Students explored the concept of sustainability for Dr. Been's English 111 honors project during Spring Semester 2007. Following is a list of books that go way beyond the confines of one course. Check them out! Not in the library? We can get it for you. Ask the library staff.

Novels

The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abby. Abby--Curmudgeon, iconoclast, king of irony, and just a darn good writer! In the Library: First Floor PS3551 .B2 M6 2006

A Friend of the Earth by T. C. Boyle. In the Library: First Floor PS3552 .O932 F75 2000

Ecotopia by Ernest Callenbach. In the Library: First Floor PS3553 .A424 E35 2004

Oh What a Paradise It Seems by John Cheever. In the Library: First Floor PS3505 .H6428 O3 1991

State of Fear by Michael Crichton. In the Library: First Floor PS3553 .R48 S73 2005

Forest Blood: A Novel by Jeff Golden.In the Library: First Floor PS3557 .O35929 F67 1999

Sick Puppy by Carl Hiaasen. PS3558 .I217 S53 2000

Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver. A magical summer of coyotes, feuding neighbors, and a grieving widow. In the Library: First Floor PS3561 .I496 P76 2001

Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy. In the Library: First Floor PS3566 .I4 W6 1983

Zodiac by Neal Stephenson. In the Library: First Floor PS 3569 .T3868 Z39 1988

Nonfiction

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson. The book that pitted a small, determined woman against the multi-million dollar chemical industry. In the Library: First Floor QH 545 .P4 C38 1994

Suburban Nation: the Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream by Andres Duany. HT384 .U5 D83 2000

The Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken. In the Library: First Floor HD60 .H393 1993

Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by William McDonough. Imagine a system of manufacture and use in which nothing is wasted. In the Library: First Floor TD 794.5 .M395 2002

The Philosophy of Sustainable Design by Jason F. McLennan.

The Botany of Desire: a Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan. In the Library: First Floor QK 46.5 .H85 P66 2002

The Omnivore's Dilemma: a Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan. GT 2850 .P65 2006

Design for Life by Sim van Der Ryn. NA 737 .V36 A2 2005

Ecological Design by Sim van Der Ryn. GE 170 .V36 1996

Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser. Why fast food is bad for everybody. In the Library: First Floor TX945.3 .S355 2001

Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace by Vandana Shiva. HM 671 .S457 2005

Stolen Harvest: the Hijacking of the Global Food Supply by Vandana Shiva. The Green Revolution--Shiva tells the rest of the story. HD9000.5 .S454 2000

Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution, and Profit by Vandana Shiva. TD345 .S525 2002

Don't Eat This Book: Fast Food and the Supersizing of America by Mogan Spurlock. What happens to the body after a month-long fast food spree. TX 370 .S68 2005

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