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Informal Bibliography

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

• Mary Pat Treuthart's Bibliography (most 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.

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.

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].

Fiction Books

• River Teeth, David James Duncan [19]

• 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. [20]

• Life of Pi: [[21]]

• Brenda Peterson book, Animal Heart (2003.)

• Watershed (2003) by Percival Everett is good, as are

• Witi Tame Ihimaera's Whale Rider (2003)

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

• 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.

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