Nuclear War and Environmental Catastrophe

Written by Noam Chomksy and Laray Polk

Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
On Sale: April 30, 2013
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 978-1-60980-454-1 (1-60980-454-6)

“There are two problems for our species’ survival–nuclear war and environmental catastrophe,” says Noam Chomsky in this new book on the two existential threats of our time and their points of intersection since World War II.

While a nuclear strike would require action, environmental catastrophe is partially defined by willful inaction in... Read more >

Global Weirdness
Severe Storms, Deadly Heat Waves, Relentless Drought, Rising Seas and the Weather of the Future
Written by Climate Central

Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-74336-7 (0-307-74336-5)

Global Weirdness summarizes everything we know about the science of climate change, explains what is likely to happen to the climate in the future, and lays out, in practical terms, what we can do to avoid further shifts. In fifty easy-to-read entries, Climate Central tackles basic questions such as:
-Is climate... Read more >

Butterfly People
An American Encounter with the Beauty of the World
Written by William R. Leach

Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $32.50
ISBN: 978-0-375-42293-5 (0-375-42293-5)

With 32 pages of full-color inserts and black-and-white illustrations throughout.

From one of our most highly regarded historians, here is an original and engrossing chronicle of nineteenth-century America’s infatuation with butterflies, and the story of the naturalists who unveiled the mysteries of their existence.

A product of William Leach’s lifelong love of butterflies... Read more >

Scatter, Adapt, and Remember
How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction
Written by Annalee Newitz

Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Doubleday
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-53591-5 (0-385-53591-0)

In its 4.5 billion–year history, life on Earth has been almost erased at least half a dozen times: shattered by asteroid impacts, entombed in ice, smothered by methane, and torn apart by unfathomably powerful megavolcanoes. And we know that another global disaster is eventually headed our way. Can we survive it?... Read more >

The Beautiful and the Good
Reasons for Sustainable Fashion
Written by Marco Ricchetti and Maria Luisa Frisa

Format: Trade Paperback, 236 pages
Publisher: Marsilio
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $40.00
ISBN: 978-88-317-1260-6 (88-317-1260-8)

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