Sign in with Facebook
99 books
—
8 voters
to-read
(456)
currently-reading (3)
read (855)
did-not-finish (0)
nature (151)
geography (135)
fiction (82)
picture-books (77)
currently-reading (3)
read (855)
did-not-finish (0)
nature (151)
geography (135)
fiction (82)
picture-books (77)
photography
(41)
psychology (41)
history (39)
politics (30)
dogs (25)
climate-change (20)
true-crime (18)
biographies-autobiographies (17)
psychology (41)
history (39)
politics (30)
dogs (25)
climate-change (20)
true-crime (18)
biographies-autobiographies (17)
“The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.”
―
―
“Young people: They care. They know that this is the world that they're going to grow up in, that they're going to spend the rest of their lives in. But, I think it's more idealistic than that. They actually believe that humanity, human species, has no right to destroy and despoil regardless.”
―
―
“We live our comfortable lives in the shadow of a disaster of our own making. That disaster is being brought about by the very things that allow us to live our comfortable lives.”
― A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future
― A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature -- the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.”
― Silent Spring
― Silent Spring
“This last chapter .. may have given the impression that somehow man is the ultimate triumph of evolution, that all these millions of years of development have had no purpose other than to put him on earth. There is no scientific evidence whatever to support such a view and no reason to suppose that our stay here will be any more permanent than that of the dinosaur.”
― Life on Earth
― Life on Earth
Non Fiction Book Club
— 5102 members
— last activity 1 hour, 53 min ago
This group is for anyone who enjoys Non Fiction. Genres discussed here include Histories, Autobiographies, Biographies, Memoirs, Science and Technolog ...more
Marideth’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Marideth’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
60,432 books
|
2,902 friends
62 books
|
5 friends
984 books
|
28 friends
1 book
|
1 friend
28 books
|
1 friend
9,688 books
|
3,235 friends
9,261 books
|
893 friends
1,601 books
|
614 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Marideth
Lists liked by Marideth
