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
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
The Worldwatch Institute
The award-winning Worldwatch Institute reveals the often overlooked key trends that tell the true health of our planet.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
Jared Diamond
"Fascinating.... Lays a foundation for understanding human history."—Bill GatesMore
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