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 The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to SustainabilityBest Price: $14.50 This is a book that must be heeded. It is about the most crucial, portentous issue of our time:... |  Salt: A World HistoryBest Price: $6.99 Overall, I have enjoyed reading this book for its interesting historical facts. However, no... |  Smithsonian Handbooks: Rocks & Minerals (Smithsonian Handbooks)Best Price: $11.27 Good Rock Hound reference book. References about all of the named materials that one would like... |  Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st CenturyBest Price: $12.10 A practical comprehensive compendium of the types of practices we will need to nourish if we are... |  Simple Prosperity: Finding Real Wealth in a Sustainable LifestyleBest Price: $8.43 I found myself nodding in agreeing with what David Wann wrote throughout Simple Prosperity:... |
 The New Create an Oasis With Greywater: Choosing, Building and Using Greywater Systms - Includes Branched DrainsBest Price: $13.06 I found this book more for someone looking to convert their existing house and plumbing to run... |  Gemstones (Smithsonian Handbooks)Best Price: $11.26 This book is very informative of the types of gems. Look who wrote it, that tells the rest of... |  National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals (Audubon Society Field Guide)Best Price: $11.90 I was really excited to buy this book, but it wasn't as great as I was expecting. The pictures... |  Gemstones of the World: Newly Revised & Expanded Third EditionBest Price: $15.33 This book is by far the best single source for gemological data for the price, anywhere. ... |  Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised EditionBest Price: $5.45 Cadillac Desert is a plodding book that spends more time making sideways remarks about its... |
 Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to WaterBest Price: $14.39 This is a must read for everyone on this planet! Filled with alarming facts and information. ... |  Desert SolitaireBest Price: $3.00 This is "classic Abbey" and his best work. What else can be said? This book should be... |  The Revenge of Gaia: Earth's Climate Crisis and the Fate of HumanityBest Price: $6.98 Though several thought in the book are controversial, some facts are exaggerated while others... |  Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands (Vol. 1): Guiding Principles to Welcome Rain into Your Life And LandscapeBest Price: $15.65 The concepts described in this book are applicable to all climates. The book is useful to any... |  Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of EnergyBest Price: $16.95 From the author of the now-classic Resource Wars , an indispensable account of how the... |
 Sky & Telescope's Pocket Sky AtlasBest Price: $12.14 Things I like: Spiral bound (can be opened flat for one or two page viewing) Paper is sturdy... |  The Jeweler's Directory of Gemstones: A Complete Guide to Appraising and Using Precious Stones From Cut and Color to Shape and SettingsBest Price: $18.76 As a gemologist, I have an extensive library of gem books. This book is one of the best guides... |  Turn Left at Orion: A Hundred Night Sky Objects to See in a Small Telescope--and How to Find ThemBest Price: $14.20 Great insight for the novice star gazer. Bought this for my son and he uses it evey time he... |  Heart StonesBest Price: $1.50 my mother used to collect stone hearts - sometime I just couldn't 'see' the heart shape but she... |  Nature-Speak: Signs, Omens and Messages in NatureBest Price: $14.69 This is a wonderful book! As with all of Ted Andrews' books that I've read, so many questions... |
 Sand County Almanac (Outdoor Essays & Reflections)Best Price: $3.92 The book was in great condition, at a great price! I got it within just a few days. I would def.... |  Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict With a New Introduction by the AuthorBest Price: $5.18 copyright 2006 Kat W. In Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict Michael Klare... |  American Chestnut: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect TreeBest Price: $17.15 I have enjoyed reading this well written book and learning about the scientists and volunteers... |  The Great Lakes Water WarsBest Price: $16.27 As a hydrologist in the Great Lakes' basin, this book is a great read. It brings the science... |  Stuff: The Secret Lives of Everyday Things (New Report, No 4)Best Price: $8.49 This is mis-labeled. There is a link from the paperback book to this article. I mistook it as... |
 The Secret Knowledge of Water : Discovering the Essence of the American DesertBest Price: $5.25 I perhaps shouldn't be writing a review for a book of which I read only 15 pages, but I don't... |  Simon & Schuster's Guide to Rocks and Minerals (Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones)Best Price: $10.52 A very good boook for information on the properties of crystals, minerals. Includes table of... |  Red Cedar in AustraliaBest Price: $32.97 Details the history of the red cedar tree in Australia |  Gemstones: Understanding, Identifying, BuyingBest Price: $15.19 If you need a book on Gemstones, this is the one. Awesome pictures and great detail on... |  Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution, and ProfitBest Price: $8.36 After reading Water Wars and going back through some things in the book I believe that many... |
 Beach StonesBest Price: $11.02 This is a unique and valuable book...showing stones that may be found on beaches around the... |  Peterson First Guide to Rocks and MineralsBest Price: $2.48 I found it to be very helpful for my students since we don't always have an opportunity to get... |  Hubbert's Peak: The Impending World Oil ShortageBest Price: $10.65 Taking a trip? Need a gift for that engineer or alternative-energy-green friend? Then get this... |  The Drinking Water Book: How to Eliminate the Most Harmful Toxins from Your WaterBest Price: $5.45 Colin Ingram pulls the reader into his book by offering "Ten Quick Tips" to... |  The Sushi Economy: Globalization and the Making of a Modern DelicacyBest Price: $6.07 This is a very compelling, informative and fun read. Author Issenberg covers 360 degrees of the... |
 Working on the Edge: Surviving In the World's Most Dangerous Profession: King Crab Fishing on Alaska's HighSeasBest Price: $7.20 Great book! Told the stories in a factual manner with a bit of a sense of humor. Made me feel... |  The World's Water 2006-2007: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources (World's Water)Best Price: $31.50 This is the first time I have seen "The World's Water" a bienniall report on the state... |  Sprinklers & Watering Systems (Garden Maintenance)Best Price: $6.99 I couldn't be happier with this sprinkler. It's very nice to be able to point the heads in... |  Leviathan: The History of Whaling in AmericaBest Price: $13.84 I don't generally read histories. I usually read novels. Although I love the subject matter of... |  Wildflowers Of Tennessee, The Ohio Valley and the Southern AppalachiansBest Price: $14.81 This book is THE BEST!! My absolute favorite wildflower book for the North Georgia Mountains...... |
 You Can Find Gold: With a Metal Detector (Prospecting and Treasure Hunting)Best Price: $5.46 Prospecting information is presented that is useful and informative |  North Carolina Waterfalls: A Hiking and Photography GuideBest Price: $12.80 Excellent book for locating waterfalls. Very good directions. Is a good book for those just... |  Beyond Growth: The Economics of Sustainable DevelopmentBest Price: $15.83 I've read a *lot* of economics books in recent years, some good, some not. But Daly's is really... |  Alternative Energy DemystifiedBest Price: $11.00 This book provides a good overview of present and future alternative energy sources. It... |  The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of ParadiseBest Price: $4.94 Once dismissed as a dismal swamp fit only for alligators, herons, flamingos and Indians, the... |
 Simon & Schuster's Guide to Gems and Precious StonesBest Price: $2.52 I've had this book for many years, when it was first translated from Borelli and Cipriani's 'Il... |  Power to the People: How the Coming Energy Revolution Will Transform an Industry, Change Our Lives, and Maybe Even Save the PlanetBest Price: $5.00 The next big boom will be free energy. Vijay, people want free energy and not cheap energy. ... |  Jewels: A Secret HistoryBest Price: $8.41 Very interesting book that's well-written. I bought another of Ms. Finlay's books,... |  Manual of Fish Health: Everything You Need to Know About Aquarium Fish, Their Environment and Disease PreventionBest Price: $13.98 The book is pretty good for most aquarists as all should have something to help with the... |  The Art of the Snowflake: A Photographic AlbumBest Price: $18.59 Since several other reviewers have described this book, and the topic is self-evident, I want to... |
 The Secret Life of Lobsters: How Fishermen and Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favorite Crustacean (P.S.)Best Price: $4.68 My father saw a review of this book and asked for it. He loved it! He's in a nursing home and... |  Setting up a Tropical Aquarium Week by WeekBest Price: $14.89 Very complete and detailed. Show a sequence of tasks to build a planted tank, stuff for work,... |  Gem Trails of ArizonaBest Price: $10.75 The Gem Trails guides are always the best choice for a rockhound unfamilar with an area. The... |  Rockhounding UtahBest Price: $8.08 This book is so popular with rockhounder's and has been used so extensively, that the sites... |  Peak Oil Prep: Prepare for Peak Oil, Climate Change and Economic CollapseBest Price: $10.51 This is a great book that lists a few things you can do in a variety of categories for Peak Oil. |
 Gem Trails of WashingtonBest Price: $14.95 This is a well written guide to the essential rock locales in Washington. Most of the... |  A Walk through the Heavens: A Guide to Stars and Constellations and their LegendsBest Price: $7.37 I like to look at the constellations in my backyard. In other books, the constellations are... | |||
Natural Resources Books
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