San Antonio College Library

"Each review approaches one work of literature--fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama--and is introduced with brief ready reference data: title, author, date of first publication, type of work, and a brief abstract of the book's content or impact. The interested reader will gain from the following 300-word review both an impression of the work's contents and an idea of the work's importance in the history of literature and ideas."--Publisher's note....

In celebration of five eventful centuries of the printed word, Basbanes considers of writings that have "made things happen" in the world, works that have both nudged the course of history and fired the imagination of influential people. Basbanes asks what we can know about such figures as Milton, Gibbon, Locke, Newton, Coleridge, John Adams, Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Henry James, Thomas Edison, Helen Keller--even the Marquis de Sade and...

Lists books less than two hundred pages in length, including information on main characters and plot, and recommends book talk and book review themes for each.

Climatic changes. Tropical deforestation. Toxic contamination of food and water. Citizens concerned about the fate of the planet are eager to become active and informed on these and other environmental issues. The Environmentalist's Bookshelf: A Guide to the Best Books lists and describes the 500 best books on nature and the environment as determined by the recommendations of over 200 environmental leaders from around the world. Scientists, educators,...