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Yearning for the Land
A Search for Homeland in Scotland and America
Written by John W. Simpson
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 9, 2009
Price: $14.00
A beautiful, meditative memoir mixed with travel and history, this unique book is the story of one American’s search for a deeper connection to the land. Drawn by a sense that he is missing a critical link to his home in suburban Ohio, John W. Simpson heads for rural Scotland, where... Read more >
A Search for Homeland in Scotland and America
Written by John W. Simpson
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 9, 2009
Price: $14.00
A beautiful, meditative memoir mixed with travel and history, this unique book is the story of one American’s search for a deeper connection to the land. Drawn by a sense that he is missing a critical link to his home in suburban Ohio, John W. Simpson heads for rural Scotland, where... Read more >
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The End of the Long Summer
Why We Must Remake Our Civilization to Survive on a Volatile Earth
Written by Dianne Dumanoski
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $25.00
For the past twelve thousand years, Earth’s stable climate has allowed human civilization to flourish. But this long benign summer is an anomaly in the Earth’s history and one that is rapidly coming to a close. The radical experiment of our modern industrial civilization is now disrupting our planet’s very metabolism... Read more >
Why We Must Remake Our Civilization to Survive on a Volatile Earth
Written by Dianne Dumanoski
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $25.00
For the past twelve thousand years, Earth’s stable climate has allowed human civilization to flourish. But this long benign summer is an anomaly in the Earth’s history and one that is rapidly coming to a close. The radical experiment of our modern industrial civilization is now disrupting our planet’s very metabolism... Read more >
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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
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $25.00
For the past twelve thousand years, Earth’s stable climate has allowed human civilization to flourish. But this long benign summer is an anomaly in the Earth’s history and one that is rapidly coming to a close. The radical experiment of our modern industrial civilization is now disrupting our planet’s very metabolism... Read more >
Why We Must Remake Our Civilization to Survive on a Volatile Earth
Written by Dianne Dumanoski
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $25.00
For the past twelve thousand years, Earth’s stable climate has allowed human civilization to flourish. But this long benign summer is an anomaly in the Earth’s history and one that is rapidly coming to a close. The radical experiment of our modern industrial civilization is now disrupting our planet’s very metabolism... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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The One-Straw Revolution
An Introduction to Natural Farming
Written by Masanobu Fukuoka
Preface by Wendell Berry
Afterword by Masanobu Fukuoka
Translated by Larry Korn
Introduction by Frances Moore Lappe
Format: Trade Paperback, 200 pages
On Sale: June 2, 2009
Price: $15.95
Call it “Zen and the Art of Farming” or a “Little Green Book,” Masanobu Fukuoka’s manifesto about farming, eating, and the limits of human knowledge presents a radical challenge to the global systems we rely on for our food. At the same time, it is a spiritual memoir of a man... Read more >
An Introduction to Natural Farming
Written by Masanobu Fukuoka
Preface by Wendell Berry
Afterword by Masanobu Fukuoka
Translated by Larry Korn
Introduction by Frances Moore Lappe
Format: Trade Paperback, 200 pages
On Sale: June 2, 2009
Price: $15.95
Call it “Zen and the Art of Farming” or a “Little Green Book,” Masanobu Fukuoka’s manifesto about farming, eating, and the limits of human knowledge presents a radical challenge to the global systems we rely on for our food. At the same time, it is a spiritual memoir of a man... Read more >
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Gardening Eden
How Creation Care Will Change Your Faith, Your Life, and Our World
Written by Michael Abbate
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: March 17, 2009
Price: $13.99
Before the snake,
the apple,
and the Ten Commandments,
God created a garden…
“Spiritual environmentalism” did not start out as an oxymoron–it was an invitation.
Yet today, many believe God’s first job description for humankind has been replaced by other “worthier pursuits”. Why has this simple instruction become so controversial? How does one sort through... Read more >
How Creation Care Will Change Your Faith, Your Life, and Our World
Written by Michael Abbate
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: March 17, 2009
Price: $13.99
Before the snake,
the apple,
and the Ten Commandments,
God created a garden…
“Spiritual environmentalism” did not start out as an oxymoron–it was an invitation.
Yet today, many believe God’s first job description for humankind has been replaced by other “worthier pursuits”. Why has this simple instruction become so controversial? How does one sort through... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Gardening Eden
How Creation Care Will Change Your Faith, Your Life, and Our World
Written by Michael Abbate
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: March 17, 2009
Price: $13.99
Before the snake,
the apple,
and the Ten Commandments,
God created a garden…
“Spiritual environmentalism” did not start out as an oxymoron–it was an invitation.
Yet today, many believe God’s first job description for humankind has been replaced by other “worthier pursuits”. Why has this simple instruction become so controversial? How does one sort through... Read more >
How Creation Care Will Change Your Faith, Your Life, and Our World
Written by Michael Abbate
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: March 17, 2009
Price: $13.99
Before the snake,
the apple,
and the Ten Commandments,
God created a garden…
“Spiritual environmentalism” did not start out as an oxymoron–it was an invitation.
Yet today, many believe God’s first job description for humankind has been replaced by other “worthier pursuits”. Why has this simple instruction become so controversial? How does one sort through... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Integral Ecology
Uniting Multiple Perspectives on the Natural World
Written by Sean Esbjorn-Hargens, Ph.D. and Michael E. Zimmerman, Ph.D.
Foreword by Marc Bekoff
Format: Hardcover, 832 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $45.00
Today there is a bewildering diversity of views on ecology and the natural environment. With more than a hundred ecological schools of thought and methodologies—and scientists, economists, religious leaders, activists, and others often taking completely different stances on the issues—how can we come to agreement to solve our toughest environmental problems?... Read more >
Uniting Multiple Perspectives on the Natural World
Written by Sean Esbjorn-Hargens, Ph.D. and Michael E. Zimmerman, Ph.D.
Foreword by Marc Bekoff
Format: Hardcover, 832 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $45.00
Today there is a bewildering diversity of views on ecology and the natural environment. With more than a hundred ecological schools of thought and methodologies—and scientists, economists, religious leaders, activists, and others often taking completely different stances on the issues—how can we come to agreement to solve our toughest environmental problems?... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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You Can Save the Earth
7 Reasons Why & 7 Simple Ways. A Book to Benefit the Planet
Commentaries by Al Gore, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mother Teresa
Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
On Sale: September 16, 2008
Price: $12.95
Finally a hopeful book which empowers us to make the choices we need to make...not out of fear but out of love for ourselves, our Earth, and each other.
Includes inspirational quotes from influential environmentalists and thought leaders including Al Gore, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Teresa, Walt Whitman, Henry... Read more >
7 Reasons Why & 7 Simple Ways. A Book to Benefit the Planet
Commentaries by Al Gore, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mother Teresa
Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
On Sale: September 16, 2008
Price: $12.95
Finally a hopeful book which empowers us to make the choices we need to make...not out of fear but out of love for ourselves, our Earth, and each other.
Includes inspirational quotes from influential environmentalists and thought leaders including Al Gore, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Teresa, Walt Whitman, Henry... Read more >
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Disappearing Destinations
37 Places in Peril and What Can Be Done to Help Save Them
Written by Kimberly Lisagor and Heather Hansen
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2008
Price: $15.95
A beautiful and memorable look at some of the most gorgeous endangered places on the planet.
Machu Picchu is a mesmerizing, ancient Incan city tucked away in the mountains of Peru, but it is rapidly being worn down by the thousands of feet treading across its stones. Glacier National Park is a... Read more >
37 Places in Peril and What Can Be Done to Help Save Them
Written by Kimberly Lisagor and Heather Hansen
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2008
Price: $15.95
A beautiful and memorable look at some of the most gorgeous endangered places on the planet.
Machu Picchu is a mesmerizing, ancient Incan city tucked away in the mountains of Peru, but it is rapidly being worn down by the thousands of feet treading across its stones. Glacier National Park is a... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Disappearing Destinations
Written by Kimberly Lisagor
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2008
Price: $15.95
A beautiful and memorable look at some of the most gorgeous endangered places on the planet.
Machu Picchu is a mesmerizing, ancient Incan city tucked away in the mountains of Peru, but it is rapidly being worn down by the thousands of feet treading across its stones. Glacier National Park is a... Read more >
Written by Kimberly Lisagor
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2008
Price: $15.95
A beautiful and memorable look at some of the most gorgeous endangered places on the planet.
Machu Picchu is a mesmerizing, ancient Incan city tucked away in the mountains of Peru, but it is rapidly being worn down by the thousands of feet treading across its stones. Glacier National Park is a... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The John A. Livingston Reader
The Fallacy of Wildlife Conservation and One Cosmic Instant: A Natural History of Human Arrogance
Written by John Livingston
Format: Trade Paperback, 424 pages
On Sale: January 23, 2007
Price: $17.95
Canada’s pioneering radical naturalist now back in print!
John A. Livingston is Canada’s Rachel Carson. His cogent, brilliant writing on the effects of man on nature has defined an entire generation of environmentalists and is required reading for anyone who wants to understand the underpinnings of today’s issues. Radical when first published... Read more >
The Fallacy of Wildlife Conservation and One Cosmic Instant: A Natural History of Human Arrogance
Written by John Livingston
Format: Trade Paperback, 424 pages
On Sale: January 23, 2007
Price: $17.95
Canada’s pioneering radical naturalist now back in print!
John A. Livingston is Canada’s Rachel Carson. His cogent, brilliant writing on the effects of man on nature has defined an entire generation of environmentalists and is required reading for anyone who wants to understand the underpinnings of today’s issues. Radical when first published... Read more >
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1491
New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
Written by Charles C. Mann
Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $16.00
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.
Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine wilderness; rather, there were huge numbers of... Read more >
New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
Written by Charles C. Mann
Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $16.00
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.
Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine wilderness; rather, there were huge numbers of... Read more >
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1491
New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
Written by Charles C. Mann
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $16.00
A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492.
Traditionally, Americans learned in school that the ancestors of the people who inhabited the Western Hemisphere at the time of Columbus’s landing had crossed the Bering Strait twelve thousand years ago; existed mainly... Read more >
New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
Written by Charles C. Mann
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $16.00
A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492.
Traditionally, Americans learned in school that the ancestors of the people who inhabited the Western Hemisphere at the time of Columbus’s landing had crossed the Bering Strait twelve thousand years ago; existed mainly... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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The Future of Ice
A Journey Into Cold
Written by Gretel Ehrlich
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: November 8, 2005
Price: $13.95
This book was written out of Gretel Ehrlich’s love for winter–for remote and cold places, for the ways winter frees our imagination and invigorates our feet, mind, and soul–and also out of the fear that our “democracy of gratification” has irreparably altered the climate.
Over the course of a year, Ehrlich... Read more >
A Journey Into Cold
Written by Gretel Ehrlich
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: November 8, 2005
Price: $13.95
This book was written out of Gretel Ehrlich’s love for winter–for remote and cold places, for the ways winter frees our imagination and invigorates our feet, mind, and soul–and also out of the fear that our “democracy of gratification” has irreparably altered the climate.
Over the course of a year, Ehrlich... Read more >
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Sisters of the Earth
Women's Prose and Poetry About Nature
Written by Lorraine Anderson
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
On Sale: December 9, 2003
Price: $15.95
Sisters of the Earth is a stirring collection of women’s writing on nature: Nature as healer. Nature as delight. Nature as mother and sister. Nature as victim. Nature as companion and reminder of what is wild in us all. Here, among more than a hundred poets and prose writers, are Diane... Read more >
Women's Prose and Poetry About Nature
Written by Lorraine Anderson
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
On Sale: December 9, 2003
Price: $15.95
Sisters of the Earth is a stirring collection of women’s writing on nature: Nature as healer. Nature as delight. Nature as mother and sister. Nature as victim. Nature as companion and reminder of what is wild in us all. Here, among more than a hundred poets and prose writers, are Diane... Read more >
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Yearning for the Land
A Search for Homeland in Scotland and America
Written by John W. Simpson
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2003
Price: $14.00
A beautiful, meditative memoir mixed with travel and history, this unique book is the story of one American’s search for a deeper connection to the land. Drawn by a sense that he is missing a critical link to his home in suburban Ohio, John W. Simpson heads for rural Scotland, where... Read more >
A Search for Homeland in Scotland and America
Written by John W. Simpson
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2003
Price: $14.00
A beautiful, meditative memoir mixed with travel and history, this unique book is the story of one American’s search for a deeper connection to the land. Drawn by a sense that he is missing a critical link to his home in suburban Ohio, John W. Simpson heads for rural Scotland, where... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Souls in the Sea
Dolphins, Whales, and Human Destiny
Written by Scott Taylor
Format: Trade Paperback, 376 pages
On Sale: February 21, 2003
Price: $19.95
Dolphins have long been attributed with intelligence, but do they have souls? Self-awareness? Compassion? Scott Taylor, Director of the Cetacean Studies Institute, investigates the history, mythology, and science surrounding these creatures and emerges with a resounding yes. And not only do whales and dolphins merit our attention and respect in their... Read more >
Dolphins, Whales, and Human Destiny
Written by Scott Taylor
Format: Trade Paperback, 376 pages
On Sale: February 21, 2003
Price: $19.95
Dolphins have long been attributed with intelligence, but do they have souls? Self-awareness? Compassion? Scott Taylor, Director of the Cetacean Studies Institute, investigates the history, mythology, and science surrounding these creatures and emerges with a resounding yes. And not only do whales and dolphins merit our attention and respect in their... Read more >
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Ill Nature
Written by Joy Williams
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2002
Price: $12.95
Most of us watch with mild concern the fast-disappearing wild spaces or the recurrence of pollution-related crises such as oil spills, toxic blooms in fertilizer-enriched forests, and violence both home and abroad. Joy Williams does more than watch. In this collection of condemnations and love letters, revelations and cries for help... Read more >
Written by Joy Williams
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2002
Price: $12.95
Most of us watch with mild concern the fast-disappearing wild spaces or the recurrence of pollution-related crises such as oil spills, toxic blooms in fertilizer-enriched forests, and violence both home and abroad. Joy Williams does more than watch. In this collection of condemnations and love letters, revelations and cries for help... Read more >
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Dharma Rain
Edited by Stephanie Kaza and Kenneth Kraft
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: February 8, 2000
Price: $29.95
A comprehensive collection of classic texts, contemporary interpretations, guidelines for activists, issue-specific information, and materials for environmentally-oriented religious practice. Sources and contributors include Basho, the Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, Gary Snyder, Chögyam Trungpa, Gretel Ehrlich, Peter Mathiessen, Helen Tworkov (editor of Tricycle), and Philip Glass. Read more >
Edited by Stephanie Kaza and Kenneth Kraft
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: February 8, 2000
Price: $29.95
A comprehensive collection of classic texts, contemporary interpretations, guidelines for activists, issue-specific information, and materials for environmentally-oriented religious practice. Sources and contributors include Basho, the Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, Gary Snyder, Chögyam Trungpa, Gretel Ehrlich, Peter Mathiessen, Helen Tworkov (editor of Tricycle), and Philip Glass. Read more >
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