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Recommended Books

These (mainly recent) books are recommended by Clare to anyone interested in finding out more about the environment and other issues. The links lead to Clare's reviews on Goodreads where you can find out more about the authors and see other reviews. She has also reviewed some of the books on FreshFiction.com. Books will be added here regularly.

The University of San Diego has made one of Clare's reviews available as an educational tool.
This is of environmental book The Price Of Thirst by Karen Piper.
https://www.sandiego.edu/cee/documents/Fresh_Review_Book_Review.pdf



Environment, Climate Change and World Geopolitics
Birds
Animals
Water Supplies
Trees and Plants
Home and Family


Environment, Climate Change and World Geopolitics


Climate Change and the Health of Nations: Famines, Fevers, and the Fate of Populations by Anthony J. McMichael, Alistair Woodward, Cameron Muir
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29940205-climate-change-and-the-health-of-nations

Biocode: The New Age of Genomics by Dawn Field, Neil Davies
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23363196-biocode

Energy Development and Wildlife Conservation in Western North America by David E. Naugle (Editor), Mark S. Boyce (Foreword)
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11225095-energy-development-and-wildlife-conservation-in-western-north-america

Retreat from a Rising Sea: Hard Choices in an Age of Climate Change by Orrin H Pilkey, Linda Pilkey-Jarvis, Keith C Pilkey
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27781443-retreat-from-a-rising-sea

Mythical River: Chasing the Mirage of New Water in the American Southwest by Melissa L. Sevigny
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27214168-mythical-river

What Should a Clever Moose Eat?: Natural History, Ecology, and the North Woods by John Pastor, Bernd Heinrich (Foreword)
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25362724-what-should-a-clever-moose-eat

Green Capital: A New Perspective on Growth by Christian de Perthuis, Pierre-Andre Jouvet, Michael Westlake
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26262963-green-capital

Let Us Now Praise Famous Gullies: Providence Canyon and the Soils of the South by Paul S. Sutter
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25159638-let-us-now-praise-famous-gullies

Snowball Earth: The Story of the Great Global Catastrophe That Spawned Life as We Know It by Gabrielle Walker
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1020063.Snowball_Earth

Children Of The Ice: Climate And Human Origins by John Gribbin, Mary Gribbin
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1031483.Children_Of_The_Ice

Connecting the Drops: A Citizens' Guide to Protecting Water Resources by Karen Schneller-McDonald
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25974836-connecting-the-drops

The Disaster Profiteers: How Natural Disasters Make the Rich Richer and the Poor Even Poorer by John C. Mutter http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23014625-the-disaster-profiteers

What Has Nature Ever Done for Us?: How Money Really Does Grow on Trees by Tony Juniper
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17141877-what-has-nature-ever-done-for-us

The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History by Thor Hanson
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23013818-the-triumph-of-seeds

Glaciers: The Politics of Ice by Jorge Daniel Taillant
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26110435-glaciers

Climate Peril: The Intelligent Reader's Guide to Understanding the Climate Crisis by John J. Berger
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22145877-climate-peril

Common Ground on Hostile Turf: Stories from an Environmental Mediator by Lucy Moore
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16143903-common-ground-on-hostile-turf

Planning for Coastal Resilience: Best Practices for Calamitous Times by Timothy Beatley
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7669464-planning-for-coastal-resilience

Money Logging: On the Trail of the Asian Timber Mafia by Lukas Straumann
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23207838-money-logging

The Year Yellowstone Burned: A Twenty-Five-Year Perspective by Jeff Henry
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18444012-the-year-yellowstone-burned

Our Ice Is Vanishing / Sikuvut Nunguliqtuq: A History of Inuit, Newcomers, and Climate Change by Shelley Wright
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22210340-our-ice-is-vanishing-sikuvut-nunguliqtuq

Future Arctic: Field Notes from a World on the Edge by Edward Struzik
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21929640-future-arctic

Meltdown in Tibet: China's Reckless Destruction of Ecosystems from the Highlands of Tibet to the Deltas of Asia by Michael Buckley
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20695979-meltdown-in-tibet

Saving Planet Earth by Tony Juniper
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2356451.Saving_Planet_Earth

Indian Country by Peter Matthiessen
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/279114.Indian_Country

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/475.Collapse

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27333.Silent_Spring

The Ferocious Summer: Adelie Penguins and the Warming of Antarctica by Meredith Hooper
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1961576.The_Ferocious_Summer

How Many Lightbulbs Does It Take to Change a Planet? by Tony Juniper
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/785570.How_Many_Lightbulbs_Does_It_Take_to_Change_a_Planet_

Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation by Dan Fagin
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15798109-toms-river

Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future by Martin Ford
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22928874-rise-of-the-robots

Deadly River: Cholera and Cover-Up in Post-Earthquake Haiti by Ralph R. Frerichs
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27173688-deadly-river

Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It by Gina Kolata
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29039.Flu

The Elements of Power: Gadgets, Guns, and the Struggle for a Sustainable Future in the Rare Metal Age by David S. Abraham
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27064966-the-elements-of-power

What Stands in a Storm: Three Days in the Worst Superstorm to Hit the South's Tornado Alley by Kim Cross
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22609348-what-stands-in-a-storm

More: Population, Nature, and What Women Want by Robert Engelman
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3098606-more

Second Creation: Dolly and the Age of Biological Control by Ian Wilmut, Colin Tudge
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6851647-second-creation

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18170143-an-astronaut-s-guide-to-life-on-earth

Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded by Simon Winchester
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25017.Krakatoa

The People's Republic of Chemicals by William J. Kelly, Chip Jacobs
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20893808-the-people-s-republic-of-chemicals

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2612.The_Tipping_Point

The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/117047.The_Blind_Watchmaker

Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15797397-salt-sugar-fat

Mankind Beyond Earth: The History, Science, and Future of Human Space Exploration by Claude A. Piantadosi
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14624382-mankind-beyond-earth

Brooklyn Bridge Park: A Dying Waterfront Transformed by Henrik Krogius, Joanne Witty
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29285224-brooklyn-bridge-park

Hoping to Help: The Promises and Pitfalls of Global Health Volunteering by Judith Lasker
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29858781-hoping-to-help

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1842.Guns_Germs_and_Steel?ac=1&from_search=true

Disaster Capitalism by Antony Loewenstein
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24388295-disaster-capitalism

The Edge of the World: How the North Sea Made Us Who We Are by Michael Pye
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23498802-the-edge-of-the-world

The New Censorship: Inside the Global Battle for Media Freedom by Joel Simon
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22329440-the-new-censorship

The Price of Thirst: Global Water Inequality and the Coming Chaos by Karen Piper
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21944612-the-price-of-thirst

Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere: The New Global Revolutions by Paul Mason
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13284033-why-it-s-kicking-off-everywhere

The Edge of Extinction: Travels with Enduring People in Vanishing Lands by Jules Pretty
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22210638-the-edge-of-extinction

Breaking Free: True Stories of Girls Who Escaped Modern Slavery by Abby Sher
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18381760-breaking-free

To The Poles Without A Beard by Catharine Hartley
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2300641.To_The_Poles_Without_A_Beard

This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate by Naomi Klein
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21913812-this-changes-everything


Birds


Birding at the Bridge: In Search of Every Bird on the Brooklyn Waterfront by Heather Wolf
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25810648-birding-at-the-bridge

Explorations of Aotearoa by Max Allen
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31434099-explorations-of-aotearoa

On The Wing: To the Edge of the Earth with a Peregrine Falcon by Alan Tennant
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7907607-on-the-wing

Nature's Paradise: Costa Rica by Douglas Goodell, Marco T. Saborio
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17912343-nature-s-paradise

The Ferocious Summer: Adelie Penguins and the Warming of Antarctica by Meredith Hooper
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1961576.The_Ferocious_Summer

Into the Nest: Intimate Views of the Courting, Parenting, and Family Lives of Familiar Birds by Marie Read, Laura Erickson
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19536577-into-the-nest

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18803640-h-is-for-hawk

The Urban Birder by David Lindo
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12506751-the-urban-birder

Welcome to Subirdia: Sharing Our Neighborhoods with Wrens, Robins, Woodpeckers, and Other Wildlife by John M. Marzluff, Jack Delap
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21874664-welcome-to-subirdia

Owls: Our Most Enchanting Bird by Matt Sewell
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23347178-owls

Animals


If Bees Are Few: A Hive of Bee Poems by James P. Lenfestey
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27409580-if-bees-are-few

Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History by Dan Flores
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26195972-coyote-america

Not So Different: Finding Human Nature in Animals by Nathan H. Lents
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27845834-not-so-different

Once They Were Hats: In Search of the Mighty Beaver by Frances Backhouse
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24694132-once-they-were-hats

Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival by Bernd Heinrich
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/254705.Winter_World

Wild and Wonderful by Eanna Ni Lamhna
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4265473-wild-and-wonderful

In the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/135486.In_the_Shadow_of_Man

A Primate's Memoir by Robert M. Sapolsky
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20667.A_Primate_s_Memoir

Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams, Mark Carwardine
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8696.Last_Chance_to_See

Last Chance to See: In the Footsteps of Douglas Adams by Mark Carwardine, Stephen Fry
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6105931-last-chance-to-see

The Amazing Monarch: The Secret Wintering Grounds of an Endangered Butterfly by Windle Turley
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8266159-the-amazing-monarch

Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare: An Ecologist's Perspective by Paul A. Colinvaux
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1829880.Why_Big_Fierce_Animals_Are_Rare

Why Elephants Have Big Ears: And Other Riddles from the Natural World by Chris Lavers
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1458003.Why_Elephants_Have_Big_Ears

The Tribe of Tiger: Cats and Their Culture by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64807.The_Tribe_of_Tiger

Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3257136-dewey

Trilobite! by Richard Fortey
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21312404-trilobite

Riding Home: The Power of Horses to Heal by Tim Hayes
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22545436-riding-home

The Last Horsemen: A Year on the Last Farm in Britain Powered by Horses by Charles Bowden
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1439737.The_Last_Horsemen

The Hidden Life of Dogs by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/125928.The_Hidden_Life_of_Dogs

Embracing the Wild in Your Dog by Bryan Bailey
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26851176-embracing-the-wild-in-your-dog

Search Dogs and Me: One Man and His Life-Saving Dogs by Neil Powell
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12733437-search-dogs-and-me

In Search of the Missing: Working with Search and Rescue Dogs by Mick McCarthy
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10753454-in-search-of-the-missing

Last Chance Mustang by Mitchell Bornstein
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23014697-last-chance-mustang

The Perfect Horse: The Daring American Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis by Elizabeth Letts
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28007894-the-perfect-horse

The Man Who Listens to Horses by Monty Roberts
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8515.The_Man_Who_Listens_to_Horses

Badluck Way: A Year on the Ragged Edge of the West by Bryce Andrews
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17571646-badluck-way

Water Supplies


Connecting the Drops: A Citizens' Guide to Protecting Water Resources by Karen Schneller-McDonald
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25974836-connecting-the-drops

The Price of Thirst: Global Water Inequality and the Coming Chaos by Karen Piper
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21944612-the-price-of-thirst

Mythical River: Chasing the Mirage of New Water in the American Southwest by Melissa L. Sevigny
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27214168-mythical-river

Glaciers: The Politics of Ice by Jorge Daniel Taillant
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26110435-glaciers

Meltdown in Tibet: China's Reckless Destruction of Ecosystems from the Highlands of Tibet to the Deltas of Asia by Michael Buckley
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20695979-meltdown-in-tibet

Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation by Dan Fagin
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15798109-toms-river

Deadly River: Cholera and Cover-Up in Post-Earthquake Haiti by Ralph R. Frerichs
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27173688-deadly-river

The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36086.The_Ghost_Map

Trees and Plants


Money Logging: On the Trail of the Asian Timber Mafia by Lukas Straumann
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23207838-money-logging

The Year Yellowstone Burned: A Twenty-Five-Year Perspective by Jeff Henry
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18444012-the-year-yellowstone-burned

Meetings with Remarkable Trees by Thomas Pakenham
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/956895.Meetings_with_Remarkable_Trees?ac=1&from_search=true

The Company of Trees: A Year in a Lifetime's Quest by Thomas Pakenham
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26570290-the-company-of-trees

What Should a Clever Moose Eat?: Natural History, Ecology, and the North Woods by John Pastor, Bernd Heinrich (Foreword)
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25362724-what-should-a-clever-moose-eat

The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History by Thor Hanson
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23013818-the-triumph-of-seeds

The Potato: How the Humble Spud Rescued the Western World by Larry Zuckerman
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199562.The_Potato

Home and Family


A Year Unplugged: A Family's Life Without Technology by Sharael Kolberg
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25252771-a-year-unplugged

Throw Out Fifty Things: Clear the Clutter, Find Your Life by Gail Blanke
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5892636-throw-out-fifty-things

How I Lived a Year on Just a Pound a Day by Kath Kelly
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4599321-how-i-lived-a-year-on-just-a-pound-a-day

The Smart Girl's Guide to Privacy by Violet Blue
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25644910-the-smart-girl-s-guide-to-privacy

If Not Now, When?: Living the Baby Boomer Adventure by Esther Rantzen
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21087446-if-not-now-when

Commit to Get Fit: Find the Secret to Your Own True and Everlasting Weight Loss by Laura Dion-Jones
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20665754-commit-to-get-fit

The Spark: A Mother's Story of Nurturing Genius by Kristine Barnett
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15798364-the-spark

Learning to Dance in the Rain by Melanie Bennett
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21952647-learning-to-dance-in-the-rain

It's Not Yet Dark by Simon Fitzmaurice
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22340465-it-s-not-yet-dark?ac=1&from_search=true

Horse Sense For People by Monty Roberts
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2420040.Horse_Sense_For_People