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On Thin Ice
The Changing World of the Polar Bear
Written by Richard Ellis
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $28.95
Polar bears—fierce and majestic—have captivated us for centuries. Feared by explorers, revered by the Inuit, and beloved by zoo goers everywhere, polar bears are a symbol for the harsh beauty and muscular grace of the Arctic. Today, as global warming threatens the ice caps’ integrity, the polar bear has also come... Read more >
The Changing World of the Polar Bear
Written by Richard Ellis
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $28.95
Polar bears—fierce and majestic—have captivated us for centuries. Feared by explorers, revered by the Inuit, and beloved by zoo goers everywhere, polar bears are a symbol for the harsh beauty and muscular grace of the Arctic. Today, as global warming threatens the ice caps’ integrity, the polar bear has also come... Read more >
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On Thin Ice
Written by Richard Ellis
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $28.95
Polar bears—fierce and majestic—have captivated us for centuries. Feared by explorers, revered by the Inuit, and beloved by zoo goers everywhere, polar bears are a symbol for the harsh beauty and muscular grace of the Arctic. Today, as global warming threatens the ice caps’ integrity, the polar bear has also come... Read more >
Written by Richard Ellis
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $28.95
Polar bears—fierce and majestic—have captivated us for centuries. Feared by explorers, revered by the Inuit, and beloved by zoo goers everywhere, polar bears are a symbol for the harsh beauty and muscular grace of the Arctic. Today, as global warming threatens the ice caps’ integrity, the polar bear has also come... Read more >
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The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices
Practical Advice from The Union of Concerned Scientists
Written by Michael Brower and Warren Leon
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2009
Price: $15.00
Read more >
Practical Advice from The Union of Concerned Scientists
Written by Michael Brower and Warren Leon
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2009
Price: $15.00
Read more >
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Science as a Contact Sport
Inside the Battle to Save Earth's Climate
Written by Stephen H. Schneider
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $28.00
It’s been nearly four decades since scientists first realized that global warming posed a potential threat to our planet. Why, if we knew of the threats way back in the Carter Administration, can’t we act decisively to limit greenhouse gases, deforestation, and catastrophic warming trends? Why are we still addicted to... Read more >
Inside the Battle to Save Earth's Climate
Written by Stephen H. Schneider
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $28.00
It’s been nearly four decades since scientists first realized that global warming posed a potential threat to our planet. Why, if we knew of the threats way back in the Carter Administration, can’t we act decisively to limit greenhouse gases, deforestation, and catastrophic warming trends? Why are we still addicted to... Read more >
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The Sibley Guide to Trees
Written by David Allen Sibley
Format: Hardcover, 464 pages
On Sale: September 15, 2009
Price: $39.95
David Allen Sibley, the preeminent bird-guide author and illustrator, now applies his formidable skills of identification and illustration to the trees of North America.
Monumental in scope but small enough to take into the field, The Sibley Guide to Trees is an astonishingly elegant guide to a complex subject. It condenses a... Read more >
Written by David Allen Sibley
Format: Hardcover, 464 pages
On Sale: September 15, 2009
Price: $39.95
David Allen Sibley, the preeminent bird-guide author and illustrator, now applies his formidable skills of identification and illustration to the trees of North America.
Monumental in scope but small enough to take into the field, The Sibley Guide to Trees is an astonishingly elegant guide to a complex subject. It condenses a... Read more >
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The National Parks
America's Best Idea
Written by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns
Format: Hardcover, 432 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $50.00
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
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $50.00
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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The National Parks
America's Best Idea
Written by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns
Read by Ken Burns
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $30.00
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
Read by Ken Burns
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $30.00
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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The National Parks
America's Best Idea
Written by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns
Read by Ken Burns
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $15.00
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
Read by Ken Burns
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $15.00
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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EcoBeauty
Scrubs, Rubs, Masks, Rinses, and Bath Bombs for You and Your Friends
Written by Lauren Cox and Janice Cox
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: August 25, 2009
Price: $19.95
EcoBeauty has something for everyone. Crafty types will love the gift ideas, and even those of us who can barely make toast will be able to handle these recipes. Making beauty products at home is a great way to save money and help the environment, and these recipes will do all... Read more >
Scrubs, Rubs, Masks, Rinses, and Bath Bombs for You and Your Friends
Written by Lauren Cox and Janice Cox
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: August 25, 2009
Price: $19.95
EcoBeauty has something for everyone. Crafty types will love the gift ideas, and even those of us who can barely make toast will be able to handle these recipes. Making beauty products at home is a great way to save money and help the environment, and these recipes will do all... Read more >
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Galapagos at the Crossroads
Pirates, Biologists, Tourists, and Creationists Battle for Darwin's Cradle of Evolution
Written by Carol Ann Bassett
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $26.00
As eloquent as it is alarming, Carol Ann Bassett’s portrait of today’s Galápagos depicts a deadly collision of economics, politics, and the environment that may destroy one of the world’s last Edens.
For millions, the Galápagos Islands represent nature at its most unspoiled, an inviolate place famed for its rare flora... Read more >
Pirates, Biologists, Tourists, and Creationists Battle for Darwin's Cradle of Evolution
Written by Carol Ann Bassett
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $26.00
As eloquent as it is alarming, Carol Ann Bassett’s portrait of today’s Galápagos depicts a deadly collision of economics, politics, and the environment that may destroy one of the world’s last Edens.
For millions, the Galápagos Islands represent nature at its most unspoiled, an inviolate place famed for its rare flora... Read more >
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Galapagos at the Crossroads
Pirates, Biologists, Tourists, and Creationists Battle for Darwin's Cradle of Evolution
Written by Carol Ann Bassett
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $18.95
As eloquent as it is alarming, Carol Ann Bassett’s portrait of today’s Galápagos depicts a deadly collision of economics, politics, and the environment that may destroy one of the world’s last Edens.
For millions, the Galápagos Islands represent nature at its most unspoiled, an inviolate place famed for its rare flora... Read more >
Pirates, Biologists, Tourists, and Creationists Battle for Darwin's Cradle of Evolution
Written by Carol Ann Bassett
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $18.95
As eloquent as it is alarming, Carol Ann Bassett’s portrait of today’s Galápagos depicts a deadly collision of economics, politics, and the environment that may destroy one of the world’s last Edens.
For millions, the Galápagos Islands represent nature at its most unspoiled, an inviolate place famed for its rare flora... Read more >
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hardcover.
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Extreme Ice Now
Vanishing Glaciers and Changing Climate: A Progress Report
Written by James Balog
Format: Hardcover, 120 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $24.00
Using both time-lapse and conventional photography as well as digital video, the Extreme Ice Survey is the most extensive visual study ever conducted to illustrate the catastrophic melting of glacial ice. The result is a dramatic and timely demonstration of global warming’s dangerous consequences from Alaska to Iceland to the Alps... Read more >
Vanishing Glaciers and Changing Climate: A Progress Report
Written by James Balog
Format: Hardcover, 120 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $24.00
Using both time-lapse and conventional photography as well as digital video, the Extreme Ice Survey is the most extensive visual study ever conducted to illustrate the catastrophic melting of glacial ice. The result is a dramatic and timely demonstration of global warming’s dangerous consequences from Alaska to Iceland to the Alps... Read more >
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Sara Snow's Fresh Living
The Essential Room-by-Room Guide to a Greener, Healthier Family and Home
Written by Sara Snow
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $16.00
In this easy-to-follow guide, the green-living expert and host of the popular TV shows Living Fresh and Get Fresh with Sara Snow offers busy families simple, affordable ways to create a healthy, environmentally friendly home—room by room.
Every day, families make countless consumer choices, from which diapers to use to which apples... Read more >
The Essential Room-by-Room Guide to a Greener, Healthier Family and Home
Written by Sara Snow
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $16.00
In this easy-to-follow guide, the green-living expert and host of the popular TV shows Living Fresh and Get Fresh with Sara Snow offers busy families simple, affordable ways to create a healthy, environmentally friendly home—room by room.
Every day, families make countless consumer choices, from which diapers to use to which apples... Read more >
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Sara Snow's Fresh Living
The Essential Room-by-Room Guide to a Greener, Healthier Family and Home
Written by Sara Snow
Format: eBook, 250 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $16.00
In this easy-to-follow guide, the green-living expert and host of the popular TV shows Living Fresh and Get Fresh with Sara Snow offers busy families simple, affordable ways to create a healthy, environmentally friendly home—room by room.
Every day, families make countless consumer choices, from which diapers to use to which apples... Read more >
The Essential Room-by-Room Guide to a Greener, Healthier Family and Home
Written by Sara Snow
Format: eBook, 250 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $16.00
In this easy-to-follow guide, the green-living expert and host of the popular TV shows Living Fresh and Get Fresh with Sara Snow offers busy families simple, affordable ways to create a healthy, environmentally friendly home—room by room.
Every day, families make countless consumer choices, from which diapers to use to which apples... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw
One Woman's Fight to Save the World's Most Beautiful Bird
Written by Bruce Barcott
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $15.00
Caring for orphaned animals at her own zoo in the tropical country of Belize, Sharon Matola became one of Central America’s greatest wildlife defenders. And when powerful outside forces conspired with the local government to build a dam that would flood the nesting ground of the only scarlet macaws in Belize... Read more >
One Woman's Fight to Save the World's Most Beautiful Bird
Written by Bruce Barcott
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $15.00
Caring for orphaned animals at her own zoo in the tropical country of Belize, Sharon Matola became one of Central America’s greatest wildlife defenders. And when powerful outside forces conspired with the local government to build a dam that would flood the nesting ground of the only scarlet macaws in Belize... Read more >
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Global Warming For Beginners
Written by Dean Goodwin
Illustrated by Joe Lee
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $14.95
The science is in: Global warming is for real. But what does it all really mean, and what can or should we do about it? This clear, fluid narrative by a leading scientist and educator takes a scrupulously balanced approach in explaining for the reader the history of global climate monitoring... Read more >
Written by Dean Goodwin
Illustrated by Joe Lee
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $14.95
The science is in: Global warming is for real. But what does it all really mean, and what can or should we do about it? This clear, fluid narrative by a leading scientist and educator takes a scrupulously balanced approach in explaining for the reader the history of global climate monitoring... Read more >
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eBook.
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Global Warming For Beginners
Written by Dean Goodwin
Illustrated by Joe Lee
Format: eBook, 144 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $14.95
The science is in: Global warming is for real. But what does it all really mean, and what can or should we do about it? This clear, fluid narrative by a leading scientist and educator takes a scrupulously balanced approach in explaining for the reader the history of global climate monitoring... Read more >
Written by Dean Goodwin
Illustrated by Joe Lee
Format: eBook, 144 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $14.95
The science is in: Global warming is for real. But what does it all really mean, and what can or should we do about it? This clear, fluid narrative by a leading scientist and educator takes a scrupulously balanced approach in explaining for the reader the history of global climate monitoring... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Unbowed
A Memoir
Written by Wangari Maathai
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: November 12, 2008
Price: $15.00
In Unbowed, Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai recounts her extraordinary journey from her childhood in rural Kenya to the world stage. When Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977, she began a vital poor people’s environmental movement, focused on the empowerment of women, that soon spread across Africa. Persevering through... Read more >
A Memoir
Written by Wangari Maathai
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: November 12, 2008
Price: $15.00
In Unbowed, Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai recounts her extraordinary journey from her childhood in rural Kenya to the world stage. When Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977, she began a vital poor people’s environmental movement, focused on the empowerment of women, that soon spread across Africa. Persevering through... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Mindfully Green
A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking
Written by Stephanie Kaza
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2008
Price: $14.00
With all the attention on living sustainably, the one thing missing from the conversation is how to find a personal connection with green living that will sustain us on our green path. While practical approaches to an eco-responsible lifestyle offer important first steps, it is critical that we ground these actions... Read more >
A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking
Written by Stephanie Kaza
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2008
Price: $14.00
With all the attention on living sustainably, the one thing missing from the conversation is how to find a personal connection with green living that will sustain us on our green path. While practical approaches to an eco-responsible lifestyle offer important first steps, it is critical that we ground these actions... Read more >
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From the Bottom Up
One Man's Crusade to Clean America's Rivers
Written by Chad Pregracke and Jeff Barrow
Introduction by Tim Wall
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: September 16, 2008
Price: $18.95
Part Huckleberry Finn, part Pied Piper, this genuine, modern-day folk hero began his passionate journey while still in high school, when he first saw the trash that littered the bottom of his beloved river. Thus began his quest, from the bottom up, to seek help to clean up the Mississippi river... Read more >
One Man's Crusade to Clean America's Rivers
Written by Chad Pregracke and Jeff Barrow
Introduction by Tim Wall
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: September 16, 2008
Price: $18.95
Part Huckleberry Finn, part Pied Piper, this genuine, modern-day folk hero began his passionate journey while still in high school, when he first saw the trash that littered the bottom of his beloved river. Thus began his quest, from the bottom up, to seek help to clean up the Mississippi river... Read more >
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hardcover.
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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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Ready, Set, Green
Eight Weeks to Modern Eco-Living
Written by Graham Hill and Meaghan O'Neill
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: May 20, 2008
Price: $15.00
The time to save the planet is now.
Ready? Set? Green! Living green means reversing climate change, but it also means protecting your kids and pets, improving your own health, and saving money. And it doesn’t necessarily demand a radical overhaul of your life–just some simple adjustments, such as switching to... Read more >
Eight Weeks to Modern Eco-Living
Written by Graham Hill and Meaghan O'Neill
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: May 20, 2008
Price: $15.00
The time to save the planet is now.
Ready? Set? Green! Living green means reversing climate change, but it also means protecting your kids and pets, improving your own health, and saving money. And it doesn’t necessarily demand a radical overhaul of your life–just some simple adjustments, such as switching to... Read more >
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Ready, Set, Green
Eight Weeks to Modern Eco-Living
Written by Graham Hill and Meaghan O'Neill
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 20, 2008
Price: $15.00
The time to save the planet is now.
Ready? Set? Green! Living green means reversing climate change, but it also means protecting your kids and pets, improving your own health, and saving money. And it doesn’t necessarily demand a radical overhaul of your life–just some simple adjustments, such as switching to... Read more >
Eight Weeks to Modern Eco-Living
Written by Graham Hill and Meaghan O'Neill
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 20, 2008
Price: $15.00
The time to save the planet is now.
Ready? Set? Green! Living green means reversing climate change, but it also means protecting your kids and pets, improving your own health, and saving money. And it doesn’t necessarily demand a radical overhaul of your life–just some simple adjustments, such as switching to... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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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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Planetwalker
22 Years of Walking. 17 Years of Silence.
Written by John Francis
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2008
Price: $26.00
When the struggle to save oil-soaked birds and restore blackened beaches left him feeling frustrated and helpless, John Francis decided to take a more fundamental and personal stand—he stopped using all forms of motorized transportation. Soon after embarking on this quest that would span two decades and two continents, the young... Read more >
22 Years of Walking. 17 Years of Silence.
Written by John Francis
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2008
Price: $26.00
When the struggle to save oil-soaked birds and restore blackened beaches left him feeling frustrated and helpless, John Francis decided to take a more fundamental and personal stand—he stopped using all forms of motorized transportation. Soon after embarking on this quest that would span two decades and two continents, the young... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
