Heidi Cullen, a senior research scientist with Climate Central, often reports on climate change for the PBS News Hour. Her book, The Weather of the Future: Heat Waves, Extreme Storms, and Other Scenes from a Climate-Changed Planet, explains the extreme weather we have been experiencing like the flooding Red River and Hurricane Katina. She gives a thought provoking look at what our world will be like in 2050 if we do not change the levels of carbon emissions.
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Friday, October 29, 2010
About Books, November 6, 2010
Sam Kean's The Disappearing Spoon and Other Tales of Madness, Love and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements is delightful. Read it to discover fascinating stories about carbon, neon, silicon, gold and other elements and their influence on our history.
Listen to the interview at http://www.wvik.org/listings-aboutbooks.htm
Listen to the interview at http://www.wvik.org/listings-aboutbooks.htm
About Books, October 30, 2010
R. Tripp Evans has written a new and revealing biography: Grant Wood: a Life. Wood is such an integral part of our image of the midwest. This book has great value not only in insisting that he was not a simple, rural painter but in the extensive analysis of many of his works.
Listen to the interview at http://www.wvik.org/listings-aboutbooks.htm
Listen to the interview at http://www.wvik.org/listings-aboutbooks.htm
Friday, October 22, 2010
About Books, October 23, 2010
Julie Flavell's When London Was Capital of America tells the story of the years before the Revolutionary War when American colonists traveled to London, their capital city. Through the stories of Carolinian Henry Laurens and his family; his slave, Scipio; Stephen Sayre, a New England merchant and Benjamin Franklin, we learn about London in the 1760's.
Listen to the interview at http://www.wvik.org/listings-aboutbooks.htm
Listen to the interview at http://www.wvik.org/listings-aboutbooks.htm
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
About Books, October 16, 2010
Paul Greenberg discusses the issues around the domestication of seafood in his book, Four Fish: the Future of the Last Wild Food. He has traveled all over the world to research the history of salmon, sea bass, cod and tuna. He writes about overfishing, fish farms, and the challenges of healing the oceans and providing safe, sustainable seafood.
Listen to the interview at http://www.wvik.org/listings-aboutbooks.htm
Listen to the interview at http://www.wvik.org/listings-aboutbooks.htm
Friday, October 8, 2010
About Books, October 9, 2010
William Powers tackles dependence on digital devices in Hamlet's Blackberry: a Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age. The book offers a little bit of memoir as well as a look back at seven philosophers (Plato, Seneca,Thoreau etc.) and how they handled technological change in their time.
Listen to the interview at http://www.wvik.org/listings-aboutbooks.htm
Listen to the interview at http://www.wvik.org/listings-aboutbooks.htm
Friday, October 1, 2010
About Books, October 2, 2010
Terra Brockman writes about family farm life in The Seasons on Henry's Farm: A Year of Food and Life on a Sustainable Farm. The farm, owned by Brockman's brother Henry, is located in central Illinois and produces vegetables for the Evanston Farmer's Market as well as baskets for subscribers. Starting with the fall garlic planting and including favorite family recipes, Terra shares the entire year of sowing, cultivating and harvesting.
Listen to the interview at http://www.wvik.org/listings-aboutbooks.htm
Listen to the interview at http://www.wvik.org/listings-aboutbooks.htm
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