{"product_id":"out-of-eden-alan-burdick-9780374530433","title":"Out of Eden: An Odyssey of Ecological Invasion","description":"\u003cp\u003eNow as never before, exotic animals and plants are crossing the globe, borne on the swelling tide of human traffic to places where nature never intended them to be. Bird-eating snakes hitchhike to Hawaii in the landing gear of airliners; pernicious European zebra mussels, riding in ships' ballast water, disrupt aquatic ecosystems across the United States; feral camels and poisonous foreign toads plague Australia; giant Indonesian pythons lurk beneath homes in suburban Miami. As alien species jump from place to place and increasingly crowd native and endangered species out of existence, biologists speak fearfully of \"the homogenization of the world.\" Never mind bulldozers and pesticides: the fastest growing threat to biological diversity may be nature itself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOut of Eden \u003c\/i\u003eis a dazzling personal journey through this strange and shifting landscape. Alan Burdick tours the front lines of ecological invasion in the company of world-class scientists: in Hawaii, Tasmania, Guam, San Francisco; in lush rain forests, aboard an Alaska-bound oil tanker, inside a spacecraft-assembly facility at NASA. Wry and reflective, animated and provocative, \u003ci\u003eOut of \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eEden \u003c\/i\u003eis a search both for scientific answers and for ecological authenticity, from a writer of remarkable range and talent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOut of Eden\u003c\/i\u003e is a 2005 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan Burdick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374530432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374530433\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.4\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e107610 \/ Out of Eden: An Odyssey of Ecological Invasion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2006 pg. 173\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/25\/2006 pg. 24","brand":"Alan Burdick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44201695052031,"sku":"9780374530433","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_78a2b190-1334-4270-905d-9fc1e72a9fc2.jpg?v=1691490867","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/out-of-eden-alan-burdick-9780374530433","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}