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1. Silent Spring
by Rachel Carson
"Carson's book has changed the world". ("The Times"). Impassioned, poetic and brilliantly written, "Silent Spring" is now recognized as one of the ... More
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2. Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
by William McDonough, Michael Braungart
A manifesto for a radically different philosophy and practice of manufacture and environmentalism "Reduce, reuse, recycle" urge environmentalists; ... More
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3. Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity
by James Hansen
In Storms of My Grandchildren, Dr. James Hansen-the nation's leading scientist on climate issues-speaks out for the first time with the full truth ... More
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4. The Future of Life
by Edward Osborne Wilson
Our world is far richer than previously conceived, yet so ravaged by human activity that half its species could be gone by the end of the 21st ... More
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5. A Sand County almanac, and Sketches here and there
by Aldo Leopold
This special edition of the highly acclaimed A Sand County Almanac commemorates the one-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Aldo Leopold, one of ... More
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6. A Sand County Almanac
by Aldo Leopold
Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac has enthralled generations of nature lovers and conservationists and is indeed revered by everyone seriously ... More
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7. No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet and the Discoveries He Makes about Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process
by Colin Beavan, PH.D.
Bill McKibben meets Bill Bryson in this seriously engaging look at one man's decision to put his money where his mouth is and go off the grid for one ... More
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8. Winter's Tail: How One Little Dolphin Learned to Swim Again
by Juliana Hatkoff, Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff
The authors chronicle the story of a dolphin named Winter, who is rescued from a crab trap as a baby, after suffering a seriously damaged tail. ... More
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9. The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America
by Douglas Brinkley
Award-winning historian Brinkley examines the life and achievements of America's Naturalist President. The author argues that it was Theodore ... More
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10. The End of Nature
by Bill McKibben
What McKibben says is as relevant now as it was when "The End of Nature" was first published in 1989. More than simply a handbook for survival or a ... More
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11. The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth
by Edward Osborne Wilson
With his usual eloquence, patience, and humor, the Pulitzer Prize-winning entomologist pleads for the salvation of biodiversity, arguing that both ... More
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12. The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw: One Woman's Fight to Save the World's Most Beautiful Bird
by Bruce Barcott
Award-winning author Barcott chronicles Sharon Matola's inspiring and courageous crusade to stop a multinational corporation from building a dam that ... More
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13. A Sand County Almanac: With Essays on Conservation from Round River
by Aldo Leopold (Foreword by), Charles W Schwartz (Illustrator), Carolyn Clugston Leopold (Preface by)
"We can place this book on the shelf that holds the writings of Thoreau and John Muir." San Francisco Chronicle These astonishing portraits of the ... More
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14. The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth
by Tim Flannery
Both an urgent warning and a call to arms, "The Weather Makers" outlines the history of climate change, how it will unfold over the next century, and ... More
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15. Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations
by David R Montgomery
"From this gritty and compelling state-of-our-earth report comes the inescapable truth that we are nothing if not dirty-minded. A brilliant and ... More
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16. Raising Elijah: Protecting Our Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis
by Sandra Steingraber
Today's Rachel Carson looks at the toxic, ecologically fractured world children now inhabit
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17. Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness
by Lyanda Lynn Haupt
Haupt, a trained naturalist, uses science, scholarly research, myth, and personal observation to draw readers into the "crow stories" that unfold ... More
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18. Savages
by Joe Kane
This is a firsthand account of a small band of Amazonian warriors and their battle to preserve their way of life from the scourge of civilization. ... More
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19. Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming
by Bjorn Lomborg
Argues that many of the elaborate actions being considered to stop global warming are too costly and will have little impact, and suggests that ... More
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20. Hot, Flat, and Crowded, Release 2.0: Why We Need a Green Revolution--And How It Can Renew America
by Thomas L Friedman
"A "New York Times Book Review "Notable Book of the Year A "Washington Post "Best Book of the Year A "Businessweek "Best Business Book of the Year ... More
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21. Everglades: River of Grass
by Marjory Stoneman Douglas
"Florida's most unique natural treasure"--Cover.
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22. The Control of Nature
by John McPhee
Concentrating on three contemporary stories of peoples battling against the earth and its elements, this book examines humankind's attempts to tame ... More
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23. Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo
by Lawrence Anthony, Graham Spence
The amazing story of the soldiers, conservationists, and ordinary Iraqis who united to save the animals of the Baghdad Zoo.
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24. American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of Its Food (and What We Can Do about It)
by Jonathan Bloom
The "Traffic" and "Affluenza" of food waste: an eye-opening account of our culture of excess and waste--and what we can do to change it
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25. Plastic Ocean: How a Sea Captain's Chance Discovery Launched a Determined Quest to Save the Oceans
by Charles Moore, Cassandra Phillips
A prominent seafaring environmentalist and researcher shares his shocking discovery of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the Pacific Ocean, and ... More
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