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Bezig met laden... The Edge of the Sea (1955)door Rachel Carson
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. A classic ( ) 27. The Edge of the Sea by Rachel Carson reader: Kaiulani Lee OPD: 1955 format: 8:45 audible audiobook (288 pages in the original edition) acquired: from Audible included listened: Apr 10-29 rating: 3½ ? genre/style: Nature theme: Random audio locations: The North American Atlantic coast about the author: 1907 –1964, born on a family farm near Springdale, Pennsylvania. Carson was an American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist whose influential book Silent Spring (1962) and other writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement. This was Carson's 3rd book. Early on she writes: "There is a common thread that links these scenes and memories—the spectacle of life in all its varied manifestations as it has appeared, evolved, and sometimes died out. Underlying the beauty of the spectacle there is meaning and significance. It is the elusiveness of that meaning that haunts us, that sends us again and again into the natural world where the key to the riddle is hidden." And she follows up, searching for that riddle with extensive detail. Here she combs the North American Atlantic cost, from Canada and New England's rocks and large tides to Florida's keys and the Ten Thousand Islands behind them. From barnacles (which I learned are arthropods, like lobsters and crabs, and not bivalves) to algae, seaweed, snails and worms. She zooms in again and again, pulling out the microscope at times, checking the different tidal zones and pools and niches. I liked [The Sea Around Us] much more than this one. I just found that she asked a lot of me here, a casual listener. It was tough on my little attention span, focusing on animal after animal. Perhaps better a book to dip into, instead of march through. There is a lot of info within. 2023 https://www.librarything.com/topic/348551#8135955 In “The Edge of the Sea,” Rachel Carson writes with a beautiful clarity about our very human attraction to the seashore and the deeper understanding we can find there. My full review here: https://slownaturefastcity.com/2016/06/12/edge-of-the-sea/ geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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"The edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place." A book to be read for pleasure as well as a practical identification guide, The Edge of the Sea introduces a world of teeming life where the sea meets the land. A new generation of readers is discovering why Rachel Carson's books have become cornerstones of the environmental and conservation movements. New introduction by Sue Hubbell Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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