Ben Wilson

Urban Jungle

The History and Future of Nature in the City

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Since the beginning of civilization, humans have built cities to wall nature out, then glorified it in beloved but quite artificial parks. In Urban Jungle Ben Wilson...looks to the fraught relationship between nature and the city for clues to how the planet can survive in an age of climate crisis"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Random House LLC
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 156mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 644g
• ISBN-13: 9780593863732
• ISBN-10: 0593863739
• Artikelnr.: 68902366

Autorenporträt

BEN WILSON has an undergraduate and master's degree in history from Cambridge. He is the author of five previous books, including What Price Liberty?, for which he received the Somerset Maugham Award, and the Sunday Times bestseller Empire of the Deep: The Rise and Fall of the British Navy . He has consulted for various TV history programs and appeared on TV and on national radio in the U.S., UK, and Ireland. He has written for The Spectator, The Literary Review, The Independent on Sunday, The Scotsman, Men's Health, The Guardian Online, and GQ.

Rezensionen

Teems with ideas, stories and proposals, presented with charm, eloquence and wit. It is novel and provocative... I was often left wanting more. The Times