Description: About this Item The item is a book Hardback The Author Name is Elizabeth Rush The Title is The Quickening : Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth Condition New Other Comments Pages Count - 424. Binding type - Hardcover. Content Language - English Category - SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Polar Regions NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection Product Description - An August 2023 Indie Next Pick, selected by booksellersA Vogue Most Anticipated Book of 2023A WBUR Summer Reading RecommendationA Next Big Idea Club's August 2023 Must-Read BookAn astonishing, vital book about Antarctica, climate change, and motherhood from the author of Rising, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction. In 2019, fifty-seven scientists and crew set out onboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer. Their destination: Thwaites Glacier. Their goal: to learn as much as possible about this mysterious place, never before visited by humans, and believed to be both rapidly deteriorating and capable of making a catastrophic impact on global sea-level rise. In The Quickening, Elizabeth Rush documents their voyage, offering the sublime-seeing an iceberg for the first time the staggering waves of the Drake Passage the torqued, unfamiliar contours of Thwaites-alongside the workaday moments of this groundbreaking expedition. A ping-pong tournament at sea. Long hours in the lab. All the effort that goes into caring for and protecting human life in a place that is inhospitable to it. Along the way, she takes readers on a personal journey around a more intimate question: What does it mean to bring a child into the world at this time of radical changeWhat emerges is a new kind of Antarctica story, one preoccupied not with flag planting but with the collective and challenging work of imagining a better future. With understanding the language of a continent where humans have only been present for two centuries. With the contributions and concerns of women, who were largely excluded from voyages until the last few decades, and of crew members of color, whose labor has often gone unrecognized. The Quickening teems with their voices-with the colorful stories and personalities of Rush's shipmates-in a thrilling chorus. Urgent and brave, absorbing and vulnerable, The Quickening is another essential book from Elizabeth Rush. We Use Stock Images Because we have over 2 million items for sale we have to use stock images, this listing does not include the actual image of the item for sale. The purchase of this specific item is made with the understanding that the image shown in this listing is a stock image and not the actual item for sale. For example: some of our stock images include stickers, labels, price tags, hyper stickers, obi's, promotional messages, signatures and or writing which may not be available in the actual item. When possible we will add details of the items we are selling to help buyers know what is included in the item for sale. The details are provided automatically from our central master database and can sometimes be wrong. Books are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, not for sale, promotional, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versions. The Book you receive could be any of these editions or variations. If you are looking for a specific edition or version please contact us to verify what we are selling. Gift IdeasThis is a great Christmas gift idea. Hours of ServiceWe have many warehouses, some of the warehouses process orders seven days a week, but the Administration Support Staff are located at a head office location, outside of the warehouses, and typically work only Monday to Friday. Location ID 9000z iHaveit SKU ID 166454995
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Title: The Quickening Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth
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Book Title: Quickening : Creation and Community at the Ends Of the Earth
Number of Pages: 424 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Item Height: 1.2 in
Publication Year: 2023
Topic: Environmental Conservation & Protection, Ecosystems & Habitats / Polar Regions, Global Warming & Climate Change
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Genre: Nature, Science
Item Weight: 22.6 Oz
Author: Elizabeth Rush
Item Length: 8.5 in
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Format: Hardcover
