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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: 1111
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: Orange marker highlights on about 20 pages, a litte worn.
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 Required reading for anyone who cares about the planet June 28, 2000
6 out of 16 found this review helpful
This book should be mandatory reading in all high schools. The issues identified decades ago are even more relevant today. This author made a major contribution to the world before her death. Now it is up to us to heed her early warning call.
 Ludicrously perfectionist April 10, 2000
11 out of 62 found this review helpful
As a class assignment in (of all things) language arts, we had to read one chapter of this book and do a research project on it. To me, this book was completely BORING. It's the first book I haven't liked, and I've read a lot of the classics, including Gone Witht the Wind, and other books thought to be unbearable by many. I slowly waded through my chapter and finally gave up, weary and disgusted, in hopes that my partner had managed to finish the selection. I have a big vocabulary for my age, but some of those words defied explanation. It was extremely difficult, and I am in a language arts class way above average. I am usually interested in science-related items, but this was ridiculous! As you can figure, if this is my reaction to one chapter, imagine the whole book . . . ouch. This is, however, is an EXTREMELY concise book, and is better than any encyclopedia or internet site (believe me, I know) if you're looking for exact information on pesticides or other environmental issues. But I definitely would not suggest this as a pleasure novel - no way.
Science made available to general public March 24, 2000
9 out of 16 found this review helpful
Rachel Carson had the ability to communicate to a broad audience. She wrote to the point but with a skill that makes reading Silent Spring enjoyable. Speaking as a scientist that reads many dry "scientific" books and journals, I found Rachel Carson to be an enjoyable, informative read.
My Thoughts March 17, 2000
2 out of 11 found this review helpful
This Book that Rachel Louise Carson wrote has had a tremndous impact on my life! I love the way she put things and how she put them in her words! She is just the greatest book that I have read in a long time. Thank you Rachel Louise Carson!
 Silent Spring was Amazing, but... February 11, 2000
21 out of 28 found this review helpful
Silent Spring is, without a doubt, the most amazing book I have ever read. Though it is gut-loaded with facts, Carson' s ingenious wording makes reading it a somewhat enjoyable experience. It seems as if the words had an almost surreal quality. For example one of her chapters is entitled, "Realms of the Soil," and another is, "The Earth's Green Mantle." One can tell that this is her style of writing because she also used such titles in her other books such as Under the Sea Wind. With this style, the drawbacks are that about every sentence is difficult to understand, with few I completely did not understand at all. Then again, I am just a preteen; Silent Spring was intended for adults to read, comprehend, and then heed its warning. I most definitely can see why the people of the 1960's were so moved by this single book, for I could have almost be fooled to thinking that it was a piece of classic fictional literature when I began reading it.This book was also quite informative, as I was appalled by some of the actual events mentioned, like the story of a factory or warehouse that polluted the water around it so much that over time, the menagerie of chemicals bonded to form an additional one. It is true that Carson exaggerated a bit, but the point is, her message was sent far beyond a person's imagination. Silent Spring was the smoking gun against chemical toxins. Anyhow, I thoroughly enjoyed Silent Spring, and at times I found it hard to put down. After all, I did not give it such a high rating for nothing.
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