pdf comparison: http://www.mmisi.org/pr/11_01/webking.pdf
A good read, especially when the teacher knows its hard for you to find synopses online! Ha! It's only $4 from Amazon. do it! And for further reading, I found a pdf that compares it to another piece of literature. (great for enlightenment)
pdf comparison: http://www.mmisi.org/pr/11_01/webking.pdf
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http://www.amazon.com/Earth-Under-Siege-Pollution-Global/dp/0195142748
Click the link above. This "book" is like a textbook and is a fantastic resource for nearly every topic we will worry about in the class.... I would see if you can check this out from a library or find it at half price books... Wikipedia: Centered around the author's activities as a park ranger at Arches National Monument (now Arches National Park), the book is often compared toThoreau's Walden[citation needed]. It is a series of vignettes about various aspects of his work as a park ranger in the Colorado Plateau region of the desert Southwestern United States, ranging from a polemic against development and excessive tourism in the National Parks, to a story of working with a search and rescue team to pull a dead body out of the desert, to the dangers of hiking alone, to stories of river running, his view of Mormonism, the social life in and around Moab, Utah, and more. Although it is a memoir, it is filled with many interesting, somewhat fictional stories.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cradle_to_Cradle:_Remaking_the_Way_We_Make_Things
This book, will rock you! (and its made out of recyclable materials!! Super cool) Amazon.com: Michael Shnayerson first traveled to the coal fields four years ago, on assignment for Vanity Fair. There he met an inspiring young lawyer named Joe Lovett, who was fighting mountaintop removal in court with a series of brilliant and daring lawsuits. He also met Judy Bonds, whose grassroots group, the Coal River Mountain Watch, was speaking out in a region where talking truth to power was both brave and dangerous. The two had joined forces to take on Massey Energy, the largest and most aggressive of the coal companies, and its swaggering, notorious chairman, Don Blankenship. Coal River is Shnayerson's account of this dramatic struggle. From courtroom to boardroom, forest clearing to factory floor, Shnayerson gives us a novelistic and compelling portrait of the people who risked their reputations and livelihoods in the fight against King Coal. |
Thinking GloballyHere you will find synopses of the books or documentaries from your summer assignment. (Some will even be used throughout the year!) **note: these synopses have been hijacked from reviewer sites to give you a brief overview. The views expressed are not my own and do not substitute you reading/viewing the materials. Archives
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