Eric HansenAn adventure into the world of the orchid and the array of international characters who dedicate their lives to it.The orchid is used for everything from medicine for elephants...

Robert Hughes(introduction), Stefan Dech(Foreword), Robert Meisner(Foreword) Once we used to watch space from Earth. Now we can watch the Earth from space. It is half a century since the first...

Ellen Buchman EwaldFeatures numerous casserole, bread, salad, cereal, and other recipes in which complete proteins are formed by combining the proper ratios of legumes, seeds, grains, and dairy products.

Michael T KlareFrom the oilfields of Saudi Arabia to the Nile delta, from the shipping lanes of the South China Sea to the pipelines of Central Asia, Resource Wars looks...

Lydia DottoThe Ice Storm of 1998. The flooding of Manitoba of 1997. Wherever you live, it's likely you've experienced some extreme weather lately. A recent report from the Red Cross...

D.G. HessayonQuite simply, the best-selling gardening book in the world. Over a million copies have been sold in the U.S., and nearly 14 million worldwide. According to one reviewer -...

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Alexis WrightThe Swan Book is set in the future, with Aboriginals still living under the Intervention in the north, in an environment fundamentally altered by climate change. It follows the...

Seth M. SiegelNew York Times bestselling author Seth M. Siegel shows how our drinking water got contaminated, what it may be doing to us, and what we must do to...

Scientific AmericanDrawn from the pages of Scientific American and collected here for the first time, this work contains updated and condensed information, made accessible to a general popular science audience,...

Hilary French A look at the profound implications of accelerating globalization for our planet's health, and a prescription for the action necessary to cope with this challenge. Our world is...

Alice OutwaterAn environmental engineer turned ecology writer relates the history of our waterways and her own growing understanding of what needs to be done to save this essential natural resource.Water:...