Richard Wolfson
Third Edition
An engaging exploration of energy’s impactMore
Kai N. Lee, William Freudenburg, Richard Howarth
A true synthesis for environmental studies.More
Richard Wolfson
Second Edition
Emphasizes climate change as an energy-related environmental issue.More
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
Miriam Horn, Fred Krupp
How to harness the great forces of capitalism to save the world from catastrophe.More
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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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
David Baron
"Reads like a crime novel . . . each chapter ends on a cliff-hanging note."—Seattle TimesMore
Stephen Jay Gould
Second Edition
A new edition of the beautifully illustrated depiction of the dramatic story of survival and extinction.More
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
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
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
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
Michael Renner
This new book from the Worldwatch Institute sketches the shape of a new balance in security investments--one that de-emphasizes military means and territorial security and accentuates the environmental aspects of security.More
Joel E. Cohen
A compelling new analysis of world population issues and what the numbers tell us. . . .More