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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. In a Desert Garden: Love and Death Among the Insects

   John Alcock, Turid Forsyth

   An elegant combination of meticulous science and nature reverie that draws its reader into the diverse, competitive, and even seductive world of desert plants and insects.More

3. The Birds of America: The Bien Chromolithographic Edition

   John James Audubon, Joel Oppenheimer

   A never-before-published edition of the rare chromolithographic Audubon prints of American birds.More

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

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. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. Swimming with Piranhas at Feeding Time: My Life Doing Dumb Stuff with Animals

    Richard Conniff

    “Hilariously informative. . . . This book will remind you why you always wanted to be a naturalist.”—OutsideMore