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Not Quite World's End

3 Ratings

4.7

Duration
4H 5min
Language
English
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Biographies

In it, he looks at the world's troubles - the Middle East, global warming, population explosion - and takes the perhaps surprising view that it's actually not nor will be the end of the world. His vivid prose, his clear-sightedness and the wonderful anecdotes about the many strange people and places he has come across all add up to a richly satisfying read. And with his long experience and his remarkable ability to explain what's really going on out there, he offers us all a crumb of comfort in desperate times.

© 2007 Macmillan Digital Audio (Audiobook): 9780230531642

Release date

Audiobook: 5 October 2007

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