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  <title><![CDATA[Under the Sea-Wind]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;B&gt;For the centennial of the birth of &lt;I&gt;Silent Spring&lt;/I&gt; author Rachel Carson, a new edition of her groundbreaking paean to the sea&lt;/B&gt; &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt; Celebrating the mystery and beauty of birds and sea creatures in their natural habitat, &lt;I&gt;Under the Sea-Wind&lt;/I&gt;&amp;#151;Rachel Carson's first book and her personal favorite&amp;#151;is the early masterwork of one of America's greatest nature writers. Evoking the special mystery and beauty of the shore and the open sea&amp;#151;its limitless vistas and twilight depths&amp;#151;Carson's astonishingly intimate, unforgettable portrait captures the delicate negotiations of an ingeniously calibrated ecology.</default_description>
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is Rachel Carson’s first book (1941), and her personal favorite. In it she tells charming nature stories, poetically spoken yet full of scientific fact about ocean animals and the interrelatedness of life in ocean, estuary, and river. The characters are often individual mackerel, arctic owls,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42419491">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A series of interconnected chapters and vignettes following the lives of creatures living in and around the sea - animals and plants from algae to whales, but focusing on some fish and birds. Carson explains animal life cycles in an engaging narrative fashion and tells how they connect to the lives ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20936254">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A wonderful way to read about science; Carson makes the lives of birds and sea creatures very accessible in this book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ugh.<br/><br/>&quot;Glumdor the clam skittered away using his jets, as Biltrix the sea otter gave chase!  Biltrix used his mighty paws to clobber Glumdor against the rock clutched tightly to Biltrix's chest.  As Glumdor's life seeped away, Biltrix was nourished with renewed vigor, to face another ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25225566">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Nov 22 05:47:16 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[DearReader Classics book for November 2009]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this with my summer reading group, and really liked her ability to elucidate what went (/goes?  one of our questions was how much ocean ecology has changed since 1941, when Simon and Schuster initially published this) on in and directly peripheral to the ocean while still preserving, to my mi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26054431">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just started this book. Like everybody else, I've been thinking a lot about the environment lately. I know about Carson, but had never actually read anything by her. She's an amazing writer and reading her books about the ocean makes you want to pack your bags and head straight for the shore...mor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21787729">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I learned so much from reading this book. I look and listen much more. Beautifully written and inspiring. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Really beauiful writing - like a meditation.  Not easy to read if you're tired.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[this is a natural classic; should be read by everyone who loves nature]]></body>
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