The Closing Circle review by Barry Commoner critique
A critic analyzes Barry Commoner and his book The Closing Circle arguing that modern technology has caused ecological degradation. It discusses a holistic science approach, reform of research, and the tension between private enterprise profit and ecological stability, urging new economic measures and consumer responsibility.
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Lake Erie
United States
Barry Commoner
Los Angeles
Illinois
Commoner
Paul Revere
Place and People An Ecology of a New Guinea Community
Clarke portrays the Bomagai Angoiang in eastern New Guinea as a linked human forest system. The study traces shifting cultivation, clan cooperation, land use, and gendered garden work, showing sustainable practices and the delicate balance with ecological processes, while warning of external economic influence.
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William C. Clarke
ANU Press
Canberra
University of California Press
Australia
Australian National University Press
Clarke
Central Highlands
Eastern
New Guinea
Ndwimba
Paris in bio-degradables PARTS review
A broad critique of two art history tomes on Paris by Harrap and Hamish Hamilton. It praises the depth and imagery in Paris in the Bio degradables and La Vie Parisienne while lampooning the pricey coffee table format and the Second Empire's excesses. It notes the Richardson volume for rich plates but a dense, encyclopedic style.
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Jean de la Manvere
Roger Armand Wergert
Vivian Bowe
Harrap
LA Vie Parisienne
Joanna Richardson
Hamish Hamilton
Paris
Weingert
Miss Richardson
Europe
Henry Handel Richardson
Richard Mahony
Penguin
Heinemann
Chislehurst
Berlioz
Courbet
Flaubert
Offenbachs
Winterhalters
Eugene Sues
Zola
Monet
Manet
Boudin
Earl ‘Aphe
Es Bane
Haussmann
Napoleon the Lesser
The fiddling philosophers review of Magee interview book
Bryan Magee's book collects BBC interview transcripts on modern British analytic philosophy. The critique notes clashes between clarity and relevance, with Williams and MacIntyre cited, plus reflections on history of ideas, temperament, and Magee's portrayal of analysts.
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Magee
BBC
ABC Radio
Bernard Williams
Williams
Whce
Alasdair MacIntyre
Brandeis
MacIntyre
Ryle
Tidbinbilla Nature Trails Guide Promises Eclectic Flora And Fauna
Department of the Interior and Australian Government Publishing Service publish a guide to Tidbinbilla Reserve trails. It explains bryophytes and plant terms for casual readers while naming common and scientific species. Bird life, especially white cockatoos and Lyre Bird Trail notes, adds local color to the botanical journey through eucalyptus, wild cherry, and tree ferns.
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Department of the Interior
Tidbinbilla Reserve
Red Hill
Reissued Psychology Guide Promises Sanity Preservation
ANA reissues The Way Up by Australian author Ainslie Meares. The volume blends popular applied psychology, classifies personalities as extrovert introvert obsessive and hysteric, and offers coping tips for readers amid routines that strain mental balance.
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ANA
Trist
Ainslie Meares
Book notes on Johnston and Ambler potboilers
The review dismisses The Sponge Divers by John Johnston and Charmian Clift as a dreadful potboiler set on a Aegean island. It also praises The Intercom Conspiracy by Ene Ambler as a compelling spy tale set in Geneva with two colonels maneuvering the superpowers.
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Johnstons
Ene Ambler
Fontana
Ambler
The
Bonds
Avengers
Geneva
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