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This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
Naomi Klein · Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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The most important book yet from the author of the international bestseller The Shock Doctrine, a brilliant explanation of why the climate crisis challenges us to abandon the core "free market" ideology of our time, restructure the global economy, and remake our political systems.In... |
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High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health
Elizabeth Grossman · Shearwater Books; 1 edition Pages: 352 Format: Hardcover
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The Digital Age was expected to usher in an era ofclean production, an alternative to smokestackindustries and their pollutants. But as environmentaljournalist Elizabeth Grossman reveals in this penetratinganalysis of high tech manufacture and disposal,digital may be sleek, but its... |
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Brush Management: Past Present, Future
Wayne T. Hamilton · Texas A&M University Press Pages: 296 Format: Hardcover
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The presence of brush in rangeland environments continually tops the list of priority issues among landowners, and not just in Texas. Whether they manage their land for livestock, hunting, or wildlife watching, what to do about unwanted woody plants remains a serious and pervasive question... |
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Beasts: What Animals Can Teach Us About the Origins of Good and Evil
Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson · Bloomsbury Pages: 213 Format: Print book
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In his previous bestsellers, Masson has showed us that animals can teach us much about our own emotions -- love (dogs) , contentment (cats) , and grief (elephants) , among others. In Beasts, he demonstrates that the violence we perceive in the "wild" is a matter of projection.Animals... |
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Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe
Lisa Randall · Ecco Press Pages: 432 Format: Hardcover
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In this brilliant exploration of our cosmic environment, the renowned particle physicist and New York Times bestselling author of Warped Passages and Knocking on Heaven's Door uses her research into dark matter to illuminate the startling connections between the furthest reaches of space... |
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Secret Language of Animals: A Guide to Remarkable Behavior
Janine M Benyus · Black Dog & Leventhal Pub Pages: 480 Format: Paperback
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Unlock the secrets behind the behavior of the world's most fascinating creatures? from the Adélie penguin to the plains zebra to the giant panda?in this wonderfully written, beautifully illustrated book.In The Secret Language of Animals, biologist Janine Benyus takes us inside the animal... |
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The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Our World from Scratch
Lewis Dartnell · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated Pages: 352 Format: Hardcover
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How would you go about rebuilding a technological society from scratch?If our technological society collapsed tomorrow, perhaps from a viral pandemic or catastrophic asteroid impact, what would be the one book you would want to press into the hands of the postapocalyptic survivors? What... |
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The End of Average: How We Succeed in a World That Values Sameness
Todd Rose · Harper One, 2015. Pages: 256 Format: Print book
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Are you above average? Is your child an A student? Is your employee an introvert or an extrovert? Every day we are measured against the yardstick of averages, judged according to how closely we come to it or how far we deviate from it.The assumption that metrics comparing us to an average... |
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The Galápagos: A Natural History
Henry Nicholls · Basic Books Pages: 195 Format: Hardcover
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Charles Darwin called it "a little world within itself." Sailors referred to it as "Las Encantadas" - the enchanted islands. Lying in the eastern Pacific Ocean, straddling the equator off the west coast of South America, the Galápagos is the most pristine archipelago... |
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The Thing with Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human
Noah Strycker · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated Pages: 288 Format: Hardcover
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An entertaining and profound look at the lives of birds, illuminating their surprising world - and deep connection with humanity.Birds are highly intelligent animals, yet their intelligence is dramatically different from our own and has been little understood. As scientists come to understand... |
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Seeds of Science: Why We Got It So Wrong On GMOs
MARK LYNAS · Bloomsbury Sigma Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover
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Mark Lynas was one of the original GM field wreckers. Back in the 1990s--working undercover with his colleagues in the environmental movement--he would descend on trial sites of genetically modified crops at night and hack them to pieces. Two decades later, most people around the world--from... |
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