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| Silent Spring | 
| Author: Rachel Carson
Creators: Edward O. Wilson, Linda Lear
Publisher: Mariner Books
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  134 reviews
Sales Rank: 1078
Format: Special Edition
Media: Paperback
Edition: 104
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0618249060
Dewey Decimal Number: 363.7384
UPC: 046442249065
EAN: 9780618249060
ASIN: 0618249060
Publication Date: October 22, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Earlier printing with an introduction by Al Gore. Clean with general wear.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great book on environmentalism October 3, 2005
1 out of 13 found this review helpful
This order came to me very fast; before the delivery date. Rachel Carson's book is truly one of the forerunners in the race to save mankind from destroying itself through destrying the planet and very essential resources we need to survive centuries from now. Amazon is the best book selling source for me, especially since this book was cheap and made it's way into my hands after a speedy delivery. Thank You!!
Carson's Novel Is Still More Than Relevant September 28, 2005
4 out of 10 found this review helpful
Rachel Carson's Silent Spring is a book primarily concerning environmental issues, past and present. Her book is a must read for anyone who has a concern for the environment and the wonders the biosphere has to offer us. She talks about the diversity of life and the intricate differentiations in organisms, and what harm is becoming them.
Personally, I think Rachel Carson's novel is very pertinent in today's society even though it was first published in the 1960s. I think we still have too much environmental ignorance today, and a few examples would be the many chemicals we are pumping into our biosphere. Carson stresses on the fact that we are using numerous pesticides on plants, yet they affect all of the organisms around them.
Some people would consider this book to be a tofu eating, tree hugger's book, but I dissent. I think that this novel is relevant to anyone, and it will give the reader realizations on just what is causing the problems within our environment. This insight is perfect for today's modern, industrious world. Occasionally we forget the bigger picture, and mankind does things that they would be better off not doing to our Earth.
Some may also say that Carson's novel is too repetitive. I think that she stresses on pesticides and harmful chemicals because they do harm our ecosystems. Someone who is not concerned with environmental issues may disagree that these chemicals have a harmful nature and grow crops using "biocides" regardless. In the end, when we think we are just affecting insects, we are hurting other organisms and ourselves.
If you happen to be the type of person that wants to learn about why things go horribly wrong in our biosphere, I would strongly recommend this book. However, if you cannot bear to listen to our own fate if we do not do something about harmful chemicals, I would not recommend this book.
To quote from one of Rachel Carson's key lines in her novel, "No witchcraft, no enemy action had silenced the rebirth of new life in this stricken world. The people had done it to themselves." It may sound extremist but life, as we know it, will change if we do not take action ourselves and learn from previous mistakes.
 Informative Book September 21, 2005
2 out of 8 found this review helpful
This book's greatness varies by how you approach it. If you are looking for a thick, heavy load of information, statistics, and facts on the destructiveness of pesticides, then go for it, you will enjoy the book. But if you want a story, try something else a little lighter.
Rachel Carson does make a very important and serious point that isn't presented this well anywhere else I have seen. If you are interested in the topic of environmental conservation, then you will enjoy the book. Overall I think it was worth the read; for some, it could get dull.
 She probably killed more people than Hitler... September 4, 2005
25 out of 64 found this review helpful
Dramatic title to the review - huh? But it is true. Thanks to Carson's ability to paint a picture of dying birds and mutating children with the ink of lies and now-discredited studies, probably more people have died of malaria than Hitler killed in WW2. DDT will never be available again thanks to the slander it received here in this book, and malaria is again able to kill tens of thousands of people each year in undeveloped countries.
West nile virus? Probably wouldn't be here if we had DDT.
Here's the deal, if you read this book and you already think DDT is bad, you'll agree with this book. If you have an open mind (and who really does anymore?) and read this book, and fact-check the book, you'll find that Rachel Carson committed a crime against humanity.
Thought Provoking August 24, 2005
13 out of 21 found this review helpful
This book changed my way of thinking. Due to this book I feel guilty for ever having given my cat a flea dip. Beacause of this book I don't use insecticides. There are natural remedies that can be used instead of insecticides. Insecticides in the short term may acheive their goal. In the long term they are devestating to the Earth and all the life forms that inhabit it. I wish I had read this book sooner.
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