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Drawing on the experience of Step It Up, a national day of rallies held on April 14, McKibben and the Step It Up team provide the facts about what must change to save the climate, and show readers how to build the fight in their community, church, or college.Bestselling author Bill McKibben turns ac... More

Contending that more is not better for consumers, bestselling author McKibben offers a realistic, if challenging, scenario for a hopeful future. For those who wonder if there isn't more to life than buying, he provides insight on individual responsibility as well as global awareness.The bestselling ... More

For the first time, the best of McKibben's essays--fiery, magical, and infused with his uniquely soulful investigations of modern life--are collected in a single volume.Powerful, impassioned essays on living and being in the world, from the bestselling author of "The End of Nature "and "Deep Economy... More

Reissued on the tenth anniversary of its publication, this classic work on the environmental crisis features a new introduction by the author, reviewing both the progress and ground lost in the fight to save the earth.Reissued on the tenth anniversary of its publication, this classic work on our env... More

From America's most esteemed environmental author comes a timely and provocative book that addresses an issue of concern to all: the evolution of Christmas from a spiritual, religious, and renewing celebration to an often crass, highly materialistic orgy of shopping and having. 2-color throughout.To... More

Jackson explores the erosion of deep, sustained attention--the building block of intimacy, wisdom, and cultural progress--and offers the cutting-edge solutions needed to cure, not just live with, an epidemic of inattention.... More

"Here is the first lesson about the Adirondacks, captured in Gary Randorf's magnificent photos. It is not only alpine granite -- in fact, of the park's six million acres, only about eighty-five, scattered on top of the tallest mountains, are that gorgeous pseudo-Arctic. Aside from the touristed High... More

On the 100th anniversary of the birth of Rachel Carson, the world faces a new environmental disaster, from a chemical similar to DDT. This time the culprit appears to be IMD, or imidacloprid, a relatively new but widely used insecticide in the United States. Many beekeepers and some researchers thin... More

A stirring tribute to one of Americaas most remote and beautiful places by one of the first modern preservationists This Penguin ClassicaMuiras first bookaputs a pioneering conservationistas passion for nature in high relief. With a poetas sensitivity and a naturalistas eye, Muir celebrates the Sie... More