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How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
by Jared Diamond
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by Tim Flannery
Published Mar 2006
Read ReviewsThe Weather Makers is both an urgent warning and a call to arms, outlining the history of climate change, how it will unfold over the next century, and what we can do to prevent a cataclysmic future. Along with a history of climate change, Tim Flannery offers specific suggestions for action for both lawmakers and individuals.
by Frances Moore Lappe, Anna Lappe
Published Apr 2003
Read ReviewsJoin one of our country's foremost activist thinkers, Frances Moore Lappé, and her daughter, Anna, on a trip around this small planet. This follow up to The Next Diet For A Small Planet helps each of us find new courage to trust ourselves and choose the world we want.
by Edward O. Wilson
Published Mar 2003
Read ReviewsA magisterial accomplishment: both a moving description of our biosphere and a guidebook for the protection of all its species, including humankind.
by Dr John Brandenburg, Monica Rix Paxson
Published Mar 2000
Read ReviewsA passionate call to arms to halt the destruction of the worlds forests and end the release of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels.
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