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| | 2. |  | Collapse
from Penguin Audio
Price: $23.07
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This book makes an good and convincing case for the importance of environmental issues as they affect the well being of all societies developed and developing.
The book is centered around the collapse of past societies, although this is only one of four sections in the book. The first section... more info
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4.0 / 5.0
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| | 3. |  | A Sand County Almanac
from Highbridge Audio
Price: $18.96
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I expected a book that would move me emotionally as well as intellectually, like Abby's Desert Solitude. That's not what this book is all about. It is well written, yes, but it only shoots for the intellect, not the heart, or at least it did for me. It is still an important read.
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4.5 / 5.0
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| | 4. |  | Civilization and Its Discontents
from W. W. Norton & Company
Price: $13.57
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Freud gives his pessimistic take on human nature and expands this formula to society as a whole. I am not sure if his argument is sound based on the fact that he went from the micro-individual to a macro view of society, but his argument was quite convincing based upon the amounts of aggression seen... more info
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4.0 / 5.0
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| | 6. |  | Salt: A World History
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
Price: $10.88
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"Salt: A World History" is exactly what the title advertises: stories about the production, trade, and use of salt from our earliest archaeological and written records through to modern times.
Kurlansky's writing is serviceable at best and more often rather clunky,repetitious, and tin-eared --... more info
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3.5 / 5.0
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