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Material World: A Global Family Portrait מאת Peter Menzel Profiles thirty international and statistically average families, documenting their economic standings, needs, hopes, and beliefs about the future of the planet, in a study that reveals the environmental cost of materialism. Reprint. 45,000 first printing....

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The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture מאת Wendell Berry Berry's assessment of modern agriculture and its relationship to American culture--our health, economy, personal relationships, morals, and spiritual values--is more timely than ever. This new edition of Berry's work presents a a classic testament to the value of the American family farm....

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The best of edward abbey Edward Abbey

The best of edward abbey מאת Edward Abbey

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Mountain Light: In Search of the Dynamic Landscape, Tenth-Anniversary Edition מאת Galen A. Rowell Reissued in celebration of the tenth anniversary of its original publication, featuring a new preface, Mountain Light: In Search of the Dynamic Landscape is the best-selling classic that captures the unique artistic vision of Galen Rowell, one of the world's foremost outdoor photographers. Galen R...

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Simple Foods for the Pack: More than 200 all-natural, trail-tested recipes (Sierra Club Outdoor Adventure Guide) מאת Claudia Axcell This latest edition of the original-and best-natural foods backpacking cookbook features a wealth of new recipes and mouthwatering classics, as well as the most current information on cooking with today's lightweight foods and equipment. This unique cookbook brings together the expertise of culinary...

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Material World: A Global Family Portrait מאת Peter Menzel A study of multicultural diversity takes a photographic study of "average" family life in thirty dissimilar cultures--from Samoa to Kuwait to Sarajevo--and examines the potential impact of the new global economy on the distinct cultural heritage of the human community....

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Birding Babylon: A Soldier's Journal from Iraq מאת Jonathan Trouern-Trend Early in 2004, Sergeant First Class Jonathan Trouern-Trend of the Connecticut National Guard began a year’s deployment in Iraq. He had been a birder from the age of 12, so naturally he looked for birds during his free time on base and on trips “outside the wire.” From nearly day one until...

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Women in the Material World מאת Faith D'Aluisio A companion to the groundbreaking bestseller Material World: A Global Family Portrait, this remarkable volume portrays the striking similarities and profound differences in the lives of women around the world at the dawn of the twenty-first century. Under the direction of Faith D’Aluis...

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The River Why, Twentieth-Anniversary Edition מאת David James Duncan Since its publication by Sierra Club Books more than two decades ago, The River Why has become a classic, standing with Norman Maclean’s A River Runs Through It as our era’s most widely read fiction about fly-fishing. This captivating and exuberant tale is told by Gus Orviston...

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Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World (The Bioneers Series) מאת David W. Orr Our efforts to build a sustainable world cannot succeed unless future generations learn how to partner with natural systems to our mutual benefit. In other words, children must become “ecologically literate.” The concept of ecological literacy advanced by this book’s creators, the Center ...

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Butterfly Gardening: Creating Summer Magic in Your Garden מאת Xerces Society This new edition of the classic handbook describes how to attract butterflies and other beneficial and beautiful insects to you garden. Butterfly Gardening presents everything the gardener needs to know to create intricate, small-scale ecosystems in an urban or suburban setting that ca...

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Paper or Plastic: Searching for Solutions to an Overpackaged World מאת Daniel Imhoff The deceptively simple supermarket choice echoed in the title of this timely book looms large in a Western consumer society that is clearly on a collision course with the planet's life-support systems. Do we clearcut forests, process pulp, and bleach it with chlorine to make paper bags? Or do we mak...

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Land Navigation Handbook: The Sierra Club Guide to Map, Compass and GPS (Sierra Club Outdoor Adventure Guide) מאת W. S. Kals This bestselling manual—now thoroughly revised and updated—is designed for anyone who wants to chart a course in the wilderness: hiker, backpacker, snowshoer, skier, fisherman, or hunter. Step by step, it teaches the skills that enable you to answer the vital questions: Where am I now? Whic...

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The Sierra Club Guide to the Ancient Forests of the Northeast מאת Bruce Kershner Before European settlers arrived in North America in the seventeenth century, 950 million acres of virgin forest blanketed the eastern United States. But as the colonists established their communities, they cleared vast tracts of forest for farms and cut trees for lumber, tanbark, charcoal, and pape...