Why not use these guided reading questions to go alongside the text, or this fossilisation activity to introduce how fossils are made? The more we know about the catastrophic implications of climate change, the more fossil fuels we burn. How did we end up in this mess? This impressive book speaks to several emergent areas in ecocriticism: material ecocriticism, the ubiquitous Anthropocene, environmental history, ‘Victorian Ecology’ … Such a formidable body of historical evidence has the potential to ignite both ‘Victorian ecology’ and a more socially engaged ecocriticism. John Parnham, Green Letters: Studies in Ecocriticism So, what's the plot? Well, in a nutshell, the story is set in the recent future, and two agents have been sent to look for an archaeologist who disappeared many years ago in Antarctica. At the same time, an astronaut is the only survivor of a mission to Mars; a mission where a very strange object was discovered. What follows is a fast-paced, highly addictive thriller involving a powerful corporation (The Human Foundation) and enough twists and turns to keep a reader hooked - and possibly slightly dizzy.

When Jacob and his three best friends head down to the beach on the Jurassic Coast one day, they make a surprising discovery! For a spectacular story set in the Stone Age, try ' How to Skin a Bear'. It follows Bee and her dog, who must face danger head-on if they're ever to see their family again.This is a denser, wonkier, and more historical survey of the long, ugly marriage between fossil fuels and capitalism - in fact, between fossil fuels and the entire history of economic growth. David Wallace-Wells, New York Magazine Fossil Capital presents, with impressive detail and theoretical clarity, how the fossil fuel economy has come into being. Malm does not reiterate commonplaces about climate change, but looks closely at its origins. This extremely well-written book is radical without being dogmatic. Malm does not take his audience for granted at any point; there are no short cuts. Marx and Philosophy Review of Books

The best book written about the origins of global warming ... Like Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything, Fossil Capital trenchantly demonstrated that capitalism and capitalists are responsible for climate change. Michael Robbins, Bookforum

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I wanted to finish it, so I did, but it was forced. None of that magic where you can't wait to read more after putting it down for work/sleep/life. There's actually a good book in here, somewhere. The premise of the novel in itself is very promising and exciting, but the author either didn't know what to do with it, or decided to make the first book an entire setup to sell the entire trilogy (yes, of course it's a trilogy! FFS...)