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“Absorbing…The End of Night delivers a forceful…critique of our overexposed world.”
— Wall Street Journal
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“It’s impossible not to read this thorough and engaging survey of the subject and not be convinced [that light pollution matters].”
— Evening Standard (London)
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“To seek to let back in a little of the lost starlight and allow more of nature’s shadow to reassert its balm seem to me both modest and wholesome aims, and Bogard’s book does much to make a case for them.”
— Guardian (London)
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“A lyrical, far-reaching book. Part elegy, part call-to-arms, The End of Night feels like an essential addition to the literature of nature.”
— Boston Globe
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“It’s impossible to read it without feeling the impulse to set out for the spaces beyond the city limits and spread out a blanket under the stars.”
— Columbus Dispatch
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“A hymn to vanished darkness. A literary journey. This is a rich book. As you read it, you too will want to reclaim the night and perhaps rediscover the heavens of the Enlightenment.”
— Nature
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“A moving, poetic, immersive, multifaceted, and thought-provoking study... Terrific.”
— Publishers Weekly
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“Appealing…An engaging blend of personal story, hard science and a bit of history.”
— Kirkus Reviews