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China's Energy Strategy
China has reduced the energy intensity of its economy dramatically. This book explores how this reduction was achieved and determines the major sources of energy savings. Using …
Rain Through High Windows
These poems slow the planet so gradually that all adapt to its halt; one forgets that time should be passing, accepts the poet's static divine and lets hours line up like saints. …
Counter Terrorism Issues
Counter Terrorism Issues: Case Studies in the Courtroom, Second Edition presents a panoramic view of the American judiciary’s handling of domestic terrorism in the last 30 years. …
Shapers of the Great Debate on Conservation
Through biographical examinations of some of the key figures in the debate on conservation, this book seeks to explore a range of subjects, such as the evolution of the …
Remaking the American University
At one time, universities educated new generations and were a source of social change. Today colleges and universities are less places of public purpose, than agencies of personal …
Founding Farmers Cookbook, Second Edition
Look at what you put on your table through the eyes of a farmer with this cookbook by one of America's most popular and sustainable restaurants. Nestled in the nation's capital, …
Disaster Resilience
No person or place is immune from disasters or disaster-related losses. Infectious disease outbreaks, acts of terrorism, social unrest, or financial disasters in addition to …
Women and Nature
Long before Rachel Carson's fight against pesticides placed female environmental activists in the national spotlight, women were involved in American environmentalism. In Women and …
Robert Frost and Feminine Literary Tradition
In spite of Robert Frost's continuing popularity with the public, the poet remains an outsider in the academy, where more "e;difficult"e; and "e;innovative"e; poets …
Saving the Pryor Mountain Mustang
In 1968 the residents of Lovell, Wyoming, began the work of saving the Pryor Mountain Mustang, a breed of horse with a genetic link dating back to the sixteenth-century Spanish …
Angwin and Howell Mountain
Just a few miles east of St. Helena, Howell Mountain overlooks the Napa Valley. The mountain's mild Mediterranean climate and extensive forests have drawn people for thousands of …
Silent Spring Revolution: John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the Great Environmental Awakening
New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed presidential historian Douglas Brinkley chronicles the rise of environmental activism during the Long Sixties (1960-1973), telling …