{"product_id":"h-is-for-hope-climate-change-from-a-to-z-9781984863522","title":"H Is for Hope: Climate Change from A to Z","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn twenty-six essays--one for each letter of the alphabet--the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sixth Extinction \u003c\/i\u003etakes us on a hauntingly illustrated journey through the history of climate change and the uncertainties of our future.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eClimate change resists narrative--and yet some account of what's happening is needed. Millions of lives are at stake, and upward of a million species. And there are decisions to be made, even though it's unclear who, exactly, will make them.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eH Is for Hope\u003c\/i\u003e, Elizabeth Kolbert investigates the landscape of climate change--from \"A\", for Svante \u003cb\u003eA\u003c\/b\u003errhenius, who created the world's first climate model in 1894, to \"Z\", for the Colorado River Basin, ground \u003cb\u003ez\u003c\/b\u003eero for climate change in the United States. Along the way she looks at Greta Thunburg's \"\u003cb\u003eb\u003c\/b\u003elah blah blah\" speech (\"B\"), learns to fly an all-\u003cb\u003ee\u003c\/b\u003electric plane (\"E\"), experiments with the effects of extreme \u003cb\u003et\u003c\/b\u003eemperatures on the human body (\"T\"), and struggles with the deep \u003cb\u003eu\u003c\/b\u003encertainty of the future of climate change (\"U\"). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAdapted from essays originally published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and beautifully illustrated by Wesley Allsbrook, \u003ci\u003eH Is for Hope\u003c\/i\u003e is simultaneously inspiring, alarming, and darkly humorous--a unique examination of our changing world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Kolbert \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eField Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Sixth Extinction\u003c\/i\u003e, for which she won a Pulitzer Prize, and \u003ci\u003eUnder the White Sky: The Nature of the Future\u003c\/i\u003e. For her work at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, where she's a staff writer, she has received two National Magazine Awards, a National Academies Communication Award, and the Blake-Dodd Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn in Durham, North Carolina, \u003cb\u003eWesley Allsbrook\u003c\/b\u003e attended the Rhode Island School of Design. Her work has been recognized by The Art Directors Club, The Society of Publication Designers, The Society of Illustrators, American Illustration, Communication Arts, Sundance Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, Raindance Film Festival, the Television Academy and The Peabody Awards. She writes and draws for print, TV, film, games and immersive media. She's autistic.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ten Speed Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50569384427794,"sku":"9781984863522","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3de1afdd-8bdf-4d5b-8baf-c5f94b43f431.jpg?v=1731955657","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/h-is-for-hope-climate-change-from-a-to-z-9781984863522","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}