{"product_id":"last-days-of-the-dinosaurs","title":"Last Days of the Dinosaurs","description":"Winner of the AAAS\/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books!\n\n\"This is top-drawer science writing.\" ―Publishers Weekly, starred review\n\nIn The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, Riley Black walks readers through what happened in the days, the years, the centuries, and the million years after the impact, tracking the sweeping disruptions that overtook one spot, and imagining what might have been happening elsewhere on the globe. Life’s losses were sharp and deeply-felt, but the hope carried by the beings that survived sets the stage for the world as we know it now.\n\nPicture yourself in the Cretaceous period. It’s a sunny afternoon in the Hell Creek of ancient Montana 66 million years ago. A Triceratops horridus ambles along the edge of the forest. In a matter of hours, everything here will be wiped away. Lush verdure will be replaced with fire. Tyrannosaurus rex will be toppled from their throne, along with every other species of non-avian dinosaur no matter their size, diet, or disposition. They just don’t know it yet.\n\nThe cause of this disaster was identified decades ago. An asteroid some seven miles across slammed into the Earth, leaving a geologic wound over 50 miles in diameter. In the terrible mass extinction that followed, more than half of known species vanished seemingly overnight. But this worst single day in the history of life on Earth was as critical for us as it was for the dinosaurs, as it allowed for evolutionary opportunities that were closed for the previous 100 million years.\n\n\"This is pop science that reads like a fantasy novel, but backed up by hard facts and the latest fossil discoveries. Black is pioneering a new genre: narrative prehistorical nonfiction.\" ―Steve Brusatte, New York Times bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1250894867\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1250894867.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Black, Riley\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Pages are clean with no markings. May show minor signs of wear or cosmetic defects  marks, cuts, bends, or scuffs  on the cover, spine, pages, or dust jacket. May have remainder marks on edges.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41537859780666,"sku":"DBV.1250894867.VG","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1250894867-0.jpg?v=1784346964","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/last-days-of-the-dinosaurs","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}