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Price: $17.95
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Sale: $10.95
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Manufacturer: Tarcher
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Robert O. Becker
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Publisher: Tarcher
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Dewey Decimal Number: 612.01427
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Publication Date: 1990-12-01
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Reading Level: 352
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Description: Dr. Becker tells of the emergence of electromagnetic medicine, which promises to unlock the secrets of healing, and the growth of electromagnetic pollution, which poses a clear environmental danger. He explains the effectiveness of alternative healing methods that use parts of the body's innate electrical healing systems, and warns that our bodies are being adversely affected by power lines, computers, microwaves and satellite dishes.
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Price: $16.00
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Sale: $8.80
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Manufacturer: Mariner Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Marq de Villiers
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Publisher: Mariner Books
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 333.91
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Publication Date: 2001-07-12
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Reading Level: 368
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Description: Water is a curious thing, observed the economist Adam Smith: although it is vital to life, it costs almost nothing, whereas diamonds, which are useless for survival, cost a fortune. In Water, Canadian journalist de Villiers says the resource is still undervalued, but it is becoming more precious. It's not that the world is running out of water, he adds, but that "it's running out in places where it's needed most." De Villiers examines the checkered history of humankind's management of water--which, he hastens to remind us, is not a renewable resource in many parts of the world. One of them is the Nile River region, burdened by overpopulation. Another is the Sahara, where Libyan ruler Muammar Qaddafi is pressing an ambitious, and potentially environmentally disastrous, campaign to mine deep underground aquifers to make the desert green. Another is northern China, where the damaging effects of irrigation have destroyed once-mighty rivers, and the Aral Sea of Central Asia, which was killed within a human lifetime. And still another is the American Southwest, where crops more fitting to a jungle than a dry land are nursed. De Villiers travels to all these places, reporting on what he sees and delivering news that is rarely good. De Villiers has a keen eye for detail and a solid command of the scientific literature on which his argument is based. He's also a fine storyteller, and his wide-ranging book makes a useful companion to Marc Reisner's classic Cadillac Desert and other works that call our attention to a globally abused--and vital--resource. --Gregory McNamee
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Price: $14.00
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Sale: $6.77
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Manufacturer: Vintage
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Edward O. Wilson
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Publisher: Vintage
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Dewey Decimal Number: 333.9522
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Publication Date: 2003-03-11
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Reading Level: 256
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Description: The eminent Harvard naturalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Edward Wilson marshals all the prodigious powers of his intellect and imagination in this impassioned call to ensure the future of life. Opening with an imagined conversation with Henry David Thoreau at Walden Pond, he writes that he has come "to explain to you, and in reality to others and not least to myself, what has happened to the world we both have loved." Based on a love affair with the natural world that spans 70 years, Wilson combines lyrical descriptions with dire warnings and remarkable stories of flora and fauna on the edge of extinction with hard economics. How many species are we really losing? Is environmentalism truly contrary to economic development? And how can we save the planet? Wilson has penned an eloquent plea for the need for a global land ethic and offers the strategies necessary to ensure life on earth based on foresight, moral courage, and the best tools that science and technology can provide. -- Lesley Reed
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Price: $45.00
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Sale: $24.49
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Manufacturer: Abrams
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Alex MacLean
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Publisher: Abrams
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 304.20973
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Publication Date: 2008-10-01
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Reading Level: 336
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Description: For more than 30 years, Alex MacLean’s aerial photographs have captured the evolution of the American landscape and the complex relationship between its natural and constructed environments. Over: The American Landscape at the Tipping Point is an ambitious and visually breathtaking catalogue of the extraordinary patterns and profound physical consequences brought about by natural processes and human intervention. Divided into sections on topics including automobile dependency, water consumption, and urbanization, MacLean’s powerful photographs and insightful text make it clear that maintenance of the current American lifestyle is incompatible with a planet of diminishing natural resources and a finite atmosphere. With an introduction by environmentalist and writer Bill McKibben, Over compels us all to reconsider our basic assumptions about how we live, work, and play, and reveals that while the challenges we face today are not insurmountable, the future depends on our collective vision, passion, and commitment. |
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Price: $19.95
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Sale: $7.95
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Manufacturer: Knopf
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Turtleback
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Author: David Ludlum
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Publisher: Knopf
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Dewey Decimal Number: 551.6973
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Publication Date: 1991-10-15
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Reading Level: 656
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Description: Interest in our nation's weather patterns is rising -- as witnessed in the popularity of the Weather Channel -- and this guide is the most popular reference to every type of weather system, cloud formation, and atmospheric phenomenon common to North America. The 378 dramatic photographs capture cloud types, precipitation, storms, twisters, and optical phenomena such as the Northern Lights. Essays with accompanying maps and illustrations discuss the earth's atmosphere, weather systems, cloud formation, and development of tornadoes and many other weather events.
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Price: $9.95
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Sale: $5.02
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Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Joanna Yarrow
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Publisher: Chronicle Books
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Dewey Decimal Number: 333.72
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Publication Date: 2007-03-15
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Reading Level: 384
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Description: The latest in our top-selling series of colorful, chunky handbooks, 1,001 Ways to Save the Earth proves that simple ideas can have major environmental impact. Here are easy tips for every budget and every day, from taking canvas shopping bags to the grocery store to purchasing green energy "off sets" to make up for unavoidable carbon dioxide emissions. Cutting-edge ideas for supporting alternative energy and reducing consumption will inspire veteran recyclers. Plus, the book itself is printed with vegetable-based inks on paper from sustainably managed forests. Practical, positive, and easy to use, 1,001 Ways to Save the Earth is a book none of us can afford to miss.
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Price: $26.00
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Sale: $4.97
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Manufacturer: National Geographic
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Mark Lynas
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Publisher: National Geographic
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Dewey Decimal Number: 551.6
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Publication Date: 2008-01-22
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Reading Level: 336
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Description: Possibly the most graphic treatment of global warming that has yet been published, Six Degrees is what readers of Al Gore's best-selling An Inconvenient Truth or Ross Gelbspan's Boiling Point will turn to next. Written by the acclaimed author of High Tide, this highly relevant and compelling book uses accessible journalistic prose to distill what environmental scientists portend about the consequences of human pollution for the next hundred years.
In 2001, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a landmark report projecting average global surface temperatures to rise between 1.4 degrees and 5.8 degrees Celsius (roughly 2 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of this century. Based on this forecast, author Mark Lynas outlines what to expect from a warming world, degree by degree. At 1 degree Celsius, most coral reefs and many mountain glaciers will be lost. A 3-degree rise would spell the collapse of the Amazon rainforest, disappearance of Greenland's ice sheet, and the creation of deserts across the Midwestern United States and southern Africa. A 6-degree increase would eliminate most life on Earth, including much of humanity.
Based on authoritative scientific articles, the latest computer models, and information about past warm events in Earth history, Six Degrees promises to be an eye-opening warning that humanity will ignore at its peril.
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Price: $25.00
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Sale: $13.49
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Manufacturer: DK ADULT
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Sheherazade Goldsmith
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Publisher: DK ADULT
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Dewey Decimal Number: 745.59412
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Publication Date: 2008-09-01
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Reading Level: 352
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Description: The only guide to celebrating a greener Christmas shows you how to make your home merry, bright, and eco-friendly! Part craft, gardening, and cookbook, part home décor and entertaining guide, A Greener Christmas lets the whole family get in on projects that are simple, seasonal, and of-the-moment. Welcome guests with candlelit lanterns, hand-stitched stockings, and cozy homemade wreaths. Trim your homegrown tree with shiny recycled tinsel, spicy dried citrus fruits, and wood-scented pinecones. Give heartfelt, environmentally-friendly gifts like homemade herbal teas and mulled wine sachets, all wrapped up in gorgeous, reusable packaging. And set a mouthwatering holiday spread, with the freshest breads, cheeses, meats, and produce, all sourced from local farms. Edited by food and lifestyle maven Sheherazade Goldsmith, this book will help you plan the most beautiful, most festive, and most responsible Christmas yet.
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Price: $14.95
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Sale: $2.75
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Manufacturer: Mariner Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Jeff Goodell
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Publisher: Mariner Books
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Publication Date: 2007-04-03
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Reading Level: 352
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Description: Long dismissed as a relic of a bygone era, coal is back -- with a vengence. Coal is one of the nation's biggest and most influential industries -- Big Coal provides more than half the electricity consumed by Americans today -- and its dominance is growing, driven by rising oil prices and calls for energy independence. Is coal the solution to America's energy problems?
On close examination, the glowing promise of coal quickly turns to ash. Coal mining remains a deadly and environmentally destructive industry. Nearly forty percent of the carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere each year comes from coal-fired power plants. In the last two decades, air pollution from coal plants has killed more than half a million Americans. In this eye-opening call to action, Goodell explains the costs and consequences of America's addiction to coal and discusses how we can kick the habit.
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Price: $29.95
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Sale: $17.89
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Manufacturer: Aztext Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: William H. Kemp
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Publisher: Aztext Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 662.669
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Publication Date: 2006-04-01
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Reading Level: 300
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Description: Biodiesel Basics and Beyond aims to separate fact from fiction and to educate potential home, farm, and cooperative manufacturers on the economic production of quality biodiesel from both waste and virgin oil feedstock. The book includes: - detailed processes and equipment required to produce biodiesel fuel that meets North American standards
- how farmers can use excess oilseed as a feedstock for biodiesel production
- the use of the co-byproduct glycerin in the making of soap
- a guide to numerous reference materials and a list of supplier data
This is North America’s definitive guide to responsibly producing biodiesel from waste vegetable oil while minimizing your environmental footprint in the process.
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