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Title: The View From Lazy Point
Author: Carl Safina
Narrator: Todd McLaren
Format: Unabridged
Length: 15 hrs and 12 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-07-14
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 5 votes
Genres: Science & Technology, Environment
Publisher's Summary:
An exhilarating journey of natural renewal through a year with MacArthur fellow Carl Safina.
Beginning in his kayak in his home waters of eastern Long Island, Carl Safina's The View from Lazy Point takes us through the four seasons to the four points of the compass, from the high Arctic south to Antarctica, across the warm belly of the tropics from the Caribbean to the west Pacific, then home again. We meet Eskimos whose way of life is melting away, explore a secret global seed vault hidden above the Arctic Circle, investigate dilemmas facing foraging bears and breeding penguins, and sail to formerly devastated reefs that are resurrecting as fish graze the corals algae-free."Each time science tightens a coil in the slack of our understanding," Safina writes, "it elaborates its fundamental discovery: connection."He shows how problems of the environment drive very real matters of human justice, well-being, and our prospects for peace.In Safina's hands, nature's continuous renewal points toward our future. His lively stories grant new insights into how our world is changing, and what our response ought to be.
Members Reviews:
Lyrical, sad but hopeful treatise on nature and our place in it.
I would have to say that this is one of the new classics of natural history writing, in line with "A Sand County Almanac", "Silent Spring", and even that most hallowed of texts, "Walden". Carl Safina is probably my very favorite natural history writer, so I will admit a touch of bias, but this book merits all the praise I am about to bestow upon it. Part meditation on time, tides, and the cycles of nature at a small beach house on Long Island known as "Lazy Point", part travelogue to various locations around the planet, from coral reefs in Belize to a discussion of the intricate ecological web of grizzly bears, salmon, and forests in Southern Alaska and the precarious struggle for survival in an ever warming world of polar bears in Svalbard, Safina imparts to all these a grace, beauty, and just simply outstanding natural history reporting and writing. Another component of the book consists of what almost could be termed as an environmental and human manifesto on how we could and should be living in and with our natural world. Many truly thought provoking and inspiring ideas, concepts, and pearls or wisdom come through in these particular sections of the text and were often my favorite parts of the entire book. "The View From Lazy Point" can and should be read more than once and absorbed as deeply as possible and offers many deep thoughts and ideas to ponder about our relationship to nature and how the natural world, while assaulted at every turn by the greed and avarice of man, can still be resilient, sustaining, and truly healing and inspiration for those willing to do the right things for all life and creatures we share this small blue planet with. A very remarkable and wonderful read, I would give it my highest recommendation.
Our good friend Bob Murray recommended this book
Our good friend Bob Murray recommended this book, and his review above says much of what I would have to say. But let me add that I am not a scientist, even though I have an avid interest in most every branch of science and engineering. I need all the help I can get to enjoy learning more. Dr. Safina's book has held me spellbound from start to finish.
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Title: The View From Lazy Point
Author: Carl Safina
Narrator: Todd McLaren
Format: Unabridged
Length: 15 hrs and 12 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-07-14
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 5 votes
Genres: Science & Technology, Environment
Publisher's Summary:
An exhilarating journey of natural renewal through a year with MacArthur fellow Carl Safina.
Beginning in his kayak in his home waters of eastern Long Island, Carl Safina's The View from Lazy Point takes us through the four seasons to the four points of the compass, from the high Arctic south to Antarctica, across the warm belly of the tropics from the Caribbean to the west Pacific, then home again. We meet Eskimos whose way of life is melting away, explore a secret global seed vault hidden above the Arctic Circle, investigate dilemmas facing foraging bears and breeding penguins, and sail to formerly devastated reefs that are resurrecting as fish graze the corals algae-free."Each time science tightens a coil in the slack of our understanding," Safina writes, "it elaborates its fundamental discovery: connection."He shows how problems of the environment drive very real matters of human justice, well-being, and our prospects for peace.In Safina's hands, nature's continuous renewal points toward our future. His lively stories grant new insights into how our world is changing, and what our response ought to be.
Members Reviews:
Lyrical, sad but hopeful treatise on nature and our place in it.
I would have to say that this is one of the new classics of natural history writing, in line with "A Sand County Almanac", "Silent Spring", and even that most hallowed of texts, "Walden". Carl Safina is probably my very favorite natural history writer, so I will admit a touch of bias, but this book merits all the praise I am about to bestow upon it. Part meditation on time, tides, and the cycles of nature at a small beach house on Long Island known as "Lazy Point", part travelogue to various locations around the planet, from coral reefs in Belize to a discussion of the intricate ecological web of grizzly bears, salmon, and forests in Southern Alaska and the precarious struggle for survival in an ever warming world of polar bears in Svalbard, Safina imparts to all these a grace, beauty, and just simply outstanding natural history reporting and writing. Another component of the book consists of what almost could be termed as an environmental and human manifesto on how we could and should be living in and with our natural world. Many truly thought provoking and inspiring ideas, concepts, and pearls or wisdom come through in these particular sections of the text and were often my favorite parts of the entire book. "The View From Lazy Point" can and should be read more than once and absorbed as deeply as possible and offers many deep thoughts and ideas to ponder about our relationship to nature and how the natural world, while assaulted at every turn by the greed and avarice of man, can still be resilient, sustaining, and truly healing and inspiration for those willing to do the right things for all life and creatures we share this small blue planet with. A very remarkable and wonderful read, I would give it my highest recommendation.
Our good friend Bob Murray recommended this book
Our good friend Bob Murray recommended this book, and his review above says much of what I would have to say. But let me add that I am not a scientist, even though I have an avid interest in most every branch of science and engineering. I need all the help I can get to enjoy learning more. Dr. Safina's book has held me spellbound from start to finish.