false 27333 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880280m/27333.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880280s/27333.jpg 27333 34 880193 book 1962 Silent Spring total:2558|5:810|4:943|3:597|2:142|1:66| 2558 9963 4439 293 15332 3.95 2989 369 37601503 695116 27333 0618249060 9780618249060 252 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880280m/27333.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880280s/27333.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27333.Silent_Spring 3.89 2343 1962 4 3 false Thu Nov 13 04:15:42 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 03:48:35 -0800 2008
She occasionally goes over the top, but most often ma...more...]]> 17811703 457755 27333 0618249060 9780618249060 252 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880280m/27333.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880280s/27333.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27333.Silent_Spring 3.89 2558 1962 4 2 false Tue Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 15 12:30:37 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 16:36:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 48784642 1779598 27333 0618249060 9780618249060 252 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880280m/27333.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880280s/27333.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27333.Silent_Spring 3.89 2558 1962 4 2 false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 05:07:49 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 01:44:28 -0700 2009 I can't believe t...more...]]> 34909599 216786 27333 0618249060 9780618249060 252 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880280m/27333.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880280s/27333.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27333.Silent_Spring 3.89 2558 1962 3 3 false Tue Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 09 10:44:32 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 30 09:43:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 28671386 1374336 27333 0618249060 9780618249060 252 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880280m/27333.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880280s/27333.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27333.Silent_Spring 3.89 2558 1962 5 1 false Sun Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 16:32:23 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 16:06:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 13350257 816678 27333 0618249060 9780618249060 252 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880280m/27333.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880280s/27333.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27333.Silent_Spring 3.89 2558 1962 3 3 false Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Wed Jan 23 20:15:32 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 20:16:46 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1925471 122465 27333 0618249060 9780618249060 252 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880280m/27333.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880280s/27333.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27333.Silent_Spring 3.89 2558 1962 5 1 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Wed Jun 13 10:49:54 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 13 10:50:23 -0700 2007 more...]]> 49583559 2137502 27333 0618249060 9780618249060 252 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880280m/27333.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880280s/27333.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27333.Silent_Spring 3.89 2558 1962 1 1 false Tue Mar 17 13:32:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 13:33:16 -0700 2009 7300371 373639 27333 0618249060 9780618249060 252 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880280m/27333.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880280s/27333.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27333.Silent_Spring 3.89 2558 1962 5 1 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 05 08:16:24 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 21 05:17:03 -0700 2007
I was more fascinated by Carson's rhetoric than in her findings, which are now more than 45 years old. I read...more...]]> 44886286 1311906 27333 0618249060 9780618249060 252 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880280m/27333.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880280s/27333.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27333.Silent_Spring 3.89 2558 1962 0 0 false Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 14:10:30 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 14:33:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 70532957 1144848 27333 0618249060 9780618249060 252 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880280m/27333.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880280s/27333.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27333.Silent_Spring 3.89 2558 1962 3 0 false Tue Sep 08 18:20:54 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 18:21:04 -0700 2009
I'm conflicted on this. Rachel Carson's imagery is beautiful and profound. I also loved the narrator on the audiobook - in fact, I think that's how I survived the dryness. I don't think I would have made it if I had to read it. Hmm...

Here's how Rachel Carson s...more...]]> 43707825 617853 569628 0395683297 9780395683293 17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223662701m/569628.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223662701s/569628.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/569628.Silent_Spring 3.81 79 Silent Spring is now 35 years old. Written over the years 1958 to 1962, it took a hard look at the effects of insecticides and pesticides on songbird populations throughout the United States, whose declining numbers yielded the silence to which her title attests. "What happens in nature is not allowed to happen in the modern, chemical-drenched world," she writes, "where spraying destroys not only the insects but also their principal enemy, the birds. When later there is a resurgence of the insect population, as almost always happens, the birds are not there to keep their numbers in check." The publication of her impeccably reported text helped change that trend by setting off a wave of environmental legislation and galvanizing the nascent ecological movement. It is justly considered a classic, and it is well worth rereading today. ]]> 1962 3 0 false Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue Jan 20 11:11:39 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 09:02:23 -0800 2009

I read this non-fiction book in college for the first time, in one of the best classes I ever took ("Env...more...]]> 46481260 974210 603742 0395075068 9780395075067 15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176214723m/603742.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176214723s/603742.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/603742.Silent_Spring 4.14 63 Silent Spring, released in 1962, offered the first shattering look at widespread ecological degradation and touched off an environmental awareness that still exists. Rachel Carson's book focused on the poisons from insecticides, weed killers, and other common products as well as the use of sprays in agriculture, a practice that led to dangerous chemicals to the food source. Carson argued that those chemicals were more dangerous than radiation and that for the first time in history, humans were exposed to chemicals that stayed in their systems from birth to death. Presented with thorough documentation, the book opened more than a few eyes about the dangers of the modern world and stands today as a landmark work.]]> 1962 5 0 false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1967 Sun Feb 15 21:15:05 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 21:36:04 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 50548892 7313 27333 0618249060 9780618249060 252 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880280m/27333.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880280s/27333.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27333.Silent_Spring 3.89 2558 1962 4 0 false Sun Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 15:27:57 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 06:55:50 -0700 2009
It's true, in 40 year...more...]]> 36338470 1427037 27333 0618249060 9780618249060 252 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880280m/27333.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880280s/27333.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27333.Silent_Spring 3.89 2558 1962 5 1 false Mon Oct 27 16:30:39 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 16:35:17 -0700 2008 50423430 1056260 27333 0618249060 9780618249060 252 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880280m/27333.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880280s/27333.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27333.Silent_Spring 3.89 2558 1962 5 0 false Wed Mar 25 12:13:22 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 12:17:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 72757159 85576 27333 0618249060 9780618249060 252 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880280m/27333.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880280s/27333.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27333.Silent_Spring 3.89 2558 1962 5 0 false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 1995 Mon Sep 28 07:03:47 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 07:08:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 47989888 1767657 27333 0618249060 9780618249060 252 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880280m/27333.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167880280s/27333.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27333.Silent_Spring 3.89 2558 1962 4 0 false Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 02 07:27:30 -0800 2009 Sun Apr 05 08:03:48 -0700 2009 Rachel Carson's work Silent Spring is widely considered to be one of the most influential science books of the twentieth century, topping lists from The New York Times' Bestsellers to Discover Magazine's 25 Greatest Science Books of All Time. Much like the revolution sparked by Stowe's Uncle ...more...]]> 55482223 1016487 603742 0395075068 9780395075067 15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176214723m/603742.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176214723s/603742.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/603742.Silent_Spring 3.89 2558 Silent Spring, released in 1962, offered the first shattering look at widespread ecological degradation and touched off an environmental awareness that still exists. Rachel Carson's book focused on the poisons from insecticides, weed killers, and other common products as well as the use of sprays in agriculture, a practice that led to dangerous chemicals to the food source. Carson argued that those chemicals were more dangerous than radiation and that for the first time in history, humans were exposed to chemicals that stayed in their systems from birth to death. Presented with thorough documentation, the book opened more than a few eyes about the dangers of the modern world and stands today as a landmark work.]]> 1962 5 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sat May 09 10:06:29 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 10:12:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 68056410 928243 1507315 0613623622 9780613623629 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1234760950m/1507315.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1234760950s/1507315.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1507315.Silent_Spring 3.00 5 Silent Spring, released in 1962, offered the first shattering look at widespread ecological degradation and touched off an environmental awareness that still exists. Rachel Carson's book focused on the poisons from insecticides, weed killers, and other common products as well as the use of sprays in agriculture, a practice that led to dangerous chemicals to the food source. Carson argued that those chemicals were more dangerous than radiation and that for the first time in history, humans were exposed to chemicals that stayed in their systems from birth to death. Presented with thorough documentation, the book opened more than a few eyes about the dangers of the modern world and stands today as a landmark work.]]> 1962 5 0 false Wed Aug 19 11:47:21 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 11:51:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=27333