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The works of the great writer-environmentalists Edward Abbey and Wallace Stegner now seem prophetic, as population and climate changes threaten to destroy the land they loved. Following in their footsteps, prize-winning author David Gessner takes us on a deeply informed, eye-opening, and inspiring journey as he reawakens the thrill - and lasting importance - of their words, and renews his own commitment to the wild.
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Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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A founder of the Rise Up Climate Movement discusses ways we can all build a livable future, with a focus on the role of African voices, while revealing the rampant inequalities within the climate-justice movement.
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"Lucy doesn't know what to expect as she arrives on a private Maine island owned by eccentric billionaire Scott Newman, only that the exclusive experience should make for a very intriguing feature story. An avid environmentalist, Scott has stripped the isolated property of modern conveniences in favor of an extreme eco-friendly lifestyle. A trip to Holiday Island is like traveling back to the nineteenth century, and it turns out other residents aren't...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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They have made a difference and revolutionized the world. They come from all walks of life and from all corners of the globe. These remarkable individuals have pioneered, developed and forever improved their industry and the world in which we live. Engaging and relevant, these individuals will change the way you view the world, and remind you that it only takes one person to make a difference. Richard Leakey, Steve Irwin, Al Gore, Wangari Maathai,...
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Women of power volume 10
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Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Sarah reached out to women around the world who are tirelessly working to repair our climate. They are scientists, policymakers, journalists, lawyers, activists, professors, researchers, and organizers. Their lives are absorbed in seeking solutions. Here they walk readers through the steps to change. They show us what we can-- and must-- do for our future. Their advice? Do the work. Join an organization. Ask for help. And most important, get into...
7) Holy water
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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A film about our global water situation, water politics and the poor people's struggle for enough drinking water. In India farmers, joined by the famous environmentalist Vandana Shiva, are prostesting against Coca-Cola. They mean that their ground water is going down and is being polluted because of the soft drink production in many places all over India. It's a film about the strong, Indian women who dare to protest, and the Coke factory that had...
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Grove Press
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Formerly a model and photographer trying to make it in New York, Louisa Rader is back in her affluent hometown of Nearwater, Connecticut, where she's married to a successful older architect, raising a preteen daughter, and trying to vitalize the provincial local art center. As the years pass, she's grown restless in her safe and comfortable routine, haunted by the flash of the life she used to live. When intense and intriguing young artist-environmentalist...
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Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"On a small two-lane bridge in a rural county that loathes the federal government, the US Army uses lethal force to end a stand-off with hard-right militias, or anti-government patriots. Inside an ordinary diner, a disaffected young man with a handgun takes aim at the American president stepping in for impromptu photo-op, and a bullet splits the hyper-partisan country into violently opposed mourners and revelers. In New York City, a category 2 hurricane...
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Sierra Club Books
Pub. Date
©1994.
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English
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"Since 1983, the Resource Institute, headed by Jonathan White, has held an ongoing series of "floating seminars" aboard a 65-foot schooner, events led by leading thinkers and artists in a broad array of disciplines. Ten years in the making, here is a sparkling collection of interviews, conducted by White, with the writers, scientists, environmentalists, and poets that gathered on board to explore our relationship to the wild." "Readers can listen...
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Bloomsbury sigma volume 34
Publisher
Bloomsbury Sigma
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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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 New York to China--still think that 'GMO' foods are bad for their health or likely to damage the environment. But Mark has changed his mind. This book explains...
12) Vera: [Set 1]
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Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
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Vera Stanhope, a caustic, disheveled investigator, solves murders in Northumberland, England.
Hidden depths: Forthright, drink-loving Inspector Vera Stanhope and her young sergeant Joe Ashworth investigate when 15-year-old Luke Armstrong is strangled and placed in a bath strewn with flowers and candles. Luke's widowed mother Julie tells them that Luke's friend Tommy accidentally drowned some months earlier and initial suspicion falls on Tommy's father....
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