Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit
10 best books like Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit (Al Gore): Silent Spring, 1421: The Year China Discovered America, Storms Of My Grandchildren: The Truth About The Climate Catastrophe And Our Last Chance To Save Humanity, The Good Thief, Our Stolen Future: Are We Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence and Survival? A Scientific Detective Story, Tarrying with the Negative: Kant, Hegel, and the Critique of Ideology, The Bamboo Sword: And Other Samurai Tales, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, The Ministry of Truth: The Biography of George Orwell's "1984", When the Root Children Wake Up
| Author | Rachel Carson |
| ISBN | 0618249060 |
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring was first published in three serialized excerpts in the New Yorker in June of 1962. The book appeared in September of that year and the outcry that followed its publication forced the banning of DDT and spurred revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land,...
1421: The Year China Discovered America
On 3/8/1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China. Its mission was "to proceed all the way to the ends of the earth to collect tribute from the barbarians beyond the seas" & unite the whole world in Confucian harmony. When it returned in 10/1423, the emperor had fallen, leaving...
| Author | James Hansen |
| ISBN | 1408807459 |
In Storms of My Grandchildren, Dr. James Hansen—the nation’s leading scientist on climate issues—speaks out for the first time with the full truth about global warming: The planet is hurtling even more rapidly than previously acknowledged to a climatic point of no return.
Although...
| Author | Hannah Tinti |
| ISBN | 0385337450 |
Richly imagined, gothically spooky, and replete with the ingenious storytelling ability of a born novelist, The Good Thief introduces one of the most appealing young heroes in contemporary fiction and ratifies Hannah Tinti as one of our most exciting new talents.
Twelve year-old Ren is...
| Author | Theo Colborn |
| ISBN | 0452274141 |
"A critically important book that forces us to ask new questions about the synthetic chemicals that we have spread across this earth."--former vice president Al Gore, author of An Inconvenient Truth
Our Stolen Future examines the ways that certain synthetic chemicals interfere with hormonal...
| Author | Slavoj Žižek |
| ISBN | 0822313952 |
In the space of barely more than five years, with the publication of four pathbreaking books, Slavoj Žižek has earned the reputation of being one of the most arresting, insightful, and scandalous thinkers in recent memory. Perhaps more than any other single author, his writings have constituted...
The Bamboo Sword: And Other Samurai Tales
| Author | Shuhei Fujisawa |
| ISBN | 4770030053 |
The eight stories that comprise this collection were all written in the 1970s and 80s, yet vividly evoke early 17th-century Japan, when peace finally reigned after centuries of warfare. It was a period of upheaval and change as the rulers carved out their territories and clan politics were full of intrigue,...
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
| Author | Robert Lewis May |
| ISBN | 1557091390 |
In 1939 Robert L. May, a copywriter working at Chicago's Montgomery Ward & Co., wrote a holiday story at the request of his employer. Almost two and a half million copies of the little tale about a reindeer with a shiny red nose were given away to all the children who visited Montgomery Ward stores that...
The Ministry of Truth: The Biography of George Orwell's "1984"
| Author | Dorian Lynskey |
| ISBN | 0385544057 |
The author has written a study that places George Orwell's 1984 in a variety of contexts: the author's life and times, the book's precursors in the science fiction genre, and its subsequent place in popular culture. Lynskey delves into how Orwell's harrowing Spanish Civil War experiences shaped his...
When the Root Children Wake Up
Complimented with Ned Bittinger's stunning illustrations, best-selling author Audrey Wood's new version of a timeless classic is the perfect read aloud for this spring and gift all year round.
When Old Grandfather Winter disappears into his ice palace high in the mountains, Young Robin...
| Author | Shashi Tharoor |
| ISBN | 9386021102 |
In Why I Am a Hindu, one of India’s finest public intellectuals gives us a profound book about one of the world’s oldest and greatest religions. Starting with a close examination of his own belief in Hinduism, he ranges far and wide in his study of the faith. He talks about the Great Souls of Hinduism,...
