Brian Fagan is emeritus professor of anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of Elixir, the Los Angeles Times bestseller Cro-Magnon, and the New York Times bestseller The Great Warming, and many other books, including Fish on Friday, The Long Summer, and The Little Ice Age. He has decades of experience at sea and is the author of several titles for sailors, including the widely praised Cruising Guide to Central and Southern California.
Important and, from a New York Times best-selling author, accessible to all. * <i>Library Journal</i> on ELIXIR * The re-imagining of the past is entertainingly done, and a great deal of science, especially climate science, is accessibly introduced on the way * A.C. Grayling on CRO-MAGNON * [A] fascinating account of shifting climatic conditions and their consequences * <i>NY Times</i> on THE GREAT WARMING * A riveting work that will take your breath away and leave you scrambling for a cool drink of water * <i>Christian Sci Monitor</i> on THE GREAT WARMING *