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Amazing champion of the earth Rachel Carson
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Mary Dodson Wade |
"This entry-level biography introduces readers to Rachel Carson, who wrote about why we need to protect the environment"--Provided by publisher. |
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Complete novels
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John Cheever |
Here are the five novels of John Cheever, together in one volume for the first time. In these dazzling works Cheever laid bare the failings and foibles of not just the ascendant postwar elite but als… |
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Adventures with Ed
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Jack Loeffler |
A memoir written by one of Edward Abbey's closest friends explores the life of the influential author and environmental activist. |
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Conversations with green gurus
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Laura Mazur |
xi, 309 pages ; 24 cm |
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The dark vineyard
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Martin Walker |
Gourmand law enforcer Bruno Courre ges investigates both an arson fire that targeted a GMO crop-research station and two mysterious deaths which are somehow related to the competition between three … |
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Environmental groups
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Patricia D. Netzley |
Examines the history, tactics, and effectiveness of various grassroots and national level environmental groups, as well as the state of the environment and the economic costs of protecting it. |
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Rachel Carson
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Elizabeth Ring |
A biography of the biologist focusing on her childhood in Pennsylvania, her growing interest as an adult in environmental concerns, and the importance of her book "Silent Spring" in exposing the envi… |
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Visionary women
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Andrea Barnet |
This is the story of four visionaries who profoundly shaped the world we live in today. Together, these women showed what one person speaking truth to power can do. With a keen eye for historical det… |
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Oil and honey
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Bill McKibben |
"Bill McKibben is not a person you'd expect to find handcuffed in the city jail in Washington, D.C. But that's where he spent three days in the summer of 2011, after leading the largest civil disobed… |
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The age of ecology
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Joachim Radkau |
"This book is the first major history of environmentalism, from its origins in romanticism and the nature cults of the late eighteenth century to the global environmental movements of today."--Jacket. |
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Drawing conclusions
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Deirdre Verne |
CeCe Prentice--environmentalist, peace-lover, artist--will stop at nothing to discover the truth behind her twin brother's untimely death. When Teddy is found dead at the lab where he worked for thei… |
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Dude making a difference
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Rob Greenfield |
"You want to do something for the planet, but what? Change a light bulb, install a low-flow faucet, eat organic? How about ride 4,700 miles across America on a bamboo bicycle, using only water from n… |
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Margaret Murie
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Jennifer Bryant |
A biography of the conservationist, known as the "godmother" of the environmental movement, who grew up in the Alaska territory and became a major force behind the preservation of the Alaskan wildern… |
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The Grizzly Maze
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Nick Jans |
With a new introduction on Werner Herzog’s film entitled The Grizzly ManTimothy Treadwell, self-styled “bear whisperer” dared to live among the grizzlies, seeking to overturn the perception of them a… |
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Tilting at Mills
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Lis Harris |
"It is New York City in 1992. Unaware of the heartbreak he will encounter, the veteran environmentalist Allen Hershkowitz proposes developing a major recycled-paper mill in the city. He's tired of be… |
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A Vogt for the environment
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John Sailer |
Relates how teenaged environmentalist Tanja Vogt convinced McDonald's, as well as businesses and schools in her area, to stop using styrofoam. |
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Sick Puppy
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Carl Hiaasen |
When Palmer Stoat notices the black pickup truck following him on the highway, he fears his precious Range Rover is about to be carjacked. But Twilly Spree, the man tailing Stoat, has vengeance, not … |
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Crimson moon
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Rebecca York |
Needing a fresh start, a young werewolf heads west and changes his identity. As Sam Morgan, he meets Olivia Woodlock--a woman of many secrets, whose life is in jeopardy. If he can't protect her, they… |
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Hazel Wolf
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Susan Starbuck |
"When Hazel Wolf died in 2000, at the age of 101, more than nine hundred of her friends - from the governor of Washington to union organizers, from birdwatchers to hunters - crowded Town Hall in Seat… |
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Rachel Carson
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William Accorsi |
A biography of the biologist whose writings helped initiate the environmental movement. |
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