3. The Sixth Extinction

Elizabeth Kolbert, 2014 Number 3 on my book list to read in 2014. (may or may not be read as numbered) I heard MS. Kolbert on a National Public Radio program talking about her book. I immediately thought about something I have been saying for years, “We will be the first species to record or own extinction.” Hopefully this book will contribute to making my observation just another misguided,"'thank God that did not happen" prediction. I have never read anything by Kolbert, but apparently her last book, Field Notes from a Catastrophe about climate change is very good. It gives us an understanding of what is happening with climate change and ask us to think about our role in it. I have not read anything other than short articles about climate change and watched news accounts and parts of documentaries, so I plan to read her 2010 book as well, but not sure when yet. Listening to MS. Kolbert, reminded me of a book I read last year, Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit, by Daniel Quinn. qnother book by Quinn is on my list. 1. Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 1968 2. Ali’s Greatest Fight - Finished last week of February Bingham, Howard L., Wallace, Max and Ali, Muhammad, 2012 3. The Sixth Extinction Elizabeth Kolbert, 2014 4. My Ishmael: A Sequel Daniel Quinn, 1998 5. Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston, 1937 6. Blues People: Negro Music in White America Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones), 1963 7. 12 Years a Slave Solomon Northup 8. The Art of Waging Peace: A Strategic Approach to Improving Our Lives and the World Paul K. Chappell, 2014