NONFICTION
Released: April 22, 2011
"A well-told cautionary tale about the need for widespread renewable-energy production."
Eye-opening micro-histories about American energy past, with an eye to the future, from Atlantic senior editor and technology writer Madrigal.
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NONFICTION
Released: April 1, 2011
"Packed with vital, timely information about the future of the earth—deserves our full attention."
A look at a new kind of capitalism that can save the planet from climate chaos while creating jobs and uplifting economies.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 19, 2011
"Starkly clear and of utmost importance."
Climate change is well underway, writes Hertsgaard (
The Eagle's Shadow: Why America Fascinates and Infuriates the World, 2002, etc.), and we must begin to adapt to it even as we work to stop it.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 19, 2010
"Hugely informative, sincere and infectiously curious and enthusiastic."
An award-winning food journalist brilliantly dissects the relationship between humans and the four fish that dominate the seafood market.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 13, 2010
"An important book--another winner from Collier."
Collier (Economics/Oxford Univ.;
Wars, Guns, and Votes: Democracy in Dangerous Places, 2009, etc.) presents a cogent argument for a major reassessment of natural-resource management.
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NONFICTION
Released: April 27, 2010
"Al Gore won't be blurbing this one, but advocates of renewable energy should familiarize themselves with the book, since oil, gas and coal lobbyists surely will."
"Oil is greener than nearly everything else that might replace it," writes Texas-based energy journalist and
Energy Tribune managing editor Bryce in this contrarian, discontented approach to renewable energy
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NONFICTION
Released: April 13, 2010
"An absolute must-read."
NONFICTION
Released: April 1, 2010
"An essential toolkit for readers looking for a pragmatic climate-response action plan of their own."
MSN "Practical Guide for Healthy Living" host Lappé elaborates on her mother's conviction, elucidated in the classic
Diet for a Small Planet (1971), that individual food choices can lead to massive social consequences.
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NONFICTION
Released: Dec. 8, 2009
"With urgency and authority, Hansen urges readers to speak out--taking to the streets if necessary--to protect the Earth from calamity for the sake of their children and grandchildren."
In his debut, a leading climatologist lambasts world governments for their ineffectual response to the dangers of global warming.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 19, 2009
"Breathtaking in scope and implication--a must-read."
NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 8, 2008
"That inspiration is needed, along with a lot of hard work. A timely, rewarding book."
The world is flat,
New York Times columnist Friedman told us in his bestselling 2005 book of that name. Now things are getting worse, and the clock is ticking.
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NONFICTION
Released: April 11, 2006
"Revelations about how the way we eat affects the world we live in, presented with wit and elegance."
The dilemma--what to have for dinner when you are a creature with an open-ended appetite--leads Pollan (Journalism/Berkeley;
The Botany of Desire, 2001, etc.) to a fascinating examination of the myriad connections along the principal food chains that lead from earth to dinner table.
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