{"product_id":"the-fragile-earth-writing-from-the-new-yorker-on-climate-change-david-remnick-henry-finder","title":"The Fragile Earth: Writing from the New Yorker on Climate Change;  David Remnick, Henry Finder","description":"\u003cdiv data-testid=\"description\" class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large TruncatedContent__text--expanded\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003eA New York Time s New \u0026amp; Noteworthy Book One of the Daily Beast’s 5 Essential Books to Read Before the Election A collection of the  New Yorker ’s   groundbreaking reporting from the front lines of climate change—including writing from Bill McKibben, Elizabeth Kolbert, Ian Frazier, Kathryn Schulz, and more Just one year after climatologist James Hansen first came before a Senate committee and testified that the Earth was now warmer than it had ever been in recorded history, thanks to humankind’s heedless consumption of fossil fuels,  New Yorker  writer Bill McKibben published a deeply reported and considered piece on climate change and what it could mean for the planet.  At the time, the piece was to some speculative to the point of alarmist; read now, McKibben’s work is heroically prescient. Since then, the  New Yorker  has devoted enormous attention to climate change, describing the causes of the crisis, the political and ecological conditions we now find ourselves in, and the scenarios and solutions we face.  The Fragile Earth  tells the story of climate change—its past, present, and future—taking readers from Greenland to the Great Plains, and into both laboratories and rain forests. It features some of the best writing on global warming from the last three decades, including Bill McKibben’s seminal essay “The End of Nature,” the first piece to popularize both the science and politics of climate change for a general audience, and the Pulitzer Prize–winning work of Elizabeth Kolbert, as well as Kathryn Schulz, Dexter Filkins, Jonathan Franzen, Ian Frazier, Eric Klinenberg, and others. The result, in its range, depth, and passion, promises to bring light, and sometimes heat, to the great emergency of our age.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOctober 6, 2020\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDavid Remnick (born October 29, 1958) is an American journalist, writer, and magazine editor. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1994 for his book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/search\/search?q=Lenin%20s%20Tomb%20The%20Last%20Days%20of%20the%20Soviet%20Empire\" title=\"Lenin s Tomb The Last Days of the Soviet Empire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eLenin s Tomb The Last Days of the Soviet Empire\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Remnick has been editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e magazine since 1998. He was named Editor of the Year by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdvertising Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in 2000. Before joining \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Remnick was a reporter and the Moscow correspondent for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He has also served on the New York Public Library’s board of trustees. In 2010 he published his sixth book, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/7870975.The_Bridge_The_Life_and_Rise_of_Barack_Obama\" title=\"The Bridge The Life and Rise of Barack Obama\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eThe Bridge The Life and Rise of Barack Obama\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRemnick was born in Hackensack, New Jersey, the son of a dentist, Edward C. Remnick, and an art teacher, Barbara (Seigel). He was raised in Hillsdale, New Jersey, in a secular Jewish home with, he has said, “a lot of books around.” He is also childhood friends with comedian Bill Maher. He graduated from Princeton University in 1981 with an A.B. in comparative literature; there, he met writer John McPhee and helped found \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Nassau Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Remnick has implied that after college he wanted to write novels, but due to his parents’ illnesses, he needed a paying job—there was no trust fund to rely on. Remnick wanted to be a writer, so he chose a career in journalism, taking a job at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He is married to reporter Esther Fein of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and has three children, Alex, Noah, and Natasha. He enjoys jazz music and classic cinema and is fluent in Russian.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe began his reporting career at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in 1982 shortly after his graduation from Princeton. His first assignment was to cover the United States Football League. After six years, in 1988, he became the newspaper’s Moscow correspondent, which provided him with the material for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLenin's Tomb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He also received the George Polk Award for excellence in journalism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRemnick became a staff writer at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in September, 1992, after ten years at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRemnick’s 1997 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e article “Kid Dynamite Blows Up,” about boxer Mike Tyson, was nominated for a National Magazine Award. In 1998 he became editor, succeeding Tina Brown. Remnick promoted Hendrik Hertzberg, a former Jimmy Carter speechwriter and former editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, to write the lead pieces in “Talk of the Town,” the magazine’s opening section. In 2005 Remnick earned $1 million for his work as the magazine’s editor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 2003 he wrote an editorial supporting the Iraq war in the days when it started. In 2004, for the first time in its 80-year history, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e endorsed a presidential candidate, John Kerry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn May 2009, Remnick was featured in a long-form Twitter account of Dan Baum’s career as a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e staff writer. The tweets, written over the course of a week, described the difficult relationship between Baum and Remnick, his editor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRemnick’s biography of President Barack Obama, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, was released on April 6, 2010. It features hundreds of interviews with friends, colleagues, and other witnesses to Obama’s rise to the presidency of the United States. The book has been widely reviewed in journals.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 2010 Remnick lent his support to the campaign urging the release of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning after being convicted of ordering the murder of her husband by her lover and adultery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 2013 Remnick ’81 was the guest speaker at Princeton University Class Day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRemnick provided guest commentary and contributed to NBC coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi Russia including the opening ceremony and commentary for NBC News.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"FREEAIR Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49486844002626,"sku":"","price":9.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/files\/fragilearth.jpg?v=1722353836","url":"https:\/\/shop.freeairbooks.com\/products\/the-fragile-earth-writing-from-the-new-yorker-on-climate-change-david-remnick-henry-finder","provider":"FREEAIR Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}