A Paradise Built In Hell
by Solnit, Rebecca
"The freshest, deepest, most optimistic account of human nature I've come across in years." -Bill McKibben The most startling thing about disasters, according to award-winning author Rebecca Solnit, is not merely that so many people rise to the occasion, but that they do so with joy. That joy reveals an ordinarily unmet yearning for community, purposefulness, and meaningful work that disaster often provides. A Paradise Built in Hell is an investigation of the moments of altruism, resourcefulness, and generosity that arise amid disaster's grief and disruption and considers their implications for everyday life. It points to a new vision of what society could become-one that is less authoritarian and fearful, more collaborative and local.
Reviews
Review this book!
Available Copies
More Photos
A Paradise Built in Hell
by Solnit, Rebecca
- Condition
- Used - very good +
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Edition
- First Printing
- Published
- 2009
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Item Price
-
$30.00
Show Details
Description:
New York: Viking Press, 2009. First Printing. Hardcover. very good +/fine. 353p, 8vo. A very good + copy in a fine dust jacket. Text block foxed, else fine.
Item Price
$30.00
A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster
by Solnit, Rebecca
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Published
- 2009
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780670021079
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
-
$20.00
Show Details
Description:
New York: Viking, 2009. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near fine. Paper covered boards in dust jacket, octavo, 353pp., not illustrated. Book has mild wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ has hint of edgewear. Item Price
$20.00
A Paradise Built in Hell - The extraordinary communities that arise in disaster
by Solnit, Rebecca
- Condition
- Used - Fine w reader's marks on two pages else unmarked.
- Edition
- 1st printing
- Published
- 2010
- Binding
- Trade PB in color-photo wraps.
- ISBN
- 9780143118077
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Nevada City, California, USA
- Item Price
-
$10.00
Show Details
Description:
New York: Penguin Books, 2010. 1st printing. Trade PB in color-photo wraps.. Fine w reader's marks on two pages else unmarked.. Critics call it the best book of the year, optimistic and informative. Bright tight PB 1st.
5-1/2 x 8-1/2, 353 pp, index, notes. Item Price
$10.00
A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster
by Solnit, Rebecca
- Condition
- UsedGood
- ISBN
- 9780143118077
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Skokie, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
-
$4.54
Show Details
Description:
UsedGood. Book has a curve to it. Moderate sunbleaching on the spine. Pages and text appear clean and are in good condition Item Price
$4.54
A Paradise Built in Hell - the extraordinary communities that arise in disaster
by Solnit, Rebecca
- Condition
- Used - Fine unmarked except reader's marks on two pages else unmarked, no spine creases.
- Edition
- 1st edition, 1st printing.
- Published
- 2010
- Binding
- Trade PB in color-illus wraps.
- ISBN
- 9780143118077
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Nevada City, California, USA
- Item Price
-
$15.00
Show Details
Description:
New York: Penguin Books, 2010. 1st edition, 1st printing.. Trade PB in color-illus wraps.. Fine unmarked except reader's marks on two pages else unmarked, no spine creases.. investigation of altruism and generosity that arise amid disasters like floods and eartquakes, chosen best book of the year. Bright tight copy of PB 1st.
5-1/2 x 8-1/2, 353 pp, index,… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.00
A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster
by Rebecca Solnit
- Condition
- Used - VG
- Published
- August 2010
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780143118077
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, USA
- Item Price
-
$10.58
Show Details
Description:
Penguin Books, August 2010. Trade Paperback. VG. used trade paperback edition. lightly shelfworn, corners perhaps slightly bumped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws. Item Price
$10.58
A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster
by Solnit, Rebecca
- Condition
- Used - Very good in very good dust jacket.
- Published
- 2009
- Binding
- Hard cover
- ISBN
- 9780670021079
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Eugene, Oregon, USA
- Item Price
-
$27.95
Show Details
Description:
New York, NY: Viking Books, 2009. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket.. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 353 p. Audience: General/trade. Viking Press, 2009, 353 pages, hardcover in a very good unclipped jacket, no owner's mark or underlining, light wear Item Price
$27.95
A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster
by Solnit, Rebecca
- Condition
- Used: Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 2010-08-31
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780143118077
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
HOUSTON, Texas, USA
- Item Price
-
$12.22
Show Details
Description:
Penguin Books, 2010-08-31. Reprint. paperback. Used: Good. Item Price
$12.22
A Paradise Built in Hell: the Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster
by Solnit, Rebecca
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 2010
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780143118077
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Tacoma, Washington, USA
- Item Price
-
$8.00
Show Details
Description:
Penguin, 2010 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 353 pages, notes, index. Minor wear.. Item Price
$8.00
A Paradise Built in Hell
by Solnit, Rebecca
- Condition
- Used - VG-
- Jacket Condition
- na
- Published
- 2009
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
-
$7.50
Show Details
Description:
Penguin, 2009. Softcover. VG-/na. Some rubbing & edgewear; creases & edges & corners; small corner bump; stamp inside front cover; yellowing; otherwise overall clean & tight. 353 pages Item Price
$7.50
A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster
by Rebecca Solnit
- Condition
- Used: Good
- Published
- 2009-08-20
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780670021079
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
HOUSTON, Texas, USA
- Item Price
-
$15.34
Show Details
Description:
Viking Adult, 2009-08-20. Hardcover. Used: Good. Item Price
$15.34
A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster
by Rebecca Solnit
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780143118077
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Southport, Merseyside, GBR
- Item Price
-
$16.51
Show Details
Description:
Paperback / softback. New. Item Price
$16.51
A Paradise Built in Hell: the Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster
by Solnit, Rebecca
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Published
- 2010
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780143118077
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Tacoma, Washington, USA
- Item Price
-
$9.00
Show Details
Description:
Penguin, 2010 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 353 pages, notes, index, later printing. Slight wear from handling, text clean, binding fine.. Item Price
$9.00
A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster
by Rebecca Solnit
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- August 2010
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780143118077
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
APPLETON, Wisconsin, USA
- Item Price
-
$8.00
Show Details
Description:
Penguin (Non-Classics), August 2010. Trade Paperback. Used - Good. Shipping fee applies to first book, there is no additional shipping fee for addition books from our store. All of our books are in clean, readable condition (unless noted otherwise). Our books generally have a store sticker on the inside cover with our in store pricing. Being used… Read more about this item Item Price
$8.00
A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster
by Solnit, Rebecca
- Condition
- Used:Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 2010-08-31
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780143118077
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
HOUSTON, Texas, USA
- Item Price
-
$16.57
Show Details
Description:
Penguin Books, 2010-08-31. Reprint. paperback. Used:Good. Item Price
$16.57
A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster
by Solnit, Rebecca
- Condition
- Used:Good
- Published
- 2010-08-31
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780143118077
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
HOUSTON, Texas, USA
- Item Price
-
$17.06
Show Details
Description:
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2010-08-31. Paperback. Used:Good. Item Price
$17.06
PARADISE BUILT IN HELL
by SOLNIT,REBECCA
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Binding
- Pb
- ISBN
- 9780143118077
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
NEW YORK, New York, USA
- Item Price
-
$13.50
Show Details
Description:
pb. Fair. Obviously worn, but no text pages missing. May have highlighting and marginalia, but markings do not interfere with readability. Textbooks do not have accompanying CDs or access codes. Ships from an indie bookstore in NYC. Item Price
$13.50
A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster
by Solnit, Rebecca
- Condition
- New
- Published
- 2009-08-20
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780670021079
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
San Diego, California, USA
- Item Price
-
$67.92
Show Details
Description:
Viking Adult, 2009-08-20. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Item Price
$67.92
A Paradise Built in Hell : The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster
by Rebecca Solnit
- Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Published
- 2009
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780670021079
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Oxford, Oxfordshire, GBR
- Item Price
-
$33.70
Show Details
Description:
New York: Viking, 2009. Hardcover. Good Condition. 23.2 x 16.1 x 3 cm. Dust jacket is fully intact, only lightly rubbed at edges. Ownership inscription on first inside page. Contents a little discoloured; text underlined in pencil on a few pages only. Otherwise, sound and serviceable. Publisher's note: Explores the phenomenon through which people become… Read more about this item Item Price
$33.70
A Paradise Built in Hell : The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster
by Solnit, Rebecca
- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN
- 9780670021079
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Mishawaka, Indiana, USA
- Item Price
-
$12.98
Show Details
Description:
Penguin Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Item Price
$12.98