Earth Day Essentials: Must-Read Books

Updated April 15, 2025
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A field guide to the stars and planets /
Pasachoff, Jay M.
Paper Book
The fourth edition of this best-selling field guide was revised and updated, and each printing brings further updates with the latest information. As of the 16th printing (December 2018), most of the time-sensitive material has been updated for the next decade. Twenty-four color Monthly Sky Maps...
The story of more : how we got to climate change and where to go from here /
Jahren, Hope
Paper Book
This young adult adaptation of acclaimed geochemist and geobiologist Hope Jahren's highly respected nonfiction work is the perfect book for those interested in learning about climate change and how they can contribute to creating a more sustainable future. Hope Jahren, acclaimed...
The climate book
Thunberg, Greta
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER We still have time to change the world. From climate activist Greta Thunberg, comes the essential handbook for making it happen. You might think it's an impossible task: secure a safe future for life on Earth, at a scale and speed...
This changes everything : capitalism vs. the climate /
Klein, Naomi, 1970-
Paper Book
WINNER 2014 - Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Non-Fiction Forget everything you think you know about global warming. The really inconvenient truth is that it's not about carbon--it's about capitalism. The convenient truth is that we can seize this...
Encyclopedia of hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones /
Longshore, David
Paper Book
This book helps you discover the tumultuous and exciting world of hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones. The science, history, and culture of tropical cyclones around the globe have evolved considerably since the publication of the award-winning first edition of ""Encyclopedia of Hurricanes, Typhoons,...
The fragile earth : writing from the New Yorker on climate change
Remnick, David
Paper Book
A New York Times New & Noteworthy Book One of the Daily Beast's 5 Essential Books to Read Before the Election A collection of the New Yorker's groundbreaking reporting from the front lines of climate change--including writing from Bill McKibben, Elizabeth Kolbert, Ian...

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