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High and Mighty
The Dangerous Rise of the SUV

by Keith Bradsher

In a persuasive and fact-rich account, a former Detroit bureau chief for The New York Times details the devious marketing campaigns and unscrupulous politics that have made the SUV the darling of American motorists. Bradsher describes how automakers schemed to sidestep safety, tax and air pollution regulations, and exposes the dangers these vehicles pose not only to their own occupants, but to other drivers, and to the environment as well. -- SEE THE ONEARTH REVIEW

paperback (ISBN: 1586482033)

How Much Is Enough?
The Consumer Society and the Future of the Earth

by Alan Durning

Without being too preachy, it explores whether increasing consumption is related to greater happiness. -- ERIC A. GOLDSTEIN

paperback (ISBN: 039330891X)

Hope's Edge
The Next Diet for a Small Planet

by Frances Moore Lappé and Anna Lappé

Thirty years after publishing the best-selling Diet for a Small Planet, Frances Moore Lappé takes another look at the twin problems of environmental degradation and world hunger and concludes that a shortage of democracy -- not food -- is the problem. -- SEE THE ONEARTH REVIEW

paperback (ISBN: 1585422371)

Every Drop for Sale
Our Desperate Battle Over Water in a World About to Run Out

by Jeffrey Rothfeder

The average Gambian consumes about 3 liters of water a day -- about the same amount an American male might use just for shaving. Jeffrey Rothfeder draws upon facts like these and on his years as a reporter on water issues to construct a frightening picture of a crisis that is causing millions of deaths every year. Rothfeder also describes how global companies (including Enron, before its downfall) are looking to profit from this crisis by investing in "water management," as governments around the world concede that they are unable to provide clean drinking water to their people. -- SEE THE ONEARTH REVIEW

paperback (ISBN: 158542367X)

Fast Food Nation
The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

by Eric Schlosser

Junk food has widened the gulf between rich and poor and turned America into a vast mall where obesity rages -- these are just some of the charges Eric Schlosser lays at the door of the fast food industry. Schlosser uses his reporting skills and wit in this survey (and critique) of junk food from California to the New Jersey turnpike -- an absolute MUST-read! -- GAIL DE RITA

hardcover (ISBN: 0395977894)

paperback (ISBN: 0060838582)

American Green
The Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Lawn

by Ted Steinberg

Steinberg is an environmental historian at Case Western Reserve University and the author of four previous books, including Down to Earth: Nature's Role in American History, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 2003. In American Green he scrutinizes our lawns as a cultural phenomenon, a multibillion-dollar industry, and an overlooked health threat, all along melding muckraking journalism with roguish humor to produce a highly entertaining and mostly compelling call for grassroots reform. -- SEE THE ONEARTH REVIEW

hardcover (ISBN: 0393060845)

paperback (ISBN: 0393329305)

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