Islands of abandonment

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THE SUNDAY TIMES’ BESTSELLER AND SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT CONSERVATION AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE



THE SUNDAY TIMES’ BESTSELLER AND SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT CONSERVATION AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE

This is a book about abandoned places: ghost towns and exclusion zones, no man’s lands and fortress islands – and what happens when nature is allowed to reclaim its place.

In Chernobyl, following the nuclear disaster, only a handful of people returned to their dangerously irradiated homes. On an uninhabited Scottish island, feral cattle live entirely wild. In Detroit, once America’s fourth-largest city, entire streets of houses are falling in on themselves, looters slipping through otherwise silent neighbourhoods.

This book explores the extraordinary places where humans no longer live – or survive in tiny, precarious numbers – to give us a possible glimpse of what happens when mankind’s impact on nature is forced to stop. From Tanzanian mountains to the volcanic Caribbean, the forbidden areas of France to the mining regions of Scotland, Flyn brings together some of the most desolate, eerie, ravaged and polluted areas in the world – and shows how, against all odds, they offer our best opportunities for environmental recovery.

By turns haunted and hopeful, this luminously written world study is pinned together with profound insight and new ecological discoveries that together map an answer to the big questions: what happens after we’re gone, and how far can our damage to nature be undone?

More praise for Islands of Abandonment

‘Extraordinary … Just when you thought there was nowhere left to explore, along comes an author with a new category of terrain … Dazzling’ SPECTATOR

‘A haunting look at how nature fights back … Beautiful, evocative’ SUNDAY TIMES

‘Flyn’s brave, thorough book sets out to explore places where angels fear to tread … The result is fascinating, eerie and strange … There is some thrilling writing here’ KATHLEEN JAMIE, NEW STATESMAN

‘Wonderful’ ADAM NICOLSON

‘Exhilarating’ DAILY TELEGRAPH

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Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape

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The sunday times bestseller and science and environment book of the year winner of the sunday times young writer of the year award shortlisted for the baillie gifford prize shortlisted for the wainwright conservation award shortlisted for the british academy book prize shortlisted for the highlan Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Islands of Abandonment

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A beautiful lyrical exploration of the places where nature is flourishing in our absence flyn captures the dread sadness and wonder of beholding the results of humanity s destructive impulse and she arrives at a new appreciation of life all the stranger and more valuable for its resilence Uiterlijk 21 januari in huis .. MEER INFO

Thicker Than Water

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cal flyn was very proud when she discovered that her ancestor angus mcmillan had been a pioneer of colonial australia however when she dug deeper she began to question her pride mcmillan had not only cut tracks through the bush but played a dark role in australia s bloody history cal flyn w Uiterlijk 17 januari in huis .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 23 december 2021

Aantal pagina's: 384

Kaarten inbegrepen: Nee

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Cal Flyn

Hoofduitgeverij: William Collins

Originele titel: Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape

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Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 129 mm

Product hoogte: 29 mm

Product lengte: 198 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 129 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 33 mm

Verpakking lengte: 197 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 360 g

eWaste: Nee

EAN: 9780008329808

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