Rachel Carsonová Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

A collection of excerpts from unpublished writings and speeches by the New York Times bestselling author of the Sea trilogy and the seminal Silent Spring

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.With the precision of a scientist and the simplicity of a fable, Rachel Carson reveals how man-made pesticides have destroyed wildlife, creating a world of polluted streams and silent songbirds.Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As life on Earth has become irrevocably altered by humans, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend the planet, and affirm our place at the heart of its restoration. Their words have endured through the decades, becoming the classics of a movement. Together, these books show the richness of environmental thought, and point the way to a fairer, saner, greener world.

In her lifetime, Rachel Carson published only four books. She was a careful writer and meticulous researcher, for one thing, and she worked as a government scientist until the success of books like <i>Silent Spring</i> and <i>The Sea Around Us</i> enabled her to turn to her own writing full-time. She also published several magazine pieces, many of which biographer Linda Lear gathers here, along with letters and journal entries. In one piece that is characteristic both of her modesty and of her wit, Carson remarks on her then-unusual status of being an "average-sized woman" and a scientist, one who had just become "a biographer of the sea." In another, Carson writes of the necessity of protecting shorelines from economic development that would hasten their erosion and subsequent destruction. Carson's many fans will take much pleasure in this anthology of her work.--Gregory McNamee

Featuring stunning new photographs, many in color, and an updated design, this special reissue of Rachel Carson's award-winning classic--originally published by Harper & Row in 1965--encourages sharing the miracle of nature with children.

"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. (A Mariner Reissue)

Rachel Carson, whose lyrical Silent Spring awakened the world to the dangers of pesticides, was an extremely private figure. Always, Rachel contains the first revealing autobiographical writing from her. It is a record of emotional awakening and of her moving, complex and sustained relationship with Dorothy Freeman, the emotional and creative beacon of the last 12 years of Carson's life. Photos.

Approaching a liberal arts tradition in the classroom, across the curriculum, and beyond, The McGraw-Hill Reader offers rich and diverse readings in education, the social sciences, business and economics, the humanities, and the sciences. This new eleventh edition offers a new focus on reading and composing across various media; it includes over 100 selections from prominent thinkers and writers; each essay was chosen to provoke critical thought and encourage effective writing.

The complete text first appeared as a chapter entitled 'The Rocky Shores' in The Edge of the Sea.

Jedna z najvplyvnejších kníh dvadsiateho storočia.Kniha Tichá jar od Rachel Carson z roku 1962 je jednou z mála kníh, ktoré si môžu nárokovať na epochálny význam. Jej podrobne zdôvodnený útok na používanie pesticídov v americkom poľnohospodárstve pomohol posunúť environmentálne povedomie do popredia modernej politiky a vytvoril regulačné prostredie, ktoré poznáme dnes. Tichá jar je napísaná pútavým štýlom, ktorý spája vedeckú dôslednosť a pôsobivé obrazy. Práve používanie poetického jazyka povyšuje knihu nad obyčajnú vedeckú analýzu.Hneď po jej vydaní chemický priemysel využil všetky svoje zdroje, aby sa pokúsil zdiskreditovať Tichú jar aj samotnú Rachel Carson. Jej vášnivá práca, ktorá sa vyznačovala dôslednou úctou k pravde a veľkou intelektuálnou odvahou, sa však ukázala byť silnejšia ako útoky.Je zriedkavé, aby kniha dokázala zmeniť chod dejín, ale tejto eseji sa to podarilo a po vydaní sa stala klasikou environmentálnej literatúry. Rovnako možno Rachel Carson považovať za zakladateľku celosvetového environmentálneho hnutia. Dnes, keď viac ako kedykoľvek predtým pociťujeme dôsledky nezodpovedných a nebezpečných postupov, ktoré autorka odsúdila, je Tichá jar nevyhnutným čítaním pre každého, kto sa zaujíma o budúcnosť planéty a ľudských bytostí.

Rachel Carson's classic trilogy comprises three volumes - The Sea Around Us (1950), Under the Wind-Sea (1941) and The Edge of the Sea (1955). The Sea Around Us presents an overview of the subject, a natural history of the oceans in which Rachel Carson discusses such matters as their origins, the evolution of life, the creation of volcanic islands

Rachel Carson's classic trilogy comprises three volumes - The Sea Around Us (1950), Under the Sea-Wind (1941) and The Edge of the Sea (1955).