The Diversity of Life

Edward Osborne Wilson. W. W. Norton & Company, $14.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-393-31047-4

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author calls for collective initiatives to confront the deterioration of biodiversity. (Oct.)

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