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Hispaniola: A Photographic Journey through Island Biodiversity
Eladio Fernández
Belknap Press, 2007
Un hito de incomparable valor
+ Time is running out
+ Breathtaking !
Como viaje es alucinante y como legado...es mucho mejor. Eladio Fernández nos trae en su recorrido fotográfico (titánico en todo el sentido de la palabra) visuales preciosas (en una DIFICIL aproximación de sensibilidad ARTISTICA y DOCUMENTACION) que nos colocan de frente ante la dimensión de toda ...
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Guns, Germs and Steel
Jared Diamond
W W Norton & Co Inc (Np), 2005
Must read
+ Long, but great read!
+ History to be read
This is an excellent book and is a must read for anyone who cares about the history (and reasons why it unfolded the way it did) of the growth of civilization.
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Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit
Daniel Quinn
Bantam, 1995
Thank you Ishmael
+ Life Changing Novel
+ Original, Thought-Provoking and Intriguing
+ Step out of the box!
+ This should be required reading.
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Ecology Against Capitalism
John Bellamy Foster
Monthly Review Press, 2002
A Positive Alternative to Capitalism
+ An Ecology without Capitalism?
John Bellamy Foster's "Ecology Against Capitalism" is a collection of essays that addresses some of the various aspects of capitalism's crisis of accumulation and the environment. Importantly, the author compares and contrasts the failures of the ecological economics model with the more promising ...
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Silent Spring
Rachel Carson
Mariner Books, 2002
Ahead of its time.
+ Excellent!
+ the beginning of environmental science
This book is more than I expected it to be. It is way ahead of its time and makes an important contribution to the environmental movement.
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Poison in the Well: Radioactive Waste in the Oceans at the Dawn of the Nuclear Age
Jacob Darwin Hamblin
Rutgers University Press, 2008
God Help Us All
+ Game Over
Having grown up in the span of time covered in this book,(and not paying much attention), I found myself often aghast at the waste disposal practices and the decisions made by the corporate "they" who determine our fate. Green devotees will be appalled to learn the global history of cavalier ...
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Unhealthy Places: The Ecology of Risk in the Urban Landscape
Kev Fitzpatrick
Routledge, 2000
A Citation Classic
Urban ecology is the study of how people shape and the urban environment and of how the urban environment shapes people. Unhealthy Places is an outstanding and major work in urban ecology.The authors begin by describing the importance of "place" and "space" in everyday life. To this they add a ...
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Radical Ecology: The Search for a Livable World (Revolutionary Thought/Radical Movements)
Carolyn Merchant
Routledge, 2005
Handy overview
+ A good intro to environmentalism
Merchant has written a handy introduction to ecological problems and issues from a radical perspective. A medium-sized book, 240 pages, the author nonetheless manages to encompass major topics of concern, such as deep ecology, social ecology, spiritual ecology, science and world views, ecofeminism, ...
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The Diversity of Life
Edward O. Wilson
W. W. Norton & Company, 1999
A Good Introduction to the Tapestry Of Life
+ Great Book
+ The Diversity of Life
+ Second time round
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Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S.
Cynthia Barnett
University of Michigan Press/Regional, 2007
Quenched my thirst
+ Passion for the environment drives this science book
+ Excellent Book
+ AlG
+ Heartfelt Science
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
Michael Pollan
Penguin, 2007
Enjoyed this book from cover to cover!
+ Very good book!
+ Well Blended Research & 1st Person Narrative
+ a delight to be educated through wit and prose
+ Literally Can't Put this Book Down
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The Vulnerable Planet: A Short Economic History of the Environment (Cornerstone Books (New York, N.Y.).)
John Bellamy Foster
Monthly Review Press, 1999
Slender but potent
+ A sound framework for understaning environmental degradation
This is a little book, but very informative, although some may be put off by its Marxist point of view. Environmental destruction, as Foster shows, is as old as humankind. Nevertheless destruction of the natural world has increased at an astonishing rate during modern times making ours a very ...
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Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit
Albert Gore
Houghton Mifflin, 2000
Remarkable undertaking by a blessed man
+ Looking back at a book that changed the world
+ A Truly Inspired and Insightful Book
I approached this book with preset cynicism for two reasons. One, the author is a politician who was bitterly defeated by a much less qualified candidate. So, I expected a book filled with revenge and pity. It does have some, yet could be forgiven. Secondly, Al Gore's performance during his ...
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Terra: Our 100-Million-Year-Old Ecosystem--and the Threats That Now Put It at Risk
Michael Novacek
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007
The Fascinating Panorama of Earth's History
+ Return to Science Class
+ Accessible and serious
+ A good read
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Wild Borneo: The Wildlife and Scenery of Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei, and Kalimantan
Nick Garbutt, Cede Prudente
The MIT Press, 2006
an excellent addition to an excellent series
+ Great Pictures and Information
Nick Garbutt's "Wild Borneo: the Wildlife and Scenery of Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan" is a wonderful addition to an existing seies for the lay reader and expert alike. This series, started by New Holland Press and continued by MIT, has volumes on "Wild ....." including Indonesia, India, ...
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