The Vanishing Earth
a journey through the last days of abundance
$37.67
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
8 September 2026
Summary
A deeply reported journey into the scarred landscapes of global extraction.
Humanity has remade the Earth with astonishing speed. In the last fifty years alone we have taken more out of the planet than in all prior history combined. Across every continent lie the immense wounds left behind by extraction: the mines, quarries, poisoned rivers and hollowed-out towns that now form the true map of our civilisation and our age.
Everything we touch - rock, metal, sand, water, even th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761382116 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 176138211X |
| Author: | James Crawford |
| Publisher: | Scribe Publications |
| Imprint: | Scribe Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 8 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 566g |
| Dimensions: | 34mm x 154mm x 234mm |
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James Crawford
James Crawford is an acclaimed historian, writer, and broadcaster. Born in the Shetlands, he studied History and Philosophy of Law at the University of Edinburgh and worked for a decade for Scotland’s National Collection of Architecture and Archaeology.
He is the author of ten books, including:
- Fallen Glory: The Lives and Deaths of History’s Greatest Buildings
- The Edge of the Plain: How Borders Make and Break Our World
Both of these books were shortlisted for Non-Fiction Book of the Year at Scotland’s National Book Awards.
He is also the presenter of BBC Radio 4’s flagship books programme, ‘Take Four Books’.
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