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Activists Beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politicsby Margaret E. Keck, Kathryn SikkinkISBN 0801484561 (0-8014-8456-1)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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Alejandro's Giftby Richard AlbertISBN 0811813428 (0-8118-1342-8)
Softcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alejandro's Gift'Book summary:An uplifting story with an environmental lesson that will prompt both children and adults to look at the world around them in a new way. [via]
Arrowhawkby Lola M. Schaefer, Gabi SwiatkowskaISBN 0805063714 (0-8050-6371-4)
Hardcover, Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
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Beyond Backyard Environmentalismby Joel Rogers, Josh CohenISBN 0807004456 (0-8070-0445-6)
Softcover, Beacon Pr
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Beyond Growth: The Economics of Sustainable Developmentby Herman E. DalyISBN 0807047090 (0-8070-4709-0)
Softcover, Beacon Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beyond Growth: The Economics of Sustainable Development'Book summary:Named one of a hundred "visionaries who could change your life" by the Utne Reader, Herman Daly has probably been the most prominent advocate of the need for a change in economic thinking in response to environmental crisis. An iconoclast economis t who has worked as a renegade insider at the World Bank in recent years, Daly has argued for overturning some basic economic assumptions. He has won a wide and growing reputation among a wide array of environmentalists, inside and outside the academy.[via]
In a book that will generate controversy, Daly turns his attention to the major environmental debate surrounding "sustainable development." Daly argues that the idea of sustainable development--which has become a catchword of environmentalism and international finance--is being used in ways that are vacuous, certainly wrong, and probably dangerous. The necessary solutions turn out to be muc h more radical than people suppose.
This is a crucial updating of a major economist's work, and mandatory reading for people engaged in the debates about the environment.
"Daly is turning economics inside out by putting the earth and its diminishing natural resources at the center of the field . . . a kind of reverse Copernican revolution in economics."
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Blue Desertby Charles BowdenISBN 0816510814 (0-8165-1081-4)
Softcover, Univ of Arizona Pr
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The Brave Cowboy: An Old Tale in a New Timeby Edward AbbeyISBN 0826304486 (0-8263-0448-6)
Softcover, University of New Mexico Press
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Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New Englandby William CrononISBN 0809001586 (0-8090-0158-6)
Softcover, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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Winner of the Francis Parkman Prize
In this landmark work of environmental history, William Cronon offers an original and profound explanation of the effects European colonists' sense of property and their pursuit of capitalism had upon the ecosystems of New England. Reissued here with an updated afterword by the author and a new preface by the distinguished colonialist John Demos, Changes in the Land, provides a brilliant inter-disciplinary interpretation of how land and people influence one another. With its chilling closing line, "The people of plenty were a people of waste," Cronon's enduring and thought-provoking book is ethno-ecological history at its best.
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Confessions of a Barbarianby Edward AbbeyISBN 0809541068 (0-8095-4106-8)
Hardcover, Wildside Pr
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Cosmic Grace, Humble Prayer: The Ecological Vision of the Green Patriarch Bartholomew Iby John ChryssavgisISBN 0802821693 (0-8028-2169-3)
Hardcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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Dear Mr. President: One Hundred Earthsaving Lettersby Marc DavenportISBN 0806512695 (0-8065-1269-5)
Softcover, Bedfordshire Historical Record Society
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Deliveranceby James DickeyISBN 0809310309 (0-8093-1030-9)
Softcover, Southern Illinois Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Deliverance'Book summary:[via]The writing of the screenplay became an intense and extremely stimulating sort of game in which, with a camera in the hands of God rather than any mortal cinemaphotographer, I wrote the scenes one after the other as I would like to have them be. from the Afterword
This is the original screenplay that Dickey submitted to Warner Brothers. He had begun it with the idea of creating a work that would stand on its own as a work of art and still enhance and deepen the audiences apprehension of their individual experience of Deliverance and its special meaning to them. When he sent this screenplay to Warner Brothers it was with a sense of having accomplished that goalI was convinced I had put down on paper what I wanted to happen on the screen, no matter who the director was, or the actors, or any of the rest of the crew.
But while acknowledging the creativity, bravery, and dedication of John Boorman and the actors and the crew who made the film version of Deliverance, Dickey also states that their realization is not the film as he would have had it. That film exists only in his imagination and within this screenplay. The story as filmed is presented in twenty-two production stills that speak of the undeniable strengths of the production that received nominations from the Motion Picture Academy for its awards of best picture, best direction, and best editing. Arthur Knight described the film as one of those rare films that resonates like a literary work but thatrarer stillavoids either being or sounding literary. Dickey concludes his Afterword with an invitation to the reader to show [the screenplay] in the widescreen theater of his mind and compare it with the version he has seen in actual theaters, or on television.
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Earth Time: Essaysby David SuzukiISBN 0773760091 (0-7737-6009-1)
Softcover, Musson Publishing
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Ecological Resistance Movements: The Global Emergence of Radical and Popular Environmentalismby Bron Raymond TaylorISBN 0791426467 (0-7914-2646-7)
Softcover, State Univ of New York Pr
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Ecology of Fear : Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disasterby Mike DavisISBN 0805051066 (0-8050-5106-6)
Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ecology of Fear : Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster'Book summary:The 1990s have not been kind to Los Angeles. As Mike Davis writes, "The destructive February 1992, January 1993, and January 1995 floods ($500 million in damage) were mere brackets around the April 1992 insurrection ($1 billion), the October-November 1993 firestorms ($1 billion) and the January 1994 earthquake ($42 billion)." But, he argues, the increasing fear about nature's reign of terror in Southern California reflected in Hollywood's preoccupation with apocalypse--L.A. has been destroyed on screen by everything from lava (Volcano) to nukes (Miracle Mile) to alien death rays (Independence Day)--is in reality a strong case of denial. Again, Davis himself says it best: "For generations, market-driven urbanization has transgressed environmental common sense. Historic wildfire corridors have been turned into view-lot suburbs, wetland liquefaction zones into marinas, and floodplains into industrial districts and housing tracts. Monolithic public works have been substituted for regional planning and a responsible land ethic. As a result, Southern California has reaped flood, fire, and earthquake tragedies that were as avoidable, as unnatural, as the beating of Rodney King and the ensuing explosion in the streets."
As in City of Quartz, his earlier book about Los Angeles, Davis reveals the deeper ideological narratives behind historical events. Whether he's explaining the motivations behind the persistent refusal of civic leaders to admit that a tornado alley runs down the middle of the region, from Long Beach to Pasadena, or discussing, as one chapter refers to it, "the case for letting Malibu burn," he outlines his arguments with a fascinating amount of detail and a subtle sense of irony. There are wonderful chapters here, such as "Maneaters of the Sierra Madre," a zoology of the wild beasts Angelenos fear, including mountain lions that descend from the hills to eat joggers and small children, swarms of Africanized killer bees making their way across the deserts, and El Chupacabra, the "goat-sucking vampire" that joined L.A.'s roster of faddish icons in 1996.
Although this book is specifically about Los Angeles, its lessons about the relationship between urban developments and natural ecosystems and about the dangerous influence of class politics on environmental safety policy are applicable to any city. Anyone with a serious interest in natural history or urban policy should make a point of reading this book. --Ron Hogan [via]
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Enabling Sustainable Community Developmentby Ismail Serageldin, Josef Leitmann, Michael A. CohenISBN 0821333178 (0-8213-3317-8)
Softcover, World Bank
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The Environment in British Prehistoryby Michael Tooley, Ian SimmonsISBN 0801413974 (0-8014-1397-4)
Hardcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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Environmental Science: High School Science Fair Experimentsby H. Steven Dashefsky, Janice LebeykaISBN 083064587X (0-8306-4587-X)
Hardcover, Tab Books
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Environmentalism and Economic Justice: Two Chicano Struggles in the Southwestby Laura PulidoISBN 0816516057 (0-8165-1605-7)
Softcover, Univ of Arizona Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Environmentalism and Economic Justice: Two Chicano Struggles in the Southwest'Book summary:Ecological causes are championed not only by lobbyists or hikers. While mainstream environmentalism is usually characterized by well-financed, highly structured organizations operating on a national scale, campaigns for environmental justice are often fought by poor or minority communities. Environmentalism and Economic Justice is one of the first books devoted to Chicano environmental issues and is a study of U.S. environmentalism in transition as seen through the contributions of people of color. It elucidates the various forces driving and shaping two important examples of environmental organizing: the 1965-71 pesticide campaign of the United Farm Workers and a grazing conflict between a Hispano cooperative and mainstream environmentalists in northern New Mexico. The UFW example is one of workers highly marginalized by racism, whose struggle--as much for identity as for a union contract--resulted in boycotts of produce at the national level. The case of the grazing cooperative Ganados del Valle, which sought access to land set aside for elk hunting, represents a subaltern group fighting the elitism of natural resource policy in an effort to pursue a pastoral lifestyle. In both instances Pulido details the ways in which racism and economic subordination create subaltern communities, and shows how these groups use available resources to mobilize and improve their social, economic, and environmental conditions. Environmentalism and Economic Justice reveals that the environmental struggles of Chicano communities do not fit the mold of mainstream environmentalism, as they combine economic, identity, and quality-of-life issues. Examination of the forces that create and shape these grassroots movements clearly demonstrates that environmentalism needs to be sensitive to local issues, economically empowering, and respectful of ethnic and cultural diversity. [via]
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Environmentalism and Political Theory: Toward an Ecocentric Approachby Robyn EckersleyISBN 0791410145 (0-7914-1014-5)
Softcover, State Univ of New York Pr
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The Essential Fromm: Life Between Having and Beingby Erich FrommISBN 0826411339 (0-8264-1133-9)
Softcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Essential Fromm: Life Between Having and Being'Book summary:Through his early ground-breaking books and later bestsellers such as To Have or to Be and The Art of Being, Erich Fromm built a reputation as a brilliant psychoanalyst and became one of the foremost cultural critics of our time. This selection of his essential writings, which includes many previously unpublished texts, will delight both afficionados and newcomers to his work. Why is it so difficult to break away from the kind of existence based on having - conspicuous consumption - and, instead, lead a life which is truly satisfying? Fromm argues that many unconscious factors play a role in the individual's attraction to superficial, false ways of living. To cultivate happiness and fulfilment, as well as an enlightened society, each of us must live more consciously, become more aware of what is really important. To put down roots yet remain free is what Fromm called the Art of Being - the secret of happiness. The texts featured in The Essential Fromm define the differences between mere having and healthy being: between destructiveness and creativity, between passivity and the joy of positive activity. [via]
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Ethical Vegetarianism: From Pythagoras to Peter Singerby Kerry S. Walters, Lisa PortmessISBN 0791440443 (0-7914-4044-3)
Softcover, State Univ of New York Pr
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This is the first comprehensive collection of primary source material on vegetarianism as a moral choice and includes the writings of Carol Adams, Bernard de Mandeville, Mohandas Gandhi, Oliver Goldsmith, Anna Kingsford, Frances Moore Lappe, Porphyry, Pythagoras, Tom Regan, Albert Schweitzer, Seneca, Peter Singer, Leo Tolstoy, and Richard Wagner, among others. [via]
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Explorations in Environmental History: Essaysby Samuel P. Hays, Joel A. TarrISBN 0822956438 (0-8229-5643-8)
Softcover, Univ of Pittsburgh Pr
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Eye of the Albatross: Views of the Endangered Seaby Carl SafinaISBN 0805062289 (0-8050-6228-9)
Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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Eye of the Albatross: Visions of Hope and Survivalby Carl SafinaISBN 0805062297 (0-8050-6229-7)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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Eye of the Albatross takes us soaring to locales where whales, sea turtles, penguins, and shearwaters flourish in their own quotidian rhythms. Carl Safinas guide and inspiration is an albatross he calls Amelia, whose life and far-flung flights he describes in fascinating detail. Interwoven with recollections of whalers and famous explorers, Eye of the Albatross probes the unmistakable environmental impact of the encounters between man and marine life. Safinas perceptive and authoritative portrait results in a transforming ride to the ends of the Earth for the reader, as well as an eye-opening look at the health of our oceans.More editions of Eye of the Albatross: Visions of Hope and Survival:
The Fool's Progressby Edward AbbeyISBN 0805057919 (0-8050-5791-9)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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For the Beauty of the Earth: A Christian Vision for Creation Careby Steven Bouma-PredigerISBN 0801022983 (0-8010-2298-3)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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Free Market Environmentalismby Donald R. Leal, Terry Lee AndersonISBN 0813311012 (0-8133-1101-2)
Hardcover, Perseus Books
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The Future Eaters: An Ecological History of the Australian Lands and Peopleby Tim F. FlanneryISBN 0802139434 (0-8021-3943-4)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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Good Earthby Pearl S. Buck, Emily Hutchinson, Karen LoccisanoISBN 0785795286 (0-7857-9528-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Good Earth'Book summary:The story begins on the wedding day of farmer Wang Lung and follows his simple, often one-sided view of the Chinese culture, times, and his connection with the land. The land is a recurring theme throughout the novel, seemingly nurtured by the apparent protagonists, rejected and ruined by the antagonists. The author uses the House of Hwang, a nearby house of nobles, to contrast and predict their rise and fall. As the House of Hwang meets its slow and desperate end, Wang Lung rises.
However, as the weather turns disastrous for farming, Wang Lung's family has to flee to the city to scrape out a meager living. Upon returning home, the family fares better. Wang Lung eventually becomes a prosperous man, his rise contrasting with the downfall of the Hwang family, who lose their connection to the land. At the end of the novel, when Wang Lung is an old man, he overhears his sons plotting to sell some of the land, thus showing the end of the cycle of wealth and downfall. [via]
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Goodbye to a Riverby John GravesISBN 0803258763 (0-8032-5876-3)
Hardcover, University of Nebraska Press
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Graysonby Lynne CoxISBN 0786292571 (0-7862-9257-1)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Great New Wilderness Debateby J. Baird Callicott, Michael P. NelsonISBN 0820319848 (0-8203-1984-8)
Softcover, Univ of Georgia Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Great New Wilderness Debate'Book summary:The Great New Wilderness Debate is an expansive, wide-ranging collection that addresses the pivotal environmental issues of the modern era. This eclectic volume on the varied constructions of wilderness reveals the recent controversies that surround those conceptions, and the gulf between those who argue for wilderness "preservation" and those who argue for "wise use."[via]J. Baird Callicott and Michael P. Nelson have selected thirty-nine essays that provide historical context, range broadly across the issues, and set forth the positions of the debate. Beginning with such well-known authors as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and Aldo Leopold, the collection moves forward to the contemporary debate and presents seminal works by a number of the most distinguished scholars in environmental history and environmental philosophy. The Great New Wilderness Debate also includes essays by conservation biologists, cultural geographers, environmental activists, and contemporary writers on the environment.
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The Green Revolution: The American Environmental Movement, 1962-199by Kirkpatrick SaleISBN 080901551X (0-8090-1551-X)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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The Green Revolution: The American Environmental Movement, 1962-1992by Kirkpatrick SaleISBN 0809052180 (0-8090-5218-0)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Greenhome: Planning and Building the Environmentally Advanced Houseby Wayne GradyISBN 0788190660 (0-7881-9066-0)
Softcover, Diane Pub Co
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The Greening of Conservative Americaby John Ross Edward BlieseISBN 0813340322 (0-8133-4032-2)
Softcover, Westview Pr
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Hippie Handbook : How to Tie-Dye a T-Shirt, Flash a Peace Sign, Teach a Dog How to Catch a Frisbee, and Other Essential Skills for the Carefree Lifeby Chelsea Cain, Lia MiterniqueISBN 0811843203 (0-8118-4320-3)
Softcover, Chronicle Books LLC
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A History of Environmental Politics Since 1945by Samuel P. HaysISBN 0822957477 (0-8229-5747-7)
Softcover, Univ of Pittsburgh Pr
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Involvementby John R.W. StottISBN 0800714180 (0-8007-1418-0)
Hardcover, F.H. Revell Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Involvement'Book summary:In Involvement, Volume II: Social and Sexual Relationships in the Modern World, John Stott confronts today's sticky and difficult issues with courage and determination, convinced that as disciples following Christ as Lord, we cannot avoid the problems all around us. As members of His Church, we have been redeemed by grace, set apart to be a redeeming force in the world today. Dr. Stott discusses the many facets of each critical issue, including homosexuality, industrial discrimination, apartheid, divorce, unemployment, and feminism, tracing the history of various stances and presenting arguments both pro and con with regards to the specific question. He examines each in light of Scripture, challenging you to find answers for yourself and your church for dealing specifically with each concern.
Dr. Stott cites many examples of how concerned Christians have offered resources, time, professional expertise, possessions, and service to remedy some of the pressing social ills in their areas. In conclusion, he calls for strong Christian leadership that will provide godly direction and hope to a world that is blinded and scarred by sin. Through John Stott's thoughtful and comprehensive insights, Involvement, Volume II will help to "clarify biblical, principles so that we can think straight and take whatever action is appropriate to our position and responsibility." [via]-
The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Centuryby James Howard KunstlerISBN 0802142494 (0-8021-4249-4)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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Making Development Sustainable: From Concepts to Actionby Ismail Serageldin, Andrew D. SteerISBN 082133042X (0-8213-3042-X)
Softcover, World Bank
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Metaphorical Theology: Models of Godby Sallie McFague, Sallie McFaugeISBN 0800616871 (0-8006-1687-1)
Softcover, Augsburg Fortress Pub
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Mortality and Morality: A Search for the Good After Auschwitzby Hans Jonas, Lawrence VogelISBN 0810112868 (0-8101-1286-8)
Softcover, Northwestern Univ Pr
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Nature's Experts: Science, Politics, and The Environmentby Stephen BockingISBN 0813533988 (0-8135-3398-8)
Softcover, Rutgers Univ Pr
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Our Angry Earthby Isaac Asimov, Frederik PohlISBN 0812520963 (0-8125-2096-3)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Pan's Travail: Environmental Problems of the Ancient Greeks and Romansby J. Donald HughesISBN 080185363X (0-8018-5363-X)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Raven's Exile: A Season on the Green Riverby Ellen MeloyISBN 0816522936 (0-8165-2293-6)
Softcover, Univ of Arizona Pr
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Re/Presenting Class: Essays in Postmodern Marxismby Richard Wolff, J. K. Gibson-Graham, Stephen ResnickISBN 0822327201 (0-8223-2720-1)
Softcover, Duke Univ Pr
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The Rocky Mountain Wonderlandby Enos A. MillsISBN 0803281730 (0-8032-8173-0)
Softcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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Sea of Slaughter: Farley Mowat Libraryby Farley MowatISBN 0811731693 (0-8117-3169-3)
Softcover, Stackpole Books
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Second Nature: A Gardener's Educationby Michael PollanISBN 0802140114 (0-8021-4011-4)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffersby Tim Hunt, Robinson JeffersISBN 0804741085 (0-8047-4108-5)
Softcover, Stanford Univ Pr
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The Serpents of Paradiseby Edward AbbeyISBN 0805031332 (0-8050-3133-2)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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Sewer, Gas & Electricby Matt RuffISBN 0802141552 (0-8021-4155-2)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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High above Manhattan android and human steelworkers are constructing a new Tower of Babel for billionaire Harry Gant, as a monument to humanity's power to dream. In the festering sewers below a darker game is afoot: a Wall Street takeover artist has been murdered, and Gant's crusading ex-wife, Joan Fine, has been hired to find out why. The year is 2023, and Ayn Rand has been resurrected and bottled in a hurricane lamp to serve as Joan's assistant; an eco-terrorist named Philo Dufrense travels in a pink-and-green submarine designed by Howard Hughes; a Volkswagen Beetle is possessed by the spirit of Abbie Hoffman; Meisterbrau, a mutant great white shark, is running loose in the sewers beneath Times Square; and a one-armed 181-year-old Civil War veteran joins Joan and Ayn in their quest for the truth. All of whom, and many more besides, are caught up in a vast conspiracy involving Walt Disney, J. Edgar Hoover, and a mob of homicidal robots.More editions of Sewer, Gas & Electric:
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The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theoryby Carol J. AdamsISBN 0826411843 (0-8264-1184-3)
Softcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group
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She's Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Headby Kathryn Lasky, David CatrowISBN 0786811641 (0-7868-1164-1)
Softcover, Disney Pr
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The Social Construction of Nature: A Sociology of Ecological Enlightenmentby Klaus Eder, Mark RitterISBN 0803978480 (0-8039-7848-0)
Hardcover, Sage Pubns
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The Sound of One Hand Clappingby Richard FlanaganISBN 0802137849 (0-8021-3784-9)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sound of One Hand Clapping'Book summary:A sweeping novel of world war, migration, and the search for new beginnings in a new land, The Sound of One Hand Clapping was both critically acclaimed and a best-seller in Australia. It is a virtuoso performance from an Australian who is emerging as one of our most talented new storytellers. It was 1954, in a construction camp for a hydroelectric dam in the remote Tasmanian highlands, where Bojan Buloh had brought his family to start a new life away from Slovenia, the privations of war, and refugee settlements. One night, Bojan's wife walked off into a blizzard, never to return -- leaving Bojan to drink too much to quiet his ghosts, and to care for his three-year-old daughter Sonja alone. Thirty-five years later, Sonja returns to Tasmania and a father haunted by memories of the European war and other, more recent horrors. As the shadows of the past begin to intrude ever more forcefully into the present, Sonja's empty life and her father's living death are to change forever. The Sound of One Hand Clapping is about the barbarism of an old world left behind, about the harshness of a new country, and the destiny of those in a land beyond hope who seek to redeem themselves through love.[via]More editions of The Sound of One Hand Clapping:
A Story That Stands Like a Damby Russell MartinISBN 0805015515 (0-8050-1551-5)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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A Story That Stands like a Dam: Glen Canyon and the Struggle for the Soul of the Westby Russell MartinISBN 0805008225 (0-8050-0822-5)
Hardcover, Henry Holt & Co
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Sustainable Planet: Solutions for the Twenty-First Centuryby Juliet Schor, Betsy TaylorISBN 0807004553 (0-8070-0455-3)
Softcover, Beacon Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sustainable Planet: Solutions for the Twenty-First Century'Book summary:Can we find ways of living that are sustainable and deeply satisfying, that ensure economic and political democracy, and are passionate about beauty, elegant design, and the wildness of nature? The contributors to Sustainable Planet say we can, and offer 16 remarkable visions of how to get from here to there, including:
* Specific proposals from citizen and labor coalitions that articulate a positive alternative to the free-trade model of globalization
* The emergence of local food systems that allow us to eat fresher, better tasting food while protecting family farms and conserving the environment
* New thinking about industrial design and engineering that is leading to production systems which generate no waste
* How we might create a fashion industry that weds aesthetic pleasure with social justice
* Five economic policy recommendations that could move us toward a sustainable economy
* What you can do to create a real sense of community where you live
* A road map for building the political will to change the system before it's too late.
This anthology grew out of the work of the Center for a New American Dream (CNAD), a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping Americans change the way they consume to improve quality of life, protect the environment, and promote social justice. [via]More editions of Sustainable Planet: Solutions for the Twenty-First Century:
Tales of an Empty Cabinby Grey OwlISBN 0773673857 (0-7736-7385-7)
Hardcover, Stoddard
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To Have or to Be?by Erich FrommISBN 0826417388 (0-8264-1738-8)
Softcover, Continuum International Publishing Group, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'To Have or to Be?'Book summary:To Have Or to Be? is one of the seminal books of the second half of the 20th century. Nothing less than a manifesto for a new social and psychological revolution to save our threatened planet, this book is a summary of the penetrating thought of Eric Fromm. His thesis is that two modes of existence struggle for the spirit of humankind: the having mode, which concentrates on material possessions, power, and aggression, and is the basis of the universal evils of greed, envy, and violence; and the being mode, which is based on love, the pleasure of sharing, and in productive activity. To Have Or to Be? is a brilliant program for socioeconomic change.[via] 
Tourist Seasonby Carl HiaasenISBN 0783816472 (0-7838-1647-2)
Hardcover, G K Hall & Co
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The Travail of Nature: The Ambiguous Ecological Promise of Christian Theologyby H. Paul SantmireISBN 0800618068 (0-8006-1806-8)
Softcover, Augsburg Fortress Pub
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Voyage of the Turtle: In Pursuit of the Earth's Last Dinosaurby Carl SafinaISBN 0805083189 (0-8050-8318-9)
Softcover, Owl Books
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Wars in the Woods: The Rise of Ecological Forestry in Americaby Samuel P. HaysISBN 0822959402 (0-8229-5940-2)
Softcover, Univ of Pittsburgh Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wars in the Woods: The Rise of Ecological Forestry in America'Book summary:[via]Wars in the Woods examines the conflicts that have developed over the preservation of forests in America, and how government agencies and advocacy groups have influenced the management of forests and their resources for more than a century. Samuel Hays provides an astute analysis of manipulations of conservation law that have touched off a battle between what he terms ecological forestry and commodity forestry. Hays also reveals the pervading influence of the wood products industry, and the training of U.S. Forest Service to value tree species marketable as wood products, as the primary forces behind forestry policy since the Forest Management Act of 1897.
Wars in the Woods gives a comprehensive account of the many grassroots and scientific organizations that have emerged since then to combat the lumber industry and other special interest groups and work to promote legislation to protect forests, parks, and wildlife habitats. It also offers a review of current forestry practices, citing the recent Federal easing of protections as a challenge to the progress made in the last third of the twentieth century.
Hays describes an increased focus on ecological forestry in areas such as biodiversity, wildlife habitat, structural diversity, soil conservation, watershed management, native forests, and old growth. He provides a valuable framework for the critical assessment of forest management policies and the future study and protection of forest resources.
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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Riversby Henry David ThoreauISBN 0815201184 (0-8152-0118-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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A Whale For The Killingby Farley MowatISBN 0811731863 (0-8117-3186-3)
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Where Once There Was a Woodby Denise FlemingISBN 0805064826 (0-8050-6482-6)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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This eloquent book shows young readers how people and animals can live side by side. Starting, of course, in our own backyards!More editions of Where Once There Was a Wood:
Wild Animals and American Environmental Ethicsby Lisa MighettoISBN 0816512663 (0-8165-1266-3)
Softcover, Univ of Arizona Pr
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Wings of Paradise: The Great Saturniid Mothsby John CodyISBN 0807822868 (0-8078-2286-8)
Hardcover, Univ of North Carolina Pr
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Women and Nature: Saving the "Wild" Westby Glenda RileyISBN 0803289758 (0-8032-8975-8)
Softcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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