Rachel Carson Libri

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.

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.

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 Silent Spring and The Sea Around Us 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

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

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

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

Rachel Carson's work alerted a broad audience to the dangers of pesticide use, prompting significant changes in environmental laws. This Penguin Modern Classics edition features an introduction by Lord Shackleton, a preface by Julian Huxley, and an afterword by Carson's biographer Linda Lear. Recognized as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century, it revealed the devastating impact of pesticides on wildlife. Despite facing backlash from the press and the chemical industry, Carson succeeded in raising public awareness, which ultimately led to government reforms and the inspiration of the ecological movement. Her efforts contributed to the banning of harmful pesticides like DDT in the US and globally. Carson, who aspired to be a writer from a young age, published her first book in 1941, with Silent Spring following in 1962. She wrote articles for prominent magazines and was a passionate ecologist, warning against atomic waste dumping and predicting global warming. If you appreciated this work, you may also enjoy John Christopher's The Death of Grass, available in Penguin Modern Classics. Carson's contributions significantly advanced public understanding of ecology, with few books having such a lasting historical impact.

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.

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.