search for books and compare prices
By
Carl Safina
Price
Store
Arrives
Preparing
Shipping
Jump quickly to results on these stores:
The price is the lowest for any condition, which may be new or used; other conditions may also be available.
Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Broadway Books
Publication date
April 19, 2011
Pages
352
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780307887368
ISBN-10
0307887367
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.50 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.90 lbs.
Original list price
$15.00
Subjects
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
The Legend of Colton H. Bryant | Petrolia | Car Country | The View from Lazy Point | Beyond Words | America's Kingdom | Song for the Blue Ocean | Eye of the Albatross | The Teapot Dome Scandal
The Legend of Colton H. Bryant | Petrolia | Car Country | The View from Lazy Point | Beyond Words | America's Kingdom | Song for the Blue Ocean | Eye of the Albatross | The Teapot Dome Scandal
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Carl Safina has been hailed as one of the top 100 conservations of the 20th century (Audubon Magazine) and A Sea in Flames is his blistering account of the months-long manmade disaster that tormented a region and mesmerized the nation. Traveling across the Gulf to make sense of an ever-changing story and its often-nonsensical twists, Safina expertly deconstructs the series of calamitous misjudgments that caused the Deepwater Horizon blowout, zeroes in on BPâs misstatements, evasions, and denials, reassesses his own reaction to the governmentâs crisis handling, and reviews the consequences of the leakâand what he considers the real problems, which the press largely overlooked.
Safina takes us deep inside the faulty thinking that caused the lethal explosion. We join him on aerial surveys across an oil-coated sea. We confront pelicans and other wildlife whose blue universe fades to black. Safina skewers the excuses and the silly jargonâlike âjunk shotâ and âtop killââthat made the tragedy feel like a comedy of horrorsâand highlighted Big Oilâs appalling lack of preparedness for an event that was inevitable.
Based on extensive research and interviews with fishermen, coastal residents, biologists, and government officials, A Sea In Flames has some surprising answers on whether it was âObamaâs Katrina,â whether the Coast Guard was as inept in its response as BP was misleading, and whether this worst unintended release of oil in history was really Americaâs worst ecological disaster. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
          Â
Impassioned, moving, and even sharply funny, A Sea in Flames is ultimately an indictment of Americaâs main addiction. Safina writes: âIn the end, this is a chronicle of a summer of painâand hope.  Hope that the full potential of this catastrophe would not materialize, hope that the harm done would heal faster than feared, and hope that even if we didnât suffer the absolutely worstâweâd still learn the big lesson here. We may have gotten two out of three.  Thatâs not good enough. Because: thereâll be a next time.â            Â
From the Hardcover edition.
Safina takes us deep inside the faulty thinking that caused the lethal explosion. We join him on aerial surveys across an oil-coated sea. We confront pelicans and other wildlife whose blue universe fades to black. Safina skewers the excuses and the silly jargonâlike âjunk shotâ and âtop killââthat made the tragedy feel like a comedy of horrorsâand highlighted Big Oilâs appalling lack of preparedness for an event that was inevitable.
Based on extensive research and interviews with fishermen, coastal residents, biologists, and government officials, A Sea In Flames has some surprising answers on whether it was âObamaâs Katrina,â whether the Coast Guard was as inept in its response as BP was misleading, and whether this worst unintended release of oil in history was really Americaâs worst ecological disaster. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
          Â
Impassioned, moving, and even sharply funny, A Sea in Flames is ultimately an indictment of Americaâs main addiction. Safina writes: âIn the end, this is a chronicle of a summer of painâand hope.  Hope that the full potential of this catastrophe would not materialize, hope that the harm done would heal faster than feared, and hope that even if we didnât suffer the absolutely worstâweâd still learn the big lesson here. We may have gotten two out of three.  Thatâs not good enough. Because: thereâll be a next time.â            Â
From the Hardcover edition.
Editions
Hardcover
from Crown Pub (April 19, 2011)
9780307887351 | details & prices | 352 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.50 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $25.00
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Broadway Books (April 19, 2011)
9780307887368 | details & prices | 352 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $15.00
About: Carl Safina has been hailed as one of the top 100 conservations of the 20th century (Audubon Magazine) and A Sea in Flames is his blistering account of the months-long manmade disaster that tormented a region and mesmerized the nation.
About: Carl Safina has been hailed as one of the top 100 conservations of the 20th century (Audubon Magazine) and A Sea in Flames is his blistering account of the months-long manmade disaster that tormented a region and mesmerized the nation.
Pricing is shown for items sent to or within the U.S., excluding shipping and tax. Please consult the store to determine exact fees. No warranties are made express or implied about the accuracy, timeliness, merit, or value of the information provided. Information subject to change without notice. isbn.nu is not a bookseller, just an information source.