A new edition of the classic environmental tract with an introduction by Al Gore. Carson's muckraking book, originally published in 1962, brought about revolutionary changes in laws that affect our air, land, and water, in addition, to a banning of DDT. Considered one of the most influential books of the last 50 years, according to a panel of 22 ...
Here is the strange story of the seas - how they were born, how life emerged from them, and the marine world within them. Rachel Carson's writing teems with images - the newly-formed Earth cooling beneath an endlessly overcast sky; volcanic action throwing up huge masses on the ocean floor to create immense mountains and desolate canyons; giant ...
Originally published in 1973 by Panther, and now part of the PENGUIN TWENTIETH-CENTURY CLASSICS series, Carson looks at the environments of the rocky shore, the rim of sand and the coral coast. Illustrations by Bob Hines are taken from the original edition and integrated into the text.
This trove of previously uncollected writings is a priceless addition to readers' knowledge of Rachel Carson and her science, environmentalism, and life. 5 illustrations.
Rachel Carson's 1941 classic of nature writing is an adventure story in which Carson tracks a pair of sanderlings, a mackerel, and an eel along the Northeastern Atlantic coast, revealing not only the habits of these species but the mysteries of the ocean.
A new edition of the classic environmental tract with an introduction by Al Gore. Carson's muckraking book, originally published in 1962, brought about revolutionary changes in laws that affect our air, land, and water, in addition, to a banning of DDT. Considered one of the most influential books of the last 50 years, according to a panel of 22 ...
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