Song for the Blue Ocean - Brossura

Safina, Carl

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0805061223 ISBN 13: 9780805061222

Casa editrice: Holt Paperbacks, 1999

Riassunto

A scientist, fisherman, and contributor to Scientific American magazine, the author sounds a warning about the decline of the world's marine resources due to commercial fishing and other causes and the imminent extinction of some species. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

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L'autore:

Carl Safina, author of The View from Lazy Point: A Natural Year in an Unnatural World, Voyage of the Turtle: In Pursuit of the Earth's Last Dinosaur, Eye of the Albatross: Visions of Hope and Survival, Song for the Blue Ocean: Encounters Along the World's Coasts and Beneath the Seas, and founder of the Blue Ocean Institute, was named by the Audubon Society one of the leading conservationists of the twentieth century. He's been profiled by The New York Times, and PBS's Bill Moyers. His books and articles have won him a Pew Fellowship, Guggenheim Award, Lannan Literary Award, John Burroughs Medal, and a MacArthur Prize. He lives in Amagansett, New York.

Carl Safina, author of The View from Lazy Point: A Natural Year in an Unnatural World,Voyage of the Turtle: In Pursuit of the Earth's Last Dinosaur,Eye of the Albatross: Visions of Hope and Survival,Song for the Blue Ocean: Encounters Along the World's Coasts and Beneath the Seas, and founder of the Blue Ocean Institute, was named by the Audubon Society one of the leading conservationists of the twentieth century. He's been profiled byThe New York Times, and PBS's Bill Moyers. His books and articles have won him a Pew Fellowship, Guggenheim Award, Lannan Literary Award, John Burroughs Medal, and a MacArthur Prize. He lives in Amagansett, New York.

Product Description:

Part odyssey, part pilgrimage, this epic personal narrative follows the author's exploration of coasts, islands, reefs, and the sea's abyssal depths. Scientist and fisherman Carl Safina takes readers on a global journey of discovery, probing for truth about the world's changing seas, deftly weaving adventure, science, and political analysis.

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• Editore: Holt Paperbacks
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0805061223
• ISBN 13: 9780805061222
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 480