Environmental Science

1. Humans in the Landscape: An Introduction to Environmental Studies

   Kai N. Lee, William Freudenburg, Richard Howarth

   A true synthesis for environmental studies.More

2. Energy, Environment, and Climate

   Richard Wolfson

   Second Edition

   Emphasizes climate change as an energy-related environmental issue.More

3. If You Love This Planet: A Plan to Save the Earth

   Helen Caldicott

   Revised and updated

   “Helen Caldicott has the rare ability to combine science with passion, logic with love, and urgency with humor.” —Naomi KleinMore

4. Earth: The Sequel: The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming

   Miriam Horn, Fred Krupp

   How to harness the great forces of capitalism to save the world from catastrophe.More

5. Energy, Environment, and Climate

   Richard Wolfson

   In this new study of energy use and global climate change, Richard Wolfson outlines basic science concepts as well as specific, contemporary applications in energy production and their environmental consequences.More

6. Vital Signs 2007-2008: The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future

   The Worldwatch Institute

   The award-winning Worldwatch Institute reveals the often overlooked key trends that tell the true health of our planet.More

7. The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth

   Edward O. Wilson

   The book that launched a movement: “Wilson speaks with a humane eloquence which calls to us all” (Oliver Sacks).
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8. Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil

   David Goodstein

   Science tells us that an oil crisis is inevitable. Why and when? And what will our future look like without our favorite fuel?More

9. The Beast in the Garden: The True Story of a Predator's Deadly Return to Suburban America

   David Baron

   "Reads like a crime novel . . . each chapter ends on a cliff-hanging note."—Seattle TimesMore

10. The Book of Life: An Illustrated History of the Evolution of Life on Earth

    Stephen Jay Gould

    Second Edition

    A new edition of the beautifully illustrated depiction of the dramatic story of survival and extinction.More

11. Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the Twentieth-Century World

    J. R. McNeill

    "Refreshingly unpolemical and at times even witty, McNeill's book brims with carefully sifted statistics and brilliant details."—Washington Post Book WorldMore

12. Vanishing Borders: Protecting the Planet in the Age of Globalization

    Hilary F. French

    A look at the profound implications of accelerating globalization for our planet's health, and a prescription for the action necessary to cope with this challenge.More

13. Pillar of Sand: Can the Irrigation Miracle Last?

    Sandra Postel

    The overriding lesson from history is that most irrigation-based civilizations fail. As we enter the third millennium the question arises: Will ours be any different?More

14. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

    Jared Diamond

    "Fascinating.... Lays a foundation for understanding human history."—Bill GatesMore

15. Life Out of Bounds: Bioinvasion in a Borderless World

    Chris Bright

    The first general-interest study of the global spread of alien, "exotic" organisms and how they are undermining the world's ecosystems and societies.More