{"product_id":"at-the-end-of-the-world-notes-on-a-1941-murder-rampage-in-the-arctic-and-the-threat-of-religious-extremism-loss-of-indigenous-culture-and-danger-of-paperback","title":"At the End of the World: Notes on a 1941 Murder Rampage in the Arctic and the Threat of Religious Extremism, Loss of Indigenous Culture, and Danger of - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLawrence Millman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRyan Murdock\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a remote corner of the Arctic in 1941, a meteor shower flashed across the sky for an unusually long time. Taking this to be a sign, one of the local Inuit proclaimed himself Jesus Christ. Another proclaimed himself God. Anyone who didn't believe in them was Satan. Violence ensued. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAt the End of the World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e isn't just the remarkable story of a series of murders that occurred on the Belcher Islands, a group of wind-blasted rocks in Canada's Hudson Bay. It's also a starting place for a deeper cultural exploration. Against the backdrop of the murders, which highlight the fact that senseless violence in the name of religion is not a contemporary phenomenon and that a even people as seemingly peaceful as the Inuit can turn to chaos at the hands of one person's delusion, Millman addresses the burgeoning dawn of the digital era, following the murders' trail to show how our obsession with screens is not unlike a cult and offering a warning cry against the erosion of humanity and the destruction of the environment. The story becomes a confluence of the consequences of generational trauma, outside religious evangelism, systemic racism against indigenous people, the perilous passage from the natural to the digital world, and what it means to be human in a time of technological dominance and climate disasters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAt the End of the World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, available for the first time in paperback, is not a straightforward tale of true crime but an examination of many of the issues that have become dominant in the global conversation. In snippets of reflection, Millman asks us to look north for answers to many of the questions we all hold, literally, in our hands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJournalist and podcaster \u003cb\u003eRyan Murdock\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eVagabond Dreams: Road Wisdom from Central America\u003c\/i\u003e and editor-at-large (Europe) for \u003ci\u003eOutpost\u003c\/i\u003e, Canada's national travel magazine. He shares his love of travel literature through book reviews focused on the classics and the \u003ci\u003ePersonal Landscapes\u003c\/i\u003e podcast and writes regularly for the \u003ci\u003eShift, \u003c\/i\u003e an independent Maltese news portal. He lives in Berlin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 222\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 5.5 x 8.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 04, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52910386970848,"sku":"9781595349989","price":21.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/U122lVTDBn9781595349989.webp?v=1781485801","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/at-the-end-of-the-world-notes-on-a-1941-murder-rampage-in-the-arctic-and-the-threat-of-religious-extremism-loss-of-indigenous-culture-and-danger-of-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}