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Books and Other Spring 1986

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE WHOLE EARTH CATALOG by The Whole Earth Catalog
What are People For? by Wendell Berry
What is an Ecolog? by J. Baldwin

Book Reviews

Ecotopia by Ernest Callenbach
The Riddle of Amish Culture by Donald B. Kraybill
BioDiversity by E.O. Wilson, Editor

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