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How a Peculiar Victorian Zookeeper Waged a Lonely Crusade for Wildlife That Changed the World
Written by Stefan Bechtel
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $17.00
He was complex, quirky, pugnacious, and difficult. He seemed to create enemies wherever he went, even among his friends. A fireplug of a man who stood only five feet eight inches in his stocking feet, he began as a taxidermist and an adventurer who tracked tigers in Borneo with friendly headhunters... Read more >
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Severe Storms, Deadly Heat Waves, Relentless Drought, Rising Seas and the Weather of the Future
Written by Climate Central
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $15.00
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...
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An Education in the Woods
Written by Christine Byl
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: April 16, 2013
Price: $24.95
A lively and lyrical account of one woman’s unlikely apprenticeship on a national-park trail crew and what she discovers about nature, gender, and the value of hard work
Christine Byl first encountered the national parks the way most of us do: on vacation. But after she graduated from college, broke and ready...
An Education in the Woods
Written by Christine Byl
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 16, 2013
Price: $24.95
A lively and lyrical account of one woman’s unlikely apprenticeship on a national-park trail crew and what she discovers about nature, gender, and the value of hard work
Christine Byl first encountered the national parks the way most of us do: on vacation. But after she graduated from college, broke and ready...
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Natural Pest Control for Home and Garden
Written by Loren Nancarrow and Janet Hogan Taylor
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $12.99
A practical guide to repelling indoor and outdoor pests using organic methods, updated with new information on getting rid of bedbugs and dust mites, plus includes updated online resources.
If you’ve ever had a swarm of fruit flies in your kitchen or a gopher wreaking havoc in your yard, you may... Read more >
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Natural Pest Control for Home and Garden
Written by Loren Nancarrow and Janet Hogan Taylor
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $9.99
A practical guide to repelling indoor and outdoor pests using organic methods, updated with new information on getting rid of bedbugs and dust mites, plus includes updated online resources.
If you’ve ever had a swarm of fruit flies in your kitchen or a gopher wreaking havoc in your yard, you may... Read more >
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The New Fight over Who Owns the Earth
Written by Fred Pearce
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $17.00
“Raises complex and urgent issues.”—Booklist, starred review
How Wall Street, Chinese billionaires, oil sheiks, and agribusiness are buying up huge tracts of land in a hungry, crowded world.
An unprecedented land grab is taking place around the world. Fearing future food shortages or eager to profit from them, the world’s wealthiest and most...
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Big Copper, Bad Water, and the Burial of an American Landscape
Written by Brad Tyer
Format: Hardcover, 248 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $25.95
A memoir-meets-exposé that examines our fraught relationship with the West and our attempts to clean up a toxic environmental legacy
In 2002, Texas journalist Brad Tyer strapped a canoe on his truck and moved to Montana, a state that has long exerted a mythic pull on America’s imagination as an unspoiled...
Big Copper, Bad Water, and the Burial of an American Landscape
Written by Brad Tyer
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $25.95
A memoir-meets-exposé that examines our fraught relationship with the West and our attempts to clean up a toxic environmental legacy
In 2002, Texas journalist Brad Tyer strapped a canoe on his truck and moved to Montana, a state that has long exerted a mythic pull on America’s imagination as an unspoiled...
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Live Well by Throwing Away Less
Written by Amy Korst
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: December 26, 2012
Price: $14.99
A practical guide to generating less waste, featuring meaningful and achievable strategies from the blogger behind The Green Garbage Project, a yearlong experiment in living garbage-free.
Trash is a big, dirty problem. The average American tosses out nearly 2,000 pounds of garbage every year that piles up in landfills and threatens our...
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Live Well by Throwing Away Less
Written by Amy Korst
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: December 26, 2012
Price: $11.99
A practical guide to generating less waste, featuring meaningful and achievable strategies from the blogger behind The Green Garbage Project, a yearlong experiment in living garbage-free.
Trash is a big, dirty problem. The average American tosses out nearly 2,000 pounds of garbage every year that piles up in landfills and threatens our... Read more >
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Written by Homero Aridjis and Betty Ferber
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $18.00
El fundador del Grupo de los Cien nos entrega una obra imprescindible sobre las acciones que la organización ha llevado a cabo en favor de la protección de la naturaleza y el medio ambiente. Al mismo tiempo, el lector emprende un recorrido por las maravillas naturales de México y descubre lugares... Read more >
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The Extraordinary Tale of the Bermuda Petrel and the Man Who Brought It Back from Extinction
Written by Elizabeth Gehrman
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2012
Price: $26.95
The inspiring story of David Wingate, a living legend among birders, who brought the Bermuda petrel back from presumed extinction
Rare Birds is a tale of obsession, of hope, of fighting for redemption against incredible odds. It is the story of how Bermuda’s David Wingate changed the world—or at least a little... Read more >
The Extraordinary Tale of the Bermuda Petrel and the Man Who Brought It Back from Extinction
Written by Elizabeth Gehrman
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 9, 2012
Price: $26.95
The inspiring story of David Wingate, a living legend among birders, who brought the Bermuda petrel back from presumed extinction
Rare Birds is a tale of obsession, of hope, of fighting for redemption against incredible odds. It is the story of how Bermuda’s David Wingate changed the world—or at least a little... Read more >
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Unmaking America's Water Crisis
Written by Cynthia Barnett
Format: Trade Paperback, 296 pages
On Sale: September 4, 2012
Price: $16.00
Americans see water as abundant and cheap: we turn on the faucet and out it gushes, for less than a penny a gallon. We use more water than any other culture in the world, much to quench what’s now our largest crop—the lawn. Yet most Americans cannot name the river or... Read more >
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The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson, Author of Silent Spring
Written by William Souder
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
On Sale: September 4, 2012
Price: $30.00
Published on the fiftieth anniversary of her seminal book, Silent Spring, here is an indelible new portrait of Rachel Carson, founder of the environmental movement
She loved the ocean and wrote three books about its mysteries, including the international bestseller The Sea Around Us. But it was with her fourth book, Silent...
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The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson, Author of Silent Spring
Written by William Souder
Format: eBook, 544 pages
On Sale: September 4, 2012
Price: $14.99
Published on the fiftieth anniversary of her seminal book, Silent Spring, here is an indelible new portrait of Rachel Carson, founder of the environmental movement
She loved the ocean and wrote three books about its mysteries, including the international bestseller The Sea Around Us. But it was with her fourth book, Silent...
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The New Way to Buy and Cook Food - to Protect the Earth, Improve Your Health, and Eat Deliciously
Written by Alexandra Zissu
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: August 1, 2012
Price: $9.99
Your everyday food choices can change the world—and make meals taste better than ever
For anyone who has read The Omnivore’s Dilemma or seen Food, Inc. and longs to effect easy green changes when it comes to the food they buy, cook, and eat, The Conscious Kitchen is an invaluable resource... Read more >
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Severe Storms, Deadly Heat Waves, Relentless Drought, Rising Seas and the Weather of the Future
Written by Climate Central
Format: Hardcover
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $22.95
Produced by Climate Central—a highly regarded independent, nonprofit journalism and research foundation founded in 2008—and reviewed by scientists at major educational and research institutions the world over, Global Weirdness summarizes, in clear and accessible prose, everything we know about the science of climate change; explains what is likely to happen to...
Read more >
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Severe Storms, Deadly Heat Waves, Relentless Drought, Rising Seas and the Weather of the Future
Written by Climate Central
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $11.99
Produced by Climate Central—a highly regarded independent, nonprofit journalism and research foundation founded in 2008—and reviewed by scientists at major educational and research institutions the world over, Global Weirdness summarizes, in clear and accessible prose, everything we know about the science of climate change; explains what is likely to happen to...
Read more >
An Illustrated Guide to Green Living
Written by Norman Nadeau
Format: eBook, 144 pages
On Sale: July 10, 2012
Price: $9.99
Ever Wonder What A Green Renewable Sustainable World Would Look Like?
With the state of our world and its limited resources, more and more people are trying to lead a greener lifestyle in order to do their part. The Green Revolution provides comprehensive information associated with adopting daily practices that will ultimately... Read more >
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Resistance at the Tipping Point
Written by Subhankar Banerjee
Format: Hardcover, 560 pages
On Sale: July 3, 2012
Price: $35.95
"One of the great strengths of Arctic Voices is that it shows how Alaska and the Arctic are tied to the places where most of us live. In this impassioned book, Banerjee shows a situation so serious that it has created a movement, where “voices of resistance are gathering, are getting louder and louder.” May his heartfelt efforts magnify them. The climate changes that... Read more >
Resistance at the Tipping Point
Written by Subhankar Banerjee
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 3, 2012
Price: $35.95
A pristine environment of ecological richness and biodiversity. Home to generations of indigenous people for thousands of years. The location of vast quantities of oil, natural gas and coal. Largely uninhabited and long at the margins of global affairs, in the last decade Arctic Alaska has quickly become the most contested... Read more >
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The New Fight over Who Owns the Earth
Written by Fred Pearce
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2012
Price: $27.95
“Raises complex and urgent issues.”—Booklist, starred review
How Wall Street, Chinese billionaires, oil sheiks, and agribusiness are buying up huge tracts of land in a hungry, crowded world.
An unprecedented land grab is taking place around the world. Fearing future food shortages or eager to profit from them, the world’s wealthiest and most...
Read more >
The New Fight over Who Owns the Earth
Written by Fred Pearce
Format: eBook, 286 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2012
Price: $27.95
How Wall Street, Chinese billionaires, oil sheiks, and agribusiness are buying up huge tracts of land in a hungry, crowded world.
An unprecedented land grab is taking place around the world. Fearing future food shortages or eager to profit from them, the world’s wealthiest and most acquisitive countries, corporations, and individuals have... Read more >
