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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
by Eric Schlosser  
Powells.com Staff Pick "What we eat has changed more in the last forty years than in the last forty thousand," Schlosser observes, yet most Americans know very little about how that food is made, where, by whom, and at what cost. Fast Food Nation traces the industry's...
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Used: $13.50 Hardcover List Price $26.95
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
by Michael Pollan
Powells.com Staff Pick I talked about this book every morning at the water cooler and every evening at dinner. Pollan takes a possibly dry subject — agriculture — and makes it epic. Recommended by Beth, Powells.com (See all of our Staff Top 5s of 2006)...
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The World without Us
by Alan Weisman
Powells.com Staff Pick "Let us try a creative experiment," Alan Weisman proposes on page three: If humans disappeared from earth, what would happen? To your home, for example. To our cities, farms, and oceans. To the animals that remain. Or to the billion tons of plastic we'd...
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Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen
by Anna Lappe and Bryant Terry
Publisher Comments In the past few years, organic food has moved out of the patchouli-scented aisles of hippie food co-ops and into three-quarters of conventional grocery stores. Concurrent with this growth has been increased consumer awareness of the social and health...
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Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
by William McDonough and Michael Braungart
Powells.com Staff Pick "An eco-sustainable manifesto. The next Industrial Revolution will be Green!" Scott Smith, Powells.com...
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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 People need hope more than ever in difficult political times — like this one. This book brings together the voices of eloquent writers and activists to talk about how we replenish the wells of commitment. It explores what keeps us going as we work...
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The Art of Simple Food: Notes, Lessons, and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution
by Alice Waters
Powells.com 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. Recommended by Michal, Powells.com...
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Farewell, My Subaru: An Epic Adventure in Local Living
by Doug Fine
Publisher Comments Advance praise for Farewell, My Subaru Fine is Bryson Funny. ----Santa Cruz Sentinel Fine is an amiable and self-deprecating storyteller in the mold of Douglas Adams. If you're a fan of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy-style humor -- and also looking to...
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You Grow Girl: The Groundbreaking Guide to Gardening
by Gayla Trail
Powells.com Staff Pick This is one of the freshest, hippest, most complete and accessible beginning gardening books I've ever seen. From amending your soil and saving seed, to water recycling and sewing up your own garden apron, You Grow Girl has it all. Consider this book as...
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Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn
by Diana (con) Balmori
Publisher Comments Manifesto callout, special treatment: Edible Estates is an attack on the front lawn and everything it has come to represent Edible Estates is an ongoing series of projects to replace the front lawn with edible garden landscapes responsive to culture...
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Generation T: 108 Ways To Transform a T-Shirt
by Megan Nicolay
Publisher Comments The T-shirt is the centerpiece of a girl's wardrobe. But even better, that same T-shirt is a blank canvas just waiting to express the personality and creativity of its owner. You can cut it, sew it, twist it and turn it. You can deconstruct it, you can...
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The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a Time
by Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas M. Kostigen
Publisher Comments Ellen DeGeneres, Robert Redford, Will Ferrell, Jennifer Aniston, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Martha Stewart, Tyra Banks, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Tiki Barber, Owen Wilson, and Justin Timberlake tell you how they make a difference to the environment. Inside The...
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
by Jared Diamond
Powells.com Staff Pick Diamond crafts a careful and thorough account of the environmental and cultural fragility of civilizations, from present-day Montana to the toppled statues of Easter Island. Collapse is both a fascinating study of humanity's ecological relationships and...
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What to Eat
by Marion Nestle
Powells.com Staff Pick I thought I knew quite a bit about food — I take flaxseed oil supplements because I'm a vegetarian, try to buy local organic produce, and buy my dairy antibiotic-free. But this information-packed book taught me that there's plenty I didn't realize &#...
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Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future
by Bill McKibben
Powells.com Staff Pick "Timely and useful. This valuable benchmark is a substantial contribution to the rethinking of unlimited economic expansion." Recommended by Ted, Powells.com...
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Little House on a Small Planet: Simple Homes, Cozy Retreats, and Energy Efficient Possibilities
by Shay Salomon
Publisher Comments Live in less space but have more room to enjoy it. Does that sound like a contradiction? Smart readers will discover that, on the contrary, living small can free up your mind, your wallet, and your soul. With the cost of living rising, and the...
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Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility
by Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger
Publisher Comments Current tactics can't solve today's complex global crises. The "bad boys of environmentalism" call for a bold and empowering new vision. Environmental insiders Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus triggered a firestorm of controversy with their...
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Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century
by Alex Steffen
Publisher Comments Uses an encyclopedia-style format to discuss topics including the future of food, water conservation, and holistic problem solving, and offers ways to improve and adapt to current environmental situations around the world....
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Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally
by Alisa Smith and J. B. MacKinnon
Publisher Comments The remarkable, amusing and inspiring adventures of a Canadian couple who make a year-long attempt to eat foods grown and produced within a 100-mile radius of their apartment. When Alisa Smith and James MacKinnon learned that the average ingredient in a...
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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...
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