Richard Rhodes
Author
Publisher
A.A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
An anthology of nature writings by the great artist and ornithologist features Audubon's writings about the American wilderness and its plant and animal life, accompanied by excerpts from his journals, letters, and published works that include accounts of his river journeys and hunting trips with the Shawnee and Osage Indians.
Author
Publisher
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
In these 116 portraits of species collected in America and Europe, we see Audubon inventing his ingenious methods of posing and depicting his subjects, and we trace his development into a scientist and an artist who could proudly sign his artworks "drawn from Nature." --From publisher description.
Author
Publisher
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
"In Face to Face with the Bomb, photographer Paul Shambroom documents the components of America's nuclear arsenal, and through his series of striking images, which depict the devices and their day-to-day maintenance, he makes clear the magnitude of the nuclear reality we have created. Taken between 1992 and 2001 at military bases in the United States and the South Pacific, these photographs offer an unprecedented inside look at the missiles, warheads,...
Publisher
Alive Mind Cinema
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"The atomic bomb and meltdowns like Fukushima have made nuclear power synonymous with global disaster. But what if we've got nuclear power wrong? An audience favorite at the Sundance Film Fesival, Pandora's Promise asks whether the one technology we fear most could save our planet from a climate catastrophe, while providing the energy needed to lift billions of people in the developing world out of poverty. In his controversial new film, Stone tells...
