Alan Weisman

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Alan Weisman's reports from around the world have appeared in Harper's, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, The Los Angeles Times Magazine, Orion, Wilson Quarterly, Vanity Fair, Mother Jones, Discover, Audubon, Condé Nast Traveler, and in many anthologies, including Best American Science Writing 2006. His most recent book, The World Without Us, a bestseller translated into 30 languages, was named the Best Nonfiction Book of 2007 by both Time Magazine and Entertainment Weekly, the #1 Nonfiction Audiobook of 2007 by iTunes; a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction, for the Orio...more

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Average rating: 3.78 · 11,458 ratings · 2,176 reviews · 10 distinct works

	The World Without Us 3.77 avg rating — 11,098 ratings — published 2007 — 40 editions	My rating:
	Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World 4.25 avg rating — 306 ratings — published 1999 — 5 editions	My rating:
	An Echo in My Blood: The Search for My Family's Hidden Past 3.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1999	My rating:
	La Frontera: The United States Border with Mexico 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1986 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Homo Disparitus: Essai 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Prince of Darkness: Richard Perle: The Kingdom, the Power & the End of Empire in America 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	The World We Have: A Buddhist Approach to Peace and Ecology by Thich Nhat Hanh, Alan Weisman (Foreword by) 3.90 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Late Great Mexican Border: Reports from a Disappearing Line by Bobby Byrd, Gary Paul Nabhan (Contributor), Debbie Nathan (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1996	My rating:
	A Passion for This Earth: Writers, Scientists, and Activists Explore Our Relationship with Nature and the Environment by Michelle Benjamin (Editor), Rick Bass (Contributor), Alan Weisman (Contributor) 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Space Project by Lynn Davis, Alan Weisman (Foreword) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009	My rating:

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“Without us, Earth will abide and endure; without her, however, we could not even be.”
― Alan Weisman, The World Without Us

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“All of us humans have myriad other species to thank. Without them, we couldn't exist. It's that simple, and we can't afford to ignore them, anymore than I can afford to neglect my precious wife--nor the sweet mother Earth that births and holds us all.

Without us, Earth will abide and endure; without her, however, we could not even be.”
― Alan Weisman, The World Without Us

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“You understand... just what the Taoists mean when they say that soft is stronger than hard.”
― Alan Weisman, The World Without Us

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The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout

10 votes, 21.3%

Stiff The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

8 votes, 17.0%

The World Without Us by Alan Weisman

5 votes, 10.6%

Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand

5 votes, 10.6%

Marley & Me Love and Life with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan

5 votes, 10.6%

The Good Good Pig The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood by Sy Montgomery

4 votes, 8.5%

The Cat Who Came for Christmas by Cleveland Amory

4 votes, 8.5%

And the Waters Turned to Blood by Rodney Barker

3 votes, 6.4%

A Dog Year Twelve Months, Four Dogs, and Me by Jon Katz

3 votes, 6.4%

The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill A Love Story . . . with Wings by Mark Bittner

0 votes, 0.0%

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