| 1. |  | Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America (Thorndike Press Large Print Core Series)
from Gale Cengage
Price: $28.76
Customer Review:
The problem with this work is that in order for it to be reasonable, one must accept Mr. Friedman's premise: that the earth is getting hotter, flatter, and more crowded. While it is not a stretch to believe these things, he presents them as an emergency. Without the emergency he initially creates... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance & Planetary Survival
from Clear Light Books
Customer Review:
Like the title says, I only gave it 4 stars because I have not read through it. More or less it covers a variety of topics and so far very good. I figured it would be another good book to add to my library "When technology does fail". Basically most of the skills and techniques that are in it you... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | Collapse (Allen Lane Science)
from Allen Lane
Customer Review:
Human history is full of tantalizing riddles. Some of the most fascinating of these arise from the appearance of ancient ruins in unlikely places, such as Easter Island, or the dense jungles of the Yucatan Peninsula. To the uninitiated, these ruins are the ghosts of phantom civilizations whose... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series)
from New Society Publishers
Price: $13.57
Customer Review:
This author basically dismisses every other gardening method or technique as unrealistic. After reading this book, it amazes me that anyone has ever grown anything in a garden. The main point that I take away from this book is that if times get hard, don't count on being able to feed yourself or... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | The World Without Us
from Picador
Price: $10.20
Customer Review:
very interesting book that does a good job of using historical and current phenomenon to illustrate how things would turn out. personally, i love the idea of a world without people and found this to be a very appealing book. | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | Red Hot Lies: How Global Warming Alarmists Use Threats, Fraud, and Deception to Keep You Misinformed
from Regnery Publishing
Price: $18.45
Customer Review:
I am just astounded by the information in this book.
It is not written as one long opinion on the part of Christopher Horner. Rather, it is something like 40% to 50% quotations, showing--in the words of those about whom he is talking--what is being said by activists, politicians and scientists... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
from Houghton Mifflin
Price: $18.48
Customer Review:
This item makes a nice graduation gift - particularly for the high school graduate going on to college. Because it is leather bound, it can be imprinted with the recipients name. Most book stores can advise you where imprinting is available. | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
from North Point Press
Price: $18.15
Customer Review:
The only pleasant thing I found about this book: I didn't pay for it. As a concerned but casual environmentalist, I borrowed this one from the library and am very glad I did. I was expecting a landmark book about upcycling and the methodology by which industry might design products that can be fully... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
from Random House Trade Paperbacks
Price: $10.20
Customer Review:
It is a rare science book that evokes such an emotional response in me. "Beak of the Finch" by Jonathan Weiner is one, and "The Botany of Desire" is another. Pollan's discussion of four archetypal plants (apple, tulip, marijuana and potato) and our shared history with them makes for some wonderfully... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems
from HarperOne
Price: $17.15
Customer Review:
I just finished reading "The Green Collar Economy", and I can't ever recall reading a book that changed my way of thinking so dramatically. Van Jones' presents a well-written, excellent first draft vision of what America could and should do to revitalize its standing in the world community. And it... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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