The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light

[Charles Albert]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01frmg5

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On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 7:57 PM, Jill Adams <grladams at teleport.com> wrote:

>  * Hi list, I've been lurking.... I hope BE is going to be a fun read.*
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> *-Jill*
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> *Contributor(s):Bogard, Paul (Author) *
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> ISBN: 0316182907   EAN: 9780316182904
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> Publisher: Little Brown and Company    (View Publisher's Titles)
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> US SRP: $ 27.00 US  -  (Discount: REG)
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> Binding: Hardcover
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> Pub Date: July 09, 201
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> *Kirkus Reviews* (05/15/2013):
> An ardent opponent of light pollution chronicles how the darkness of night
> is disappearing around much of the world, why that matters, and what can
> and should be done about it. Bogard (Creative Nonfiction/James Madison
> Univ.) travels around the world to its brightest and darkest places,
> looking up at the night sky. This book can be seen as a companion piece to
> the anthology Let There Be Night: Testimony on Behalf of the Dark (2008),
> in which the author gathered 29 individual voices on the subject; here, the
> voice is his own but with generous quotes from scientists and activists
> whom he has sought out in his travels. Among the places he visited are not
> only the cities of Las Vegas, Paris, Florence and New York, but also Walden
> Pond, small towns and remote places such as Death Valley, Chaco Canyon, the
> Canary Islands and the Isle of Sark. Bogard fondly and movingly remembers
> times when night was really dark, but he fears that such experiences will
> be unknown to most of humanity. The loss, as he explains, is not merely an
> aesthetic or even a spiritual one; artificial lighting may be having
> serious impacts on our health and on the environment. The author talked to
> researchers who see a link between lighting and cancer and to naturalists
> who note the impact of artificial outdoor lighting on other species, such
> as birds, bats and bees. The efforts of the National Park Service to set up
> dark-sky preserves gives Bogard reason for optimism, and his conversations
> with outdoor lighting experts indicate that feasible energy-reducing
> approaches are available. What's needed is awareness, which the author
> provides in an appealing, reader-friendly way. An engaging blend of
> personal story, hard science and a bit of history. COPYRIGHT(2013) Kirkus
> Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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