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Environment

1. Dawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day

   Diane Ackerman

   "It's easy to live in the moment when you're immersed in Ackerman's glorious prose."—Washington PostMore

2. 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

3. The Conquest of Nature: Water, Landscape, and the Making of Modern Germany

   David Blackbourn

   "Brilliantly conceived....[A] tour de force in historical writing."—Ian KershawMore

4. 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

5. Saving the Planet: How to Shape an Environmentally Sustainable Global Economy

   Lester R. Brown, Christopher Flavin, Sandra Postel

   The authors of the highly acclaimed State of the World series elaborate upon their vision of a global economy that does not destroy its own natural support systems.More

6. World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse

   Lester R. Brown

   In this urgent time, World on the Edge calls out the pivotal environmental issues and how to solve them now.More

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 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization

   Lester R. Brown

   Substantially Revised

   “[Brown’s] ability to make a complicated subject accessible to the general reader is remarkable.”—Katherine Salant, Washington PostMore

9. Extreme Weather: A Guide and Record Book

   Christopher C. Burt

   Revised and Updated

   The ultimate weather book for the weather enthusiast or anyone interested in the oddities and extremes of nature.More

10. 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

11. 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

12. How Many People Can the Earth Support

    Joel E. Cohen

    A compelling new analysis of world population issues and what the numbers tell us. . . .More

13. Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature

    William Cronon

    A controversial, timely reassessment of the environmentalist agenda by outstanding historians, scientists, and critics.More

14. Common Ground: A Naturalist's Cape Cod

    Robert Finch, Amanda Cannell

    "In these compassionate, quietly evocative essays, Mr. Finch makes an eloquent case for dealing with nature not just as an extension of ourselves but as a world apart." -- New York Times Book ReviewMore

15. Across the Tibetan Plateau: Ecosystems, Wildlife, and Conservation

    Robert L. Fleming, Jr., Dorje Tsering, Liu Wulin, Et Al.

    Remarkable photographs celebrate the wild places and the exquisite animals of the country called “the roof of the world.”More