From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. In his Pulitzer Prize–winning bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, geographer Diamond laid out a grand view of the organic roots of human civilizations in flora, fauna, climate and geology. That vision takes on apocalyptic overtones in this fascinating comparative study of societies that have, sometimes fatally, undermined their own ecological...
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“A Friend Of The Earth”
by T.C.Boyle
Futuristic funny, fantasy, realistic, amusing, and a little scary. Great writing. From the jacket:
“It is the year 2025. Global warming is a reality. The biosphere has collapsed and most mammals — not to mention fish, birds, and frogs — are extinct. Tyrone Tierwater is eking out a bleak living...
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By James Gustave Speth
This book should be called, “A Review of Current Literature Regarding Sustainability.” With the alluring subtitle, “Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability,” Speth’s work has little in the way of original thought. It is, after all, published by an academic press, Yale, and reads like it.
Regardless of the number...
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