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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan Publisher Comments In Cooked, Michael Pollan explores the previously uncharted territory of his own kitchen. Here, he discovers the enduring power of the four classical elementsfire, water, air, and earthto transform the stuff of nature into delicious things... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Fateful Harvest: The True Story of a Small Town, a Global Industry, and a Toxic Secret by Duff Wilson Publisher Comments 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... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - 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: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Cities People Planet: Urban Development and Climate Change by Herbert Girardet Publisher Comments Urban growth is changing the condition of humanity and the face of the earth. Half the world's people now live in cities, with most of the other half depending on them for their economic survival. Mega-cities of ten million or more people are the largest,... (read more) List Price $61.25 Your price: $36.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.) by Barbara Kingsolver and Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver Staff Pick After 25 years in the Arizona desert, in 2004, Kentucky-bred Barbara Kingsolver moved back to the Appalachians, to a Virginia farm just hours from her childhood home. Family called. "Returning," she explains in Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, "would allow my... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Eaarth by Bill McKibben Publisher Comments Twenty years ago, with The End of Nature, Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about global warming. Those warnings went mostly unheeded; now, he insists, we need to acknowledge that we've waited too long, and that massive change is not... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future by Bill McKibben Publisher Comments "Masterfully crafted, deeply thoughtful and mind-expanding."--Los Angeles Times In this powerful and provocative manifesto, Bill McKibben offers the biggest challenge in a generation to the prevailing view of our economy. Deep Economy makes the... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change by Al Gore Publisher Comments NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the former vice president and #1 New York Times bestselling author comes An Inconvenient Truth for everything — a frank and clear-eyed assessment of six critical drivers of global change in the decades to come. Ours... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the Twentieth-Century World by J R Mcneill Publisher Comments The history of the twentieth century is most often told through its world wars, the rise and fall of communism, or its economic upheavals. In his startling new book, J. R. McNeill gives us our first general account of what may prove to be the most... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - 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: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency To Local Resilience (08 Edition) by Rob Hopkins Publisher Comments We live in an oil-dependent world, arriving at this level of dependency in a very short space of time by treating petroleum as if it were in infinite supply. Most of us avoid thinking about what happens when oil runs out (or becomes prohibitively... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.00 Used - Trade Paper
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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: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Humboldt Current: Nineteenth-Century Exploration and the Roots of American Environmentalism by Aaron Sachs Publisher Comments A masterly and beautifully written account of the impact of Alexander von Humboldt on nineteenth-century American history and culture The naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt (17691859) achieved unparalleled fame in his own time. Today, however,... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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What's the Worst That Could Happen?: A Rational Response to the Climate Change Debate by Greg Craven Publisher Comments 7.2 million YouTube viewers can't be wrong: A provocative new way to look at the global warming debate. Based on a series of viral videos that have garnered more than 7.2 million views, this visually appealing book gives readers-be they global warming... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Original Instructions: Indigenous Teachings for a Sustainable Future by Melissa K. Nelson Publisher Comments Indigenous leaders and other visionaries suggest solutions to todays global crisis • Original Instructions are ancient ways of living from the heart of humanity within the heart of nature • Explores the convergence of indigenous and... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Armchair Environmentalist: 3 Minute a Day Action Plan to Save the World by Karen Christensen Publisher Comments The constant influx of scary news about all the ways we're damaging the environment can trigger two reactions: One is despair; the other is LET'S DO SOMETHING The Armchair Environmentalist takes a can do approach - showing that in only a few minutes a... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Climate Change Impacts on the United States - Overview Report: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change by Nast Publisher Comments This Assessment has involved thousands of Americans in an ongoing national dialogue about climate change and its impacts.... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $3.98 Used - Trade Paper
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Bringing It to the Table: On Farming and Food by Wendell Berry Staff Pick One of the most prolific and celebrated authors on the subjects of sustainable agriculture and mindful eating, Wendell Berry has influenced the likes of Wes Jackson, Barbara Kingsolver, Gene Logsdon, Barry Lopez, and Michael Pollan, to name a few. Fans... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Chasing Molecules: Poisonous Products, Human Health, and the Promise of Green Chemistry by Elizabeth Grossman Publisher Comments Elizabeth Grossman, an acclaimed journalist who brought national attention to the contaminants hidden in computers and other high tech electronics, now tackles the hazards of ordinary consumer products. She shows that for the sake of convenience... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet by Bill McKibben Publisher Comments "Read it, please. Straight through to the end. Whatever else you were planning to do next, nothing could be more important." Barbara Kingsolver Twenty years ago, with The End of Nature, Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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