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December 2, 2024

OUR GLOBAL CRISIS

By Brian D McLean
Environment
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

OUR GLOBAL CRISIS is a comprehensive and fascinating study of the state of the planet. Author Brian D. McLean skillfully uses historical examples to highlight...

January 31, 2024

RACING TO EXTINCTION

By Lyle Lewis
Environment
Rating:
2.7 / 5.0

In RACING TO EXTINCTION, author Lyle Lewis presents humanity's outcome as a certainty, citing reams of evidence to make this prediction. While he might be...

November 22, 2023

GLOBAL WARMING, ENERGY, AND WORLD PEACE

By Wasfi Youssef
Environment
Rating:
2.3 / 5.0

As a reference book, Wasfi Youssef's GLOBAL WARMING, ENERGY, AND WORLD PEACE has a lot of information on a plethora of topics. As a policy...

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November 19, 2021

THE ANTHROPOCENE EPOCH: When Humans Changed the World

By Bruce Glass
Environment
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

Written in clear, simple language and backed up by solid evidence at every turn, Bruce Glass' THE ANTHROPOCENE EPOCH makes the case for recognizing and...

February 17, 2021

IN SIX DAYS

By M. Quilman
Action/Adventure, Environment
Rating:
3.9 / 5.0

Thoughtful and fun, well-plotted and well-imagined, IN SIX DAYS needs only a final copy-edit to truly stand out as a novel and an exemplar for...

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December 18, 2020

THE FUTURE OF BUILDINGS, TRANSPORTATION AND POWER

By Roger Duncan and Michael E. Webber
Environment
Rating:
4.8 / 5.0

THE FUTURE OF BUILDINGS, TRANSPORTATION AND POWER, by engineer Roger Duncan and Michael E. Webber, is a comprehensive, impressively researched and well-written overview of how...

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