GU Theme

Informal Bibliography

This is the informal Bibliography for collecting and sorting suggestions from the GU community on the Water theme for next year's freshman class. Please send suggested titles to the GU Thematic Programming Committee, c/o Mark Alfino at alfino@gonzaga.edu.

Titles

Movies and Documentaries

• Whose Water? 2002 documentary: 26 minutes (India)

• Water Voices documentary series (focus on Asia)

• God’s Water (1 hour long) (missionary bringing water to Malawi)[1]

• The Water is Ours, Damn It! (attempted privatization of water supply in Bolivia)[2]

• A World Without Water (Ch. 4 UK documentary) [3] see also, Fred Pearce, WHEN THE RIVERS RAN DRY (book)[4]

• The Water-Powered Car and the Water Detectives (documentary shorts)

• Thirst: Fighting the Corporate Theft of Our Water (2007) and the PBS documentary titled “Thirst” also (an alarming documentary on water privatization around the world)[5]

• Running Dry (90 minutes) (water crisis in the American West)[6]

• “Water and Life” film festival from India on water and human rights

• Flow: For the Love of Water (2008) (brand new documentary premiered at Sundance 2008)[7]

• Water Warriors – U.S. doc about water shutoffs and privatization in Michigan (2 new?)[8]

• American Museum of Natural History “Water: H20 = Life” (current exhibition on topic with a lot of water-themed educational materials on museum website)[9]

• Chinatown (water crisis in 1940s Los Angeles) [10]

• A Civil Action (toxic chemicals pollute water supply)—book and film [11]

• A Journey in the History of Water (documentary) (series is divided in four programs of 45 minutes exploring different themes pertaining to the importance of water. Part I, The Struggle, shows that no society can exist without water. Part II, The Energy, describes the different uses of hydropower. Part III, The Myths, explains the role of water in myths and religious rituals. Part IV, The Conflicts, relate to the water issue in conflicts)[12]

• Cadillac Desert-Water and the Transformation of Nature (documentary) (a four-part series chronicling the development of the American West as it relates to the importance of water and the necessity of controlling it responsibly.)[13]

• Movie: A River Reborn [14]

Non-Fiction Books

• Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition, Marc Reisner.[15]

• Determining the economic Value of Water: Concepts and Methods. Robert A. Young [16]

• Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource (Paperback) by Marq de Villiers[17]

• What You See in Clear Water: Indians, Whites, and a Batttle Over Water in the American West” by Geoffrey O’Gara (2001). O’Gara was a journalist who moved to Wyoming and chronicled the story of the tug-of-war over water rights in the area. Here is a link to a NY Times review:[18].

• Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity (The Worldwatch Environmental Alert Series) (Paperback)

by Sandra Postel (Author)[19]

• The Holy Order of Water: Healing the Earth's Waters and Ourselves by William E. Marks (Bell Bond Books, 2001, paperback, 256 pages; $18.95 US)

• The Complete Book of Water Therapy by Dian Dincin Buchman, Blanche Fried (Illustrator) (Keats Publishing, Inc 1994, paperback, 261 pages; $11.95 US)

• The Drinking Water Book by Colin Ingram (Ten Speed Press, 1991, paperback, 195 pages, $12.95 US)

• The Good Water Guide by Timothy and Maureen Green ( 1996, hard cover, $16.95 US)

• H20: The Guide to Quality Bottled Water by Arthur von Wiesenberger (Woodbridge Press, 1988, trade paperback, 176 pages, $11.95 US)

• Oasis: The Complete Guide to Bottled Water Throughout the World by Arthur von Wiesenberger (Capra Press, 1978, trade paperback, $6.95 US)

• The Pocket Guide To Bottled Water by Arthur von Wiesenberger (Contemporary Books, 1991, trade paperback, $11.95 US)

• The Shocking Truth About Water by Patricia Bragg (Health Science, 1998, paperback, 175 pages, $7.95 US)

• The Taste of Water by Arthur von Wiesenberger (Best Cellar Books, 1996, booklet, $4.95 US)

• The Healing Energies of Water by Charlie Ryrie (Journey Editions, 1999, soft cover, 160 pages, $17.95 US)

• Your Body's Many Cries For Water by F. Batmanghelidj, MD (Global Health Solutions, 1995, paperback, 182 pages, $14.95 US)

Fiction Books

• River Teeth, David James Duncan [20]

• Duncan, David James. " Valmiki's Palm," My Life as Told by Waterer: Confessions, Druidic Rants, Reflections, Bird-Watchinqs, Fish-Stalkinqs. Visions, Songs and Prayers Refracting Light, from Living Rivers, in the Age of the Industrial Dark Sierra Club Books, 2001, 3-30. Duncan is the author of the popular teenage novel, The River Why 1984. From Amazon: "David James Duncan's first novel has gained an increasingly wide audience over the years--some might even call it a following. This coming-of-age tale of Gus Orviston's search for the Pacific Northwest's elusive steelhead, a metaphor for Gus's internal quest for self-knowledge, appeals to all who cherish a good yarn and memorable characters. Uncle Zeke's colorful rendition of Gus's conception on the banks of the Deschutes River is itself worth the price of purchase."

• Duncan, David James. The River Why. [21]

• Life of Pi: [[22]]

• Watershed (2003) by Percival Everett is good. [23]

• Donna Seaman's great anthology In Our Nature: Stories of Wildness (use the 2002 edition) [24]

• Even though the protagonist is a bit younger (14, 15?) I think freshmen would like Jim Lynch's The Highest Tide (2005.) It takes place on Puget Sound and also deals with cults, the media, coming of age and lots of other good stuff. [25]

• The Hidden Messages in Water by Masaru Emoto (Beyond Words Publishing, Inc., 2004, paperback 160 pages; $16.95)

• Brenda Peterson book, Animal Heart (2003.) From Publishers Weekly

Novelist and nature writer Peterson (Duck and Cover; Nature and Our Mothers) crafts an uneven and melodramatic but gripping tale about love, xenotransplantation (transplanting organs and tissue across species) and the military-industrial complex's flagrant disregard for environmental responsibility. Two forensic wildlife pathologists—Isabel Spinner (a restless, dedicated animal lover and second-generation Scot) and Marian Windhorse Gray (a beautiful, flirty Oskeena Native American)—join Isabel's underwater photographer brother, Andrew, and his associate, obsidian-eyed Marshall McGreggor, for a dive to photograph an undersea volcano off the Oregon coast, when Marshall suffers a massive coronary. Lacking a healthy human heart, doctors implant the heart of a baboon, forcing Marshall to come to terms with his status as xenotransplantation guinea pig as well as his sudden and disturbing dreams of being a baboon on a savanna. He makes a miraculous recovery and becomes friends with spunky Irene Feinstein, a young woman with a pig valve in her heart, but is increasingly troubled by dreams of Hara, a female baboon in distress. Meanwhile, a disastrous beaching of whales and dolphins on the Oregon coast leads to the discovery that underwater U.S. military experiments with mid-to-low-frequency active sonar may be destroying the inner ears of the sea mammals. Is this just sonar—or the prototype for some new and terrible weapon? When Irene tells Marshall that Hara is being held in a Portland animal testing lab, they, aided by Andrew and a bunch of activists, orchestrate a daring rescue before they head back to the coast to try to stop the sonar experiments. Clunky exposition and credibility-straining twists mar the book, but Peterson's passion shines through. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Bibliographies and Suggestions from Faculty and Staff - January-February 2008

• Mary Pat Treuthart's Bibliography (titles included below as well)
• Possible Coregraphy on Water - S. Ostersmith.
• Possible collaboration with Bioneers on this year’s topic. http://www.bioneers.org/about
• Possible Speaker recommendation to expert at Spokane County (JS)
• GU's own "Water Project" in Benin and beyond focuses on appropriate technology water filtration in developing environments. Dr. Brad Streibig

Amazon Bibliography

There is a public online bibliography at Amazon, that you could add items to. All of the books in the "Titles" section are in this online Bibliography. The list is called "GU Water Bibliography" and the direct link is: http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/30YPCSJ8MXMNE. You can also add it to your wish lists as a distinct list and you could add items.

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