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The Water Will Come
By Jeff Goodell
DB 89944, Available as BARD download
The author of Big Coal (DB 63733) examines the impact of rising sea levels on coastal settlements and systems. Discusses climate change, melting ice caps, higher tides, economic disruption, seacoast infrastructure, housing, and more. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2017.
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The Weather Makers
By Tim Flannery
DB 63586, Available as BARD download
Conservationist and author of Eternal Frontier (DB 53992) explores the history and possible impact of global warming. Notes phenomena such as melting glaciers, rising sea levels, and increasing instances of extreme weather, and predicts their future effects on global climate. Urges a transition to carbon-free fuels to reduce air pollution. 2005.
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The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow's World
By Charles Mann
DB 90176, Available as BARD download
According to the author, those with solutions to concerns about Earth's population and its environmental impact fall into the categories of Wizards and Prophets. Prophets follow environmentalist William Vogt, who espoused cutting back, while Wizards follow Norman Borlaug, who felt that innovation is key. Profiles Vogt and Borlaug. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2018.
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Abigail Adams: A Life
By Woody Holton
DB 71999, Available as BARD download
Biography of America's second First Lady by the award-winning author of Unruly Americans (DB 66397). Uses first-person accounts and Mrs. Adams's letters to portray her political and business acumen, which enabled her to leave her female descendants funds in her will despite the law of coverture. 2009.
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Abigail Adams
By Susan Lee
DB 12177, Available as BARD download
A brief biography of the outspoken parson's daughter who was to become the wife of the second President and mother of the sixth. For grades 3-6. 1977
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Abigail Adams: An American Woman
By Charles W. Akers
BR 4381
Portrait of First Lady Abigail Adams, wife of the second president and mother to the sixth president of the United States. Revealed as a pioneer feminist and an early proponent of women's education, Abigail emerges as an intelligent, resourceful, devout woman who achieved "the fullest equality permitted by society." 1980
Adams: An American Dynasty
By Francis Russell
DBM 1256, Available as Perkins SHELF download
Launched by founding father John and the inimitable Abigail, the Adams dynasty continued to include another President, Lincoln's most trusted ambassador, a great historian, and many other distinguished scholars, business leaders, and writers. This volume tells the enthralling story of one of America's greatest families. 2005
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The Adams Chronicles: Four Generations of Greatness
By Jack Shepherd
DB 10121, Available as BARD download
Examination of the achievements of the Adams family told largely in their own words from diaries and letters. Presented in coordination with the Public Broadcasting Service television series of the same title. Bestseller. 1976
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Cannibals of the Heart: A Personal Biography of Louisa Catherine and John Quincy Adams
By Jack Shepherd
DB 17183, Available as BARD download
While this work covers John Quincy's public career as diplomat and Washington leader, the author is concerned primarily with the relationship between the cold, purposeful Adams and his kind, loving wife. Shepard recreates the couple's life in foreign capitals and in Washington, and depicts how Quincy's obsessive ambition for himself and his sons made victims of both of them and the bright Louisa, who struggled to assert her individuality. 1980
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