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…
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1. On Anarchism
By: Noam Chomsky , Barry Pateman
4.42
Format: 718 pages, Paperback
We all know what Noam Chomsky is against. His scathing analysis of everything that's wrong with our… read more
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- nonfiction
2. 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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- nonfiction
3. Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa
By: Niall Ferguson , Dambisa Moyo
3.83
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In the past fifty years, more than $1 trillion in development-related aid has been transferred from… read more
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- africa
- nonfiction
4. As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning
By: Laurie Lee , Leonard Rosoman
4.28
Format: 120 pages,
It was 1934 and a young man walked to London from the security of the Cotswolds to make his fortune… read more
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5. Flush
By: Virginia Woolf , None
4.10
Format: None pages, Paperback
This story of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel, Flush, enchants right from the opening p… read more
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6. 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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- nature
- nonfiction
- essays
- climate change
- environment
"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
7. Wilding
By: Isabella Tree
4.46
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Forced to accept that intensive farming on the heavy clay of their land at Knepp in West Sussex was… read more
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- nature
- nonfiction
- ecology
- environment
"People have a famously soft spot for pigs. Intelligent, inquisitive, imperious, myopic, sociable, gluttonous, grunting, ungainly, it is easy to recognize ourselves in them."-Isabella Tree, Wilding
"The great concerns of our time – climate change, natural resources, food production, water control and conservation, and human health – all boil down to the condition of the soil."-Isabella Tree, Wilding
"Over the years modern farming has reduced soil to....‘dirt’ – a sterile medium in which plants struggle to grow without artificial fertilizers. It is a self-perpetuating cycle of destruction and chem…"-Isabella Tree, Wilding
"But the world of academia is a strange, sometimes counterproductive and often sluggish place. Where one may expect it to be open and responsive to new thinking, it can be oddly conservative and resis…"-Isabella Tree, Wilding
8. Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
By: Anne Applebaum
3.91
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author, professor, and historian offers an expert guide to understanding… read more
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"Unity is an anomaly. Polarization is normal. Skepticism about liberal democracy is also normal. And the appeal of authoritarianism is eternal."-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
"Given the right conditions, any society can turn against democracy. Indeed, if history is anything to go by, all of our societies eventually will."-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
"Olga Tokarczuk, 2019: We horen niet langer de harmonie van de wereld, maar de kakofonie van geluiden, een ondraaglijke ruis waarin we wanhoping een een rustiger melodie proberen te ontdekken, al is h…"-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
"Throughout history, pandemics have led to an expansion of the power of the state: at times when people fear death, they go along with measures that they believe, rightly or wrongly, will save them—ev…"-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
9. The Silence Project
By: Carole Hailey
3.76
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
On Emilia Morris's thirteenth birthday, her mother Rachel moves into a tent at the bottom of their … read more
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- africa
10. Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet
By: George Monbiot
4.41
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
"This remarkable book, staring curiously down at the soil beneath our feet, points us convincingly … read more
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- nature
- ecology
- nonfiction
- climate change
- environment
"Charity is what happens when government fails."-George Monbiot, Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet
"Obesity is a communicable disease. Its vectors are corporations."-George Monbiot, Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet
"Campaigners, chefs, and food writers rail against “intensive farming,"-George Monbiot, Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet
11. Hex
By: Jenni Fagan
3.85
Format: 104 pages, Hardcover
IT'S THE 4TH OF DECEMBER 1591. On this, the last night of her life, in a prison cell several floor… read more
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"A witch-pricker's finger can be pointed at any one of us. It chose me."-Jenni Fagan, Hex
"I’ve got the voice of a siren – it’s not a voice to launch a thousand ships, it’s a voice to sink them."-Jenni Fagan, Hex
"- You know what really brings the storms, Geillis? - What? - A storm arrives at the exact second when a girl learns she'll never be free"-Jenni Fagan, Hex
"I have memories to give away before I meet God — so you can have them, Iris from the ether. Are you listening? Nobody else will write them down."-Jenni Fagan, Hex
12. 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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- nature
- ecology
- nonfiction
- essays
- climate change
- environment
"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
13. All Art is Ecological
By: Timothy Morton
3.39
Format: 105 pages, Paperback
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.Provocative an… read more
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- ecology
- nonfiction
- essays
- environment
- nature
14. Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI
By: Madhumita Murgia
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A riveting story of what it means to be human in a world changed by artificial intelligence, reveal… read more
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- nonfiction
15. The Dragonfly Will Be the Messiah
By: Masanobu Fukuoka
3.53
Format: 87 pages, Paperback
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.In The Dragonf… read more
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- ecology
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- climate change
- environment
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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- nonfiction
- environment
- nature
- essays
"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. Dispersals: On Plants, Borders, and Belonging
By: Jessica J. Lee
4.19
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A prize-winning memoirist and nature writer turns to the lives of plants entangled in our human wor… read more
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- essays
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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- ecology
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- climate change
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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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- nonfiction
- environment
- essays
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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- africa
- ecology
- female authors
- african literature
- nonfiction
- essays
- climate change
- kenya
- environment
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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- essays
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
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.An Idea Can Go… read more
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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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- nonfiction
- essays
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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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- ecology
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- essays
- climate change
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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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- essays
- climate change
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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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- ecology
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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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