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The Sea Around Us (Paperback, 3rd ed.)
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The Sea Around Us (Paperback, 3rd ed.)
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List price R373
Loot Price R283
Discovery Miles 2 830
You Save R90 (24%)
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Originally published in 1951, The Sea Around Us is one of the most
influential books ever written about the natural world. Rachel
Carson's ability to combine scientific insight with poetic prose
catapulted her book to the top of The New York Times best-seller
list, where it remained for more than a year and a half. Ultimately
it sold well over a million copies, was translated into 28
languages, inspired an Academy Award-winning documentary, and won
both the National Book Award and the John Burroughs Medal. The Sea
Around Us remains as fresh today as when it first appeared over six
decades ago. Carson's genius for evoking the power and primacy of
the world's bodies of water, combining the cosmic and the intimate,
remains almost unmatched: the newly formed Earth cooling beneath an
endlessly overcast sky; the centuries of nonstop rain that created
the oceans; giant squids battling sperm whales hundreds of fathoms
below the surface; the power of the tides moving 100 billion tons
of water daily in one bay alone; the seismic waves known as
tsunamis that periodically remind us of the oceans' overwhelmingly
destructive power. The seas sustain human life and imperil it.
Today, with the oceans endangered by the dumping of medical waste
and ecological disasters such as the Exxon oil spill in Alaska, the
gradual death of the Great Barrier Reef, and the melting of the
polar ice caps, Carson's book provides a timely reminder of both
the fragility and the centrality of the ocean and the life that
abounds within it. Anyone who loves the sea, or who is concerned
about our natural environment, will want to read, or re-read, this
classic work.
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