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Rupert Sheldrake, one of the world's preeminent biologists, has revolutionized scientific thinking with his vision of a living, developing universe--one with its own inherent memory. In
The Rebirth of Nature, Sheldrake urges us to move beyond the centuries-old mechanistic view of nature, explaining why we can no longer regard the world as inanimate and purposeless. Sheldrake shows how recent developments in science itself have brought us to the threshold of a new synthesis in which traditional wisdom, intuitive experience, and scientific insight can be mutually enriching.
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an interesting book for anyone interested in nature, not only for biologists.......2006-11-02
It may appear that the division into serious scientists and con-men of the scientific world is something obvious and undeniable. Nevertheless, there are people who are real scientits, but they profess controversial, or even revolutionary, theories, called by some a scientific heresy. One of the representatives of this group is Rupert Sheldrake, a British biologist, educated in Cambridge and Harvard, publishing in Nature and other renowned journals specializing in natural sciences.The basis for most of his theories can be found in "The Rebirth of Nature. The Greening of Science and God".
In "The Rebirth of Nature" Sheldrake describes the animistic theory of nature in contrast to the mechanistic one, starting with a solid, historical introduction. The original, old beliefs, based on the power of Nature and the Mother Goddess and, in consequence, on matriarchy, gave way initially to the aggressive male gods, resulting in the end of simple haromony, and beginning of wars and hostile human attitude towards the surrounding world (Sheldrake is very interested in feminism, and vice versa, proving, that all theories and philosophies, even at the surface very diverse, somehow, somewhere have a point in common).
The next, and, according to the author, much more important breakthrough was the end of search for scientific proofs of existence of the soul, ether and any divine, or experimentally undescribable, elements, warranting the existence of life. The faith in the divine was then substituted by the mechanistic theory - which says that we, humans, together with all beings, are governed solely by the laws of physics and these laws explain absolutely all functions of ou organisms as well as personal and social behavior.
This breakthrough was initiated in the Renaissance by simple experiments, such as lack of weight difference between alive and dead animals proving, according to the scientists of that era, that after death the mechanism simply stops working. According to Sheldrake, the common sense says that this very experiment can be interpreted in the way disadvantageous for the mechanistic theory, because if nothing material decides if the organism is alive or dead, the life cannot be explained by the part of the physical mechanism... (besides, what about the "21 grams"?)
Paradoxically, the breakthrough was reinforced by Reformation and the Protestants' sober attitude to life, and stabilized in the Enlightment period. The theory of evolution beutifully confirmed the mechanistic theory, at least in the initial stage.
In spite of all, many contemporary theoretical biologists lean towards the holistic concept of natural philosophy, linking physical laws of nature with the belief in the forces and connections among all the animated and non-animated components of the Planet Earth.
The important part of the holistic theory are fields. The discovery of fields, such as gravity, magnetism or electricity, in physics, shaked the mechanistic theory to a certain degree, because gave the examples of "immaterial" energy interactions (the author somehow omits the physical particle element of these interactions, but never mind). Sheldrake postulates, by analogy, the existence of the morphogenetic fields, responsible for the formation and evolution of life. He also gives interesting examples of phenomena, which are not yet explained or completely deciphered by sciene.
One such phenomenon is memory - indeed, although lesions in particular parts of the brain cause various types of memory loss, it is not known, where and how the memories are stored and segregated. Sheldrake compares the brain to a TV set: it is equally vain to search in the neurons for the traces of past events, as to look in the circuits for the traces of the TV shows. The destructions of a component will cause problems with the reception of a given channel, but does not prove that the trace of this channel, its memory was in the damaged component (this is such an oversimplification... and I am even not sure if it is accurate, but definitely it is a good image).
Sheldrake supports the contemporary, holistic natural philosophy with the Gaia hypothesis, conceived by James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis. The Gaia hypothesis, or the hypothesis of Earth as an organism (according to Lovelock; Margulis tones down his expressions quite a bit, saying thet our planet cannot really be called "a living organism" without complete re-definition of the term "life") - at least as a self-regulating biosphere and biotope, explains, how the Earth could have maintained relatively constant environmental conditions for a long time (for example, the constant salt concentration in seawater is explained with the mechanism of lagoon formation) and warns against (caused, of course, by mechanistic way of thinking) influence of our species on the environment. One of the main points of the Gaia hypothesis is treating Homo sapiens as one if the nods in the network of interactions, together with other species of living organisms and also with the unanimated components of our environment, not, like we are used to, as a higher intelligence created to rule over the world. (the problem with using the Gaia hypothesis to prove anything is that it is a HYPOTHESIS).
Sheldrake develops his theory, discussing many scientific unknowns, getting through the weak points of the theory of evolution and medical mysteries to the thoughts about the Big Band abd the beginnings of the Universe. He concludes with a statement that the old, mechanistic theory still exists, but in a conspiratory form, the proof of which seems to be Richard Dawkins and his book "The Selfish Gene". I am rather on the side of Dawkins as long as the scientific beliefs go, but Sheldrakes arguments (despite the fact that the theory of selfish genes creating our bodies and influencing emotions is not, as Sheldrake would want, a simple depiction of living creatures as robots manipulated by DNA, like by a computer program - even Dawkins formulates it differently now and clearly the title of his book was mostly a commercial trick) make a lot of logical sense and it is difficult to argue with them - they require a lot of solid knowledge (many tried).
"The Rebirth of Nature" is a good (albeit biased) introduction to contemporary theoretical biology and a proof of importance of this branch of biology, so neglected in the age of molecular biology and biochemistry.
The other advantage of this book is a good bibliography, full of references to original publications. It is not necessary to agree with the author and it is possible to close an eye to many obvious simplifications, but it is interesting to learn, what is the way of thinking of one of very active scientists, who is not present in a school curriculum and also get some distance and critical attitude towards the knowledge, nowadays commonly agreed to be right.
A Cogent and Revealing Look at How We Think.......2004-09-01
Rupert presents a balanced and logical presentation of how scientific thought began, describing
its progress from the dawn of civilisations through the Renaissance, to modern-day empirical
platitudes. He shows that both sides are manifestly wrong in their attempts at explaining what
is truly observed in terms of behaviour and function. He concurrently presents an alternative
argument based on morphic fields and the fact that everything any living thing does is
recorded into these fields forever, to be called on whenever a resonance with a living member
of that species occurs with these fields. For example, DNA does not explain why, amid the same
protein building blocks, and DNA pattern in each cell, an embryo's arm grows differently to
its leg. Morphic fields, however, remember how the blocks go together and exert an influence to
survival-successful ends.
I cannot recommend this book enough. It is superb and really eye-opening. For example, the
parallelism between marsupial and placental mammals, shows how the same design, but with slight
variations, can come about through universal morphic fields. It also leaves room for
speculation as to how the morphic fields caused by this planet, match those on other life-
supporting planets in the universe, and hence, how similar aliens might be to us. A really
wonderful read, and one of my top books ever.
Inspiring and challenging.......2004-05-26
I am in a constant search for new and challenging ideas and this is one of the books that offers something truly new. The author tries to reconcile historic and scientific findings from various advanced fields with spiritual ideas for which never will be a scientific proof. The variety of presented angles makes the reading difficult at times. Ideas presented in the book may never be scientifically proofed but intuitively they just make sense.
The idea of morphic fields introduced by the author is extremely powerful. It is very interesting to think how the ultimate force in the Universe often called God can affect our lives and life of our planet through the non-local morphic fields that govern Life we know. It made the concept of God much more acceptable to logic.
Very interesting ideas!.......2003-12-04
In this book Sheldrake proposes that nature and its evolution has purpose and meaning beyond mere random mutations, natural selection, and survival. He contemplates on a deep sense of consciousness beyond what we are familiar with in traditional science, a type of consciousness that exists in all matter. I believe the author is onto something very interesting and worth exploring in the future. Toru Sato in his revolutionary book, "The Ever-Transcending Spirit" discusses this possibility from a very different perspective as well. This is perhaps the future direction of science. These books are well worth a read if you are interested in cutting edge theories on consciousness.
Mystical new theories on the Earth, Science and Nature.......2003-02-06
In his book, The Rebirth of Nature: The Greening of Science and God, Rupert Sheldrake proposes some ideas about nature, the planet earth and the universe which at first look, sound interesting, but upon closer examination may seem somewhat far fetched. Many of his ideas are rooted in spiritual concepts, yet he also discusses science, its characteristics and its history. Sheldrake attempts to link scientific concepts to his ideas, while at the same time showing disdain for the scientific way of thinking, which he terms "close minded." His ideas of "morphic fields" and "formative causation" are presented without convincing evidence. At best he offers anecdotes to support his claims, which include: the idea that animals can communicate telepathically across time and space, and that crystals influence each other through "morphic resonance." Reasonable people who have some knowledge of science will likely see there are less magical explanations for the phenomenon he discusses. At the same time Sheldrake scolds the reader as "mystery intolerant" if unwilling to accept the author's assertions. Sheldrake has purposely tried to blend science, which works through well thought out experiments to lead to the development of theories, and mysticism, which allows for leaps of faith to reach beliefs. Some may find this combination refreshing, while others might view the juxtaposition of these two methods of understanding, as intrinsically incompatible. Sheldrake's end goal seems to be to convince the reader of the great value of planet earth, and the importance of living in harmony with our environment. Indeed, this concept is crucial to the future of humanity and all life. Yet many will not need Sheldrake's extraordinary theories to lead to the recognition of this great truth.
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Why is the historic center of Los Angeles located where it is, 15 miles from the ocean and 10 miles from the San Gabriel Mountains, on an arid plain? The answer is the Los Angeles River, which once flowed freely across that flat land. In his book, The Los Angeles River: Its Life, Death, and Possible Rebirth, Blake Gumprecht points out that before the course of the river was paved, Hollywood and Beverly Hills were marshland and that in flood years, the river carried as much water as the Mississippi.
"The destruction of the river had begun half a century before the first concrete was poured," Gumprecht writes, "when the river ... began to be viewed not as a giver of life or a thing of beauty, but as a dumping ground--for horse carcasses, petroleum waste, and the city's garbage." The river, he adds, was also viewed as a mere vehicle for a commodity, water, and a vehicle that could be improved with the addition of channels, culverts, and reservoirs. Such changes made the wide-scale development of the Los Angeles region possible, but they destroyed the living river. Now, years later, environmental activists are pressing to restore the river to something of its former self--and their efforts, if successful, will again alter the course of regional history.
The Los Angeles River has figured widely in many ecological studies of Southern California; in historical work it has figured largely as a backdrop. Gumprecht grants the river close attention as a thing unto itself, one that has affected many other aspects of the area's social, economic, and environmental history. --Gregory McNamee
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Three centuries ago, the Los Angeles River meandered through marshes and forests of willow and sycamore. Trout spawned in its waters and grizzly bears roamed its shores. The bountiful environment the river helped create supported one of the largest concentrations of Indians in North America. Today, the river is made almost entirely of concrete. Chain-link fence and barbed wire line its course. Shopping carts and trash litter its channel. Little water flows in the river most of the year, and nearly all that does is treated sewage and oily street runoff. On much of its course, the river looks more like a deserted freeway than a river.
The river's contemporary image belies its former character and its importance to the development of Southern California. Los Angeles would not exist were it not for the river, and the river was crucial to its growth. Recognizing its past and future potential, a potent movement has developed to revitalize its course. The Los Angeles River offers the first comprehensive account of a river that helped give birth to one of the world's great cities, significantly shaped its history, and promises to play a key role in its future.
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Compelling Story of an Urban River.......2006-04-02
I first saw the Los Angeles River in TV shows and movies like Terminator 2 and have ever since been interested in learning more about this strange, concrete encased urban waterway. Blake Gumprecht's book does a great job of providing the history of the Los Angeles River from its pristine condition two centuries ago into the modern era as a "Freeway for Water" in the book "The Los Angeles River."
The author balances his coverage of the river and fairly represents both sides of the struggle to restore it back to a more natural appearance versus the need to provide flood control protection with concrete fortifications.
The book is extremely well researched and documented. Extensive maps and photos shed light on the topic and make the historical changes easier to follow.
My only wish is that a future edition will include color photos.
Great history of L.A........2005-02-10
Reading this book was an assignement for a geography course I was taking in college. My first thoughts were "A book on the L.A. River? How can they write an entire book on a river that flows a couple of days per year?" My indifference to the subject was quickly dismissed after the first few pages. This book is very insightful! It gives a detailed history on L.A., from it's foundation as a tiny pueblo to the sprawling metropolis it is today, with the river & water in Southern California being the central themes. I always wondered why L.A. was built in the area it's in & Mr. Gumprecht answers that in fine detail along with many other interesting facts regarding the annexation of neighboring cities, water rights, deadly floods and ultimately the concrete channel built to contain this unpredictable river.
Whoever is interested in the histroy of this region will no doubt greatly enjoy this superb book!
Impressive History of Los Angeles and its River.......2004-01-31
If you've ever wondered why Los Angeles is in the middle of a desert (hint: it wasn't always), what the river looked like before there was a city, and why the river was buried in concrete, this is the book. An excellent description of the origins of the river and the city, with insights into the modern revitalization movement.
Among the things I learned:
--The river starts in the San Fernando Valley, but the city of Los Angeles has claimed the water as its own since at least 1810, a claim eventually known as the Pueblo Water Right.
--Not all of those concrete beds in L.A. are technically the L.A. river, which starts along the south edge of the San Fernando Valley, dodges a number of movie studios, and makes a right turn through downtown before heading for the Pacific. The others are creeks and washes that feed (fed) the river.
--The area's light rainfall was sufficient to keep the river flowing year-round until suburbia took over. Concrete and asphalt reduced the water that soaked into the ground to be released slowly into the river. Now, the primary source of flowing river water is the what's been reclaimed from sewage treatment plants.
Worth the read for all Angelenos or anyone who is interested in Los Angeles.
Essential - An Amazing History of Los Angeles and its River.......2002-12-29
This fascinating book is packed with information about the history of Los Angeles. Not many present-day Angelenos would know that the location for the city was chosen because of the once-abundant flow of the Rio de Porciuncula, or Los Angeles River. Blake Gumprecht pulls an amazing feat in researching the River's many incarnations alongside the history of the growth of Los Angeles. In addition to providing detailed reports of the River's former courses, and devastating accounts of some of the River's infamous catastrophic floods, Mr. Gumprecht explains the River's role in shaping the course of Los Angeles city politics in greater detail than any previous study.
Once an ample stream that sustained all of the city's water needs for over 100 years, the Los Angeles River was then pumped dry, smothered in concrete, and almost pushed out of the city's consciousness. Incredible photographs appear throughout the book; many of these photos will make nature-loving Angelenos yearn for the Los Angeles River of yesteryear, with its bubbling, meandering stream, and its banks lined with willows and sycamores.
Long before you approach the end of this book, you realize that, in an over-zealous attempt to control flooding, the Los Angeles River was essentially raped, depleted, and buried. The fact that, at present, most of its 51 miles are cement is a shame -- especially in a city with so little park space. Amazingly, the River still provides up to 15% of L.A.'s drinking water, albeit from subterannean pumps that tap the River's flow before it ever reaches the surface. And millions of gallons of River water were diverted to the Silver Lake reservoir.
People who never knew that there was a Los Angeles River should go see the few surviving River greenbelts in the Glendale Narrows and the Sepulveda Dam Recreation Area to appreciate our city's River as it used to be.
P.S. - I encourage other Los Angeles River buffs to look at Kevin Roderick's book "San Fernando Valley: America's Suburb" to see other beautiful pictures of the River in its natural state, before the concrete obscured it.
The River that Made Los Angeles.......1999-09-17
As a boy growing up in North Long Beach in the 1930s, I often camped out with my friends on the banks of the Los Angeles River. We would go skinny dipping, catch pollywogs and lizards, make willow whistles, and trudge through the oily sludge that lined the river bottom. We did not know that once the river flowed year-around crystal clear, teeming with fish and supporting a heavily wooded flood plain rich with swamps, lakes, and wildlife. My first surprise on reading the biography of this once-ample river was the fact that it supported one of the largest concentrations of natives in the country. The first Europeans who settled on its banks named their village after it. This book really tells three stories. The first is how the river contributed to the growth of agriculture during the first 100 years of European settlement, creating a lasting image of fertile vinyards and orchards in the sunshine. After the railroad came, the needs for water grew so rapidly they pumped the river dry and built an aqueduct to the Owens River in the north to supply their needs. The second story is about the river's revenge and the periodic devastation it caused by flooding. Time after time, the river, swollen by storms in the San Gabriel Mountains, would smash through its levies, carry off whole houses, factories, herds of cattle, orchards and vinyards, destroy roads, bridges, cemeteries, and towns, putting the whole county under water. It was not until the late 1930s that an earnest attempt was made to tame the river with a system of dams, catchment basins, and pavement. The third story is about the recent attempts to restore the river to its natural state, an exercise about which the author is skeptical. Blake Gumprecht has given us a splendid book that again shows us how much geology, climate, and topography affect how we live and think of ourselves as a people.
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Before storm sirens, before the Weather Channel, before Doppler Radar, a tornado "dropped out of a troubled May sky and twisted its way into our lives forever." On the evening of May 20,1957 three communities south of Kansas City, Missouri were destroyed by a seventy-one mile, F-5 twister. This monstrous storm left in its path five hundred injured, forty-four dead and over a million dollars worth of property damage.
Nothing defines a community more than its reaction to disaster. Caught In The Path is a story of fear and courage, suffering and resiliency. The hardest hit area, four year old Ruskin Heights, was the first post-war tract housing development in the Kansas City area. Like so many of their generation, its residents, mostly first time home buyers in their twenties and thirties, came to Ruskin to raise their baby-boom families with the optimism of the fifties. When the tornado scattered their dreams along its path, they came back, and changed a housing development into a community.
Author Carolyn Glenn Brewer's family was among those caught off guard by the tornado. Most of the houses on her block were leveled to the foundation. She combines her story with extensive interviews from nearly one hundred survivors and period media coverage. The narrative flow of this book reads like fiction, but makes the tornado, and the summer that followed, pulse with reality.
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I too, was there!.......2006-03-15
I haven't thought about this tornado in some years, but was reminded about it a few days ago, by someone I've recently met, who was also there.
I was very little at the time, turning three-years-old just a few months before. Even though I was very young, I remember CLEARLY that day and the events that have stayed with me forever.
My dad had loaded us up in the car to take my mom, me and my brother (he was only 6 months old at the time) to do some shopping at the Ruskin Heights shopping center. After getting something to eat, my mom took me into a store to try on some shoes. (I remember those little black patent leather Mary Janes, and remember wanting them badly! Oh...and I'm still a shoes hound today.) While we shopped, my dad was waiting outside in the car with my brother, and was watching the sky, as was typical for people to do at that time, since weather forecasting was certainly no science back then. And he had a healthy respect for our locality, known as tornado alley.
He said as he watched, he felt very uneasy. He said the sky didn't look right him. As the clouds quickly turned to greenish black and began to circulate, he KNEW we were in trouble and we had to get out of there IMMEDIATELY. He ran into the store, and I CLEARLY remember him yelling for my mom and me. I was petrified at the look on his face. I remember her protesting...she wanted to buy me my shoes! He said if we didn't get out of there that instant, we were going to be in big trouble. I remember a couple of people were looking at us, kind of standing there frozen, as my dad was saying to LEAVE NOW. I remember my parents RUNNING out of that store, and my feet sort of flying out behind me as they had grabbed me and ran. We piled into the car and drove back home as FAST as possible. As we were driving away, stuff started flying around everywhere, and some debris hit the car as my dad drove us out of the area like a crazy person. I remember my mom screaming. We lived in the area, and I remember going immediately into our storm shelter when we got back home, even though we weren't in the path of the tornado. It seemed then like we were huddled in there for hours, but I'm sure it wasn't too long at all.
I found out later the store we were shopping in was FLATTENED in the tornado, and I'd heard some people were killed there...which we likely would've been had we stayed there shopping.
Reading this book after all these years has brought back the memories like they happened yesterday. Interestingly, I've had recurring tornado dreams almost all my life (probably because of that storm) and just found out a couple of months ago, that my brother does, too! I'm amazed that even though both of us were so young...and he was just a baby at that time...we both have vivid memories of what happened that day.
Have got to read it!.......2005-10-30
I really think this is a must read for those that face disaster, natural or man-made, or anyone who is obsessed with the weather ;). I found it to be a bit thick, as far as style is concerned, if it weren't for the personal accounts, it would have read a bit too much like fiction, at a risk of making it less "real" to posterity. Don't get me wrong, I loved this book and I found it inspiring as much as anything, but I grew up with the tale of the tornado. My father was in this tornado, and told me the story of it throughout my childhood- often by request, as I was always terrified and fascinated by tornadoes, I dread every spring here in tornado alley, but saw "twister" opening day- with my dad! I guess this tornado kind of bonded my dad and me, almost 30 years after the fact, because it always made me feel safe on stormy spring nights with the sirens going off that if the "big one" didn't get him, then whatever was out there now wouldn't either, and I was safe too. The story goes that he was watching a western on tv after dinner, and that my aunt and grandma were in the kitchen cleaning up. My grandfather had gone outside to have a smoke and "do some cloud watching", as there was not really a weather prediction system then, most people in these parts instinctively knew when to watch, and what to watch for. My grandfather seemed to know the sky was up to no good, and after a while of watching the clouds he turned to my dad in the family room, and told him in a grave voice to go get his mother and sister (sign of the times, he put a ten year old boy in charge of his mother and older sister), and to tell them to get in the car. I guess they gathered a few things, and the family dog, and got in the car and sped away. My dad says that they did not have a basement, and although they say never to try and outrun a tornado, my grandpa must of known which way it was goin to go, because, my dad says, after they had been in the car not more than a few minutes he looked out the back of the car to see nothing but blackness dropping down behind them. They got away, and when they came back the next day, their house was incredibly still there! It was one of maybe two houses still standing in that immediate area, the neighbors houses on both sides were destroyed. He said the neighbors to the right would not have survived but they thought that my grandparent's had a basement and had gone over to take refuge, it was all over before they could leave, and it was only because of that they survived, as their house was leveled. My family was lucky, but my dad's third grade teacher died in the storm. I'm glad that a book has been written that can teach people the lessons of this tornado, that in the face of tragedy all is not lost, that people can rebuild, sometimes for the better. But I hope that people do take it seriously, not just as a bit of sensationalism.
Ruskin Revisited.......2004-06-25
The book was perhaps more interesting since I have not been back to Ruskin. I was also a classmate of Judy Hembree and others in the book. We did not dwell on the tornado aftermath in the 60s, but now realize that it shaped our reaction to crisis.
Nice read.
Great content, could have used better editing.......2004-05-30
This book is a gripping and compelling story of the May 20 1957 tornado in the words of the survivors 20-30 years later. It has personal interest to me as a life-long Kansas City resident, tornado obsessor and '50s buff. In the mid to late 1980s, I resided in apartments which were adjacent to the railroad tracks and just south of the Ruskin shopping center. I figuratively could not put the book down once I started. My only criticism would be the large number of spelling and grammar errors.
A roaring success!.......2001-12-28
I came across this book on a visit to St. Louis and grabbed it. It may just be the best book ever written about a tornado--it's riveting start to finish and the spotlight is on people and their lives. It's a great movie in print with a terrific plot, memorable characters and a lot of heroism mixed in.
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1914. Thought, Feeling, Will and the Sense-perceptions; How to Leave the Body; Imagination, Inspiration, Intuition; How to get Nature to Unearth its Wisdom for you; Death and What Happens; Inner Experience; The Inner Nature of Man and Life Between Death and Rebirth.
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I grabbed hold of this book and read straight through the night!.......2005-10-25
Profound, mystical and inspiring. Steiner explained the cosmos in a way I could understand and wrap my arms around. My life will never be the same again!
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American Chestnut: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree
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The American chestnut was one of America's most common, valued, and beloved trees--a "perfect tree" that ruled the forests from Georgia to Maine. But in the early twentieth century, an exotic plague swept through the chestnut forests with the force of a wildfire. Within forty years, the blight had killed close to four billion trees and left the species teetering on the brink of extinction. It was one of the worst ecological blows to North America since the Ice Age--and one most experts considered beyond repair. In American Chestnut, Susan Freinkel tells the dramatic story of the stubborn optimists who refused to let this cultural icon go. In a compelling weave of history, science, and personal observation, she relates their quest to save the tree through methods that ranged from classical plant breeding to cutting-edge gene technology. But the heart of her story is the cast of unconventional characters who have fought for the tree for a century, undeterred by setbacks or skeptics, and fueled by their dreams of restored forests and their powerful affinity for a fellow species.
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Inner Nature of Man, and Our Life Between Death and Rebirth.......2004-11-14
Amazing!! This book totally altered my view of death, and of how I might better live my life until the moment of death. It wasn't the easiest book to read, with the ideas being so new, so profound, but I am glad I stuck with it. Reading this book requires concentration, but the subject was so fascinating that I found myself wanting to understand and if necessary reading some passages again. This book is not for the casual reader, but I highly recommend it to anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the meaning of human life - and the unknown we call death.
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ASIN: 1580710697
Release Date: 2007-04-01 |
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A spectacularly illustrated history of Mount St. Helens: beginning with its eruption in 1980 and revealing the recovery of the mountain and its subsequent activity through Autumn of 2006.
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Rebirth of Nature (Audubon Perspectives)
Roger L. Disilvestro
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons
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Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 0471532088 |
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Surveys a number of habitat types suffering from human activities which threaten to destroy up to half the world's species within the next few decades—as many as 15 million different types of plants and animals. Explores not only the problems of habitat destruction and its threat to humanity and the health of the Earth but also the solutions which many concerned citizens are struggling to implement.
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- The Road to Disunion: Volume I: Secessionists at Bay, 1776-1854 (Road to Disunion Vol. 1)
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- There Are Men Too Gentle to Live Among Wolves
- This Moment on Earth: Today's New Environmentalists and Their Vision for the Future
- This Moment on Earth: Today's New Environmentalists and Their Vision for the Future
- This Moment on Earth: Today's New Environmentalists and Their Vision for the Future
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