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1. Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth

   William Bryant Logan

   “A gleeful, poetic book. . . . Like the best natural histories, Dirt is a kind of prayer.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review More

2. Where Mountains Are Nameless: Passion and Politics in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

   Jonathan Waterman

   The "compelling" (Seattle Times) story behind a most sacred piece of American wilderness.More

3. Oak: The Frame of Civilization

   William Bryant Logan

   The ultimate distance race is within your reach—a completely updated edition of the now-classic work.More

4. The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed

   John Vaillant

   A tale of obsession so fierce that a man kills the thing he loves most: the only giant golden spruce on earth.More

5. 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

6. 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

7. Outgrowing the Earth: The Food Security Challenge in an Age of Falling Water Tables and Rising Temperatures

   Lester R. Brown

   How human demands are outstripping the earth's capacities—and what we need to do about it.More

8. Plan B: Rescuing a Planet under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble

   Lester R. Brown

   A bold new plan for those concerned about rising temperatures, population projections, and spreading water scarcity.More

9. Remarkable Trees of the World

   Thomas Pakenham

   "A stunning volume" (Time) and the most magnificent book on the world's trees published in years.More

10. Stormchasers: The Hurricane Hunters and Their Fateful Flight into Hurricane Janet

    David Toomey

    Fifty years after Isaac's Storm, a riveting story of the first Hurricane Hunters, and the one crew who paid the ultimate price.More

11. 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

12. 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

13. Tall Trees, Tough Men

    Robert E. Pike

    In this robust, informal book, Robert E. Pike tells the colorful story of logging and log-driving in New England.More

14. A Desperate Passion: An Autobiography

    Helen Caldicott

    "She showed me what one set-on-fire human being can do to shift the consciousness of the world." —Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man WalkingMore

15. A River Lost: The Life and Death of the Columbia

    Blaine Harden

    "A River Lost is superbly reported and written with clarity, insight, and great skill."—Washington Post Book WorldMore