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Recently-Added Books
"The Fate of Greenland: Lessons from Abrupt Cli..." [] by Philip Conkling
http://www.amazon.com/Fate-Greenland-Lessons-Abrupt-Climate/dp/0262015641/
"Empire of the Beetle: How Human Folly and a Tiny Bug Are Killing North America's Great Forests"
[8/2011] by Andrew Nikiforuk
http://www.amazon.com/Empire-Beetle-Killing-Americas-Foundation/dp/1553655109/
"Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming" [9/2009] by James Hoggan & Richard Littlemore
http://www.amazon.com/Climate-Cover-Up-Crusade-Global-Warming/dp/1553654854/
"Our Dying Planet: An Ecologist's View of the Cr..." [] by Peter Sale
http://www.amazon.com/Our-Dying-Planet-Ecologists-Crisis/dp/0520267567/
 | "They Tried To Cut It All: Grays Harbor - Turbulent Years of Greed and Greatness" [1980] by Edwin Van Syckle Pacific Search Press 8¾x6 pb [7/81] out of print/used Friends of the Aberdeen Public Library hardcover [1980] out of print/used |
 | "The Emerald Horizon: The History of Nature In Iowa" [2007] by Cornelia F. Mutel Univ Iowa Press 9x6 pb [3/2007] for $20.90 |
 | "The Plundered Planet: Why We Must - and How We Can - Manage Nature For Global Prosperity" [2010] by Paul Collier Oxford Univ Press 8x5½ pb [11/2011] for $11.52 
Oxford Univ Press 8¼x5¾ hardcover [5/2010] for $16.55 |
 | "Something's Rising: Appalachians Fighting Mountaintop Removal" [2009] by Silas House & Jason Howard Univ Press of Kentucky 9x6 pb [1/2011] for $15.97 Univ Press of Kentucky 9x6¼ hardcover [3/2009] for $14.57 |
 | "Where The Sky Began: Land of The Tallgrass Prairie" [1982 classic] by James Madson [19231995], Illustrated by Dycie Madson Univ Iowa Press 8¾x5¼ pb [4/2004] for $14.96 Random House 8x5½ pb [3/85] out of print/used Iowa State Press 9x6 hardcover [11/94] out of print/used |
 | "The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability" [1993 bestseller] by eco-activist Paul Hawken HarperBusiness 8x5¼ Revised Edition pb [10/2010] for $12.23 HarperBusiness 8x5¼ pb [6/94] for $11.69 HarperCollins 9¼x6 hardcover [11/93] out of print/used author's official website |
 | "Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost At Sea and of The Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including The Author, Who Went In Search of Them" [2011] by Donovan Hohn Penguin pb [DUE Feb 2012] for $16.00
Viking 9¼x6½ hardcover [3/2011] for $16.83 |
 | "Mountains of Injustice: Social and Environmental Justice  In Appalachia" [2011] Edited by Michele Morrone & Geoffrey L. Buckley Ohio Univ Press hardcover [11/2011] for $49.95 |
 | "On The Grid: A Plot of Land, An Average Neighborhood, and The Systems That Make Our World Work" [2010] by Scott Huler Rodale Books 9x6 hardcover [5/2010] for $16.49 |
 | "Living Through The End of Nature: The Future of American Environmentalism" [2010] by Paul Wapner M.I.T. Press 8¼x5¾ hardcover [3/2010] for $14.93 |
 | "Green Gone Wrong: How Our Economy Is Undermining The Environmental Revolution" [2010] by Heather Rogers Scribner 9x6 hardcover [4/2010] for $17.16 |
 | "Rewilding North America: A Vision For Conservation In The 21st Century" [2004] by Dave Foreman Island Press 9x6 pb [7/2004] for $23.96 Island Press 9x6¼ hardcover [7/2004] for $50.00 The Rewilding Institute [est. 2003] in Albuquerque, NM |
 | "Science Magazine's State of the Planet, 2008-2009: With A Special Section On Energy & Sustainability" [2008] by Donald Kennedy & the Editors of Science Island Press 10x7 pb [12/2008] for $20.45 Island Press 10x7 hardcover [12/2008] for $40.00 "Science Magazine's State of The Planet 2006-2007" [2006] by Donald Kennedy & the Editors of Science Island Press 10x7 pb [6/2006] for $4.04 [sic] Island Press 10x7 hardcover [6/2006] out of print/used |
Books About Earth's Biosphere
{ in chronologial order }
 | "A Sand County Almanac" [1949 nature classic] by Aldo Leopold [1887-1948] Ballantine pb [6/90] for $7.50 2002 edition with photos by Michael Sewell Oxford Univ Press 12.3x9.3 hardcover [2/2002] for $24.50 1987 Commemorative Edition with additional essays, and sketches by Charles W. Schwartz Oxford Univ Press pb [5/89] for $9.56 Oxford Univ Press hardcover [12/87] for $18.70 |
 | "The Sea Around Us" [1951 bestseller] by Rachel Carson
31 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list Oxford Univ Press 8x5.3 pb [12/91] for $11.17 Oxford Univ Press hardcover [9/2003] for $31.50 |
 | "Silent Spring" [1962 bestseller] by Rachel Carson
Mariner 8x5½ pb [10/2002] for $11.20 Houghton Mifflin 8½x5¾ hardcover [10/2002] for $16.80 |
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"The Lorax" [1971] by Dr. Seuss A heartfelt ecological warning, a morality play for adults as well as children. Random House [8/81] hardcover [8/71] for $8.22 Random House pb & audio combo [3/92] out of prodn/used Lectorum Pubns Spanish edition [1/93] for $11.66 animated cartoon on DVD [10/2003] for $13.03 animated cartoon on VHS [10/2003] for $9.98 |
 | "Laying Waste: The Poisoning of America By Toxic Chemicals" [1981] by Michael H. Brown Pocket rev edition mass pb [2/81] out of print/many used Random House Bookthrift 8¼x5¾ hardcover [10/83] out of print/many used |
 | "Extinction: The Causes & Consequences of The Disappearance of Species" [1981] by Paul & Anne Ehrlich Ballantine pb [4/83] out of print/used Random House hardcover [4/81] out of print/many used |
 | "The End of Nature" [1989 classic; revised 1997] by Bill McKibben Random House 3rd edition pb [6/2006] for $10.17 Tenth Anniversary Edition: Anchor 8x5¼ pb [8/97] for $11.20 Peter Smith 8¼x5¼ hardcover [6/2001] out of print/used Random House 9¾x6¾ hardcover [9/89] out of print/many used |
 | "Living Downstream: A Scientist's Personal Investigation of Cancer & The Environment" [1997] by Sandra Steingraber
"...as accessible and invaluable as Silent Spring and potentially as historic." – Washington Post Vintage 8x5¼ pb [9/98] for $11.20 Perseus 9½x6¼ hardcover [5/97] out of print/used |
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"Canaries On The Rim: Living Downwind In The West" [2000] by Chip Ward Utah citizens fight an uphill battle to prevent 'ecocide' in the American desert. The struggle is on-going . . . Verso Books pb [5/2001] for $11.20 Verso Books hardcover [1/2000] for $26.99 |
 | "Fire In The Turtle House: The Green Sea Turtle & The Fate of The Ocean" [2001] by Osha Gray Davidson Public Affairs 8.9x4.8 pb [8/2003] for $10.50 Public Affairs 9½x6½ hardcover [10/2001] for $18.20 |
 | "Essential Science: Global Warming (A Beginner's Guide To Our Changing Climate)" [2002] by Fred Pearce Dorling Kindersley 7x5 pb [4/2002] for $6.95 |
 | "Extinction: Evolution & The End of Man" [2002] by Michael Boulter Columbia Univ Press 8¼x6½ hardcover [11/2002] for $26.00 |
 | "A Citizen's Guide To Ecology" [2003] by Lawrence B. Slobodkin Oxford Univ Press pb [4/2003] for $10.47 Oxford Univ Press hardcover [5/2003] for $37.62 |
 | "Strangely Like War: The Global Assault On Forests" [2003] by Derrick Jensen & George Draffan Chelsea Green 8½x5½ pb [10/2003] for $10.50 |
 | "Six Modern Plagues: And How We Are Causing Them" [2003] by Mark Jerome Walters, DVM Shearwater Books hardcover 8½x6 [10/2003] for $15.40 |
 | "Red Sky At Morning: America & The Crisis of The Global Environment - A Citizen's Agenda For Action" [2004] by James Gustave Speth {dean at Yale} Yale Nota Bene pb [3/2005] for $10.88 Yale Univ Press hardcover [2/2004] for $24.00 |
 | "Strategic Ignorance: Why The Bush Administration Is Recklessly Destroying A Century of Environmental Progress" [2004] by Carl Pope & Paul Rauber Sierra Club Books 8½x6½ pb [5/2006] for $11.53 Sierra Club Books 9¼x6½ hardcover [5/2004] for $15.72 |
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"The Limits To Growth: The 30-Year Global Update" [2004] by Donella Meadows, Jorgen Randers & Dennis Meadows Chelsea Green pb [6/2004] for $15.75 Chelsea Green hardcover [6/2004] for $24.50 original "The Limits To Growth" [1972] NAL pb [10/77] out of print/used |
 | "Bush vs. The Environment" [2004] by Robert S. Devine Anchor pb [6/2004] for $9.00 |
 | "No Turning Back: The Life & Death of Animal Species" [2004] by Richard Ellis HarperCollins 9¼x6¼ hardcover [8/2004] for $17.65 |
 | "The End of The Line: How Overfishing Is Changing The World & What We Eat" [2004] by Charles Clover
Univ CA Press 8¼x6 pb [3/2008] for $15.52 Ebury Press pb [3/2005] out of print/used The New Press 8½x6 hardcover [11/2006] for $19.81 |
 | "Wisdom For A Livable Planet: The Visionary Work of Terri Swearingen, Dave Foreman, Wes Jackson, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Werner Fornos, Herman Daly, Stephen Schneider & David Orr" [2005] by Carl N. McDaniel Trinity Univ Press 9x6 pb [2/2005] for $12.21 Trinity Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [2/2005] for $26.40 |
 | "Silent Snow: The Slow Poisoning of The Arctic" [2005] by Marla Cone Grove Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [4/2005] for $16.32 |
 | "Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage" [2005] by Heather Rogers New Press 6x5 pb [9/2006] for $10.85 New Press hardcover [10/2005] for $23.95 |
 | "Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children For A Sustainable World" [2005] Edited by Michael K. Stone & Zenobia Barlow Sierra Club 9x6 pb [10/2005] for $11.53 Center for EcoLiteracy [est.1995] |
 | "Missing Mountains: We Went To The Mountaintop But It Wasn't There" [2005] Edited by Kristin Johannsen, Bobbie Ann Mason & Mary Ann Taylor-Hall
Wind Publns 10x7 pb [10/2005] for $10.40 |
 | "Lost Mountain: A Year In The Vanishing Wilderness - Radical Strip Mining & The Devastation of Appalachia" [2006] by Erik Reece, photography by John J. Cox Riverhead 8¼x6¾ hardcover [2/2006] for $15.72 |
 | "The Environmental Endgame: Mainstream Economics, Ecological Disaster & Human Survival" [2006] by Robert L. Nadeau "a stimulating and radically new approach to sustainability" Rutgers Univ Press 9x6¼ hardcover [4/2006] for $16.47 |
 | "Wildfire: A Century of Failed Forest Policy" [2006] Edited by George Wuerthner Island Press 9x6 pb [8/2006] for $23.10 Island Press 16x12½ pb [6/2006] for $29.70 Island Press 13½x12 hardcover [6/2006] for $54.00 |
 | "The End of The Wild" [2006] by Stephen M. Meyer "a to-the-point, X-ray-explicit diagnosis of the state of the biosphere" M.I.T. Press/Boston Review 7¼x4¾ hardcover [9/2006] for $10.61 |
 | "This Moment On Earth: Today's New Environmentalists & Their Vision For The Future" [2007] by John Kerry & Teresa Heinz Kerry PublicAffairs hardcover [3/2007] for $14.25 Tantor Media audio CD [4/2007] for $19.79 official book site |
 | "Moving Mountains: How One Woman & Her Community Won Justice From Big Coal" [2007] by Penny Loeb Univ Press of KY 9x6¼ hardcover [7/2007] for $18.45 |
 | "Rewilding The World: Dispatches From The Conservation Revolution" [2009] by Caroline Fraser Picador 8¼x5½ pb [11/2010] for $12.24 Metropolitan Books 9¼x6 hardcover [12/2009] for $21.66 official book site |
 | "Four Fish: The Future of The Last Wild Food" [2010 N.Y. Times bestseller] by Paul Greenberg Penguin 8x5¼ pb [5/2011] for $10.88 Penguin Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [7/2010] for $15.63 |
 | "The Beekeeper's Lament: How One Man and Half A Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America" [2011] by Hannah Nordhaus Harper Perennial 7¾x5¼ pb [5/2011] for $9.64 |
Books on The Water Crisis
 | "The Oceans: Our Last Resource" [1982] by Wesley Marx Random House hardcover [6/82] out of print/many used |
 | "Cadillac Desert: The American West & Its Disappearing Water" [orig 1986; rev 1993] by Marc Reisner Penguin 8½x5½ pb [1/93] for $11.56 Viking 9½x6¼ hardcover [8/86] out of print/used |
 | "Fresh Water" [1998] by E. C. Pielou "A solid contribution to environmental literacy." Univ Chicago Press 8x6 pb [4/2000] for $11.20 Univ Chicago Press 8.3x6½ hardcover [9/98] for $16.80 |
 | "Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource" [2000] by Canadian journalist Marq de Villiers Mariner 8¼x5½ pb [7/2001] for $10.50 Houghton Mifflin 8½x5¾ hardcover [1/2000] out of print/used |
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"Blue Gold: The Fight To Stop The Corporate Theft of The World's Water" [2002] by Maude Barlow & Tony Clarke New Press 9¼x6 pb [4/2003] for $11.87 New Press 9.4x6½ hardcover [4/2002] out of print/used |
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"Water Wars: Drought, Flood, Folly & The Politics of Thirst" [2002] by Diane Raines Ward "A solidly researched, eminently accessible book on the world's water situation." — Bernadette Murphy, Los Angeles Times Riverhead Books 9½x6.3 hardcover [8/2002] for $17.47 |
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"Deep Water: The Epic Struggle Over Dams, Displaced People & The Environment" [2005] by Jacques Leslie FS&G 9½x6¼ hardcover [9/2005] for $16.50 |
 | "When The Rivers Run Dry: Water - The Defining Crisis of The Twenty-First Century" [2006] by Fred Pearce Beacon Press 9x6 pb [3/2007] for $10.88 Beacon Press 9x6 hardcover [3/2006] out of print/many used |
 | "Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and The Coming Battle For The Right To Water" [2008] by Maude Barlow New Press 8x5½ pb [6/2009] for $11.53 New Press 8½x6 hardcover [2/2008] out of print/many used |
 | "Harvest The Rain: How To Enrich Your Life By Seeing Every Storm As A Resource" [2009] by Nate Downey available at official booksite |
 | "Sea Sick: The Global Ocean In Crisis" [2009] by Alanna Mitchell book won the Grantham Prize: Honoring Exceptional Environmental Journalism Univ Chicago Press pb [9/2011] for $12.24
Univ Chicago Press 9½x6½ hardcover [10/2009] for $17.50 McClelland & Stewart 8½x5¾ import hardcover [3/2009] out of print/used |
 | "Bottlemania: Big Business, Local Springs, and The Battle Over America's Drinking Water" [2009] by Elizabeth Boyle
Bloomsbury 8x5½ pb [7/2009] for $11.70 |
 | "Dirty Water: One Man's Fight To Clean Up One of The World's Most-Polluted Bays" [2010] by Bill Sharpsteen In 1985, many scientists considered Santa Monica Bay to be one of the most-polluted bodies of water in the world. Howard Bennett happily (and ignorantly) swam in it every morning. He learned by accident that Los Angeles had applied for a waiver from the Clean Water Act to continue discharging partially-treated sewage into the bay – and he fought back in innovatiove ways. Univ CA Press 8¼x5¾ hardcover [1/2010] for $20.90 |
 | National Geographic Special Issue "Water: Our Thirsty World" [April 2010]
Special Issue / Table of Contents issue not yet available online in Special Editions Dept. National Geographic Magazine [est. 1888]
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"Running Out of Water: The Looming Crisis and Solutions To Conserve Our Most Precious Resource" [2010] by Peter Rogers & Susan Leal, Foreword by Congressman Edward J. Markey Palgrave Macmillan 9¼x6½ hardcover [8/2010] for $16.50 |
 | National Geographic Special Issue "Ocean" [Sept 2010] with exclusive photos of the Gulf disaster Special Issue / Table of Contents {not available online} issue available online in Special Editions Dept. for $12.99 National Geographic Magazine [est. 1888] magazine subscription (12 issues/year) for $15.00 {USA only} magazine website |
 | "Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them" [2011] by Ted Danson & Michael D'Orso Rodale Books hardcover [3/2011] for $19.57 Oceana Foundation: Protecting The World's Oceans [est. 2001] |
 | "A Great Aridness: Climate Change and The Future of The American Southwest" [2011] by William deBuys Staggering population growth and the intensifying effects of climate change are driving the oasis-based society of the Southwest United States close to the brink of a Dust-Bowl-scale catastrophe. Oxford Univ Press hardcover [11/2011] for $18.26 author's official website |
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