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Chelsea Green



For 25 years, Chelsea Green has been the publishing leader for books on the politics and practice of sustainable living. We are a founding member of the Green Press Initiative and have been printing books on recycled paper since 1985, when our first list of books appeared.


Agriculture
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Sharing the Harvest: A Citizen's Guide to Community Supported Agriculture, Revised and Expanded
Sharing the Harvest: A Citizen's Guide to Community Supported Agriculture, Revised and Expanded
by Elizabeth Henderson and Robyn Van En and Joan Dye Gussow
Publisher Comments
In Sharing the Harvest, the authors lay out the basic tenets of CSA, provide useful information for both farmers and consumers on starting and running a successful community farm project, and describe hundreds of useful strategies that have worked (or... (read more)

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Cooking and Food
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Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods
Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods
by Sandor Ellix Katz
Publisher Comments
For thousands of years humans have enjoyed the taste and nutrition of fermented foods and drinks. We rely on the transformative, almost magical power of fermentation to preserve and improve all sorts of food, making them tastier, more digestible, and... (read more)

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Gardening
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Edible Forest Gardens, 2 Volumes
Edible Forest Gardens, 2 Volumes
by Dave Jacke
Publisher Comments
Edible Forest Gardens is a groundbreaking two-volume work that spells out and explores the key concepts of forest ecology and applies them to the needs of natural gardeners in temperate climates. Volume I lays out the vision of the forest garden and... (read more)

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Politics
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The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot
The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot
by Naomi Wolf
Staff Pick
The End of America should be required reading for every American. Rather than giving us a partisan 600-page tome on the crimes of the Bush administration, Naomi Wolf lays out clearly and concisely how we as a people have allowed our government to move... (read more)

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Business
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The Limits to Growth: The 30 Year Global Update
The Limits to Growth: The 30 Year Global Update
by Donella Meadows and Jorgen Randers and Dennis Meadows
Publisher Comments
In 1972, three scientists from MIT created a computer model that analyzed global resource consumption and production. Their results shocked the world and created stirring conversation about global 'overshoot,' or resource use beyond the carrying capacity... (read more)

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Children's Activities
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The Best of Making Things: A Handbook of Creative Discovery
The Best of Making Things: A Handbook of Creative Discovery
by Ann Sayre Wiseman
Publisher Comments
Why go to the mall when you can make things at home using materials recycled from around the house?This classic educational and creative text features 125 projects, carefully selected by the author to "develop natural curiosity and self-esteem," and to... (read more)

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Home Construction
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The Hand-Sculpted House: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage
The Hand-Sculpted House: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage
by Ianto Evans
Publisher Comments
Are you ready for the Cob Cottage? This is a building method so old and so simple that it has been all but forgotten in the rush to synthetics. A cob cottage,cobb, however, might be the ultimate expression of ecological design, a structure so attuned to... (read more)

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Environmental Studies
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Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard Into a Garden and Your Neighborhood Into a Community
Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard Into a Garden and Your Neighborhood Into a Community
by H C Flores
Publisher Comments
Gardening can be a political act. Creativity, fulfillment, connection, revolution--it all begins when we get our hands in the dirt. Food Not Lawns combines practical wisdom on ecological design and community-building with a fresh, green perspective on an... (read more)

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Construction
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The Cob Builders Handbook
The Cob Builders Handbook
by Becky Bee
Publisher Comments
Cob (an old English word for lump) is old-fashioned concrete, made out of a mixture of clay, sand, and straw. Becky Bee's manual is a friendly guide to making your own earth structure, with chapters on design, foundations, floors, windows and doors... (read more)

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Literature
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A Cafecito Story
A Cafecito Story
by Julia Alvarez
Publisher Comments
A Cafecito Story is a story of love, coffee, birds and hope. It is a beautifully written eco-fable by best-selling author Julia Alvarez. Based on her and her husband's experiences trying to reclaim a small coffee farm in her native Dominican Republic, A... (read more)

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Sale Books
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Mission Rejected: U.S. Soldiers Who Say No to Iraq
Mission Rejected: U.S. Soldiers Who Say No to Iraq
by Peter Laufer
Publisher Comments
Disillusioned, outraged, and betrayed, American soldiers are taking a stand against the war in Iraq.A shattering journey of revelation, pain, and betrayal, Mission Rejected takes the reader deep into the turmoil of U.S. troops confronting the Iraq War... (read more)

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Used Books
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America, Fascism, and God: Sermons from a Heretical Preacher
America, Fascism, and God: Sermons from a Heretical Preacher
by Davidson Loehr
Publisher Comments
Religion and politics have always been a potent mix. History is littered with times when that combination caused sweeping death and destruction, when it fueled aggression and oppression--and when it gave fascism a religious and diplomatic face.Reverend... (read more)

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Bestsellers

Tuesday,
May 29, 2012
Sharing the Harvest: A Citizen's Guide to Community Supported Agriculture, Revised and Expanded
  1. Sharing the Harvest: A Citizen's Guide to Community Supported Agriculture, Revised and Expanded
    by Elizabeth Henderson and Robyn Van En and Joan Dye Gussow
  2. Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods
    by Sandor Ellix Katz
  3. Edible Forest Gardens, 2 Volumes
    by Dave Jacke
  4. The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot
    by Naomi Wolf
  5. The Limits to Growth: The 30 Year Global Update
    by Donella Meadows and Jorgen Randers and Dennis Meadows
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