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American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau by Bill McKibben
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American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau

by Bill McKibben

Series: Library of America (182)

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... night I dreamt I went to Manderley again," here on LibraryThing. So, for the fiction part of the coupon I got this. American Earth edited by Bill McKibben. The rule was that the hardcover had to be over $35; anything over $50 was a widely available discount. I found this for $40, ...

#11 American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau is the correct name and yes, it has a different cover even though it's in a slipcase. I wonder why you didn't get the correct book cover when you added it by ISBN. I have no idea how LoA figures out who gets what: I just found out that I'm ...

Hmmmm - not sure - my Wharton is red, Twain blue, and Steinbeck khaki. But my American Earth which is a LofA collection of environmental writings has a painting called "A Lake Twilight" stretching across the entire cover - it has the little open book with stars imprint at the spine bottom but is ...

American Earth edited by Bill McKibben a collection of environmental writing since Thoreau, published this year - I've read many of the selections

Kirconnell in 50 Book Challenge : Kirconnell (Oct 11, 2008, 6:22am)

... and heavy reading. The History of the Irish Race is imporving, but I only mangage a chapter every day or two. I started American Earth, but it is also a dense book with lots of info. I will finish them. Yes, I will. Yes, I will. I won't be seen on the GRTB thread for a while though.

... My review is here. Kirconnell, I'd love to hear about American Earth - I usually enjoy environmental writing, and would love to know if it should be on my shopping list. Anything not tagged "read" is fair game out of my ...

zdufran in Sustainability : 3 new books (Sep 24, 2008, 4:21pm)

Has anyone read any of the 3 books mentioned in the article? American Earth Where the Wild Things Were The Carbon Age I'd like to hear your thoughts.

... by . . . numerical volume number. Perhaps I should work for the Office to Eradicate Redundancy Office. BTW, The new American Earth slipcase edition has a volume number of 182, even though it isn't listed on the copyright page. Number 183 is the second Philip K. Dick volume.

Yes, it is. I was reading portions of American Earth : Environmental Writing Since Thoreau and was impressed all over again with the force of her message and the clean beauty of her writing. all righty ... you're next

I recently received American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau. It has a combination of unusual paper, ink and sewn binding that released a distinct fragrance when the seal was broken. I generally like the smell of books both individually and in the stacks of the Woodruff library at Em ...

I got my box in the mail from Library of America with American Earth Environmental Writing Since Thoreau. It is quite different than their other volumes. The font is different and paper is acid free and contains 50% post-consumer waste. They even have specifications with the printing plant and ...

cornerhouse #46 I was lucky to get a copy of American Earth: environmental writing since Thoreau at Half Price Books before it even appeared in book stores. It is a real gem of a collection and I've enjoyed the spectrum of writing and illustrations. The tag listing on LT is somewhat misleading - ...

May acquisitions so far: Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges Collected Non-Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges American Environmental Writing since Thoreau It's early -- I'm sure there will be more, though I am trying to buy a few less and read more of what's already in the TBR mountain.

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