmental insiders have pronounced 'the death of environmentalism.' In Getting to Green, Frederic C. Rich argues that meaningful progress...