How close are we to seeing such an event happen again. In the sixth extinction, elizabeth kolbert studies the relationship between human beings and the environment, and concludes that human behavior is on the verge of causing or may have already caused a massextinctionthe sixth in the history of the planet. The eye of god sigma force series by james rollins. Trapped in a basement, a family struggles to survive against an unknown but powerful force outside determined to destroy the human race.
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