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Soft Energy Paths:
Toward a Durable Peace ![]() Amory Lovins; ISBN: 0060906537 - Pages: 240; Publisher: Harper & Row - © 1977; Condition: Paperback, inscriptions on cover and first and last pages, spine creased but binding firm, very good condition. Price: $4.00 + $4 S/H.
"Amory Lovins is the real thing: an antinuclear polemicist whose arguments are so well organized, clearly expressed and extensively documented that even the most enthusiastic partisans on the other side will have to take notice. He is a leader in the Great Energy Debate." from the New York Times
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The Passive Solar Energy Book:
Expanded Professional Edition ![]() Edward Mazria; ISBN 0878572384 - Pages: 687; Publisher: Rodale - © 2004; Condition: Hardback, dust jacket worn, interior like new, includes Solar Radiation Calculator and Shading Calculator overlays in inside-back-cover pocket. Price: $20.00 + $6 S/H
This book presents in a clear format the fundamental concepts of passive design and application as well as the numbers and mathematical equations necessary for performance calculations. The diagrams and illustrations and b&w photos are superb.
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Plants in Danger
![]() Edward R. Ricciuti, Illustrations by Ann Zwinger; ISBN: 0060249781 - Pages: 86; Publisher: Harper & Row - © 1979; Condition: Hardback, inscribed by illustrator, dust jacket has slight tears, otherwise excellent condition. Price: $5.00 + $4 S/H.
This book makes the connections between plants, animals, and people. It takes the approach that by first learning about plants the reader can recognize the need to conserve them. Thus it starts with the lower plants and describes plant life histories for the general reader. The reader is encouraged to recognize that plants evolved over the Earth and are the reason for our existence. This book triggered the enthusiasm of Ann Zwinger for plants and launched her career as an author.
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Beyond Beef:
The Rise and Fall of the Cattle Culture ![]() Jeremy Rifkin; ISBN: 0525934200 - Pages: 353; Publisher: Dutton - © 1992; Condition: Hardback, inscriptions on first and last pages, otherwise as-new condition. Price: $5.00 + $4 S/H.
"The author has long been regarded as one of our finest historians. This book was hailed as his masterpiece. In a sweeping narrative that flows like the mighty river itself, Worster recreates Powell's great adventures and places them in rich historical context." from the dust jacket
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A River Running West:
The Life of John Wesley Powell ![]() Donald Worster; ISBN: 0195099915 - Pages: 673; Publisher: Oxford University Press - © 2001; Condition: Hardback, as-new condition. Price: [SOLD] $12.00 + $4 S/H.
"With startling and unsettling facts, the author interweaves anthropology, history, sociology, economics, and ecology in a brilliant yet devastating examination of the cattle culture." from the dust jacket. "This is a fascinating story of the mythology that underlies cattle, cowboys, and capitalism." Jim Mason, author of Animal Factories.
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