Ronald Wright 
A Short History Of Progress [EPUB ebook] 

Have we learnt the lessons of the past – or will we be next? Many of the great ruins that grace the deserts and jungles of the earth are monuments to civlisations which fell victim to their own success: from Easter Island”s monolithic wilderness to the perpetual silence of the Mayan ruins and ultimately to today”s melting ice caps and growing ozone hole, the cycle has continually repeated itself across the years.