AUDIO

Oil and Honey: The Education of an Unlikely Activist

by Bill McKibben
8 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 9½ hrs. Macmillan Audio. 2013. ISBN 9781427233462. $39.99; Playaway digital; digital download. POL SCI/ENVIRONMENT
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OrangeReviewStarMcKibben's (Maybe One) large-scale battle against the Keystone XL pipeline and Big Oil is set against stories of a beekeeping friend in Vermont. This comparison helps drive home McKibben's message about serving humanity by both working toward legislation and in our own backyard helping to limit climate change. Listeners will learn all of the important facts about global warming and may be inspired to use a bicycle more often. Amazing facts about bees and their importance to our survival will leave listeners reconsidering whether to swat at the next one they see. Kevin T. Collins wonderfully captures the author's emotion in his narration.
VERDICT Highly recommended for newbies as well as those knowledgeable about climate change. ["Moving, brief, and readable, McKibben's story will appeal to a broad range of readers," concurred the review of the Times: Holt hc, LJ 10/1/13.]
Reviewed by Sean Kennedy, Cleveland Marshall Coll. Law Lib. , Mar 15, 2014
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