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Spring 2003
Antler: The Selected Poems by Antler
Reviewed By: Stephanie Mills
Stone by Stone: The Magnificent History in New England's Stone Walls by Robert M. Thorsen
Reviewed By: Stephanie Guyer-Stephens
The Organic Life by Joan Dye Gussow
Reviewed By: David Guyer-Stevens
The Organic Suburbanite by Warren Schultz
Reviewed By: David Guyer-Stevens
The Precautionary Principle in the Late 20th Century by David Gee
Reviewed By: Steve Heilig
Vermont Farm Women by Peter Miller
Reviewed By: Emily Polk
When Smoke Ran Like Water by Devra Davis
Reviewed By: Steve Heilig
Yankee Moderns by Michael Hoberman
Reviewed By: Stephanie Guyer-Stephens
Spring 2001
Birds of a Feather: Saving Rare Turkeys from Extinction by Carolyn J. Christman and Robert O. Hawes
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp Through the Terribly Libertarian Culture of High-Tech by Paulina Borsook
Reviewed By: Jon Lebkowsky
Democracy in the Digital Age: Challenges to Political Life in Cyberspace by Anthony G. Wilhelm
Reviewed By: Howard Rheingold
Green Phoenix: Restoring the Tropical Forests of Guanacaste, Costa Rica by William Allen
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
In Service of the Wild: Restoring and Reinhabiting Damaged Land by Stephanie Mills
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
Invasive Plants: Changing the Landscape of America by Randy G. Westbrooks
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
Life Out of Bounds: Bioinvasion in a Borderless World by Chris Bright
Reviewed By: Leif Joslyn
Seeing Nature: Deliberate Encounters with the Visible World by Paul Krafel
Reviewed By: Donella H. Meadows
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music by Various
Reviewed By: Richad Dorsett
The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman, and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods by Julia Butterfly Hill
Reviewed By: Emily Polk
The Sibley Guide to Birds by David Sibley
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
The Social Life of Information by John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid
Reviewed By: Joel Garreau
Winter 2001
Encyclopedia of the Biosphere by Ramon Folch
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
Environmentalism Unbound by Robert Gottlieb
Reviewed By: Steve Heilig
How Can We Keep From Singing by Joan Oliver Goldsmith
Reviewed By: Patricia Perry
Micropower by Seth Dunn
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
No-Regrets Modeling by Home Energy Editors
Reviewed By: Roger Kent
One Universe by Neil deGrasse Tyson and Charles Liu
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
Parasite Rex by Carl Zimmer
Reviewed By: Joe Eaton
Reaping the Wind by Peter Asmus
Reviewed By: David Bolling
Reinventing Electric Utilities by Ed Smeloff and Peter Asmus
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
Solar Living Sourcebook by John Schaeffer
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
Writing on Water by David Rothenberg and Marta Ulvaeus
Reviewed By: David Bolling
Winter 2000
African Ceremonies by Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher
Reviewed By: Kevin Kelly
The Times Atlas of the World by Various
Reviewed By: Kevin Kelly
Summer 2000
Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience by Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis, Jr. Gates
Reviewed By: Valerie Harris
Death of the Good Doctor: Lessons from the Heart of the AIDS Epidemic by Kate Scannellh
Reviewed By: Patricia Holt
Dharma Rain: Sources of Buddhist Environmentalism by Stephanie Kaza and Kenneth Kraft
Reviewed By: Michael K. Stone
Full Circles, Overlapping Lives: Culture and Generation in Transition by Mary Catherine Bateson
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
Gift of the Whale: The I'upiat Bowhead Hunt, A Sacred Tradition by Bill Hess
Reviewed By: David Boeri
Hidden Wisdom: A Guide to the Western Inner Traditions by Jay Kinney and Richard Smoley
Reviewed By: Jeanne Carstensen
Life Without Disease: The Pursuit of Medical Utopia by William B. Schwartz
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
My Grandfather's Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging by Rachel Naomi Remen
Reviewed By: Michael Lerner
The Apache Diaries: A Father-Son Journey by Grenville Goodwin and Neil Goodwin
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
Visions of a New Earth: Religious Perspectives on Population, Consumption, and Ecology by Harold Coward and Daniel Maguire
Reviewed By: Michael K. Stone
Fall 2000
A Map to the Next World by William Pitt Root
Reviewed By: William Pitt Root
Coal: A Memoir and Critique by Duane Lockard
Reviewed By: Malcolm Wells
How To Drive Into Accidents...and How Not To by Robert Pease
Reviewed By: Jon Carroll
The Carbohydrate Economy by Katherine Mullen
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
The Gary Snyder Reader by Gary Snyder
Reviewed By: William Pitt Root
When Healing Becomes a Crime by Kenny Ausubel
Reviewed By: Dana Ullman
Working Alone by John Carroll
Reviewed By: J. Baldwin
You Can't Win by Jack Black
Reviewed By: JD Smith
Spring 2000
A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder by Walter Wick
Reviewed By: Molly Bang
Beautiful Necessity: The Art and Meaning of Women's Altars by Kay Turner
Reviewed By: Linda Connor
Flutes of Fire: Essays on California Indian Languages by Leanne Hinton
Reviewed By: Ken Hale
How To Grow World Record Tomatoes: A Guinness Champion Reveals His All-Organic Techniques by Charles H. Wilber
Reviewed By: Author Anonymous
Living Planet: Preserving Edens of the Earth by Frans Lanting, Galen Rowell, David Doubilet and text by Noel Grove
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
Music Law: How to Run Your Band's Business by Richard Stim
Reviewed By: Steve Taylor
Rebel Radio: The Story of El Salvador's Radio Venceremos by Jose Ignacio Lopez Vigil and translated by Mark Fried
Reviewed By: Jeanne Carstensen
Recovering America: A More Gentle Way to Build by Malcolm Wells
Reviewed By: Jeff Gates
Seizing the Airwaves: A Free Radio Handbook by Ron Sakolsky and Stephen Dunifer
Reviewed By: Michael K. Stone
Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties by D.C. Beard
Reviewed By: JD Smith
Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and illustrated by Mary Azarian
Reviewed By: Molly Bang
Summer 1999
Against the Grain: Biotechnology and the Corporate Takeover of Your Food by Mark Lappe and Britt Bailey
Reviewed By: Paul Hawken
Appropriate Building Materials: A Catalog of Potential Solutions by Roland Stulz and Kiran Mukerji
Reviewed By: J. Baldwin
Crooked Cucumber: The Life and Teachings of Shunryu Suzuki by David Chadwick
Reviewed By: Kathy Butler
Drink As Much As You Want and Live Longer: The Intelligent Person's Guide to Healthy Drinking by Frederick,M. Beyerlein
Reviewed By: Michael K. Stone
Eat Not this Flesh: Food Avoidances from Prehistory to the Present by Frederick J. Simoons
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West by William Cronon
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
Ploughing the Clouds: The Search for Irish Soma by Peter Lamborn Wilson
Reviewed By: Dale Pendall
The Biotech Century: Harnessing the Gene and Remaking the World by Jeremy Rifken
Reviewed By: Paul Hawken
The Encyclopedia of Country Living: An Old Fashioned Recipe Book by Carla Emery
Reviewed By: JD Smith
The Ethical Imperative: Why Moral Leadership Is Good Business by John Dalla Costa
Reviewed By: Stewart Brand
When Good Companies Do Bad Things: Responsibility and Risk in an Age of Globalization by Peter Schwartz
Reviewed By: Morton Winston
Winter 1999
4 Steps to Financial Security for Lesbian and Gay Couples: Expert Advice for Reducing Your Tax Burden, Increasing Your Wealth, and Protecting Each Other by Harold L. Lustig
Reviewed By: James Runyeon
Ag Biotech: Thanks, But No Thanks? by Frank J. Mitsch and Jennifer S. Mitchell
Reviewed By: Paul Hawken
All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life by Winona LaDuke
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
American Horticultural Society Plant Propagation: The Fully Illustrated Plant-by-Plant Manual of Practical Techniques by Alan Toogood
Reviewed By: Patricia Jones
Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents by Ellen Ullman
Reviewed By: Stewart Brand
Farmageddon: Food and the Culture of Biotechnology by Brewster Kneen
Reviewed By: Paul Hawken
Full Moon by Michael Light
Reviewed By: Russell L. Schweickart
In the Company of Mushrooms: A Biologist's Tale by Elio Schaechter
Reviewed By: Gary Lincoff
Medicine for the Outdoors: The Essential Guide to Emergency Medical Procedures and First Aid by Paul S. Auerbach
Reviewed By: Flash Gordon
Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins
Reviewed By: Peter Senge
Our Dumb Century: The Onion Presents 100 Years of Headlines from America's Finest News Source by Scott Dikkers
Reviewed By: Nicole Parizeau
Seven Wonders: Everyday Things for a Healthier Planet by John C. Ryan
Reviewed By: Donella H. Meadows
Technology Forecast 1999 by PricewaterhouseCoopers Technology Technology Center
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
The Clock of the Long Now: Time and Responsibility by Stewart Brand
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas that Make Computers Work by W. Daniel Hillis
Reviewed By: Stewart Brand
The Psychoanalysis of Fire by Gaston Bachelard
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
The Rose's Kiss: A Natural History of Flowers by Peter Bernhardt
Reviewed By: Patricia Jones
Spring 1999
Bicycle Medicine: Cycling Nutrition, Physiology, and Injury Prevention and Treatment for Riders of All Ages by Arnie Baker
Reviewed By: J. Baldwin
Carved Paper: The Art of Japanese Stencil by Suzanna Campbell Kuo
Reviewed By: Arthur Okamura
Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth by William Bryant Logan
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
Master Breasts by Francine Prose, et al.
Reviewed By: Patrizia DiLucchio
Nerve: Literate Smut by Genevieve Field, ed. and Rufus Griscom, ed.
Reviewed By: Patrizia DiLucchio
Scenario Planning: Managing for the Future by Gill Ringland
Reviewed By: Art Kleiner
Scenarios: The Art of Strategic Conversation by Kees Van der Heijden
Reviewed By: Art Kleiner
Spectacular Vernacular: The Adobe Tradition by Jean-Louis Bourgeois
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
The Art of the Long View: Planning for the Future in an Uncertain World by Peter Schwartz
Reviewed By: Art Kleiner
The Search for the Giant Squid by Richard Ellis
Reviewed By: Jaron Lanier
White Dog Cafe Cookbook: Multicultural Recipes and Tales of Adventure from Philadelphia's Revolutionary Restaurant by Judy Wicks and Kevin von Klause
Reviewed By: Daphne Derven
Fall 1999
A Clearing In the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the Nineteenth Century by Witold Rybczynski
Reviewed By: Marianne Cramer
Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity by Bruce Bagemihl
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
Investing with Your Values: Making Money and Making a Difference by Hal Brill, etal.
Reviewed By: Vicki Robin
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
Ritual and Religion in the Making of Humanity by Roy A. Rappaport
Reviewed By: Mary Catherine Bateson
The Crisis of Global Capitalism: [Open Society Endangered] by George Soros
Reviewed By: Stewart Brand
The Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery by Junius P. Rodriguez, ed.
Reviewed By: Nicole Parizeau
The Savage Garden: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants by Peter D’Amato
Reviewed By: Mary Nisbet
The SimpleLife Guide to Tree-Free, Recycled and Certified Papers by Dan Imhoff
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
Universal Health Care: What the United States Can Learn from the Canadian Experience by Pat and Hugh Armstrong and Claudia Fegan, M.D.
Reviewed By: Kate Waffner
We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda by Philip Gourevitch
Reviewed By: Morton Winston
What is Life? by Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan
Reviewed By: Stewart Brand
Fall 1998
Jamming the Media: A Citizen's Guide - Reclaiming the Tools of Communication by Gareth Branwyn
Reviewed By: Carolyn Gleeson
Poles Apart: Parallel Visions of the Arctic and the Antarctic by Galen Rowell
Reviewed By: Winslow Colwell
Systems of Survival: A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and Politics by Jane Jacobs
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
Tribes: How Race, Religion and Identity Determine Success in the New Global Economy by Joel Kotkin
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
We the Media: A Citizen's Guide to Fighting for Media Democracy by Don Hazen and Julie Winokur
Reviewed By: Carolyn Gleeson
Summer 1998
Devil's Workshop: 25 Years of Jersey Devil Architecture by Susan Piedmont-Palladino
Reviewed By: J. Baldwin
Gaia's Body: Towards a Physiology of Earth by Tyler Volk
Reviewed By: Harden Tibbs
Genetics and the Manipulation of Life: The Forgotten Factor of Context by Craig Holdrege
Reviewed By: Lynn Margulis
Greening the North: A Post-Industrial Blueprint for Ecology and Equity by Wolfgang Sachs, Reinhard Loske, and Manfred Linz, eds.
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
Hearts and Hands: A Midwife's Guide to Pregnancy and Birth by Elizabeth Davis
Reviewed By: Naomi Yavneh
Hemp for Health: The Medicinal and Nutritional Uses of Cannabis Sativa by Chris Conrad
Reviewed By: Dale Pendall
Plants of Love: The History of Aphrodisiacs and A Guide to Their Identification and Use by Christian Ratsh
Reviewed By: Dale Pendall
Real Goods Independent Builder: Designing and Building a House Your Own Way by Sam Clark
Reviewed By: J. Baldwin
Rethinking Tourism and Ecotravel: The Paving of Paradise and What You Can Do to Stop It by Deborah McLaren
Reviewed By: Herb Hiller
Sleeping Where I Fall: A Chronicle by Peter Coyote
Reviewed By: Paul Hawken
The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth by Sheila Kitzinger
Reviewed By: Naomi Yavneh
The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World by David Abram
Reviewed By: Elizabeth Thompson
The Universe and the Teacup: The Mathematics of Truth and Beauty by KC Cole
Reviewed By: Michael K. Stone
Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth and Art by Lewis Hyde
Reviewed By: Suzie Rashkis
What Is Sex? by Lynn Margulis
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
When the Land Was Young: Reflections on American Archaeology by Sharman Apt Russell
Reviewed By: Elizabeth Thompson
Spring 1998
A Place in the Sun: The Evolution of the Real Goods Solar Living Center by John Schaeffer
Reviewed By: J. Baldwin
Advent of Netwar by John Arquilla
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
All That We Can Be: Black Leadership and Racial Integration the Army Way by Charles C. Moskos
Reviewed By: Stewart Brand
Cultures of Habitat: On Nature, Culture and Story by Gary Paul Nabhan
Reviewed By: Wes Jackson
Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets by Frederick S. Mishkin
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
Epitaph for a Peach: Four Seasons on My Family's Farm by David Mas Masumoto
Reviewed By: Michael K. Stone
Frozen Desire: The Meaning of Money by James Buchan
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
Gift Relationship by Richard M. Titmuss
Reviewed By: Michael K. Stone
Green Development: Integrating Ecology and Real Estate by Alex Wilson
Reviewed By: J. Baldwin
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
Heart and Blood: Living with Deer in America by Richard Nelson
Reviewed By: Gary Snyder
Heirloom Vegetable Gardening: A Master Gardener's Guide to Planting, Seed Saving and Cultural History by William Woys Weaver
Reviewed By: Daphne Derven
History of Money: From Sandstone to Cyberspace by Jack Weatherford
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
Laurance S. Rockefeller: Catalyst for Conservation by Robin W. Winks
Reviewed By: Mark Dowie
Looking Good and Doing Good: Corporate Philanthropy and Corporate Power by Jerome Himmelstein
Reviewed By: Mark Dowie
Money: A History by Jonathan Williams
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
Play with Your Food by Joost Elffers
Reviewed By: Elizabeth Thompson
Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve by George Soros
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
Spectacular Nature: Corporate Culture and the Sea World Experience by Susan G. Davis
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
The Commanding Heights: The Battle Between Government and the Marketplace That Is Remaking the Modern World by Daniel Yergin
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property by Lewis Hyde
Reviewed By: Michael K. Stone
The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book by Peter Poplaski, ed.
Reviewed By: Phil Frank
Wall Street: How It Works and For Whom by Doug Henwood
Reviewed By: Donella H. Meadows
Winter 1997
Bonobo: The Forgotten Ape by Frans de Waal
Reviewed By: Tyrone Cashman
Coyote Medicine by Lewis Mehl-Madrona
Reviewed By: Andrew Weil, MD
Honey, Mud, Maggots, and Other Medical Marvels: The Science Behind Folk Remedies and Old Wives' Tales by Robert Root-Berbstein
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
Kava, The Pacific Elixir: The Definitive Guide to its Ethnobotany, History, and Chemistry by Vincet Lebot
Reviewed By: Dale Pendall
Snakes: The Evolution of Mystery in Nature by Harry W. Greene
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
The CoHousing Handbook: Building a Place for Community by Chris Hanson
Reviewed By: J. Baldwin
This Sacred Earth: Religion, Nature, Environment by Roger S. Gottlieb, Ed.
Reviewed By: Charlene Spretnak
Summer 1997
How to Hide Things: In Public Places by Dennis Fiery
Reviewed By: Patrizia DiLucchio
Stretching at Your Computer or Desk by Bob Anderson
Reviewed By: Michael K. Stone
Stuff: The Secret Lives of Everyday Things by John C. Ryan
Reviewed By: Donella H. Meadows
The Futures of Women: Scenarios for the 21st Century by Pamel McCorduck
Reviewed By: Elizabeth Thompson
The Resurgence of the Real: Body, Nature, and Place in a Hypermodern World by Charlene Spretnak
Reviewed By: Peter Warshall
Why Things Bite Back: Technology and the Revenge of Unintended Consequences by Edward Tenner
Reviewed By: J. Baldwin
