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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan Staff Pick True or false: One out of every four items for sale in the average American supermarket contains corn? (Think, think, think...) Believe it or not, it's true. If this unsettles you — or just plain doesn't make sense — pick up a copy of Michael Pollan... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.25 Used - Trade Paper 
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Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness by Edward Abbey Publisher Comments "A passionately felt, deeply poetic book. It has philosophy. It has humor. It has its share of nerve-tingling adventures...set down in a lean, racing prose, in a close-knit style of power and beauty." THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOKREVIEW Edward Abbey... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Mass Market
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The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear by Paul Rogat Loeb Publisher Comments In The Impossible Will Take a Little While, a phrase borrowed from Billie Holliday, the editor of Soul of a Citizen brings together fifty stories and essays that range across nations, eras, wars, and political movements. Danusha Goska, an Indiana... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Art of Simple Food: Notes, Lessons, and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution by Alice Waters Staff Pick A new kitchen standby that delivers on the promise of the title, Alice Waters's The Art of Simple Food continues her revolution in good eating with over 250 delicious and easy-to-cook recipes.... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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The Curve of Binding Energy by John Mcphee Publisher Comments Theodore Taylor was one of the most brilliant engineers of the nuclear age, but in his later years he became concerned with the possibility of an individual being able to construct a weapon of mass destruction on their own. McPhee tours American nuclear... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv Publisher Comments andquot;I like to play indoors better 'cause that's where all the electrical outlets are,andquot; reports a fourth-grader. Never before in history have children been so plugged inand#8212;and so out of touch with the natural world. In this groundbreaking... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Control of Nature by John Mcphee Publisher Comments The Control of Nature is John McPhee's bestselling account of places where people are locked in combat with nature. Taking us deep into these contested territories, McPhee details the strageties and tactics through which people attempt to control nature.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Encounters with the Archdruid by John Mcphee Publisher Comments The narratives in this book are of journeys made in three wildernesses - on a coastal island, in a Western mountain range, and on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. The four men portrayed here have different relationships to their environment, and... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape by Barry Lopez and Debra Gwartney Publisher Comments Barry Lopez asked 45 poets and writers to define terms that describe America's land and water forms — phrases like flatiron, bayou, monadnock, kiss tank, meander bar, and everglade. The result is a major enterprise comprising over 850 descriptions... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $15.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan Publisher Comments The bestselling author of The Botany of Desire explores the ecology of eating to unveil why we consume what we consume in the twenty-first century. "What should we have for dinner?" To one degree or another this simple question assails any creature... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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Arctic Dreams: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape by Barry Lopez Publisher Comments A season of transition in North Americaand#8217;s last great wilderness From Nunavut and the Barren Lands of Canada to the westernmost edge of Alaska and back to Churchill, Manitoba, Pete Dunneand#8217;s experiences in the Arctic comprise wilderness... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser Publisher Comments Fast food has hastened the malling of our landscape, widened the chasm between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled American cultural imperialism abroad. That's a lengthy list of charges, but here Eric Schlosser makes them stick... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet by Jeffrey D. Sachs Staff Pick Rather than a grim manifesto on the world's problems, Jeffrey Sachs offers readers what he calls the four key goals of a global society — prosperity for all, the end of extreme poverty, stabilization of the global population, and environmental... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Street Smart Naturalist: Field Notes From Seattle (05 Edition) by David B. Williams Publisher Comments Back to the city, or back to nature? Seattle author David Williams shows us how we can get the best of both. Botany and bugs, geology and geese, and creeks and crows; living in a major city doesn't have to separate us from the natural world. Stepping... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Fields of Plenty: A Farmer's Journey in Search of Real Food and the People Who Grow It by Michael Ableman Publisher Comments Illustrated with evocative color photographs of the land and the people who work it organically, and accompanied by a bountiful selection of recipes, this beautifully written memoir reveals the power of food as a personal and cultural force.... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World (Bioneers) by Michael Stone Publisher Comments "The Center for Ecoliteracy is at the forefront of a movement teaching us to find connections in seemingly disjointed problems, perceive patterns instead of pieces, and design communities based on the interrelatedness of all life. This important book... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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You Grow Girl: The Groundbreaking Guide to Gardening by Gayla Trail Publisher Comments This is not your grandmother's gardening book. You Grow Girl is a hip, humorous how-to for crafty gals everywhere who are discovering a passion for gardening but lack the know-how to turn their dreams of homegrown tomatoes and fresh-cut flowers into a... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich Publisher Comments Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award On April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear reactor accident in history occurred in Chernobyl and contaminated as much as three quarters of Europe. Voices from Chernobyl is the first book to present personal... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by William McDonough and Michael Braungart Staff Pick "An eco-sustainable manifesto. The next Industrial Revolution will be Green!"... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Into Thick Air: Biking to the Bellybutton of Six Continents by Jim Malusa Synopsis With plenty of sunscreen and a cold beer swaddled in his sleeping bag, writer and botanist Jim Malusa bicycled alone to the lowest point on each of six continents, a six-year series of “anti-expeditions” to the “anti-summits.” His... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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