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An August 2023 Indie Next Pick, selected by booksellers A Vogue
Most Anticipated Book of 2023 A WBUR Summer Reading Recommendation
A Next Big Idea Club's August 2023 Must-Read Book An astonishing,
vital book about Antarctica, climate change, and motherhood from
the author of Rising, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General
Nonfiction. In 2019, fifty-seven scientists and crew set out
onboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer. Their destination: Thwaites
Glacier. Their goal: to learn as much as possible about this
mysterious place, never before visited by humans, and believed to
be both rapidly deteriorating and capable of making a catastrophic
impact on global sea-level rise. In The Quickening, Elizabeth Rush
documents their voyage, offering the sublime—seeing an iceberg
for the first time; the staggering waves of the Drake Passage; the
torqued, unfamiliar contours of Thwaites—alongside the workaday
moments of this groundbreaking expedition. A ping-pong tournament
at sea. Long hours in the lab. All the effort that goes into caring
for and protecting human life in a place that is inhospitable to
it. Along the way, she takes readers on a personal journey around a
more intimate question: What does it mean to bring a child into the
world at this time of radical change? What emerges is a new kind of
Antarctica story, one preoccupied not with flag planting but with
the collective and challenging work of imagining a better future.
With understanding the language of a continent where humans have
only been present for two centuries. With the contributions and
concerns of women, who were largely excluded from voyages until the
last few decades, and of crew members of color, whose labor has
often gone unrecognized. The Quickening teems with their
voices—with the colorful stories and personalities of Rush’s
shipmates—in a thrilling chorus. Urgent and brave, absorbing and
vulnerable, The Quickening is another essential book from Elizabeth
Rush.
FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE IN GENERAL NONFICTION WINNER OF THE
NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARD A CHICAGO TRIBUNE TOP TEN BOOK OF 2018
A GUARDIAN, NPR's SCIENCE FRIDAY, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, AND LIBRARY
JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2018 Hailed as "deeply felt" (New York Times),
"a revelation" (Pacific Standard), and "the book on climate change
and sea levels that was missing" (Chicago Tribune), Rising is both
a highly original work of lyric reportage and a haunting meditation
on how to let go of the places we love. With every passing day, and
every record-breaking hurricane, it grows clearer that climate
change is neither imagined nor distant-and that rising seas are
transforming the coastline of the United States in irrevocable
ways. In Rising, Elizabeth Rush guides readers through some of the
places where this change has been most dramatic, from the Gulf
Coast to Miami, and from New York City to the Bay Area. For many of
the plants, animals, and humans in these places, the options are
stark: retreat or perish in place. Weaving firsthand testimonials
from those facing this choice-a Staten Islander who lost her father
during Sandy, the remaining holdouts of a Native American community
on a drowning Isle de Jean Charles, a neighborhood in Pensacola
settled by escaped slaves hundreds of years ago-with profiles of
wildlife biologists, activists, and other members of these
vulnerable communities, Rising privileges the voices of those too
often kept at the margins. In a new afterword for the paperback
edition, Rush highlights questions of storytelling, adaptability,
and how to powerfully shift conversation around ongoing climate
change-including the storms of 2017 and 2018: Hurricanes Harvey,
Maria, Irma, Florence, and Michael.
This workbook presents 12 marketing strategies for enhancing
profits with the 80/20 rule, including templates of marketing plans
for a contractor, manufacturer, healthcare provider, non-profit,
broker, consultant, and award-winning business. These templates
demonstrate how a part-timer, immigrant, professional, corporation,
franchisee, stay-at-home mom, and family business use the 80/20
rule to enhance their profits. The workbook guides students to make
wise decisions for each component of a marketing plan. Professors
can use the decision rules in this workbook to evaluate a marketing
plan or similar project by students in a principles of marketing
class or marketing strategy/management class.
Two sisters are on their way to visit Myanmar, their parents'
birthplace. Hla, the older sister describes this far away place in
vignettes and poems as colorful as the paintings that showcase this
magical place. She tells of the Shwedagon Pagoda that shines like a
hundred crazy stars, the majestic monastery where monks meditate,
the fisherman who paddles with his legs and the yummy Mohinga
noodle soup. Among tales of the Golden Rock and ringing bells, Hla
brings Myanmar to life in a way guaranteed to enchant young
readers--and their parents. Bilingual text enhances this cultural
immersion for language learners of all ages.
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