Book Review Essay: Why I Came West

“Why I Came West” is easily relatable to an individual’s beginnings in conservation. However, the book may be a poor choice to use for recruiting people into the world of conservation because Rick Bass, the author, was only concerned with the area surrounding his home, despised the years he spent trying to convince his neighbors [...]

Essay 2 Book Review – Architecture: One Might Think This Would Be Easy

Architecture is a very broad subject with many specialties. People spend years studying in an academic environment, hoping to become architects in their field. The entire industry has a long and fascinating history, having been a part of every construction project since the dawn of civilization. While having a blueprint of a house is usually [...]

Essay 2 Book Review – The Result of a Hamburger: Living in a Fast Food Society

The Result of a Hamburger: Living in a Fast Food Society  When someone is told to imagine a hamburger, it is not difficult for he or she to automatically think of that juicy beef patty on a sesame bun, smothered in ketchup and mustard.  Just as easily, when asked where one can find this familiar [...]

Essay 2 Book Review- Environmental Destruction: Lets Get Toxic

Mattie Bly Environmental Destruction: Lets get Toxic The creation of life on earth took hundreds of millions of years. It required complex evolutionary processes and diversification, which make up the vast world of today. Sadly, it took less than one hundred years for humans to nearly destroy all of it. With toxic chemicals and reckless [...]

Essay #2: We Are Not The Cause

Ralph B. Alexander writes to reveal the misguided, but not uncommon, assumption that global warming is occurring because of man-made causes, in his book, Global Warming False Alarm.  Alexander, who was formerly not a sceptic of man-made global warming, is a scientist looking to present the cold, hard facts, spin free. The outcome of a book [...]

Essay 2 Book Review – Doing it With Pleasure: Eating to Nourish Our Selves

     Americans are fascinated with nutrition. Yet our waistlines are growing and our health is declining. So what is the answer? “Eat Food. Not Too Much. Mostly Plants.” At least, that is what Michael Pollan concludes in his book In Defense of Food.  Pollan’s manifesto examines the Western diet and its fascination with food science [...]

Essay 2 Book Review – A Bird’s Eye View: Lots of Trash and Rope

Zach Bohan 10/29/2011 Eng 213 Essay 2 Book Review – A Bird’s Eye View: Lots of Trash and Rope The albatross is a very beautiful bird whose majesty is in danger of being wiped out due to human interference and global warming. This grand bird nests on small islands throughout the sea and travel thousands [...]

Essay #2 Book Review-Agriculture To Blame?

  The rising health issues among the world, that’s right; issues like depression and obesity aren’t solely an American issue, can be attributed to many factors. While many of those factors have been found, there is still the root cause of all these problems. In Spencer Wells’ book Pandora’s Seed: The Unforeseen Cost Of Civilization, [...]

Essay 2 Book Review – CO2 Fight: The Battle for CO2 Control

Essay 2 Book Review – CO2 Fight: The Battle for CO2 Control Kimberly Johnson ENG 213 “Stop the man-made CO2 emissions.” “Fossil Fuels are bad!” “The CO2 emissions being used worldwide are causing global warming.” Global warming is because of us and destroying the planet, all you need to do is try to lower man-made [...]

Essay#2 Book Review:The truth behind fast food

  When we are talking about what Americans eat, fast food always comes to mind. The hamburger, as the symbol of fast food, was first made in Germany. In 1850, some immigrants from Germany moved to America, and brought hamburger with them. After that, the fast food nation was born, and fast food has become [...]