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Bill McKibben

The Comforting Whirlwind

God, Job And The Scale Of Creation

BY BILL MCKIBBEN
In The Comforting Whirlwind, acclaimed environmentalist and writer Bill McKibben turns to the biblical book of Job and its awesome depiction of creation to demonstrate our need to embrace a bold new paradigm for living if we hope to reverse the current trend of ecological destruction. With reference to the consequences of our poorly considered and self-centered environmental practices-global warming, ozone degradation, deforestation-McKibben combines modern science and timeless biblical wisdom to make the case that growth and economic progress are not only undesirable but deadly.

Cowley Publications 2005 73 PP. Paper

$13.95 (in stock)

Eaarth

Making A Life On A Tough New Planet

BY BILL MCKIBBEN
Twenty years ago, with The End of Nature, Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about global warming. Those warnings went mostly unheeded; now, he insists, we need to acknowledge that we've waited too long, and that massive change is not only unavoidable but already under way. Our old familiar globe is suddenly melting, drying, acidifying, flooding, and burning in ways that no human has ever seen. We've created, in very short order, a new planet, still recognizable but fundamentally different. We may as well call it Eaarth.

St Martins 2011 272 PP. Paper

$14.99 (in stock)

Hundred Dollar Holiday

The Case For A More Joyful Christmas

BY BILL MCKIBBEN
Many dread the approach of the holidays, a season that should be the most relaxed, intimate, joyful time of year. McKibben shows how to rethink Christmastime, so that our obsession with present-buying becomes less important than the many other possible traditions & celebrations. Working with their churches, Bill and his colleagues found people were hungry for a more joyful Christmas. Trying to limit the money they spent at Christmas to about $100 per family was a spur to creativity - and an anchor against the onslaught of commercials & catalogs that try to say Christmas is only Christmas if it's store-bought. McKibben shows us how to return to a simpler, more enjoyable holiday.

Simon and Schuster 1998 96 PP. Paper

$12.99 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Wandering Home

A Long Walk Across America's Most Hopeful Landscape: Vermont's Champlain Valley And New York's Adirondacks

BY BILL MCKIBBEN
The acclaimed author of The End of Nature takes a three-week walk from his current home in Vermont to his former home in the Adirondacks and reflects on the deep hope he finds in the two landscapes.

Crown Books 2005 160 PP. Cloth

$16.95 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Bill McKibben

The Comforting Whirlwind

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Hundred Dollar Holiday

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