Our Stolen Future: Are We Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence, and Survival?--A Scientific Detective Story34 reviews Theo Colborn, Dianne Dumanoski, ... Plume, 1997 Very important Read + Well written and packed with information + Riviting & Deeply Disturbing + Future + Plastics, there's no future at all in plastics             Confessions of an Economic Hit Man641 reviews John Perkins Plume, 2005 Universally Read + Dark + An Eye Opener You know what the funny thing is about this book? I doubt that theres very many world leaders or intellectuals who havent either read this book or had a summary of it presented to them. You can disbelieve the facts presented or disbelieve the conclusions but there is a reason this book is so ...             The Empty Ocean9 reviews Richard Ellis Island Press, 2004 What 'bury my heart at wounded knee' was for the sea. + A must read for People who care about the Earth + Stopped eating Tuna... + A truly disturbing book + NO MORE SUSHI FOR ME !             The Forgotten Pollinators9 reviews Stephen L. Buchmann, Gary Paul Nabhan Island Press, 1997 The Buds 'n the Bees + Dry but urgent + Was entertaining..now important + "A Little Appreciation Please..." + And then there was none...             Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans9 reviews Sylvia Earle Ballantine Books, 1996 Learn from one of the best + The Vanishing Oceans + The history and science of oceanography + A message of The Oceans + Excellent story about the Oceans and the environment             Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance (American Empire Project)273 reviews Noam Chomsky Holt Paperbacks, 2004 A Must Read + Silenced by Seriousness + An unconventional, controversial view of U.S. foreign policy + CHOMSKY IS OUR WATCHDOG WITH ONE EYE CLOSED             Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed399 reviews Jared Diamond Penguin (Non-Classics), 2005 Warms up after the first couple chapters + Good overview of the relationship between the environment & politics + Critical topic, excellent scholarship, yet very accessible Not quite as good as his best-known book, "Guns, Germs and Steel", mostly because the first 50 pages are about Montana. Who cares about Montana? I barely even know where it is. But after that it gets wicked awesome. Unfortunately you can't really skip the Montana parts - too many concepts are ...             Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict With a New Introduction by the Author20 reviews Michael T. Klare Holt Paperbacks, 2002 best characterization of the geopolitical framework of the Post-Cold War era + Through detailed, an important concept + Power where does it all stem from... + Good book on resource geopolitics. My 13 yo son loves it             Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies1075 reviews Jared M. Diamond W. W. Norton & Company, 1999 A profound and lasting classic + History; It's What's for Dinner + Fascinating! + Great subject and treatment - shakey science             The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals464 reviews Michael Pollan Penguin Press HC, The, 2006 The True Cost of Eating Your Lunch + Amazing Read + Thought-provoking and terrifying + Changed My World View             Requiem for Nature4 reviews John Terborgh Island Press, 2004 Nature versus People + Cod Liver Oil for the Biodiversity Protection Movement + Current Challenges in Biodiversity Conservation + Nature versus People             The Forgotten Pollinators9 reviews Stephen L. Buchmann, Gary Paul Nabhan Island Press, 1997 The Buds 'n the Bees + Dry but urgent + Was entertaining..now important + "A Little Appreciation Please..." + And then there was none...             Requiem for Nature4 reviews John Terborgh Island Press, 2004 Nature versus People + Cod Liver Oil for the Biodiversity Protection Movement + Current Challenges in Biodiversity Conservation + Nature versus People             Our Stolen Future: Are We Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence, and Survival?--A Scientific Detective Story34 reviews Theo Colborn, Dianne Dumanoski, ... Plume, 1997 Very important Read + Well written and packed with information + Riviting & Deeply Disturbing + Future + Plastics, there's no future at all in plastics             Confessions of an Economic Hit Man641 reviews John Perkins Plume, 2005 Universally Read + Dark + An Eye Opener You know what the funny thing is about this book? I doubt that theres very many world leaders or intellectuals who havent either read this book or had a summary of it presented to them. You can disbelieve the facts presented or disbelieve the conclusions but there is a reason this book is so ...             Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed399 reviews Jared Diamond Penguin (Non-Classics), 2005 Warms up after the first couple chapters + Good overview of the relationship between the environment & politics + Critical topic, excellent scholarship, yet very accessible Not quite as good as his best-known book, "Guns, Germs and Steel", mostly because the first 50 pages are about Montana. Who cares about Montana? I barely even know where it is. But after that it gets wicked awesome. Unfortunately you can't really skip the Montana parts - too many concepts are ...             The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals464 reviews Michael Pollan Penguin Press HC, The, 2006 The True Cost of Eating Your Lunch + Amazing Read + Thought-provoking and terrifying + Changed My World View             Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance (American Empire Project)273 reviews Noam Chomsky Holt Paperbacks, 2004 A Must Read + Silenced by Seriousness + An unconventional, controversial view of U.S. foreign policy + CHOMSKY IS OUR WATCHDOG WITH ONE EYE CLOSED             Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict With a New Introduction by the Author20 reviews Michael T. Klare Holt Paperbacks, 2002 best characterization of the geopolitical framework of the Post-Cold War era + Through detailed, an important concept + Power where does it all stem from... + Good book on resource geopolitics. My 13 yo son loves it             The Empty Ocean9 reviews Richard Ellis Island Press, 2004 What 'bury my heart at wounded knee' was for the sea. + A must read for People who care about the Earth + Stopped eating Tuna... + A truly disturbing book + NO MORE SUSHI FOR ME !