Books from Chelsea Green Publishing Company
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The Forager Chef's Book of Flora: Recipes and Techniques for Edible Plants from Garden, Field, and Forest
By Alan BergoOver the past fifteen years, Minnesota chef Alan Bergo has become one of the nation's most exciting and resourceful chefs.
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The Slow Food Guide to New York City: Restaurants, Markets, Bars
By Ben Watson, Patrick MartinsJapanese gyoza are seasoned with soy sauce and have pork , chives , and scallions inside , and Korean mandoo combine meat and tofu with pickled cabbage . Chinese wonton from every province are made with a paste of pork , shrimp , and ...
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High Noon for Natural Gas: The New Energy Crisis
By Julian DarleyIn High Noon for Natural Gas readers can expect to find a critical analysis of government policy on energy, as well as a meticulously researched warning about our next potentially catastrophic energy crisis.
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The Solar Electric House: Energy for the Environmentally-responsive, Energy-independent Home
By William Scheller, Steven J. Strong"This is the definitive book on solar electric systems for home use.
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A Handmade Life: In Search of Simplicity
By William S. CoperthwaiteRichly illustrated with luminous color photographs by Peter Forbes, the book is a moving and inspirational testament to a new practice of old ways of life.
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Growing Unusual Vegetables: Weird and Wonderful Vegetables and How to Grow Them
By Simon HickmottIn this book they will find more than ninety unusual plants, all of them edible. The book is divided into sections on greens, roots, fruits, seeds, grains, and flavorings for easy reference.
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The Invisible Rainbow: A History of Electricity and Life
By Arthur FirstenbergThe most misunderstood force driving health and disease The story of the invention and use of electricity has often been told before, but never from an environmental point of view.
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The Resilient Farm and Homestead: An Innovative Permaculture and Whole Systems Design Approach
By Ben FalkA manual for developing durable, beautiful, and highly functional human habitat systems fit to handle an age of rapid transition, written by a land designer and site developer whose permaculture-research farm has drawn national attention.
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Troubled Water: Saints, Sinners, Truth and Lies about the Global Water Crisis
By Anita Roddick, Brooke Shelby BiggsOnce you're armed with that knowledge, this book also provides you with resources to get involved with organizations making positive change.
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Tamed and Untamed: Brief Encounters of the Animal Kind
By Sy Montgomery, Elizabeth Marshall ThomasExplores the minds, lives, and mysteries of animals as diverse as snails, house cats, hawks, sharks, dogs, lions, and even octopuses
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Fast Lane on a Dirt Road
By Joe ShermanNestled between Montreal, Boston, and New York City exists a magic land called "Vermont." It's a state of the union, a state of mind, a state of grace, and a...
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The Beauty of Straw Bale Homes
By Athena Swentzell Steen, Bill SteenCelebrates the aesthetic styles of straw bale dwellings with numerous color photographs, including both small and large homes and larger-scale institutional buildings.
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Passive Solar Architecture: Heating, Cooling, Ventilation, Daylighting, and More Using Natural Flows
By David A. Bainbridge, Kenneth L. HaggardBainbridge and Haggard draw upon examples from their own experiences, as well as those of others, of more than three decades to offer both overarching principles as well as the details and formulas needed to successfully design a more ...
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Altered Genes, Twisted Truth: How the Venture to Genetically Engineer Our Food Has Subverted Science, Corrupted Government, and Systematically Deceived...
By Steven M. DrukerOffers an exposé on the genetic engineering of foods, maintaining that the unduly reckless way it has been practiced is based, not on sound science, but the subversion of science, and that its promotion has been marked by corruption and ...
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A Place in the Sun: The Evolution of the Real Goods Solar Living Center
By John SchaefferThe Real Goods Solar Living Center, in Hopland, California (two hours north of San Francisco), has hosted hundreds of thousands of visitors since opening in June, 1996. They come to...
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Getting Back on Your Feet: How to Recover Mobility and Fitness After Injury Or Surgery to Your Foot, Leg, Hip,...
By Sally R. PryorThis thorough and practical guide offers the kind of advice on using crutches, walkers, and other mobility aids that doctors, physical therapists, or other health professionals might not but should...
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Only Connect: Soil, Soul, Society : the Best of Resurgence Magazine
By John Lane, Maya Kumar MitchellA selection of articles in Resurgence 1990-1999. Authors include Wendell Berry, Lester Brown, Fritjof Capra, Ted Hughes and James Lovelock.
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The New Ecological Home: The Complete Guide to Green Building Options
By Daniel D. ChirasShelter, like many other elements of human existence, comes at an extraordinary cost to our planet and its inhabitants. In the U.S. alone, construction of 1.2 million new homes a...
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Freewheeling Homes
By David PearsonNow, as an addition to the highly acclaimed The House that Jack Built series, comes this delightful colorful guide, Freewheeling Homes, which describes a range of original and inspiring customized examples from wheeled-home enthusiasts all ...
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Gardener's Supply Company Passport to Gardening: A Sourcebook for the 21st-century Gardener
By Ben Watson, Katherine LaLiberté, Gardener's Supply CompanyNo matter what your gardening specialty or experience level, this is your sourcebook. More than 40 aspects of gardening are surveyed and the paths to more in-depth information clearly identified....