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    Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth

    An "informative and vividly reported book" that goes beyond the politics of climate change to explore practical ways we can adapt and survive ( San Francisco Chronicle).Journalist Mark Hertsgaard has reported on global warming for outlets including the New Yorker, NPR, Time, and Vanity Fair. But it was only after he became a father that he started thinking about the two billion young people ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bravehearts

    Whistle-Blowing in the Age of Snowden

    Whistleblowers pay with their lives to save ours. When insiders like former NSA analyst Edward Snowden or ex-FBI agent Coleen Rowley or Big Tobacco truth-teller Jeffrey Wigand blow the whistle on high-level lying, lawbreaking or other wrongdoing-whether it's government spying, corporate murder or scientific scandal-the public benefits enormously. Wars are ended, deadly products are taken off the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Big Red's Mercy

    The Shooting of Deborah Cotton and a Story of Race in America

    The moving story of a New Orleans woman who fought for justice and her community even amidst one of the city's darkest moments.Mark Hertsgaard and Deborah Cotton were strangers to one another, united only by a love of jazz and New Orlean’s distinctive Second Line tradition. And then, during a Mother’s Day parade, they were thrown together when two gunmen fired into the crowd…Deborah Cotton—known ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Earth Odyssey

    Around the World in Search of Our Environmental Future

    Like many of us, Mark Hertsgaard has long worried about the declining health of our environment. But in 1991, he decided to act on his concern and investigate the escalating crisis for himself. Traveling on his own dime, he embarked on an odyssey lasting most of the decade and spanning nineteen countries. Now, in Earth Odyssey, he reports on our environmental predicament through the eyes of the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Eagle's Shadow

    Why America Fascinates and Infuriates the World

    What America looks like to the rest of the worldAmericans rarely used to think about the outside world. As the mightiest nation in history, the United States could do as it pleased. Now Americans have learned the hard way that what outsiders think matters. When terror struck last September 11, author Mark Hertsgaard was completing a trip around the world, gathering perceptions about America from ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

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    How the World Sees America

    Narrated by Michael Toms ...

    Unabridged

    57 min

    In a profound sense, most U.S. citizens are insulated from the realties of the rest of the world. Even with worldwide communication technologies, the major U.S. media filters out much of what goes on beyond American borders, only focusing on major events. Here, a former overseas journalist and writer, Mark Hertsgaard, speaks of how others around the world see the United States. ... Read more

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    Eco World:  What Price Fun?

    Narrated by Michael Toms ...

    Unabridged

    56 min

    In 1991, Mark Hertsgaard began an odyssey that lasted six years and spanned nineteen countries. His was a journey into the gripping truth about the escalating environmental crisis. Here, in his remarkable account of his travels, he faces the hard realities of nuclear technology, overpopulation, excessive consumerism and greed, with heart and hope. ... Read more

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    Bioneers Series 2-11: Global Green Plan and Urban Design

    Unabridged

    29 min

    Solutions, solutions, solutions. From the Global Green Deal, a comprehensive plan for restoring the Earth, to the inspiring programs and policies of one city that is going green. This program is full of practical strategies to turn eco-centered visions into living realities that deliver jobs and profits. ... Read more

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  • Going to School in Black and White

    A dual memoir of desegregation

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