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The Dawn of Everything
A new view of the history of humanity
Authors :
David Graeber , David Wengrow
Published: 2021
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An interpretation of the latest thinkingin human deep history and archaeology. It is not all an inevitable story of progress from cave to today - different ways were possible and can still be achieved.
Synopsis 108 words
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29 Apr '23
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non-fiction
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Unsheltered
Author :
Barbara Kingsolver
Published: 2018
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Twin stories from 1880s and 2010s of a house (possibly the same house) falling apart with the occupants lives.
Synopsis 279 words
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24 Dec '22
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fiction
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The Old Ways
A Journey on Foot
Author :
Robert Macfarlane
Published: 2012
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An account of 16 walks, or track followings, in the form of psycho-geographical poetic meditations.
Synopsis 30 words
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1 Mar '22
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non-fiction
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The Web of Meaning
Author :
Jeremy Lent
Published: 2021
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Pulling it all together - everything is connected and we need to really know or live that
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13 Dec '21
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non-fiction
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How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Author :
Andreas Malm
Published: 2021
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Not an instruction manual but an argument for doing it.
Synopsis 133 words
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23 Nov '21
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non-fiction
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Introduction to Systems Philosophy
Toward a New Paradigm of Contemporary Thought
Author :
Ervin Laszlo
Published: 1972
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How it all fits together as systems of systems
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22 Oct '21
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non-fiction
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Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency
War Communism in the 21st Century
Author :
Andreas Malm
Published: 2020
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Pulling together the strands of Covid19, ecological crisis and traditional marxist-lenninist analysis of the inherent contradictions of capitalism.
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12 Apr '21
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non-fiction
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Entangled Life
How fungi make our worlds, change our minds and shape our futures
Author :
Merlin Sheldrake
Published: 2020
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An introduction to the world from the point of view of fungi. Symbiotic beings which live as a network.
Synopsis 107 words
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21 Jan '21
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non-fiction
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The Book of Trespass
Crossing the lines that divide us
Author :
Nick Hayes
Published: 2020
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How we lost our land, and why, and why it matters.
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15 Sep '20
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non-fiction
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The Patterning Instinct
A Cultural History of Humanity's Search for Meaning
Author :
Jeremy Lent
Published: 2000
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No summary or synopsis available
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2 May '19
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non-fiction
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The Way
Author :
Edward (Teddy) Goldsmith
Published: 1992
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No summary or synopsis available
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23 Feb '19
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non-fiction
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Who Owns England?
Author :
Guy Shrubsole
Published: 2019
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Synopsis extract:
subtitle: How we lost our Green & Pleasant Land, and how to Take It Back
Synopsis 15 words
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1 Jan '19
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non-fiction
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Feral
Author :
George Monbiot
Published: 2000
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Synopsis extract:
Essays on our relationship with the wild world through the author's personal experiences.
Synopsis 13 words
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23 Aug '18
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non-fiction
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Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist
Author :
Paul Kingsnorth
Published: 2017
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Synopsis extract:
Collection of essays from 2011 to 2016 broadly explaining his transition from environmental activism in the 90s to a deep ecology approach and the Dark Mountain project.
Synopsis 25 words
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6 Aug '18
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non-fiction
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No Is Not Enough
Defeating the New Shock Politics
Author :
Naomi Klein
Published: 2017
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No summary or synopsis available
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21 Jul '18
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non-fiction
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The Legacy of Luna
Author :
Julia Butterfly Hill
Published: 2000
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Synopsis extract:
Luna is a giant redwood. ...
Synopsis 46 words
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28 Apr '18
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non-fiction
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In a Green Shade
Author :
Richard Mabey
Published: 1983
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Synopsis extract:
Collection of previously published essays from magazines and newspapers from about 1974
Synopsis 11 words
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1 Apr '18
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non-fiction
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Guns, Germs and Steel
Author :
Jared Diamond
Published: 1997
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Synopsis extract:
Human history explained from a geological, ecological, anthropological, linguistic and archeological perspective
Synopsis 12 words
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17 Mar '18
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non-fiction
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The Moth Snowstorm
Nature and Joy
Author :
Michael McCarthy
Published: 2015
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Synopsis extract:
Personal account of authors involvement and love for the world. ...
Synopsis 22 words
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1 Mar '18
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non-fiction
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The History of Bees
Author :
Maja Lunde
Published: 2000
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Synopsis extract:
Three intertwined stories across time (1850, 2007, 2049) about bees and beekeeping. ...
Synopsis 24 words
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14 Jan '18
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fiction
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Lilac and Flag
Author :
John Berger
Published: 2000
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Synopsis extract:
Peasants in the city
Synopsis 4 words
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28 Dec '17
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fiction
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Mystery Teachings from the Living Earth
An introduction to spiritual ecology
Author :
John Michael Greer
Published: 2000
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No summary or synopsis available
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8 Aug '17
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non-fiction
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Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Author :
Robert Pirsig
Published: 2000
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No summary or synopsis available
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15 Jul '17
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non-fiction
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The Company of Trees
Author :
Thomas Pakenham
Published: 2015
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Synopsis extract:
A personal account of a tree collector's estate (demense) in Ireland (Tullynally) in the form of a diary.
Synopsis 18 words
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10 Apr '17
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non-fiction
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Once in Europa
Author :
John Berger
Published: 2000
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Synopsis extract:
Odile, born to peasant family in the alps, reflects on her life from the viewpoint of a hangglider or balloon which her son Christian is flying her on/in
Synopsis 29 words
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12 Mar '17
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fiction
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