{"product_id":"dust-3","title":"Dust","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Superb'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Marvellous''\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Brilliant'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eEye-opening . . . impressive\u003c\/b\u003e'' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Powerful'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNature \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e__________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDust may seem inconsequential, so tiny and mundane as to slip below the threshold of thought. Yet within the next one hundred years, life on Earth will be profoundly changed by heat and drought - and that means dust. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this ground-breaking book, Jay Owens shows how the modern world is made through both the creation and expulsion of dust. From particle air pollution and burning fossil fuels to land degradation, desertification and nuclear fallout, we find out the immense challenges confronting people and the planet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith clarity and insight, \u003ci\u003eDust: The Modern World in a Trillion Particles\u003c\/i\u003e helps us understand our legacy and discovers the biggest ideas can be found in the smallest particles\u003cbr\u003e.__________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCombining history and science, a sweeping look at the smallest substance and the biggest challenges facing people and the planet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''\u003ci\u003eDust\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eis a book with an extraordinary global story to tell, but - and - also with an ethical argument to advance. \u003c\/b\u003eRobert Macfarlane\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Like a detective dusting for fingerprints, Jay Owens masterfully reveals the hidden traces of modernity by following some of its smallest fragments.'' \u003c\/b\u003eJames Vincent, author of \u003ci\u003eBeyond Measure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''From Mark Kurlansky''s \u003ci\u003eSalt\u003c\/i\u003e and Laura Martin''s \u003ci\u003eTea\u003c\/i\u003e to Jared Diamond''s \u003ci\u003eGuns and Germs and Steel\u003c\/i\u003e, can we now add geographer Jay Owens''s \u003ci\u003eDust\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e?'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57200515154302,"sku":"NW9781529362664","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781529362664.jpg?v=1778543060","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/dust-3","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}