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A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There (Outdoor Essays & Reflections)
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A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There (Outdoor Essays & Reflections)
by Aldo Leopold

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Once again HighBridge is pleased to offer an extraordinary collection from leading American nature authors. Originally published by NorthWord Audio Press, now re-released with new packaging, each story explores the bond that connects the land and humans....
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Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature
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Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature
by William Cronon

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Uncommon Ground is the best kind of book, one that shocks the reader into entirely fresh ways of seeing. Perhaps the most important work facing us over the next several years involves the reconception of nature and our relationship to it. This...
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Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations
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Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations
by David R. Montgomery

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A rich mix of history, archaeology and geology, this engaging cultural history traces the role of soil's use and abuse and explores the compelling idea that people around the world are--and have long been--using up Earth's soil....
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Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology  (P.S.)
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Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology (P.S.)
by Eric Brende

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What is the least we need to achieve the most? With this question in mind, MIT graduate Eric Brende flipped the switch on technology. He and his wife, Mary, ditched their car, electric stove, refrigerator, running water, and everything else motorized or "...
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Climate Solutions: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why: A Citizen's Guide (Chelsea Green Guides)
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Climate Solutions: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why: A Citizen's Guide (Chelsea Green Guides)
by Peter Barnes

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In 2006, NASA's top climate scientist warned that we have at most a decade to turn the tide on global warming. After that, James Hansen said, all bets are off. Temperature rises of 3 to 7 degrees Farenheit will "produce a different planet." If Hansen is...
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It's the Sun Not Your Suv
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It's the Sun Not Your Suv
by John Zyrkowski

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Global temperatures have increased since 1880. New data show that solar impacts (radiation and magnetic flux) have increased by the same amount and follow the dips in temperature from 1938 to 1970. The report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
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Crossing the Next Meridian
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Crossing the Next Meridian
by Charles F. Wilkinson

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In "Crossing the Next Meridian," Charles F. Wilkinson, an expert on federal public lands, Native American issues, and the West's arcane water laws explains some of the core problems facing the American West now and in the years to come. He examines the...
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Fateful Harvest: The True Story of a Small Town, a Global Industry, and a Toxic Secret
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Fateful Harvest: The True Story of a Small Town, a Global Industry, and a Toxic Secret
by Duff Wilson

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I see soil in a new light, and I wonder about my own lawn and garden. What have I sprinkled on my backyard? Is somebody using my home, my food, to recycle toxic waste? It seems unbelievable, outlandish -- but what if it's true? A riveting exposÉ...
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Green Planet Blues Environmental Pol 3RD Edition
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Green Planet Blues Environmental Pol 3RD Edition
by Ken Conca

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The revised and updated third edition of this cutting-edge collection brings together classic readings and important new material on global environmental politics. In selections chosen for their authority and edited to preserve their integrity, Green...
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Power to Save the World: The Truth about Nuclear Energy
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Power to Save the World: The Truth about Nuclear Energy
by Gwyneth Cravens

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In this eye-opening work that is certain to spark debate and influence policy decisions that will affect generations to come, Cravens examines both sides of the controversial debate over nuclear energy, and seeks answers from a host of experts in...
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Ecology of Freshwater and Estuarine Wetlands
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Ecology of Freshwater and Estuarine Wetlands
by Darold P. (edt) Batzer

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Designed as a textbook, this volume is an important, up-to-date, authoritative, and accessible survey in ecology of freshwater and estuarine wetlands. Prominent wetland scholars address the physical environment, geomorphology, biogeochemistry, soils, and...
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Censoring Science: Inside the Political Attack on Dr. James Hansen and the Truth Ofglobal Warming
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Censoring Science: Inside the Political Attack on Dr. James Hansen and the Truth Ofglobal Warming
by Mark Bowen

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From acclaimed writer and physicist Mark Bowen, Censoring Science tells the true story of the Bush administration's censorship of the world's preeminent climatologist, and the science behind global warming that they do not want you to know. The facts don'...
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Environmental Management: For Sustainable Development 2nd Edition
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Environmental Management: For Sustainable Development 2nd Edition
by C. J. Barrow

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Environmental management is a wide, expanding, and rapidly evolving field, which concerns all humans. There is no precise and universally agreed definition of environmental management but it plays a crucial role in the quest for sustainable development...
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Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Environmental Issues (13TH 08 Edition)
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Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Environmental Issues (13TH 08 Edition)
by Easton

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This Thirteenth Edition of TAKING SIDES: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES presents two additional current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Each issue is thoughtfully framed...
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Environmental Life Cycle Costing
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Environmental Life Cycle Costing
by David Hunkeler

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Balances Scientific and Economic Points of View to Thoroughly Address Management Issues Responding to the need for clarification and benchmarks, Environmental Life Cycle Costing provides the fundamental basis on which to establish a definitive...
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Hungry for Profit: The Agribusiness Threat to Farmers, Food, and the Environment.
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Hungry for Profit: The Agribusiness Threat to Farmers, Food, and the Environment.
by Fred Magdoff

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Millions go hungry every year in both poor and rich nations, yet hundreds of thousands of peasants and farmers continue to be pushed off the land. Applied in increasing volumes, chemical pesticides and synthetic fertilizers deplete the soil, pollute our...
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African Aids Epidemic (06 Edition)
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African Aids Epidemic (06 Edition)
by John Iliffe

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This history of the African AIDS epidemic is a much-needed, accessibly written historical account of the most serious epidemiological catastrophe of modern times. The African AIDS Epidemic: A History answers President Thabo Mbeki's provocative question...
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The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth
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The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth
by E. O. Wilson

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In his daring work, Wilson states that Nature is a universal value--one that serves without discrimination the interests of all humanity--and proposes an alliance between science and religion to save Earth's vanishing biodiversity....
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Stormy Weather : 101 Solutions To Global Climate Change (01 Edition)
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Stormy Weather : 101 Solutions To Global Climate Change (01 Edition)
by Guy Dauncey

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At last - a book that puts proven solutions to global warming in the hands of ordinary citizens, communities, businesses, power utilities, and local and national governments....
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Twilight of the Machines
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Twilight of the Machines
by John Zerzan

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"John Zerzan can now credibly claim the honor of being America's most famous anarchist. His writing is sharp, uncompromising, and tenacious."-Derrick Jensen, Utne Reader The mentor of the green anarchist and neo-primitive movements is back with his first...
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