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1.		Second Nature from Delta Price: $9.95 Customer Review: This book is a must read, a real page turner. Sit back with a cup of something to drink and soak this book in. Get cozy, you may not want to put it down for a while. Enjoy Pollens style of writing and his good natured humor. I myself enjoyed the battle with the woodchuck as I have done my time with... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


2.		Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things from Tantor Media Price: $32.30 Customer Review: This book is a real change in perspective from my usual "we're screwed" environmentalism attitudes. They don't argue for "business as usual" but that eco-products start with the designer yet still depend on consumerism. I agree that grassroots movements and government regulation have their... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


3.		Design of Everyday Things from MIT Press Customer Review: I don't know all the types of people who would benefit from reading this book, but I have it on my [short] list of "must reads" for game designers. I imagine that anyone who creates things that other people are supposed to use would learn something from this book that would be beneficial. The... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


4.		When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance & Planetary Survival from Clear Light Books Price: $39.02 Customer Review: From how to rid yourself of parasites, to how to build a shelter ... this book has it all. Lots of good 'how-to' and 'what-if' solutions for surviving without modern technology, medicine, power, etc.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


5.		Nchimi Chikanga. The Battle Against Witchcraft in Malawi (Kachere Text,) from Kachere Series Customer Review: Using this now to prepare for the APUSH in May. Just be aware that unlike other AP prep books there are no answers included! However, if you're a homeschooling parent you can contact the publishers and obtain the answer keys for about $6+shipping. YOU HAVE TO PROVE YOU'RE HOMESCHOOLING or that... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


6.		Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming from Viking Price: $11.85 Customer Review: Paul Hawken did everyone a favor in writing this book. It is very comprehensive and insightful, and the picture of the transformation of society it paints in very inspiring and hopeful. I have recommended it to several friends, and given it as gifts. JW	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


7.		Black & Decker Complete Guide to Plumbing: Expanded 4th Edition - Modern Materials and Current Codes - All New Guide to Working with Gas Pipe from Creative Publishing international Price: $16.49 Customer Review: Great help book for the do-it-yourselfer! Great details and illustrations on how to properly install home plumbing. Also gives you advice on things and building code requirements to watch out for.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


8.		What's the Worst That Could Happen?: A Rational Response to the Climate Change Debate from Perigee Trade Price: $2.54 Customer Review: The argument can be summed up in a single sentence. Give in to fear. Mr. Craven's claim: You can make a rational choice about whether to support political action on global warming without considering whether there's really a problem to address. Make no mistake about it; he expects you to... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


9.		When the Rivers Run Dry: Water--The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-first Century from Beacon Press Price: $7.50 Customer Review: A quick read with a multitude of facts centering on bringing awareness to a remarkably important topic. I highly recommend this book, but did not rate it 5 stars bc the facts could have been organized a little bit better. The facts are provided in different areas but never summarized well enough to... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


10.		The Solar Electricity Handbook 2009: A Simple, Practical Guide to Using Electric Solar Panels and Designing and Installing Photovoltaic Solar PV Systems from Code Green Publishing Price: $13.49 Customer Review: The book was real good explaining the basics of the solar systems - however I was looking for something more in depth. If you are just starting out looking for the basics on solar systems this book would be great.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


11.		The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning from Basic Books Price: $3.86 Customer Review: I've long suspected that the book and articles I read on climate change are overly optimistic about what can be done. I also suspect that anyone who comes out with too negative of a prediction is shunned and has a hard time getting published for not being whatever the scientific version of... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


12.		Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything from Broadway Business Price: $12.99 Customer Review: Its important to see how we as consumers buy things and the effects of that purchase while ignoring the obvious negitive impacts of production to the earth. I like the long term look of this book, which I think is something diffently worth looking at, personally I think of my childern and... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


13.		Environmental Science: Toward A Sustainable Future (10th Edition) from Pearson Prentice Hall Price: $39.95 Customer Review: This book is a good read. Interesting, very informative and easy to understand. I am an average student but felt "smart" after reading this book. Jeff	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


14.		Easy Green Living: The Ultimate Guide to Simple, Eco-Friendly Choices for You and Your Home from Rodale Books Price: $8.39 Customer Review: This was an excellent resource for how to go green whether it be all at once or one step at a time. I liked the reviews of companies and websites where you can purchase green products.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


15.		Barron's AP Environmental Science from Barron's Educational Series Price: $1.50 Customer Review: my class was pretty comprehensive so i never found a need to use this book other than the required taking notes after each chapter. It's all good though.	Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


16.		Principles of Environmental Science from McGraw Hill Higher Education Price: $49.95 Customer Review: Book was in good condition, just a little worn in one corner of cover, and was recieved promptly.	Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


17.		Heaven and Earth: Global Warming, the Missing Science from Taylor Trade Publishing Price: $12.00 Customer Review: Ian Plimer is a famous Australian scientist, who has written several science best-sellers down under. His speciality is geology and earth sciences. In this five hundred page book, with 2300 footnotes to peer-reviewed science, he demolishes the theory that human release of carbon dioxide is causing... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


18.		The World Is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean's Are One from National Geographic Price: $14.54 Customer Review: One of the most important books you will ever read. Pick your five or ten best friends and send a copy to them.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


19.		No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet, and the Discoveries He Makes About Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process from Farrar, Straus and Giroux Price: $14.44 Customer Review: When I first saw the "No Impact Man" blog some months ago, I couldn't help but dismiss it as yet another environmentalist scare tactic that was going to point out what I was doing wrong, and would attempt to change my habits through furthering my guilt. Although I consider myself an... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


20.		Solar Electricity Handbook 2010 Edition: A Simple, Practical Guide to Solar Energy - Designing and Installing Photovoltaic Solar Electric Systems from Code Green Publishing Price: $13.49 Customer Review: Great book! If you're looking to get into the solar powered world, this book is an excellent place to start. In fact, I read it twice to make sure I didn't miss any details. Yes, the author is based out of UK, but it isn't a big deal. It helps if you have somewhat of a scientific background (if you... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


21.		Lineman and Cableman's Handbook (Lineman's & Cableman's Handbook) from McGraw-Hill Professional Price: $56.70 Customer Review: I purchased this book because is was recommended reading in preparation for the Arizona A-17 exam. The information in this book is essential to prepare for this exam. It was very informative and the illustrations were very helpful. I recommend this book for anyone needing supplemental information... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


22.		The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters from Holt Paperbacks Price: $5.49 Customer Review: I've not read the book but the preview is worrying. p17 "Even black London cab drivers....who share the skin colour.....of the flushers [i.e. white]..... I think the author is referring to London black cab drivers!	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


23.		Sara Snow's Fresh Living: The Essential Room-by-Room Guide to a Greener, Healthier Family and Home from Bantam Price: $5.98 Customer Review: I believe that every home should have a copy of this helpful guide. I myself wish I could have had a book like this BEFORE I started having children, I would definitely have been more mindful of my purchases for my kids from birth and on into their childhood. I was especially shocked to learn... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


24.		Angels Don't Play This Haarp: Advances in Tesla Technology from Earthpulse Press Price: $8.86 Customer Review: Can't put it down! It's quite an interesting book if you familiar with electromagnetic have you ever thought about what might be done to manipulate the earth's magnetic field?	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


25.		A Civil Action from Random House Audio Price-less Price: $8.79 Customer Review: I had to buy this book for a class in law school and turned out to really enjoy it. It not only is a great plot, but is able to provide helpful lessons about the law. Note, the book is far better than the movie so it is worth a read!	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


26.		The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a Time from Three Rivers Press Price: $1.51 Customer Review: I've read a lot of the books in this genre and I must say, I was pretty underwhelmed by this one. It lends itself to skimming, the general layout is ok, and if you value celebrity, the pointless one pagers by Ellen Degeneres, Will Farrell and others will appeal to you. As for meaningful,... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


27.		The Fluoride Deception from Seven Stories Press Price: $11.54 Customer Review: This is a book more about deception than Flouride. It focuses on how big industry can muscle government regulators and the academic world to bury or distort uncomfortable issues. In this case, Christopher Bryson shows how this was done by the aluminium and chemical industris- who dump thousands of... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


28.		The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure, 2nd edition from Jenkins Publishing (PA) Customer Review: This book gets down to the nitty gritty of the matter. Haha. It is the best source that I have personally found on how to recycle human waste. Although I disagree with some of the slightly liberal environmentalist undertones, I will highly recommend it.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


29.		Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet from Macmillan Audio Price: $23.09 Customer Review: The main premise of `Eaarth` is that the world is not going to change sometime in the future for our grandchildren, rather it has already changed - it's too late, we are in the middle of a meltdown, it is adversely impacting us right now. McKibben supports this with compelling evidence in the first... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


30.		Site Engineering for Landscape Architects from Wiley Price: $285.48 Customer Review: Good quality, no way to track order didn't even know it was sent , just showed up	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

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