science writer and broadcaster David Suzuki (pictured). The book focuses
mostly on his life since the 1987 publication of his first
autobiography, Metamorphosis: Stages in a Life. It begins with a
chronological account of his childhood, academic years, and broadcasting
career. In later chapters, Suzuki adopts a memoir style, writing about
themes such as his relationship with Australia, his experiences in
Brazil and Papua New Guinea, the founding of the David Suzuki
Foundation, and his thoughts on climate change, celebrity status,
technology, and death. Throughout, Suzuki highlights the continuing
impact of events from his childhood. Critics have called the book
candid, sincere, and charming, with insightful commentary if
occasionally flat stories. Suzuki's scientific background is reflected
in the writing's rational and analytic style. Suzuki's autobiography
spent four weeks atop the Maclean's list of non-fiction best-sellers and
six weeks at number 6 on the Globe and Mail's list. The book won two
awards in 2007: the Canadian Booksellers' Association's Libris Award for
Non-Fiction Book of the Year and the British Columbia Booksellers'
Choice Award.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Suzuki:_The_Autobiography>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1688:
Prince William of Orange landed at Brixham in Devon, on his way
to depose his father-in-law King James II, the last Catholic monarch of
England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution>
1864:
American Civil War: Union Army General William T. Sherman began
his "March to the Sea", inflicting significant damage to property and
infrastructure on his way from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tecumseh_Sherman>
1968:
Vietnam War: American forces launched Operation Commando Hunt,
a large-scale bombing campaign to prevent the People's Army of (North)
Vietnam from transporting personnel and supplies along the Ho Chi Minh
trail.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Commando_Hunt>
1988:
The Soviet Buran spacecraft, a reusable vehicle built in
response to NASA's Space Shuttle program, was launched, unmanned, on her
first and only space flight.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buran_(spacecraft)>
1988:
PLO leader Yasser Arafat proclaimed the creation of the State
of Palestine as "the state of Palestinians wherever they may be".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Declaration_of_Independence>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
batman:
(military) A servant or valet to an army officer.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/batman>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely
because it comes late.
--Felix Frankfurter
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Felix_Frankfurter>
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