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Winning Our Energy Independence: An Energy Insider Shows How by S. David Freeman Publisher Comments Winning Our Energy Independence shares energy solutions from S. David Freeman, a man who has spent his life at the forefront of energy policy.... (read more) List Price $18.75 Your price: $4.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It by Al Gore Publisher Comments An Inconvenient Truth--Gore's groundbreaking, battle cry of a follow-up to the bestselling Earth in the Balance--is being published to tie in with a documentary film of the same name. Both the book and film were inspired by a series of multimedia... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $4.97 Sale - Trade Paper
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Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit by Al Gore Publisher Comments Re-released on the heels of Al Gores #1 New York Times bestseller, An Inconvenient Truth, comes the paperback edition of his classic bestseller, Earth in the Balance. First published in 1992, it helped place the environment on the national agenda; now... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Now or Never: Why We Must Act Now to End Climate Change and Create a Sustainable Future by Tim Flannery Synopsis Utilizing the most up-to-the-minute data available, the internationally acclaimed author of "The Weather Makers" returns to the subject of climate change with a book that is at once a forceful call to action and a deeply (and often surprisingly... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout by Philip Connors Staff Pick Every summer Philip Connors runs away from home. He spends half the year in a remote fire lookout savoring the solitude and the joy of monotasking. His wonderful book, Fire Season, will make you want to quit your job, sell the house, and find your own... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Social Movement in History Is Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beauty to the World by Paul Hawken Staff Pick Feeling crushed beneath the weight of ominous news, borderline-apocalyptic statistics, and global warming alerts that offer no recourse but panic? Paul Hawken's Blessed Unrest is the book you've been waiting for. Here is a call to arms with concrete... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Myspace/Ourplanet: Change Is Possible by Myspace Community Publisher Comments You can change the world. Here's how. Our climate is changing and human actions are the cause. Maybe you don't know why, or what to do about it. We do. In fact, we wrote a book about it (this book, the one in your hands). We'll harness your green... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $1.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Conundrum: How Scientific Innovation, Increased Efficiency, and Good Intentions Can Make Our Energy and Climate Problems Worse by David Owen Publisher Comments The Conundrum is a mind-changing manifesto about the environment, efficiency and the real path to sustainability. Hybrid cars, fast trains, compact florescent light bulbs, solar panels, carbon offsets: Everything you've been told about living green is... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Flight of the Hummingbird: A Parable for the Environment by Michael Yahgulanaas Synopsis Hummingbirds have long been a symbol of wisdom and courage. In this charming story, a hummingbird makes a valiant effort to put out a raging fire that threatens her forest home trip after trip, her beak is filled each time with just a... (read more) List Price $15.25 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Whole Green Catalog: 1,000 Best Things for You and the Earth by Michael W. Robbins Publisher Comments As interest in living a sustainable life has exploded, so has the green marketplace. It has become difficult to distinguish companies that provide truly eco-friendly products and services from those that "greenwash." Now, from the company that founded... (read more) List Price $29.99 Your price: $7.97 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Animals Are Our Brothers and Sisters: Why Animal Experiments Are Misleading and Wrong by Werner Hartinger Publisher Comments Respected surgeon and medical doctor Werner Hartinger investigates the claims and counterclaims concerning experimentation on animals. Through meticulous analysis he comes to the conclusion that animal experiments are not only unnecessary, but that the... (read more) List Price $29.25 Your price: $2.75 Sale - Trade Paper
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The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table by Tracie McMillan Publisher Comments When award-winning (and working-class) journalist Tracie McMillan saw foodies swooning over $9 organic tomatoes, she couldn’t help but wonder: What about the rest of us? Why do working Americans eat the way we do? And what can we do to change it... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Gentle Subversive: Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, and the Rise of the Environmental Movement by Mark H Lytle Publisher Comments Rachel Carson's Silent Spring antagonized some of the most powerful interests in the nation--including the farm block and the agricultural chemical industry--and helped launch the modern environmental movement. In The Gentle Subversive, Mark Hamilton... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Silent Spring by Rachel Carson Staff Pick Silent Spring changed the way we thought about the environment and shaped today's environmental movement, calling us to action to protect our surroundings before we destroyed them. Today our impact on the environment is more harmful than ever, and Carson'... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Food for Thought: Towards a Future for Farming by Patrick Herman Publisher Comments The French radical farmers union Confédération Paysanne, with its charismatic leader José Bové, has led the world in demonstrating the possibility of a socially progressive future for farming. Rejecting the... (read more) List Price $19.75 Your price: $4.75 Sale - Trade Paper
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Your Farm in the City: An Urban-Dweller's Guide to Growing Food and Raising Animals by Lisa Taylor Publisher Comments The most complete book on urban farming, covering everything from growing organic produce and raising chickens, to running a small farm on a city lot or in a suburban backyard. Eating locally and growing one's own food is a rapidly evolving movement in... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Body Toxic: How the Hazardous Chemistry of Everyday Things Threatens Our Health and Well-Being by Nena Baker Staff Pick Listen up, America, because this is a wake-up call. The Body Toxic sheds light on the toxic threats we encounter daily in toys, clothes, cosmetics, cookware, and more. The harmful effects of everyday products on our health are staggering, and Baker's eye-... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Ecomind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create the World We Want by Frances Moore Lappe Publisher Comments In EcoMind, Frances Moore Lappe a giant of the environmental movementconfronts accepted wisdom of environmentalism. Drawing on the latest research from anthropology to neuroscience and her own field experience, she argues that the biggest... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Deep Ecology for the Twenty-First Century by George Sessions Publisher Comments Every day, in newspapers and on television, we read and hear about the ongoing destruction of the environment: the greenhouse effect, ozone layer depletion, deforestation, and air and water pollution. Deep Ecology offers a solution to the environmental... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $19.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Slow Death by Rubber Duck: The Secret Danger of Everyday Things by Rick Smith Synopsis Lourie and Smith expose the extent to which Americans are poisoned every day, from the simple household dust that is polluting their blood to the toxins in their urine that are created by run-of-the-mill shampoos and toothpaste.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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