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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Oregon

Science

Pollution is a growing problem around the globe. Using chemicals, old appliances, exhaust fumes, and plastics are just a few of the things that cause pollution on our planet. Pollution examines how water, soil, and the atmosphere have become increasingly polluted and the impact that pollution has on people's health. In the face of these challenges, people and countries have cooperated to clean up natural environments. They are also working to prevent pollution through technology, better planning, transportation alternatives, and more.

Global Issues: Pollution (on-Level)

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Al Gore

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Florida

The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do about It

The former vice-president details the factors contributing to the growing climate crisis, describes changes to the environment caused by global warming, and discusses the shift in environmental policy that is needed to avert disaster.

An Inconvenient Truth

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Remy Lai

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Indiana

Sunny the Shark is a fearsome predator. As the oceanic whitetip shark searches for her next meal, a chatty school of pilot fish trails behind, cleaning her in exchange for food crumbs. But when Sunny mistakes a plastic ring for prey and it gets caught around her fin, she soon struggles to hunt. Will she be able to break free and find food before winter sets in?

Surviving the Wild: Star the Elephant

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Heloise

This book is a clean copy with a good spine and binding. The contents and Graphics are in good condition. There is minimal wear inside. There is slight wear on the paperback cover. Will ship within hours after your order is received. Thanks for stopping by and please stay safe. Be 39

Texas

Hints for a Healthy Planet

A compendium of practical advice designed to promote environmentally sound daily living offers a wealth of tips for all over the house, garden, schoolroom, and office

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Grant Sims

S244, c1994; Signed by author in the form of gift inscription (see photo)

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

New York

The End of an American Dream

Leaving Alaska

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The true story of manatees by The Humane Society of the United States. Illustrated by Paula Bartlett  #nonfiction #childrens #children #hardcover #environmental #illustrated 

Wisconsin

A True Story

Chessie, The Travelin' Man

M. Scott Peck

Smoke-free home. There are no writings, markings or highlights in this book. The book itself is a really good condition. Dust jacket has yellow staining. Increasing around the outer edges of the dust jacket. Hardcover.

Massachusetts

Civility Rediscovered

A World Waiting to Be Born

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Bryan Christy

In this intricate and propulsive thriller from National Geographic's founder of Special Investigations Tom Klay an investigative reporter leading a double life as a CIA spy, discovers that he has been weaponised in a global game of espionage pitting him against one of the world's most ruthless men.

In the Company of Killers

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Kerri Arsenault

Christy’s Books

Illinois

Reckoning with What Remains

Mill Town

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#paperback #biology #environmental #environmentalscience #nonfiction #science #douglasadams #lastchancetosee #markcarwardine

Ohio

New York Times bestselling author Douglas Adams and zoologist Mark Carwardine take off around the world in search of exotic, endangered creatures.

Join them as they encounter the animal kingdom in its stunning beauty, astonishing variety, and imminent peril: the giant Komodo dragon of Indonesia, the helpless but loveable Kakapo of New Zealand, the blind river dolphins of China, the white rhinos of Zaire, the rare birds of Mauritius island in the Indian Ocean. Hilarious and poignant--as only Douglas Adams can be--Last Chance to See is an entertaining and arresting odyssey through the Earth's magnificent wildlife galaxy.
 
Praise for Last Chance to See
 
"Lively, sharply satirical, brilliantly written . . . shows how human care can undo what human carelessness has wrought."--The Atlantic

"These authors don't hesitate to present the alarming facts: More than 1,000 species of animals (and plants) become extinct every year. . . . Perhaps Adams and Carwardine, with their witty science, will help prevent such misadventures in the future."--Boston Sunday Herald
 
"Very funny and moving . . . The glimpses of rare fauna seem to have enlarged [Adams's] thinking, enlivened his world; and so might the animals do for us all, if we were to help them live."--The Washington Post Book World
 
"[Adams] invites us to enter into a conspiracy of laughter and caring."--Los Angeles Times
 
"Amusing . . . thought-provoking . . . Its details on the heroic efforts being made to save these animals are inspirational."--The New York Times Book Review

Last Chance to See

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Ash Davidson

Connecticut

A mother and midwife inadvertently threatens the fortunes and livelihoods of her family and their neighbors after noticing an increase in local miscarriages and believes it's caused by the pesticides used by the Sanderson Timber Company, her husband's employer.

Damnation Spring

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#ecology #globalwarming #climatechange #ecological #algore #environment #environmental

Arizona

Ecology and the Human Spirit

Earth in the Balance

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Karen Thompson Walker

First Edition 
Cover art is beautiful - with and without the dust jacket! 
Coming of age story in a changing environmental world. Branded as YA but definitely an interesting adult read as well. 
Very nice clean copy. No writing, dog ears or tears. Outer page edges clean. Spine intact. Dust jacket shows minimal wear. 

Michigan

The Age of Miracles

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S. Fred Singer

Dennis T. Avery

Pennsylvania

Every 1,500 Years

Singer and Avery present--in popular language supported by in-depth scientific evidence--the compelling concept that global temperatures have been rising mostly or entirely because of a natural cycle. Using historic data from two millennia of recorded history combined with the natural physical records found in ice cores, seabed sediment, cave stalagmites, and tree rings, Unstoppable Global Warming argues that the 1,500 year solar-driven cycle that has always controlled the earth's climate remains the driving force in the current warming trend. Trillions of dollars spent on reducing fossil fuel use would have no effect on today's rising temperatures. The public policy key, Singer and Avery propose, is adaptation, not fruitless attempts at prevention. Further, they offer convincing evidence that civilization's most successful eras have coincided with the cycle's warmest peaks. With the added benefit of modern technology, humanity can not only survive global climate change, but thrive.

Unstoppable Global Warming

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This book is a clean copy with a good spine and binding. The contents and Graphics are in good condition. There is minimal wear inside. There is slight wear on the hardback cover. Will package the book carefully. Will ship within hours after your order is received. Thanks for stopping by and please stay safe.

Biological, psychological, and environmental

Motivation

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Essays

In her new essay collection, the beloved author of High Tide in Tucson brings to us, out of one of history's darker moments, an extended love song to the world we still have. Whether she is contemplating the Grand Canyon, her vegetable garden, motherhood, genetic engineering, or the future of a nation founded on the best of all human impulses, these essays are grounded in the author's belief that our largest problems have grown from the earth's remotest corners as well as our own backyards, and that answers may lie in both those places. Sometimes grave, occasionally hilarious, and ultimately persuasive, Small Wonder is a hopeful examination of the people we seem to be, and what we might yet make of ourselves.

Small Wonder

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Rodale Rodale Sustainability

Washington

101 Ways to Free Yourself from Plastic and Save the World

The Zero-Waste Guide to Life!

Is the thought of the 51 trillion pieces of plastic in our oceans keeping you up at night? Don't panic! The war on plastic has begun and you can help. In this book you'll find 101 little things you as an individual can do to avoid single-use plastics and help save the world. You'll find sweet and simple ideas like carrying around your own cutlery, getting ice cream in a cone instead of a cup, and buying loose doughnuts or pastries for snacks instead of packaged sweets. 

Plus, you'll find 101 simple ways to cut plastic from:

-FOOD AND DRINK: freeze fresh veggies rather than buying frozen ones, and buy beeswax wrap instead clingfilm
-AROUND THE HOUSE: buy bars of soap instead of hand dispensers and swap scourers for natural cloths
-YOUR LIFESTYLE: how to throw a plastic-free party and find good plastic-free make-up

With easy, no-nonsense steps for cutting plastic out of your everyday life, this is the perfect gift for anyone ready to start fighting the war on plastic. These easy nudges will guide you to change your habits bit by bit so that cutting out plastics becomes second nature.

F**k Plastic

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Jewell Parker Rhodes

Colorado

BCALA 2021 Best of the Best Book



From award-winning and bestselling author Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful coming-of-age survival tale exploring issues of race, class, and climate change

 

Addy is haunted by the tragic fire that killed her parents, leaving her to be raised by her grandmother. Years later, Addy's grandmother has enrolled her in a summer wilderness program. There, Addy joins five other Black city kids--each with their own troubles--to spend a summer out west.

 

Deep in the forest the kids learn new (and to them) strange skills: camping, hiking, rock climbing, and how to start and safely put out campfires. Most important, they learn to depend upon each other for companionship and survival. 

But then comes a devastating forest fire...

 

Addy is face-to-face with her destiny and haunting past. Developing her courage and resiliency against the raging fire, it's up to Addy to lead her friends to safety. Not all are saved. But remembering her origins and grandmother's teachings, she's able to use street smarts, wilderness skills, and her spiritual intuition to survive.

Paradise on Fire

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Claire Dean

“Girlwood” by Claire Dean is a young adult novel that intertwines themes of family, nature, and self-discovery. The story follows Polly Greene, a thirteen-year-old girl with the unique ability to see people’s auras. When her older sister, Bree, disappears into the nearby woods, Polly is the only one who believes Bree can survive there. Guided by her eccentric grandmother, Baba, and joined by a group of friends, Polly discovers a hidden grove she names Girlwood. In this magical place, she hopes to support her sister through the harsh winter, all while confronting the challenges of growing up and the impending threat of deforestation in their beloved woods. 

When Polly Greene's older sister Bree runs away from home, Polly and her eccentric grandmother believe she is hiding in the neighboring Idaho woods, and when they discover a mysterious, hidden grove of larches, Polly and her friends build a shelter for Bree and try to save the grove from developers. 25,000 first printing.

Girlwood

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Corban Addison

John Grisham

North Carolina

The True Story of Farm Country on Trial

"Beautifully written, impeccably researched, and told with the air of suspense that few writers can handle, Wastelands is a story I wish I had written." -From the Foreword by John Grisham

The once idyllic coastal plain of North Carolina is home to a close-knit, rural community that for more than a generation has battled the polluting practices of large-scale farming taking place in its own backyard. After years of frustration and futility, an impassioned cadre of local residents, led by a team of intrepid and dedicated lawyers, filed a lawsuit against one of the world's most powerful companies-and, miraculously, they won.

As vivid and fast-paced as a thriller, Wastelands takes us into the heart of a legal battle over the future of America's farmland and into the lives of the people who found the courage to fight.

There is Elsie Herring, the most outspoken of the neighbors, who has endured racial slurs and the threatof a restraining order to tell the story of the waste raining down on her rooftop from the hog operation next door. There is Don Webb, a larger-than-life hog farmer turned grassroots crusader, and Rick Dove, a riverkeeper and erstwhile military judge who has pioneered the use of aerial photography to document the scale of the pollution. There is Woodell McGowan, a quiet man whose quest to redeem his family's ancestral land encourages him to become a better neighbor, and Dr. Steve Wing, a groundbreaking epidemiologist whose work on the health effects of hog waste exposure translates the neighbors' stories into the argot of science. And there is Tom Butler, an environmental savant and hog industry insider whose whistleblowing testimony electrifies the jury.

Fighting alongside them in the courtroom is Mona Lisa Wallace, who broke the gender barrier in her small southern town and built a storied legal career out of vanquishing corporate giants, and Mike Kaeske,whose trial skills are second to none.

With journalistic rigor and a novelist's instinct for story, Corban Addison's Wastelands captures the inspiring struggle to bring a modern-day monopoly to its knees, to force a once-invincible corporation to change, and to preserve the rights-and restore the heritage-of a long-suffering community.

Wastelands

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Abby Reyes

A Memoir of Murder, Oil Wars, and the Rise of Climate Justice

“Essential reading, filled with exactly the kind of truth that this precarious moment demands.” —Kaira Jewel Lingo, author of We Were Made for These Times In 1999, Abby Reyes lost her partner, Terence Unity Freitas, as he and two others were murdered after departing Kajka Ika—the heart of the world—of Indigenous U’wa territory in Colombia. Imperiled by multinational oil interests, U’wa lifeways were under attack. Terence, Ingrid Washinawatok El-Issa (Menominee), and Lahe’ena’e Gay (Hawaiian) arrived to listen to community needs and accompany the U’wa. But then they disappeared. Days later, their bodies were found, bound and bullet-riddled in a cow field across the border in Venezuela. Twenty years later, Abby finds herself in Case 001 of Colombia’s truth and recognition process. They want to know her stories. They want to know her questions. They want to know her truth demands: the fragments she’s held for decades about the last days of Terence’s life. Why was he taken? Who pulled the trigger? Who was really behind the killings? Plunged back into grief, ambiguity, and the unknown, Abby is called to navigate the past. Old wounds are reopened, old histories are redrawn, and fresh angers flare as she confronts the testimony of one of her lover’s killers—and the burden that Terence unwittingly compelled her to bear. Spanning three decades and three continents, Truth Demands charts Abby’s parallel journeys as she navigates the waters of loss, purpose, and impermanence while fighting for truth and accountability from big oil. A profound and haunting memoir, Truth Demands is an invitation into the current. It shows us how to hold fast even as we let go—holding us as we bear witness and welcome with courage and skill what the truth demands of us all.

Truth Demands (ARC)

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Anna Clark

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Flint's Water and the American Urban Tragedy

"Recounts the gripping story of Flint's poisoned water through the people who caused it, suffered from it, and exposed it. It is a chronicle of one town, but could also be about any American city, all made precarious by the neglect of infrastructure"--

The Poisoned City

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Idaho

Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash

A Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist takes readers on a surprising tour of America’s biggest export, our most prodigious product, and our greatest legacy: our trash The average American produces 102 tons of garbage across a lifetime and $50 billion in squandered riches are rolled to the curb each year. But our bins are just the starting point for a strange, impressive, mysterious, and costly journey that may also represent the greatest untapped opportunity of the century. In Garbology, Edward Humes investigates trash—what’s in it; how much we pay for it; how we manage to create so much of it; and how some families, communities, and even nations are finding a way back from waste to discover a new kind of prosperity. Along the way , he introduces a collection of garbage denizens unlike anyone you’ve ever met: the trash-tracking detectives of MIT, the bulldozer-driving sanitation workers building Los Angeles’ Garbage Mountain landfill, the artists residing in San Francisco’s dump, and the family whose annual trash output fills not a dumpster or a trash can, but a single mason jar. Garbology reveals not just what we throw away, but who we are and where our society is headed. Waste is the one environmental and economic harm that ordinary working Americans have the power to change—and prosper in the process. Garbology is raising awareness of trash consumption and is sparking community-wide action through One City One Book programs around the country. It is becoming an increasingly popular addition to high school and college syllabi and is being adopted by many colleges and universities for First Year Experience programs.

Garbology

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Kathleen Meyer

An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art

Offers straightforward advice on the hygienic aspects of outdoor life while emphasizing the need to minimize damage to the environment

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Surviving the Wild: Star the Elephant

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Leaving Alaska

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Chessie, The Travelin' Man

M. Scott Peck

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Bryan Christy

In the Company of Killers

Kerri Arsenault

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Ash Davidson

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Al Gore

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