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Edition: Unabridged, Audio CD, Macmillan Audio

If human beings disappeared instantaneously from the Earth, what would happen? How would the planet reclaim its surface? What creatures would emerge from the dark and swarm? How would our treasured structures—our tunnels, our bridges, our homes, our monuments—survive the unmitigated impact of a planet without our intervention? In his revelatory, bestselling account, Alan Weisman draws on every field of science to present an environmental assessment like no other, the most affecting portrait yet of...

A thought-provoking study of what would happen to Earth if the human presence was removed from the equation examines our short-term and long-term legacy for the planet, from the objects of today's world that would vanish without human intervention to those that would become long-lasting remnants of humankind. (CON52, $15.00)

Discover the impact of the human footprint in The World Without Us . Take us off the Earth and what traces of us would linger? And which would disappear? Alan Weisman writes about which objects from today would vanish without us; how our pipes, wires, and cables would be pulverized into an unusual (but mere) line of red rock; why some museums and churches might be the last human creations standing; how rats and roaches would struggle without us; and how plastic, cast-iron, and radio waves may be...

As compelling as the best science fiction, Alan Weisman's well-researched book asks readers to imagine a planet earth divested of homo sapiens. Weisman suggests that within a relatively short time buildings would fall, streets would become waterways, infrastructures would crumble, and the food chain would undergo massive reshuffling. (Good-bye, poodles! Welcome back, Molokai Creepers!) The purpose of this gloomy visualization is to demonstrate the deeply-grooved footprint that humans have left on...

Subtitled in German, French, Spanish, Romanian and English. 85 Min © 2008 · NTSC, All Regions

A thought-provoking study of what would happen to Earth if the human presence was removed from the equation examines our short-term and long-term legacy for the planet, from the objects of today's world that would vanish without human intervention to those that would become long-lasting remnants of humankind. Reprint. 200,000 first printing.

The World Without Us reveals how, just days after humans disappear, floods in New York's subways would start eroding the city's foundations, and how, as the world's cities crumble, asphalt jungles give way to real ones. It describes the distinct ways that organic and chemically-treated farms would revert to wild, how billions more birds would flourish, and how cockroaches in unheated cities would perish without us. Drawing on the expertise of engineers, atmospheric scientists, art conservators, zoologists...

"This is one of the grandest thought experiments of our time, a tremendous feat of imaginative reporting."--Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature and Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future "Brilliantly creative . . . An audacious intellectual adventure . . . His thought experiment is so intellectually fascinating, so oddly playful, that it escapes categorizing and cliches. . . . It sucks us in with a vision of what is, what has been, and what is yet to come. . . . It...

Posing for pictures with tourists walking along Hollywood Boulevard and making a living from their tips, four struggling performers playing Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the Hulk are profiled in ... more

If human beings disappeared instantaneously from the Earth, what would happen? How would the planet reclaim its surface? What creatures would emerge from the dark and swarm? How would our treasured structures--our tunnels, our bridges, our homes, our monuments--survive the unmitigated impact of a planet without our intervention? In his revelatory, bestselling account, Alan Weisman draws on every field of science to present an environmental assessment like no other, the most affecting portrait yet...

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The World Without US explores the hypothetical future of a world in witch the U.S. reverts to isolationism, withdrawing its military presence and leaving countries to manage international conflicts on their own. Filmmaker Mitch Anderson has embarked on a journey across 20 countries in search of whether U.S. involvement is ultimately beneficial or detrimental to the fabric of global stability.

This report was created for strategic planners, international executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for in-car radio broadcast receivers without sound recording or reproducing apparatus. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact. I have developed a methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the...

Translates essential findings from experimental psychology and cognitive psychophysiology to examine the nature of psychopathy, its salient characteristics, and its effects on society. This book provides information and advice for anyone seeking to understand, evaluate, or rehabilitate these dangerous men and women. It also serves as a supplemental text in psychopathology courses, at the undergraduate or graduate level.

Description: Imagine a world where no food, friends, families, fishing, and failing would be like. Chong learns the importance of all the letters in the alphabet including "F" in this lyrical book. 8.5" x 11". 27 pp. Ages 4-8.