The Human, The Orchid, And The Octopus: Exploring And Conserving Our Natural World

From Publishers Weekly The Late Cousteau (19101997) Is Still Offering Remarkable Tales Of Nature And The Sea Alongside Coauthor Schiefelbein. Stephen Hoye Delivers A Solid Reading Complete With An Astounding Cousteau Impersonation That Will Have Listeners Questioning Just Who They Are Listening To During The Introduction. Hoye Transports The Audience Around The Globe And Under The Sea, Capturing The Tense Incidents Throughout The Tale In A Believable Manner. Though Most Of The Tale Is Told From Schiefelbein'S Perspective, Hoye Manages To Capture The Spirit Of Cousteau Without Always Resorting To The Impersonation. His Reading Is Underplayed And All The More Realistic Because Of It. As Cousteau Would Have Demanded, The Conservation Information Included Becomes The Star Of The Show, And The Story Is A Medium To Spread The Word About Mother Earth. A Bloomsbury Hardcover (Reviews, Aug. 6, 2007). (Feb.) Copyright Reed Business Information, A Division Of Reed Elsevier Inc. All Rights Reserved. Product Description Part Adventure Story, Part Manifesto, This Is Legendary Ocean Explorer Jacques Cousteau'S Passionate Plea For Sustaining Life On Earth. Explorer, Diving Pioneer, Filmmaker, Inventor, And Activist, Jacques Cousteau Was Blessed From His Childhood With Boundless Curiosity About The Natural World. As The Leader Of Fascinating, Often Dangerous Expeditions All Over The Planet, He Discovered Firsthand The Complexity And Beauty Of Life On Earth And Underseaand Watched The Toll Taken By Human Activity In The Twentieth Century. In His Magnificent Last Book, Available For The First Time In The United States, Cousteau Describes His Deeply Informed Philosophy About Protecting Our World For Future Generations. Weaving Gripping Stories Of His Adventures Throughout, He And Coauthor Susan Schiefelbein Address The Risks We Take With Human Health, The Overfishing And Sacking Of The World'S Oceans, The Hazards Of Nuclear Proliferation, And The Environmental Responsibility Of Scientists, Politicians, And People Of Faith. Written Over The Last Ten Years Of His Life With Frequent Collaborator Schiefelbein, Who Also Introduces The Text And Provides An Update On Environmental Developments In The Decade Since Cousteau'S Death, This Prescient, Clearsighted Book Is A Remarkable Testament To The Life And Work Of One Of Our Greatest Modern Adventurers. Review [An] Electrifying, Manyfaceted Masterwork. Booklist About The Author Jacques Cousteau (19101997) Was World Renowned As An Ocean Explorer, Filmmaker, Educator, And Environmental Activist.Susan Schiefelbein, A Former Editor At The Saturday Review, Has Won The National Magazine Award And The Front Page Award For Her Cover Stories On Social Issues.Actor Stephen Hoye Is A Graduate Of London'S Guildhall And A Veteran Of London'S West End. An Awardwinning Audiobook Narrator, He Has Won Thirteen Audiofile Earphones Awards And Two Prestigious Apa Audie Awards. From Audiofile Jacques Cousteau Was A Legendary Adventurerand An Environmental Activist. In His Memoir, Cousteau, A Firm Proponent Of The Planet'S Rights Long Before Al Gore Came Along, Runs The Gamut From Expressing Concern To Indulging In A Raging Polemic, Never Sparing The World'S Governments In The Process. The Material Gives The Book A Heavyhanded Tone, Which Is Echoed By Stephen Hoye'S Theatrical Reading. His Delivery Is As Clipped As The Sails Of Cousteau'S Beloved Calypso. Hoye Doesn'T Attempt To Evoke Cousteau'S Distinctly French Parlance, But Where He Does Match Cousteau Is In His Sanctimonious Quality, Which Reinforces The Text'S Strident Tendencies. J.S.H. Audiofile 2008, Portland, Maine Copyright Audiofile, Portland, Maine