Listening To Earth - Couverture souple

Hallowell, Christopher; Levy, Walter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0321195159 ISBN 13 : 9780321195159

Editeur : Pearson, 2004

Synopsis

“Longman Topics” are brief, attractive readers on a single complex, but compelling, topic. Featuring about 30 full-length selections, these volumes are generally half the size and half the cost of standard composition readers.

KEY TOPICS: Selections are from a variety of periods, genres, and points of view and cover a broad range of topics - from the perils of toxic waste to the threat posed by the neighborhood cat. Readings probe the contradictions surrounding environmental issues in the United States today and presents arguments for using, conserving, preserving, and finding pleasure, beauty, and spirituality in land. Readings represent a variety of stances, from eco-terrorist to corporate defenders, from spiritual to pragmatic.

MARKET: Anyone interested in learning about the environmental dilemmas faced by the United States today.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Part of the “Longman Topics” reader series, Listening to Earth explores nature and environmental conflict in the United States from personal and thematic perspectives. Focusing on today¿s environmental issues, this engaging collection contains a wide range of readings that cover a variety of topics, attitudes, and rhetorical styles. It presents essays, reportage, and fiction that probe the contradictions surrounding environmental issues in the United States today and presents arguments for using, conserving, preserving, and finding pleasure, beauty, and spirituality in land.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0321195159
• ISBN 13: 9780321195159
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italie