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The Endurance
Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
Written by Caroline Alexander
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: November 3, 1998
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-40403-0 (0-375-40403-1)
In August 1914, days before the outbreak of the First World War, the renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton and a crew of twenty-seven set sail for the South Atlantic in pursuit of the last unclaimed prize in the history of exploration: the first crossing on foot of the Antarctic continent. Weaving a... Read more >
Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
Written by Caroline Alexander
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: November 3, 1998
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-40403-0 (0-375-40403-1)
In August 1914, days before the outbreak of the First World War, the renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton and a crew of twenty-seven set sail for the South Atlantic in pursuit of the last unclaimed prize in the history of exploration: the first crossing on foot of the Antarctic continent. Weaving a... Read more >
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Ecotopia
Written by Ernest Callenbach
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
Publisher: Bantam
On Sale: March 1, 1990
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-553-34847-7 (0-553-34847-7)
By "the newest name after Wells, Verne, Huxley and Orwell" (Los Angeles Times), Ecotopia is a utopian novel for the new century. The nation formed by seceding states Washington, Oregon and California has achieved the perfect balance between humans and the environment. Now, after 20 years, that nation, Ecotopia, welcomes its... Read more >
Written by Ernest Callenbach
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
Publisher: Bantam
On Sale: March 1, 1990
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-553-34847-7 (0-553-34847-7)
By "the newest name after Wells, Verne, Huxley and Orwell" (Los Angeles Times), Ecotopia is a utopian novel for the new century. The nation formed by seceding states Washington, Oregon and California has achieved the perfect balance between humans and the environment. Now, after 20 years, that nation, Ecotopia, welcomes its... Read more >
Scott of the Antarctic
A Biography
Written by David Crane
Format: Trade Paperback, 608 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: November 6, 2007
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-1-4000-3141-2 (1-4000-3141-9)
Historian David Crane, with full access to the explorer’s papers, diaries, and expedition records, gives us an illuminating portrait of Robert Falcon Scott that is more nuanced and balanced than any we have had before.
In reassessing Scott’s life, Crane is able to provide a fresh perspective on not only the... Read more >
A Biography
Written by David Crane
Format: Trade Paperback, 608 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: November 6, 2007
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-1-4000-3141-2 (1-4000-3141-9)
Historian David Crane, with full access to the explorer’s papers, diaries, and expedition records, gives us an illuminating portrait of Robert Falcon Scott that is more nuanced and balanced than any we have had before.
In reassessing Scott’s life, Crane is able to provide a fresh perspective on not only the... Read more >
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Environmental Literacy
Everything You Need to Know About Saving Our Planet
Written by Steven Dashefsky
Format: Trade Paperback, 324 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: June 29, 1993
Price: $19.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-74774-1 (0-679-74774-5)
This is a comprehensive A-Z handbook of the key words, expressions, and concepts related to ecology.
For a copy of an educator's guide to this book, funded by the Times-Mirror Magazines' Environmental Education Program, please contact the Center for Environmental Literacy at 383 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT 06877. Read more >
Everything You Need to Know About Saving Our Planet
Written by Steven Dashefsky
Format: Trade Paperback, 324 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: June 29, 1993
Price: $19.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-74774-1 (0-679-74774-5)
This is a comprehensive A-Z handbook of the key words, expressions, and concepts related to ecology.
For a copy of an educator's guide to this book, funded by the Times-Mirror Magazines' Environmental Education Program, please contact the Center for Environmental Literacy at 383 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT 06877. Read more >
The End of the Long Summer
Why We Must Remake Our Civilization to Survive on a Volatile Earth
Written by Dianne Dumanoski
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Crown
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $25.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-39607-5 (0-307-39607-X)
Climate change is happening, and it is the result of human activity: our fossil fuels, our global growth, our seemingly insatiable desire to consume. Despite the common belief that global warming will be a gentle escalator ride to a balmier climate, research reveals that Earth’s history is one of massive instability... Read more >
Why We Must Remake Our Civilization to Survive on a Volatile Earth
Written by Dianne Dumanoski
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Crown
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $25.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-39607-5 (0-307-39607-X)
Climate change is happening, and it is the result of human activity: our fossil fuels, our global growth, our seemingly insatiable desire to consume. Despite the common belief that global warming will be a gentle escalator ride to a balmier climate, research reveals that Earth’s history is one of massive instability... Read more >
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The National Parks
America's Best Idea
Written by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns
Format: Hardcover, 432 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $50.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-26896-9 (0-307-26896-9)
The companion volume to the twelve-hour PBS series from the acclaimed filmmaker behind The Civil War, Baseball, and The War
America’s national parks spring from an idea as radical as the Declaration of Independence: that the nation’s most magnificent and sacred places should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but... Read more >
America's Best Idea
Written by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns
Format: Hardcover, 432 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $50.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-26896-9 (0-307-26896-9)
The companion volume to the twelve-hour PBS series from the acclaimed filmmaker behind The Civil War, Baseball, and The War
America’s national parks spring from an idea as radical as the Declaration of Independence: that the nation’s most magnificent and sacred places should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but... Read more >
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My Name is Chellis and I'm in Recovery from Western Civilization
Written by Chellis Glendinning
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Shambhala
On Sale: May 24, 1994
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 978-0-87773-996-8 (0-87773-996-X)
Glendinning goes beyond the personal to the heart of western civilization to answer the question of how we can use the lessons of individual recovery to address our collective need to heal society and the Earth. She shows how we can use trauma recovery and deep ecology, along with the wisdom... Read more >
Written by Chellis Glendinning
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Shambhala
On Sale: May 24, 1994
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 978-0-87773-996-8 (0-87773-996-X)
Glendinning goes beyond the personal to the heart of western civilization to answer the question of how we can use the lessons of individual recovery to address our collective need to heal society and the Earth. She shows how we can use trauma recovery and deep ecology, along with the wisdom... Read more >
Ecological Intelligence
How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything
Written by Daniel Goleman
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
Publisher: Broadway Business
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $26.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-52782-8 (0-385-52782-9)
Virginia Tech has selected Ecological Intelligence for its 2009-2010 Common Book Project.
Bestselling author Daniel Goleman (Emotional Intelligence) draws on cutting edge research into psychology, neuroeconomics and the science of the environment to show us a fresh way out of the largest crisis of our time—the environmental crisis that looms over us... Read more >
How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything
Written by Daniel Goleman
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
Publisher: Broadway Business
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $26.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-52782-8 (0-385-52782-9)
Virginia Tech has selected Ecological Intelligence for its 2009-2010 Common Book Project.
Bestselling author Daniel Goleman (Emotional Intelligence) draws on cutting edge research into psychology, neuroeconomics and the science of the environment to show us a fresh way out of the largest crisis of our time—the environmental crisis that looms over us... Read more >
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The Alchemy of Air
A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World but Fueled the Rise of Hitler
Written by Thomas Hager
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
Publisher: Harmony
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-35178-4 (0-307-35178-5)
A sweeping history of tragic genius, cutting-edge science, and the discovery that changed billions of lives—including your own.
At the dawn of the twentieth century, humanity was facing global disaster. Mass starvation, long predicted for the fast-growing population, was about to become a reality. A call went out to the world’s scientists... Read more >
A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World but Fueled the Rise of Hitler
Written by Thomas Hager
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
Publisher: Harmony
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-35178-4 (0-307-35178-5)
A sweeping history of tragic genius, cutting-edge science, and the discovery that changed billions of lives—including your own.
At the dawn of the twentieth century, humanity was facing global disaster. Mass starvation, long predicted for the fast-growing population, was about to become a reality. A call went out to the world’s scientists... Read more >
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Orchid Fever
A Horticultural Tale of Love, Lust, and Lunacy
Written by Eric Hansen
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: February 27, 2001
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-77183-8 (0-679-77183-2)
The acclaimed author of Motoring with Mohammed brings us a compelling adventure into the remarkable world of the orchid and the impossibly bizarre array of international characters who dedicate their lives to it.
The orchid is used for everything from medicine for elephants to an aphrodisiac ice cream. A Malaysian species can... Read more >
A Horticultural Tale of Love, Lust, and Lunacy
Written by Eric Hansen
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: February 27, 2001
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-77183-8 (0-679-77183-2)
The acclaimed author of Motoring with Mohammed brings us a compelling adventure into the remarkable world of the orchid and the impossibly bizarre array of international characters who dedicate their lives to it.
The orchid is used for everything from medicine for elephants to an aphrodisiac ice cream. A Malaysian species can... Read more >
The Last Forest
The Amazon in the Age of Globalization
Written by Mark London and Brian Kelly
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: February 6, 2007
Price: $25.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-64305-0 (0-679-64305-2)
With a landmass larger than the continental U.S. west of the Mississippi and the richest diversity of plant and animal species on earth, the Amazon has always struck its explorers and would-be exploiters as infinite and largely impenetrable. For decades, anthropologists assumed that permanent human habitation was impossible–but they were wrong... Read more >
The Amazon in the Age of Globalization
Written by Mark London and Brian Kelly
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: February 6, 2007
Price: $25.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-64305-0 (0-679-64305-2)
With a landmass larger than the continental U.S. west of the Mississippi and the richest diversity of plant and animal species on earth, the Amazon has always struck its explorers and would-be exploiters as infinite and largely impenetrable. For decades, anthropologists assumed that permanent human habitation was impossible–but they were wrong... Read more >
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1491
New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
Written by Charles C. Mann
Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-3205-1 (1-4000-3205-9)
In this groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology, Charles C. Mann radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492.
In the last twenty years, archeologists and anthropologists equipped with a battery of new scientific techniques have made far-reaching discoveries that have completely changed their understanding... Read more >
New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
Written by Charles C. Mann
Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-3205-1 (1-4000-3205-9)
In this groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology, Charles C. Mann radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492.
In the last twenty years, archeologists and anthropologists equipped with a battery of new scientific techniques have made far-reaching discoveries that have completely changed their understanding... Read more >
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Butterflies
Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Hardcover, 928 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: July 12, 1981
Price: $21.95
ISBN: 978-0-394-51914-2 (0-394-51914-0)
This guide includes over one thousand color identification photographs of living butterflies, caterpillars, and chrysalises in their natural habitats. Arrangement by shape and by color makes identification quick and easy. Six-hundred species are covered in full detail; notes are provided on seventy others. Read more >
Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Hardcover, 928 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: July 12, 1981
Price: $21.95
ISBN: 978-0-394-51914-2 (0-394-51914-0)
This guide includes over one thousand color identification photographs of living butterflies, caterpillars, and chrysalises in their natural habitats. Arrangement by shape and by color makes identification quick and easy. Six-hundred species are covered in full detail; notes are provided on seventy others. Read more >
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds--E
Eastern Region - Revised Edition
Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Hardcover, 800 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: September 27, 1994
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-42852-7 (0-679-42852-6)
This guide includes descriptions of 508 eastern species, and has been brought up to date with the most recent American Ornithologists' Union listing, and keyed to 646 full-color nature photographs. The guide groups all birds by color and shape to make identification simple and accurate. Read more >
Eastern Region - Revised Edition
Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Hardcover, 800 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: September 27, 1994
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-42852-7 (0-679-42852-6)
This guide includes descriptions of 508 eastern species, and has been brought up to date with the most recent American Ornithologists' Union listing, and keyed to 646 full-color nature photographs. The guide groups all birds by color and shape to make identification simple and accurate. Read more >
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds--W
Western Region - Revised Edition
Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Hardcover, 832 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: September 27, 1994
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-42851-0 (0-679-42851-8)
Introduced in 1977 and completely revised in 1994, these bestselling photographic field guides have become the birding bibles of more than four million enthusiasts. Virtually every bird found in North America is brought to life in a full-color photograph and with textual information on the bird's voice, nesting habits, habitat, range... Read more >
Western Region - Revised Edition
Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Hardcover, 832 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: September 27, 1994
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-42851-0 (0-679-42851-8)
Introduced in 1977 and completely revised in 1994, these bestselling photographic field guides have become the birding bibles of more than four million enthusiasts. Virtually every bird found in North America is brought to life in a full-color photograph and with textual information on the bird's voice, nesting habits, habitat, range... Read more >
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees--E
Eastern Region
Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Hardcover, 716 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: May 12, 1980
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-0-394-50760-6 (0-394-50760-6)
This guide includes 993 color photographs of significant details of virtually all native trees and many cultivated species as you see them in their natural habitat. The guide also includes four identification keys. Arrangement by leaf, shape, flowers, fruit, and fall leaves--plus drawings of tree silhouettes as they appear in winter--makes... Read more >
Eastern Region
Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Hardcover, 716 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: May 12, 1980
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-0-394-50760-6 (0-394-50760-6)
This guide includes 993 color photographs of significant details of virtually all native trees and many cultivated species as you see them in their natural habitat. The guide also includes four identification keys. Arrangement by leaf, shape, flowers, fruit, and fall leaves--plus drawings of tree silhouettes as they appear in winter--makes... Read more >
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees--W
Western Region
Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Hardcover, 640 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: June 12, 1980
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-0-394-50761-3 (0-394-50761-4)
This all-photographic field guide includes 855 full-color identification photos of virtually all native trees and many cultivated species as you see them in their natural habitat. The guide is organized with a visual key. Arrangement by leaf, shape, flowers, cones and fruit--plus drawings of tree silhouettes as they appear in winter--makes... Read more >
Western Region
Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Hardcover, 640 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: June 12, 1980
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-0-394-50761-3 (0-394-50761-4)
This all-photographic field guide includes 855 full-color identification photos of virtually all native trees and many cultivated species as you see them in their natural habitat. The guide is organized with a visual key. Arrangement by leaf, shape, flowers, cones and fruit--plus drawings of tree silhouettes as they appear in winter--makes... Read more >
National Audubon Society Guide to Marine Mammals of the World
Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Illustrated by Pieter Folkens
Format: Hardcover, 528 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: April 2, 2002
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-41141-0 (0-375-41141-0)
The National Audubon Society Guide to Marine Mammals of the World describes in fascinating detail all 120 species of the world's whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals and sea lions, manatees, Marine and Sea Otters, and the Polar Bear. Written by a team of experts and featuring more than 320 illustrations, 418 photographs... Read more >
Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Illustrated by Pieter Folkens
Format: Hardcover, 528 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: April 2, 2002
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-41141-0 (0-375-41141-0)
The National Audubon Society Guide to Marine Mammals of the World describes in fascinating detail all 120 species of the world's whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals and sea lions, manatees, Marine and Sea Otters, and the Polar Bear. Written by a team of experts and featuring more than 320 illustrations, 418 photographs... Read more >
National Audubon Society Regional Guide to California
Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: May 26, 1998
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-44678-1 (0-679-44678-8)
Filled with concise descriptions and stunning photographs, the National Audubon Society Field Guide to California belongs in the home of every California resident and in the suitcase or backpack of every visitor. This compact volume contains:
An easy-to-use field guide for identifying 1,000 of the state's wildflowers, trees, mushrooms, mosses, fishes, amphibians, reptiles... Read more >
Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: May 26, 1998
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-44678-1 (0-679-44678-8)
Filled with concise descriptions and stunning photographs, the National Audubon Society Field Guide to California belongs in the home of every California resident and in the suitcase or backpack of every visitor. This compact volume contains:
An easy-to-use field guide for identifying 1,000 of the state's wildflowers, trees, mushrooms, mosses, fishes, amphibians, reptiles... Read more >
National Audubon Society Regional Guide to Florida
Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: May 26, 1998
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-44677-4 (0-679-44677-X)
Filled with concise descriptions and stunning photographs, the National Audubon Society Field Guide to Florida belongs in the home of every Florida resident and in the suitcase or backpack of every visitor. This compact volume contains:
*An easy-to-use field guide for identifying 1,000 of the state's wildflowers, trees, mushrooms, mosses, fishes, amphibians, reptiles... Read more >
Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: May 26, 1998
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-44677-4 (0-679-44677-X)
Filled with concise descriptions and stunning photographs, the National Audubon Society Field Guide to Florida belongs in the home of every Florida resident and in the suitcase or backpack of every visitor. This compact volume contains:
*An easy-to-use field guide for identifying 1,000 of the state's wildflowers, trees, mushrooms, mosses, fishes, amphibians, reptiles... Read more >
National Audubon Society Regional Guide to New England
Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: May 26, 1998
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-44676-7 (0-679-44676-1)
Filled with concise descriptions and stunning photographs, the National Audubon Society Field Guide to New England belongs in the home of every New England resident and in the suitcase or backpack of every visitor. This compact volume contains:
*An easy-to-use field guide for identifying 1,000 of the region's wildflowers, trees, mushrooms, mosses, fishes... Read more >
Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: May 26, 1998
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-44676-7 (0-679-44676-1)
Filled with concise descriptions and stunning photographs, the National Audubon Society Field Guide to New England belongs in the home of every New England resident and in the suitcase or backpack of every visitor. This compact volume contains:
*An easy-to-use field guide for identifying 1,000 of the region's wildflowers, trees, mushrooms, mosses, fishes... Read more >
National Audubon Society Regional Guide to the Pacific Northwest
Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: May 26, 1998
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-44679-8 (0-679-44679-6)
Filled with concise descriptions and stunning photographs, the National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Pacific Northwest belongs in the home of every Pacific Northwest resident and in the suitcase or backpack of every visitor. This compact volume contains:
*An easy-to-use field guide for identifying 1,000 of the region's wildflowers, trees, mushrooms, mosses... Read more >
Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: May 26, 1998
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-44679-8 (0-679-44679-6)
Filled with concise descriptions and stunning photographs, the National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Pacific Northwest belongs in the home of every Pacific Northwest resident and in the suitcase or backpack of every visitor. This compact volume contains:
*An easy-to-use field guide for identifying 1,000 of the region's wildflowers, trees, mushrooms, mosses... Read more >
The Good Life
Written by Scott Nearing and Helen Nearing
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: Schocken
On Sale: January 3, 1990
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-8052-0970-9 (0-8052-0970-0)
This edition of Living the Good Life and Continuing the Good Life brings together in one volume the Nearings' classic guides to the theory and practice of rural homesteading. With a 1989 Preface by Helen Nearing.
"Helen and Scott Nearing are the great-grandparents of the back-to-the-land movement, having abandoned the city... Read more >
Written by Scott Nearing and Helen Nearing
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: Schocken
On Sale: January 3, 1990
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-8052-0970-9 (0-8052-0970-0)
This edition of Living the Good Life and Continuing the Good Life brings together in one volume the Nearings' classic guides to the theory and practice of rural homesteading. With a 1989 Preface by Helen Nearing.
"Helen and Scott Nearing are the great-grandparents of the back-to-the-land movement, having abandoned the city... Read more >
Buffalo for the Broken Heart
Restoring Life to a Black Hills Ranch
Written by Dan O'Brien
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: October 8, 2002
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-76139-3 (0-375-76139-X)
For twenty years Dan O’Brien struggled to make ends meet on his cattle ranch in South Dakota. But when a neighbor invited him to lend a hand at the annual buffalo roundup, O’Brien was inspired to convert his own ranch, the Broken Heart, to buffalo. Starting with thirteen calves, “short-necked, golden... Read more >
Restoring Life to a Black Hills Ranch
Written by Dan O'Brien
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: October 8, 2002
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-76139-3 (0-375-76139-X)
For twenty years Dan O’Brien struggled to make ends meet on his cattle ranch in South Dakota. But when a neighbor invited him to lend a hand at the annual buffalo roundup, O’Brien was inspired to convert his own ranch, the Broken Heart, to buffalo. Starting with thirteen calves, “short-necked, golden... Read more >
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Slow Food Nation
A Blueprint for Changing the Way We Eat
Written by Carlo Petrini
Foreword by Alice Waters
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: Rizzoli Ex Libris
On Sale: May 8, 2007
Price: $22.50
ISBN: 978-0-8478-2945-3 (0-8478-2945-6)
By now most of us are aware of the threats looming in the food world. The best-selling Fast Food Nation and other recent books have alerted us to such dangers as genetically modified organisms, food-borne diseases, and industrial farming. Now it is time for answers, and Slow Food Nation steps up... Read more >
A Blueprint for Changing the Way We Eat
Written by Carlo Petrini
Foreword by Alice Waters
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: Rizzoli Ex Libris
On Sale: May 8, 2007
Price: $22.50
ISBN: 978-0-8478-2945-3 (0-8478-2945-6)
By now most of us are aware of the threats looming in the food world. The best-selling Fast Food Nation and other recent books have alerted us to such dangers as genetically modified organisms, food-borne diseases, and industrial farming. Now it is time for answers, and Slow Food Nation steps up... Read more >
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