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jäsenellä Elizabeth Kolbert on 9 aiempaa tapahtumaa. (show)  Milner Book Club Join fellow readers the last Friday of every month, 12 noon, for our lively discussion about books, movies, culture, current events and anything else that pops up for discussion. Lots of fun and everyone welcome. In this upcoming month’s non-fiction double-header, we’ll be looking at both Denise Chong’s The Concubine’s Children, depicting the fortunes of an extended Chinese family landing in North America, and Elizabeth Kolbert’s The Sixth Extinction, investigating a potentially devastating change due to Earth’s biosphere due to its human being problem.
For free reading copies and more information, please call Diego or Laurie at 780-496-7000 or send an e-mail to: dibarra@epl.ca or lhynes@epl.ca (DiegoIbarra)… (lisätietoja)The Narrow Edge: A Tiny Bird, an Ancient Crab, and an Epic Journey, with Deborah Cramer Thursday, May 7th, 2015, 7 p.m. Join us as author Deborah Cramer presents her marvelous journey following the endangered red knot across two continents from remote Tierra del Fuego to the icy Arctic, in The Narrow Edge: A Tiny Bird, an Ancient Crab, and an Epic Journey. “The Narrow Edge is at once an intimate portrait of the small red knot and a much larger exploration of our wondrous, imperiled world.” —Elizabeth Kolbert, author of the Pulizter Prize winning The Sixth Extinction
Every May, horseshoe crabs emerge from the waters of Delaware Bay to breed and to lay their eggs on the beach. The appearance of this prehistoric-looking animal is closely followed by the arrival of thousands of red knots, a migrating shorebird that feeds on horseshoe crab eggs en route to its arctic breeding grounds from the southern tip of South America, an astonishing 9,000-mile journey. This amazing scene inspires science and nature writer Cramer ("Great Waters; Smithsonian Ocean") to follow the knots on their long journey, visiting locations such as Tierra del Fuego, the Texas Gulf Coast, and Southampton Island. Along the way, the author encounters threats to each species such as pollution, global warming, and eroding shorelines while chronicling the heroic efforts of birders, scientists, and environmentalists working to protect the creatures. Furthermore, Cramer demonstrates how red knots, horseshoe crabs, and human beings are intimately linked. Indeed, she expresses the connectedness of all living beings and why conservation is vital in today's world. This highly readable and important work is recommended for birders, ecotourists, and anyone with an appreciation for the wonders of the natural world.--Dave Pugl, Ela Area P.L., Lake Zurich, IL Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
Location: Street: 45 S Main St Additional: City: Concord , Province: New Hampshire Postal Code: 03301 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (lisätietoja)Gibson's Book Club reads The Sixth Extinction, by Elizabeth Kolbert Gibson's Book Club reads The Sixth Extinction, by Elizabeth KolbertMonday, May 4, at 7 PM A major book about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a powerful account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists around the world are currently monitoring The Sixth Extinction, predicted to be the most devastating extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. This time around, the cataclysm is us. In The Sixth Extinction, two-time winner of the National Magazine Award and "New Yorker" writer Elizabeth Kolbert draws on the work of scores of researchers in half a dozen disciplines, accompanying many of them into the field: geologists who study deep ocean cores, botanists who follow the tree line as it climbs up the Andes, marine biologists who dive off the Great Barrier Reef. She introduces us to a dozen species, some already gone, others facing extinction, including the Panamian golden frog, staghorn coral, the great auk, and the Sumatran rhino. Through these stories, Kolbert provides a moving account of the disappearances occurring all around us and traces the evolution of extinction as concept, from its first articulation by Georges Cuvier in revolutionary Paris up through the present day. The Sixth Extinction is likely to be mankind's most lasting legacy; as Kolbert observes, it compels us to rethink the fundamental question of what it means to be human.
(Hardcover edition also available at 25% discount until paperback is published)
Our book club is open to all. We've chosen an eclectic, ambitious list of books for the coming year: join us for every meeting, or deal yourself in as the spirit moves you.
Most of these titles are in paperback, or should be by the time we'll read them, and they will all be discounted 25% from the publisher's price for the following year, whether you join us for meetings or not.
All meetings unless otherwise noted are on the first Monday of the month, and begin at 7:00, to give you time to have dinner and relax a bit first. Parking is free in the Capitol Commons garage and on the street, after 5 p.m...
Location: Street: 45 S Main St Additional: City: Concord , Province: New Hampshire Postal Code: 03301 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (lisätietoja)A Look at Climate Change and Mass Extinction Charles Dayton and Sara Evans will visit City Lights Bookstore on Friday, October 17th at 6:30 p.m. for a discussion on climate change and mass extinction. Evans will review The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert, a book about the increase in mass extinctions and the impending ecological collapse caused by man’s disharmony with the natural world. Dayton will speak and present slides about the impact of climate change on the ocean’s ecology, which is also discussed in The Sixth Extinction. Charles Dayton is a retired environmental lawyer who practiced in Minneapolis for 40 years, representing environmental groups as well as corporations. He led the fight in the 1970s to increase the Wilderness protection for the Boundary Waters Wilderness, and was named by the Minnesota Chapter of the Sierra Club as the Environmentalist of the Decade for that and other work. Mr. Dayton spent 2 and a half months on a sailing trip in the South Pacific in the summer of 2013 on a voyage to survey the health of Coral reefs. Since his retirement from Leonard, Street and Deinard in 2003, he has also worked as a volunteer at the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (MCEA), on energy and global warming issues. In 2006, Mr. Dayton received the Distinguished Service award from the Minnesota State Bar Association, given once each year by the Environment and Natural Resources Section. Sara Evans has lived part of every year in the NC mountains since early childhood. She was a professor of history at the University of Minnesota and is the author of several books including Born for Liberty: A History of Women in America. She and her husband Charles Dayton live in Waynesville during the spring and fall.
Location: Street: 3 East Jackson Street City: Sylva, Province: North Carolina Postal Code: 28779 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (lisätietoja)Manchester: Elizabeth Kolbert "The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History" The Sixth Extinction is a major book about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a powerful account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes. Kolbert provides a moving account of the disappearances occurring all around us and traces the evolution of extinction as concept, from its first articulation by Georges Cuvier in revolutionary Paris up through the present day. The Sixth Extinction is likely to be mankind's most lasting legacy; as Kolbert observes, it compels us to rethink the fundamental question of what it means to be human.
Elizabeth Kolbert is a staff writer at The New Yorker. She is the author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change. She lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts, with her husband and children.
Location: Street: 4869 Main St Additional: City: Manchester Center, Province: Vermont Postal Code: 05255 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (lisätietoja) Northshire Saratoga Truth & Tales Reading Group The Northshire Saratoga Truth & Tales Reading Group will meet at the Around the Corner Cafe on Thursday, June 19th at 6:30 pm to discuss, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, by Elizabeth Kolbert. If you are a member of this reading group, please stop by the Northshire Bookstore to pick up your reserved copy of this title (and receive a 20% discount). We currently have a full group of excited readers, but if you would like to join our waiting list or need more information, contact Maeve at mnoonan@northshire.com.
Location: Street: Around The Corner Cafe Additional: 424 Broadway City: Saratoga Springs, Province: New York Postal Code: 12866 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (lisätietoja)Elizabeth Kolbert - The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History ♦ Five times over the course of the Earth’s life, a geological period has ended with a mass obliteration of living species. These extinctions had natural causes, but the next one, the one many scientists believe is under way now, is caused by human activities. In what might be part two of her previous book on climate change, Field Notes from a Catastrophe, Kolbert looks at the disturbing—and very fast—reductions in the populations of species ranging from frogs to bats to coral reefs. (Holt)
Beer and wine will be available.
Street: 5015 Connecticut Ave NW City: Washington, Province: District Of Columbia Postal Code: 20008 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (lisätietoja)Climate Change Book Group Elizabeth Kolbert lukee teosta Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change.Program: An unbiased overview of the geological, ecological, and political implications of our warming planet. Discussion leader: TBA. Film: Everything's Cool. (This is part of a new four-part book discussion group, co-sponsored by the Spencer Museum of Art, in conjunction with their spring exhibition, Climate Change at the Poles.Book discussions will be followed by a film in the Museum auditorium at 7:15 pm. Registration is required, beginning January 2 at the Library, to reserve a set of books for this group. Call Maria Butler at 843-3833, ext. 123, or email mbutler@lawrence.lib.ks.us. Participation is free and open to the public.) (JoonieM)… (lisätietoja) Tapahtuman sijainti: Spencer Museum of Art
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| | Agentit | | | Lyhyt elämäkerta | Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta. Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi. Elizabeth Kolbert (born 1961) is an American journalist and author and visiting fellow at Williams College. She spent her early childhood in the Bronx, New York; her family then relocated to Larchmont, New York, where she remained until 1979.
After graduating from Mamaroneck High School, Kolbert spent four years studying literature at Yale University. In 1983, she was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study at the Universität Hamburg, in Germany.
Elizabeth Kolbert started working for The New York Times in 1983. Since 1999, she has been a staff-writer for The New Yorker.  | |
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