Books from Sierra Club Books
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Orca: Visions of the Killer Whale
By Peter KnudtsonQuietly cruising through a Northern fiord, diving underwater with astonishing grace, or hurtling their bodies skyward in a leaping breach, killer whales have long been admired as one of the...
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The Book of Bamboo
By David FarrellyBamboo’s amazing versatility, strength, and beauty have given it a larger role in human culture than any other plant. Both sustainable and plentiful, it has been used for millennia to...
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The Geography of Hope: A Tribute to Wallace Stegner
By Wallace StegnerThe Legacy of Wallace Stegner (1909-1993) - as writer, teacher and conservationist - once moved Edward Abbey to declare him "the only living American worthy of the Nobel". Unequaled in...
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Nukespeak: Nuclear Language, Visions, and Mindset
By Stephen Hilgartner, Richard C. Bell, Rory O'ConnorExamines the public relations efforts of the nuclear power industry and analyzes its use of euphemisms and confusing language in order to encourage the development of nuclear energy-Amazon.
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Global Warming: Are We Entering the Greenhouse Century?
By Stephen Henry SchneiderIn this comprehensive and solidly researched examination of the greenhouse effect, the nation's leading climatologist shows why the climate is changing, the potential consequences of unrestricted use of fossil fuel,...
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In the Wake of the Exxon Valdez: The Devastating Impact of the Alaska Oil Spill
By Art DavidsonBlending eyewitness accounts with an overview of the human cost and consequences of the wholesale destruction of one of our last remaining wilderness areas, here is the full story of...
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Walking Up & Down in the World: Memories of a Mountain Rambler
By Smoke BlanchardWalking Up & Down in the World: Memories of a Mountain Rambler
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The Best Ski Touring in America
By Steve BarnettThis guide features the best cross-country ski touring in North America and offers 31 areas across the U.S., Alaska, Canada and Mexico selected for a variety of terrain, conditions and...