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A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster

Paperback • 2010 • English

A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster

By Rebecca Solnit

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About the book

From the author of Men Explain Things to Me - -A landmark book that gives impassioned challenge to the social meaning of disasters- ( The New York Times Book Review ) -The freshest, deepest, most optimistic account of human nature I've come across in years.- -Bill McKibben Chosen as a Best Book of the Year by the New York Times , Los Angeles Times , New Yorker , San Francisco Chronicle , Washington Post , and Chicago Tribune The most startling thing about disasters, according to a...Show more

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ISBN

9780143118077

Publisher

PENGUIN BOOKS

Published year

2010

Language

English

Original title

A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster

Format

Paperback

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