The Anthropocene reviewed : essays on a human-centered planet
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- ISBN: 0525556532
- ISBN: 9780525556534
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Physical Description:
293 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
print - Publisher: [New York, New York] : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2021
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-293). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- "You'll never walk alone" -- Humanity's temporal range -- Halley's comet -- Our capacity for wonder -- Lascaux cave paintings -- Scratch 'n' sniff stickers -- Diet Dr Pepper -- Velociraptors -- Canada geese -- Teddy bears -- The Hall of Presidents -- Air-conditioning -- Staphylococcus aureus -- The internet -- Academic Decathlon -- Sunsets -- Jerzy Dudek's performance on May 25, 2005 -- 'Penguins of Madagascar' -- Piggly Wiggly -- The Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest -- CNN -- 'Harvey' -- The yips -- Auld Lang Syne -- Googling strangers -- Indianapolis -- Kentucky bluegrass -- The Indianapolis 500 -- Monopoly -- 'Super Mario Kart' -- Bonneville Salt Flats -- Hiroyuki Doi's circle drawings -- Whispering -- Viral meningitis -- Plague -- Wintry mix -- The hot dogs of Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur -- The Notes app -- The mountain goats -- The QWERTY keyboard -- The world's largest ball of paint -- Sycamore trees -- "New Partner" -- 'Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance' -- Postscript -- Notes. |
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Subject: | Culture -- Miscellanea -- Reviews Science -- Miscellanea -- Reviews Manners and customs -- Miscellanea -- Reviews Civilization, Modern -- 21st century -- Miscellanea -- Reviews |
Genre: | Essays. Reviews. Trivia and miscellanea. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Lansdowne Library | HM 621 G735 2021 (Text) | 26040003407984 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |