TY - SOUND AU - Kolbert,Elizabeth AU - Twomey,Anne ED - Audioworks (Firm) TI - The sixth extinction: an unnatural history SN - 1442369450 PY - 2014/// CY - New York, NY PB - Audioworks KW - Environmental disasters KW - Extinction (Biology) KW - Mass extinctions KW - Audiobooks KW - lcgft N1 - Compact disc; Duration: 10:00:00; Unabridged; Read by Anne Twomey ; with a prologue by the author N2 - Provides an account of the disappearances occurring all around us and traces the evolution of extinction as concept, from its first articulation by Georges Cuvier in revolutionary Paris up through the present day. The sixth extinction is likely to be mankind's most lasting legacy, compelling us to rethink the fundamental question of what it means to be human ER -