The Most Dammed Country in the World
By: Dai Qing
3.52
Format: 89 pages, Paperback
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1. Solar
By: Ian McEwan
3.28
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
Michael Beard is a Nobel prize–winning physicist whose best work is behind him. Trading on his repu… read more
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"As if marriages were a series of corrected drafts."-Ian McEwan, Solar
"No one can predict which of life’s vexations insomnia will favour."-Ian McEwan, Solar
"The past had shown him many times that the future would be its own solution."-Ian McEwan, Solar
"The revolutionary lone inventor was a fantasy of popular culture – and the Minister"-Ian McEwan, Solar
2. Pedagogy of the Oppressed
By: Paulo Freire , Donaldo Macedo , Myra Bergman Ramos , None
4.30
Format: 183 pages, Paperback
First published in Portuguese in 1968, Pedagogy of the Oppressed was translated and published in En… read more
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- nonfiction
"Critical consciousness, they say, is anarchic."-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
"Without a sense of identity, there can be no real struggle."-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
"People educate each other through the mediation of the world."-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
"Word is not the privilege of some few persons but the right of everyone"-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
3. Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles
By: Jeanette Winterson
2.43
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"When I was asked to choose a myth to write about, I realized I had chosen already. The story of At… read more
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4. Around India in 80 Trains
By: Monisha Rajesh
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
In 1991, Monisha's family uprooted from Sheffield to Madras in the hope of making India their home.… read more
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- nonfiction
5. Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
By: Michael Pollan
4.04
Format: None pages, Paperback
A DEFINITIVE COMPENDIUM OF FOOD WISDOM Eating doesn't have to be so complicated. In this age of eve… read more
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6. The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 (Adrian Mole, #1)
By: Sue Townsend
3.88
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Adrian Mole's first love, Pandora, has left him; a neighbor, Mr. Lucas, appears to be seducing his … read more
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"I think Jane Austen should write something a bit more modern."-Sue Townsend, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 (Adrian Mole, #1)
"Adrian Mole's diary Easter Poor Jesus, it must have been dead awful for him. I wouldn't have the guts to do it myself."-Sue Townsend, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 (Adrian Mole, #1)
7. Aphorisms on Love and Hate
By: Friedrich Nietzsche
4.40
Format: None pages, Paperback
'We must learn to love, learn to be kind, and this from our earliest youth ... Likewise, hatred mus… read more
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- nonfiction
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8. The Beautifull Cassandra
By: Jane Austen
3.62
Format: 320 pages,
'She has many rare and charming qualities, but Sobriety is not one of them.' A selection of Austen'… read more
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9. The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1)
By: John Buchan
3.60
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
Adventurer Richard Hannay, just returned from South Africa, is thoroughly bored with London life—un… read more
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"By God!' he whispered, drawing his breath in sharply, 'it is all pure Rider Haggard and Conan Doyle."-John Buchan, The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1)
"If you’re going to be killed you invent some kind of flag and country to fight for, and if you survive you get to love the thing"-John Buchan, The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1)
"I am an ordinary sort of fellow, not braver than other people, but I hate to see a good man downed, and that long knife would not be the end of Scudder if I could play the game in his place."-John Buchan, The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1)
"All this was very loose guessing, and I don't pretend it was ingenious or scientific. I wasn't any kind of Sherlock Holmes. But I have always fancied I had a kind of instinct about questions like thi…"-John Buchan, The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1)
10. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within
By: Rory Stewart
4.36
Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition
A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more
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"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within
11. Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
By: Thomas Halliday
4.13
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
A stirring, eye-opening journey into deep time, from the Ice Age to the first appearance of microb… read more
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- nonfiction
- environment
"In their own sweepstake fashion, hippopotamuses will reach Malta, Sicily and Crete over the water, and become dwarfed to tiny forms. In many islands, dwarf elephants will roam. With a single, large n…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
"To talk of the first humans is to hammer a signpost into an ancient river saying 'no humans beyond this point', no matter the ever flowing stream around it's base. There is nothing essential to human…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
12. No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
By: Greta Thunberg
3.86
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
The groundbreaking speeches of Greta Thunberg, the young climate activist who has become the voice … read more
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"The real power belongs to the people."-Greta Thunberg, No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
"...But it is the sufferings of the many which pay for the luxuries of a few."-Greta Thunberg, No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
"You say that you love your children above everything else. And yet you are stealing their future."-Greta Thunberg, No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
"Those of us who are still children can’t change what you do now once we’re old enough to do something about it."-Greta Thunberg, No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
13. The Democracy of Species
By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
4.49
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
In twenty short books, Penguin Classics brings you the ideas that have changed the way we think and… read more
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"When we rely deeply on other lives, there is an urgency to protect them. Our ancestors, who had so few material possessions, devoted a great of attention to this question, while we are drowning in po…"-Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Democracy of Species
"Taking coal buried deep in the earth, for which we must inflict irreparable damage, violates every precept of the code [of honorable harvest]. By no stretch of the imagination is coal 'given to us'. …"-Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Democracy of Species
"Cautionary stories of the consequences of taking too much are ubiquitous in Native cultures, but it’s hard to recall a single one in English. Perhaps this helps to explain why we seem to be caught in…"-Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Democracy of Species
"We need acts of restoration, not only for polluted waters and degraded lands, but also for our relationship to the world. We need to restore honor to the way we live, so that when we walk through the…"-Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Democracy of Species
14. All Art is Ecological
By: Timothy Morton
3.39
Format: 105 pages, Paperback
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15. The Dragonfly Will Be the Messiah
By: Masanobu Fukuoka
3.53
Format: 87 pages, Paperback
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16. The Clan of One-Breasted Women
By: Terry Tempest Williams
3.84
Format: 90 pages, Paperback
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.With honesty, … read more
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"The power of nature is life in association. Nothing stands alone."-Terry Tempest Williams, The Clan of One-Breasted Women
"A life in association, not a life independent, is the democratic ideal."-Terry Tempest Williams, The Clan of One-Breasted Women
17. A Message from Ukraine
By: Volodymyr Zelensky
4.64
Format: 134 pages, Hardcover
An urgent call to arms from Time’s Person of the Year, the Ukrainian leader whose unwavering courag… read more
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"Ukraine did not seek greatness. But Ukraine has become great."-Volodymyr Zelensky, A Message from Ukraine
18. We Belong to Gaia
By: James E. Lovelock
3.73
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.James Lovelock… read more
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"We are interfering with temperature regulation by turning up the heat and then simultaneously removing the natural systems that help to regulate it."-James E. Lovelock, We Belong to Gaia
"It is foolish to think that we can explain science as it evolves, rationally and consciously. We have to use the crude tool of metaphor to translate conscious ideas into unconscious understanding."-James E. Lovelock, We Belong to Gaia
"Over half the Earth's people live in cities, and they hardly ever see, feel or hear the natural world. Therefore our first duty should be to convince them that the real world is the living Earth and …"-James E. Lovelock, We Belong to Gaia
"The Earth System behaves as a single, self-regulating system comprised of physical, chemical, biological and human components.' These words marked an abrupt transition from a previously solid convent…"-James E. Lovelock, We Belong to Gaia
19. The Most Dammed Country in the World
By: Dai Qing
3.52
Format: 89 pages, Paperback
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.The courageous… read more
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- china
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20. A Warning from the Golden Toad
By: Tim Flannery
3.68
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.Taking us on a… read more
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21. The World We Once Lived In
By: Wangari Maathai
3.91
Format: 71 pages, Paperback
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.From the Congo… read more
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22. What I Stand for Is What I Stand On (Green Ideas)
By: Wendell Berry
4.16
Format: 87 pages, Kindle Edition
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.From the ravag… read more
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23. The Last Tree on Easter Island
By: Jared Diamond
3.98
Format: 87 pages, Paperback
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.This is Jared … read more
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24. An Idea Can Go Extinct (Green Ideas)
By: Bill McKibben
3.30
Format: 72 pages, Kindle Edition
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25. Every Species is a Masterpiece
By: Edward O. Wilson
3.73
Format: None pages, Paperback
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26. Man's War Against Nature
By: Rachel Carson
3.85
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.With the preci… read more
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27. Think Like a Mountain
By: Aldo Leopold
3.86
Format: 85 pages, Paperback
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.In this lyrica… read more
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28. This Can't Be Happening (Green Ideas)
By: George Monbiot
4.31
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.In the galvani… read more
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29. Hot Money
By: Naomi Klein
4.27
Format: 115 pages, Paperback
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.In Hot Money N… read more
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"when climate change deniers claim that global warming is a plot to redistribute wealth. It's not (only) because they are paranoid. It's also because they are paying attention."-Naomi Klein, Hot Money
"And the real surprise, for all involved, is that we are so much more than we have been told we are - that we long for more and in that longing have more company than we ever imagined."-Naomi Klein, Hot Money
30. There is No Point of No Return
By: Arne Næss
3.43
Format: 102 pages, Paperback
Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As life on Earth has become irrevocably altered by… read more
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31. Uncanny and Improbable Events
By: Amitav Ghosh
3.73
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.In this person… read more
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