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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Author of The End of Nature. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Boldly Signed by Bill McKibben with a large black felt marker 'B'. 224 pp. Blue boards with a green cloth spine. No dustjacket. "We've got a long history of resistance in Vermont and this book is testimony to that fact." Bernie Sanders A book that's also the beginning of a movement, Bill McKibben's debut novel Radio Free Vermont follows a band of Vermont patriots who decide that their state might be better off as its own republic. As the host of Radio Free Vermont--"underground, underpowered, and underfoot"--seventy-two-year-old Vern Barclay is currently broadcasting from an "undisclosed and double-secret location." With the help of a young computer prodigy named Perry Alterson, Vern uses his radio show to advocate for a simple yet radical idea: an independent Vermont, one where the state secedes from the United States and operates under a free local economy. But for now, he and his radio show must remain untraceable, because in addition to being a lifelong Vermonter and concerned citizen, Vern Barclay is also a fugitive from the law. In Radio Free Vermont, Bill McKibben entertains and expands upon an idea that's become more popular than ever--seceding from the United States. Along with Vern and Perry, McKibben imagines an eccentric group of activists who carry out their own version of guerilla warfare, which includes dismissing local middle school children early in honor of 'Ethan Allen Day' and hijacking a Coors Light truck and replacing the stock with local brew. Witty, biting, and terrifyingly timely, Radio Free Vermont is Bill McKibben's fictional response to the burgeoning resistance movement." "Vern uses his radio show to advocate for a simple yet radical idea: an independent Vermont, one where the state secedes from the United States and operates under a free local economy. But for now, he and his radio show must remain untraceable, because in addition to being a lifelong Vermonter and concerned citizen, Vern Barclay is also a fugitive from the law."Bill McKibben has tried almost everything to save the world. Since the publication in 1989 of his popular nonfiction book The End of Nature, the writer, environmentalist, and political activist has dedicated his burgeoning platform to advocating sustainable energy, proactive policy, and personal responsibility in the face of the climate change crisis. In addition to his many books â " as well as numerous columns and articles for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, and others â " he's launched his own environmental organization, 350.org, and served as a surrogate for fellow Vermonter Bernie Sanders in 2016. In a 2005 essay titled "What the Warming World Needs Now is Art, Sweet Art," McKibben decried the lack of art, especially novels, that dramatized global warming â " a deficit that has since been rectified, as the subgenre tagged "climate fiction," or cli-fi, has exploded in the last few years. And now, he's answered his own call for more topical, issue-driven fiction with his debut novel, Radio Free Vermont." JASON HELLER. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First edition. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "For Ford and Susan, with enormous affection (and remember--there are never enough corgis). Bill McKibben." A fun inscription. This is the simultaneous British edition, uncommon signed and with a slightly different subtitle. A book that considers the promises and especially perils of genetic engineering, and one that echoes what may be the central message in McKibben's work: We should find a way to be satisfied with the good that we already have rather than consume or meddle more. Blurbs by E.O. Wilson and Michael Pollan. A fine book in fine jacket.