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What is not to love about this book? The author masterfully takes the reader on a tour of the five major past extinctions while highlighting the role of (what seemed like magical) geology. With each page, I could visualize the different areas of which he wrote. At the end of the book, I thought about a walking tour I had done in Florence. I wished this author would put together a driving tour that included all the sites mentioned in this book. Being from PA, I could easily get to the PA, NJ, MD
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One of my favorite books ever. Pairs nicely with the Life on Planet Earth Netflix Doc. A really nice audio reading as well.

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