{"product_id":"walden-with-an-introduction-and-annotations-by-bill-mckibben-isbn-9780807098134","title":"Walden: With an Introduction and Annotations by Bill McKibben","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn honor of the bicentennial of Henry David Thoreau’s birth, this edition of \u003ci\u003eWalden\u003c\/i\u003e features an introduction and annotations by renowned environmentalist Bill McKibben\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Bill McKibben gives us Thoreau's \u003ci\u003eWalden\u003c\/i\u003e as the gospel of the present moment, as a neccessary book because it is useful right now.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Robert Richardson, author of \u003ci\u003eHenry Thoreau, A Life of the Mind \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEmerson: The Mind on Fire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“We need to understand that when Thoreau sat in the dooryard of his cabin ‘from sunrise till noon, rapt in a revery, in undisturbed solitude and stillness, while the birds sang around or flitted noiseless through the house,’ he was offering counsel and example exactly suited for our perilous moment in time.”\u003cbr\u003e—Bill McKibben, from the introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1854, Henry David Thoreau’s groundbreaking book has influenced generations of readers and continues to inspire and inform anyone with an open mind, a love of nature, and a longing for simplicity and contemplation. Bill McKibben provides a newly revised introduction and helpful annotations that place Thoreau firmly in his role as cultural and spiritual seer. This beautiful edition of \u003ci\u003eWalden\u003c\/i\u003e, published in honor of the bicentennial of Thoreau’s birth, is more accessible and relevant than ever in an age of technological change and ecological crisis.\u003ci\u003eIntroduction by\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBill McKibben\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWALDEN\u003cbr\u003eEconomy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhere I Lived, and What I Lived For\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReading\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSounds\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSolitude\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVisitors\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Bean-Field\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Village\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Ponds\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBaker Farm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHigher Laws\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrute Neighbors\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHouse-Warming\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormer Inhabitants; and Winter Visitors\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinter Animals\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Pond in Winter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpring\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConclusion“\u003ci\u003eWalden\u003c\/i\u003e—republished by Beacon Press this year with an inspired introduction by Bill McKibben about Thoreau’s relevance to our own spiritually impoverished reality—is arguably the most important work of literary nonfiction in the American canon.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Bill McKibben gives us Thoreau’s \u003ci\u003eWalden\u003c\/i\u003e as the gospel of the present moment.”\u003cbr\u003e—Robert D. Richardson Jr., author of \u003ci\u003eHenry Thoreau: A Life of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A stunning new edition [with an] illuminating introduction...McKibben’s voice melds with, but never overtakes, that of Thoreau.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Oregonian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“McKibben provides the most Thoreauvian introduction to Thoreau’s classic that I have ever seen.”\u003cbr\u003e—Lawrence Buell, author of \u003ci\u003eEmerson\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWriting for an Endangered World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry David Thoreau\u003c\/b\u003e (1817-1862) was a writer, philosopher, and naturalist. \u003ci\u003eWalden\u003c\/i\u003e is considered his masterpiece.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBill McKibben\u003c\/b\u003e has written a dozen books about the environment, including \u003ci\u003eThe End of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOil and Honey\u003c\/i\u003e. Founder of the grassroots climate campaign 350.org, he is a scholar in residence at Middlebury College.","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233825534181,"sku":"NP9780807098134","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780807098134_a4e77516-d707-4534-96bc-050d7a38c752.jpg?v=1767743556","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/walden-with-an-introduction-and-annotations-by-bill-mckibben-isbn-9780807098134","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}