Someone once told us, "There's more to life than birds!" We know; we were as shocked as you are. Nonetheless, it's oh so very true. The books on this page are must-reads for all conservation-minded people. Do you have another favorite that you think we should carry? Let us know and we'll see if we can get it in stock.

Last Child in the Woods	A Sand County Almanac		Desert Solitaire	An Inconvenient Truth

Last Child in the Woods:

Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

Richard Louv, Algonquin Books, paperback, 310 pages.

"Parents, educators, therapists and city officials can benefit from taking seriously Louv's call for a 'nature-child reunion'."

- Scientific American

If you have children, you are certainly concerned for their health and well-being; if you don't, perhaps you are concerned about the next generation becoming good stewards of the environment.  In either case, this book is a must-read, presenting solid evidence that our children are suffering from nature-deficit disorder, and that increasing their interaction with nature can help them--and our natural world--in so many ways.

Item # - MB-106 .................................................. $13.95 US

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A Sand County Almanac -

And Sketches Here and There

Aldo Leopold, Oxford University Press, paperback, 226 pages.

"A notable book of discovery, a book whose beginning is fashioned for naturalists and artists, and whose conclusion is a far-seeing challenge to statesmen and philosophers."

- The Land

A Sand County Almanac is required reading in numerous conservation, ecology, wildlife, and environmental science classes around the world. And in those where it is not - it should be. Thousands, perhaps millions of today's conservationists owe at least a part of their understanding of the natural world to this man. Though first published in 1949, this book carries a message as vital today as it was then. The living world is a better place having known Aldo Leopold.

Item # - MB-101 .................................................. $13.95 US

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Desert Solitaire -

A Season in the Wilderness

Edward Abbey, Ballantine Books, paperback, 337 pages.

"This book may well seem like a ride on a bucking bronco. It is rough, tough, combative. The author is a rebel and an eloquent loner. His is a passionately felt, deeply poetic book. It has philosophy. It has humor. It has its share of nerve-tingling adventures ... set down in a lean, racing prose, in a close-knit style of power and beauty."

- Edwin Way Teale, The New York Times Book Review

What Aldo Leopold did for the land in general, Edward Abbey has done for the desert. What more can be said?

Item # - MB-104 .................................................. $14.00 US

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An Inconvenient Truth:

and What We Can Do about It

Al Gore, Rodale, paperback, 327 pages.

The science is in; global warming is real and we are the main cause of it. We are already feeling its effects in numerous ways. In the months and years to come, it will become more and more of an emergency issue as our planet bakes under the carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas pollution that we keep spewing into atmosphere. The question then becomes, "What can we do about it?" Well, first of all, we can understand it. Exactly what is global warming? What is causing it? What evidence exists that it is real? Is it all hype? Is it really "the greatest hoax every perpetrated on the American public?"

Al Gore answers all those questions and many more in a down-to-earth way that all can understand. If you don't necessarily want this book at home, why not purchase a copy and donate it to a local school? The book itself is the first one on the market to offset 100% of the carbon emissions generated from its production.

Item # - MB-201 .................................................. $21.95 US

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