Books to read on World Earth Day

Cover image for It's Getting Hot in Here: The Past, the Present, and the Future of Global Warming
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It’s Getting Hot in Here: The Past, the Present, and the Future of Global Warming

Bridget Heos

This book shows how interconnected we are with everyone else on the planet, but with the people who came before us and the ones who will inherit the planet after…

$41.99

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Utterly Amazing Earth: Packed with Pop-ups, Flaps, and Explosive Facts!

DK

Utterly Amazing Earth is a jaw-dropping pop-up book packed with fascinating facts about our amazing planet.

Go deep below the Earth’s crust to discover earthshattering facts. From volcanoes to earthquakes…

$40.99

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Hardback

The Many Lives of Carbon

Dag Olav Hessen

The Many Lives of Carbon is the story of the element carbon, its myriad properties, and its life-cycle. Dag Olav Hessen examines carbon in minerals and rocks, wood and rain…

$44.99

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Brave New Arctic

Mark C. Serreze

An insider account of how researchers unraveled the mystery of the thawing Arctic

$44.99

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The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative

Florence Williams

An intrepid investigation into nature’s restorative benefits by a prize-winning author.

$26.99

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How Did We Get into This Mess?

George Monbiot

Where we have gone wrong, and what to do about it

$38.99

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Heartwood: The Art and Science of Growing Trees for Conservation and Profit

Rowan Reid

Heartwood challenges the entrenched view that when it comes to forests, one is either a conservationist or a profiteer.

Forest scientist Rowan Reid draws on over twenty years of experience…

$49.95

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The Lorax

Dr. Seuss

The timeless ecological fable from the iconic Dr. Seuss. Help the Lorax save the planet with this very special slipcase edition of the classic picture book.

$29.99

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World Without Fish

Mark Kurlansky

Gives a step-by-step account of what would happen if fish became extinct. This book outlines a plan for remedying the situation. It includes a fifteen-page graphic novel (each page is…

$38.99

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Our Shrinking Planet

Massimo Livi Bacci

In the space of another generation, the population of the earth will rise by 2. 5 billion. Yet the real problem we face is not so much the increase in…

$32.99

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Catching Thunder: The True Story of the World’s Longest Sea Chase

Kjetil Saeter,Eskil Engdal

Poachers, kingpins and the longest chase in maritime history: A desperate race to save our planet’s oceans.

$32.99

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Silent Spring

Rachel Carson

Exposes the destruction of wildlife through the widespread use of pesticides. This book aims to creates public awareness of the environment.

$22.99

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Imagining the Future of Climate Change: World-Making through Science Fiction and Activism

Shelley Streeby

From the 1960s to the present, activists, artists, and science fiction writers have imagined the consequences of climate change and its impacts on our future. Authors such as Octavia Butler…

$31.99

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Small is Necessary: Shared Living on a Shared Planet

Anitra Nelson

Amidst crisis and fragmentation, the need for sociable, practical and sustainable housing is manifest

$118.99

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We are the Weather Makers

Tim Flannery,Tim Flannery

Most of us suspect that climate change is happening, but is it a terrible threat to our world or an exaggerated beat up? Or is it something in between, an…

$16.95

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The Omnivore’s Dilemma: The Search for a Perfect Meal in a Fast-Food World (reissued)

Michael Pollan

The startling truth behind the food we consume in the twenty-first century

$24.99

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The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable

Amitav Ghosh

Are we deranged? The acclaimed Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh argues that future generations may well think so. How else to explain our imaginative failure in the face of global warming?

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$24.99

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Love Earth Now: The Power of Doing One Thing Every Day

Cheryl Leutjen

Stories and inspired ideas for saving the planet from an award-winning writer and environmental lawyer

$43.99

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The Water Will Come

Jeff Goodell

A deeply reported look at how water is pouring into our cities via the global crisis of rising sea levels

$34.99

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