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  | | A Conservationist Manifesto(9th Edition) by Scott Russell Sanders Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2009 by Indiana University Press Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-253-22080-6, ISBN: 0-253-22080-7 "As an antidote to the destructive culture of consumption dominating American life today, Scott Russell Sanders calls for a culture of conservation that allows us to savor and preserve the world, instead of devouring it. How might we shift to a more durable and responsible way of life? What changes in values and behavior will be required? Ranging geographically from sout ..." |
 | | Earth Works(1st Edition) Selected Essays by Scott Russell Sanders Paperback, 376 Pages, Published 2012 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-00095-8, ISBN: 0-253-00095-5 "In the hands of award-winning writer Scott Russell Sanders, the essay becomes an inquisitive and revelatory form of art. In 30 of his finest essays--nine never before collected--Sanders examines his Midwestern background, his father's drinking, his opposition to war, his literary inheritance, and his feeling for wildness. He also tackles such vital issues as the disruption of Earth's climate, the impact of technology, the mystique of mo ..." |
 | | Wonder and Other Survival Skills(1st Edition) by Diane Ackerman, Susanne Antonetta, Rick Bass, Michael P. Branch, John Calderazzo, Anthony Doerr, Chris Dombrowski, Brian Doyle, David Gessner, Aleria Jensen, Amy Leach, Teddy Macker, Scott Russell Sanders, Georgian Valoyce-Sanchez, Ann Zwinger, Kristi Dranginis, H. Emerson Blake Paperback, 107 Pages, Published 2012 by The Orion Society ISBN-13: 978-1-935713-02-9, ISBN: 1-935713-02-7 "Is wonder really a survival skill? Between the urgency of the problems facing our planet and the chaos of our own busy lives, it might seem naive to place "cultivate wonder" at the top of a list of priorities. Yet that is exactly what the authors in this collection suggest: that wonder is necessary, that it might just be what saves us. Readers have long turned to Orion to be reminded of the things that really matter, to build their inne ..." |
 | | Speak to the Earth Pages from a Farmwife's Journal by Rachel Peden, Sidonie Coryn, Scott Russell Sanders, Professor Scott Russell Sanders Paperback, 264 Pages, Published 2011 by Quarry Books ISBN-13: 978-0-253-22342-5, ISBN: 0-253-22342-3 "A farmwife for 45 years, Rachel Peden believed that the family farm's best crop is a "harvest of the spirit." In Speak to the Earth, she looks at life -- domestic and wild, human and critter -- through the eyes of someone who witnesses nine seasons of the year rather than the typical four. Peden views the farm as "a place of opportunity simultaneous with obligation, an ..." |
 | | Making the Good Life Last Four Keys to Sustainable Living by Michael A. Schuler, Scott Russell Sanders Paperback, 228 Pages, Published 2009 by Berrett-Koehler Publishers Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-1-57675-570-9, ISBN: 1-57675-570-3 "The Sustainable Life Is the Good Life In our materialist culture, the idea of ""the good life""--fancy cars, designer clothes, once-in-a-lifetime vacations--leaves even those few who can afford it feeling anxious, empty, and dissatisfied. Michael Schuler deconstructs the assumption that consumption and constant stimulation equal happiness. He shows how, by applying the principles of sustainability to our personal lives, we can discover ..." |
 | | Not Normal, Illinois(Unabridged) Peculiar Fictions from the Flyover (Quarry Books) by Michael Martone, Max Apple, Joel Brouwer, Robert Coover, Robert Day, Rikki Ducornet, Stuart Dybek, Mark Ehling, Louise Erdrich, Robin Hemley, Lily Hoang, Laird Hunt, Sandy Huss, Lily James, Janet Kauffman, Jesse Lee Kercheval, Brian Kitely, Clarence Major, Brian Mcmullen, Glenn Meeter, Ander Monson, Susan S. Neville, Lon Otto, Erin Pringle, Josh Russell, Scott Russell Sanders, George Saunders, Steve Tomasula, Deb Olin Unferth, Kellie Wells, Curtis White, Michael Wilkerson, Dianne Williams, Quarry Books Paperback, 328 Pages, Published 2009 by Quarry Books ISBN-13: 978-0-253-21022-7, ISBN: 0-253-21022-4 "Do Midwesterners have a peculiar way of looking at the world? Is there something not quite right about the way they see things? For such a normal place, the heartland has produced some writers who take a most individual approach to storytelling. And the result―to the delight of readers everywhere―has been stories that reveal the mystery, joy, and enchantment in the most ordinary and incidental moments of life. These 33 exceptional tales ..." |
 | | Wilderness Plots(1st Edition) Tales About the Settlement of the American Land by Scott Russell Sanders, Dennis B. Meehan Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2013 by The Wooster Book Company ISBN-13: 978-1-59098-182-5, ISBN: 1-59098-182-0 "Wilderness Plots is made up of fifty brief tales that chronicle the period of settlement of the Ohio Valley, roughly 1780 to 1850. Beginning with the discovery of the Ohio River by La Salle and ending with the Civil War, this region was the West, the exciting new frontier. Written with the power and compression of folklore, these tales bring to life the unmemorialized common folks who carried out this epic adventure. In these pages, you ..." |
 | | Historic Preservation in Indiana Essays from the Field by Nancy R. Hiller, Bill Sturbaum, Teresa Miller, Elizabeth Schlemmer, Cynthia Brubaker, Gayle Cook, Edith Sarra, Vicki Basman, Ben Clark, Steve Wyatt, Lauren Coleman, Henry Glassie, Scott Russell Sanders, Cheryl Ann Munson, Donald A. Granbois, David Brent Johnson, Kristen Clement, Quarry Books Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2013 by Quarry Books ISBN-13: 978-0-253-01046-9, ISBN: 0-253-01046-2 "Over the last half century, historic preservation has been on the rise in American cities and towns, from urban renewal and gentrification projects to painstaking restoration of Victorian homes and architectural landmarks. In this book, Nancy R. Hiller brings together individuals with distinctive styles and perspectives, to talk about their passion for preservation. They consider the meaning of place and what motivates those who work to ..." |
 | | Earth Works Selected Essays by Scott Russell Sanders Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2012 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-00094-1, ISBN: 0-253-00094-7 |
 | | Earth Works Selected Essays by Scott Russell Sanders Published 2012 ISBN-13: 978-1-280-59653-7, ISBN: 1-280-59653-8 |
 | | Earth Works Selected Essays by Scott Russell Sanders 376 Pages, Published 2012 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-00712-4, ISBN: 0-253-00712-7 "The music Eva and I heard was Hymnody ofEarth, for hammer dulcimer, percussion, and children's choir. Composed by our next-door neighbor, Malcolm Dalglish, and featuring lyrics by our Ohio Valley neighbor Wendell Berry, it was performed that night by Malcolm, percussionist Glen Velez, and the Bloomington Youth Chorus. As I sat there with Eva in a sellout crowd—about a third of whom I knew by name, another third by face—I listened t ..." |
 | | Companions in Wonder Children and Adults Exploring Nature Together (The MIT Press) by Julie Dunlap, Stephen R. Kellert, James Bruchac, Rick Bass, Joseph Bruchac, Jeffrey Cramer, Janine Debaise, Carolyn Finney, Barry Lopez, Richard Louv, Kathleen Moore, Danyelle O'hara, Brenda Peterson, Janisse Ray, Enrique Salmon, Chiori Santiago, Lauret Savoy, Michael Shay, Sandra Steingraber, Margo Tamez, Stephen Trimble, Michael Umphrey, Michael P. Branch, Susan A. Cohen, Alison Hawthorne Deming, Stephen J. Lyons, David Mas Masumoto, Robert Michael Pyle, Scott Russell Sanders, Rick Van Noy, Gretel Van Wieren, The Mit Press Paperback, 328 Pages, Published 2012 by The Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-51690-7, ISBN: 0-262-51690-X "Rachel Carson's classic 1956 essay "Help Your Child to Wonder" urged adults to help children experience the "sense of wonder" that comes only from a relationship with nature. It's clear we haven't succeeded in following her advice: eight-year-olds surveyed in the United Kingdom could identify more Pokémon characters than common wildlife species; and Richard Louv's recent ..." |
 | | Floating House(2nd Edition) by Scott Russell Sanders, Helen Cogancherry Hardcover, 40 Pages, Published 2011 by The Wooster Book Company ISBN-13: 978-1-59098-425-3, ISBN: 1-59098-425-0 "In 1815, the McClure family travels down the Ohio River in a flatboat loaded with their wagon, farm tools, and household goods, as well as their horse, cow, pig, and mule. Young Mary and Jonathan watch for sandbars and dangers up ahead while their parents steer. The children listen for the roar of rapids, a sign they are nearing their destination, the frontier village of Jeffersonville, Indiana. When the McClures reach that place, with ..." |
 | | A Conservationist Manifesto by Scott Russell Sanders 256 Pages, Published 2009 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-00285-3, ISBN: 0-253-00285-0 "Henry David Thoreau, Walden: or, Life in the Woods (1854) John Muir, The Mountains of California (1894) Mary Austin, The Land of Little Rain (1903) Henry Beston, The Outermost House (1928) Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and ... Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness (1968) Wallace Stegner, The Sound of Mountain Water (1969) Ann Zwinger, Beyond the Aspen Grove (1970) Annie ..." |
 | | Images of America Ser. Burger Chef by Scott Russell Sanders 128 Pages, Published 2009 by Arcadia Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-4396-2119-6, ISBN: 1-4396-2119-5 "Scott R. Sanders. Shown is a 1960s Burger Chef menu board and back counter in a photograph taken in September 1970 at an unidentified location. By the time this photograph was taken, there were new additions to the menu, including the Super Shef and lemonade. (Courtesy of Al and Dave Lester, from the estate of Raymond E. Lester.) Burger Chef franchise owner Peter Debeer waves at the camera as he makes his way from the preparation r ..." |
 | | A Voice for Earth American Writers Respond to the Earth Charter by Peter Blaze Corcoran, A. James Wohlpart, Terry Tempest Williams, Jake Swamp, Janisse Ray, John Lane, Lauret Savoy, Leonardo Boff, Mary Tucker, Rick Bass, Alison Deming, Homero Aridjis, Stuart Ching, Robert Pyle, Steven Rockefeller, Brandon P. Hollingshead, Scott Russell Sanders, Scott Sanders, Kamla Chowdhry Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2008 by University Of Georgia Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-3211-6, ISBN: 0-8203-3211-9 ""A Voice for Earth" is a collection of poems, essays, and stories that together give a voice to the ethical principles outlined in the Earth Charter. The Earth Charter was adopted in the year 2000 with the mission of addressing the economic, social, political, spiritual, and environmental problems confronting the world in the twenty-first century.Part 1 of the book, "Imagination into Principle," comprises Steven C. Rockefeller's behind- ..." |
 | | A Voice for Earth American Writers Respond to the Earth Charter by Peter Blaze Corcoran, Homero Aridjis, A. James Wohlpart, Scott Russell Sanders, Alison Deming, Jake Swamp, Janisse Ray, John Lane, Lauret Savoy, Leonardo Boff, Mary Tucker, Rick Bass, Robert Pyle, Stuart Ching, Professor Steven Rockefeller, Terry Williams, Brandon P. Hollingshead, Terry Tempest Williams, Kamla Chowdhry Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2008 by University Of Georgia Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-3172-0, ISBN: 0-8203-3172-4 ""A Voice for Earth" is a collection of poems, essays, and stories that together give a voice to the ethical principles outlined in the Earth Charter. The Earth Charter was adopted in the year 2000 with the mission of addressing the economic, social, political, spiritual, and environmental problems confronting the world in the twenty-first century.Part 1 of the book, "Imagination into Principle," comprises Steven C. Rockefeller's behind- ..." |
 | | In the Blast Zone Catastrophe and Renewal on Mt. St. Helens by Charles Goodrich, Kathleen Dean Moore, Frederick J. Swanson, Ann Zwinger, Gary Braasch, John Calderazzo, Christine Colasurdo, Charlie Crisafulli, John Daniel, Jerry Franklin, Robin Kimmerer, Ursula K. Leguin, Tim Mcnulty, Nalini Nadkarni, Robert Michael Pyle, Scott Russell Sanders, James Sedell, Gary Snyder, Kim Stafford, Tony Vogt, Susan. Zwinger, Scott Slovic Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2008 by Oregon State University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-87071-198-5, ISBN: 0-87071-198-9 "As it erupted in 1980, Mount St. Helens captured the attention of the region, nation, and the world, and it continues to fascinate us today— a constant reminder that we live in a volcanic landscape. In lucid prose and poetry by some of America’s leading writers and ecologists, In the Blast Zone explores this story of destruction and renewal in all its human, geological, and ecological dimensions. Most popular accounts of the momentous e ..." |
 | | The Wilderness Debate Rages On(Illustrated) Continuing the Great New Wilderness Debate by Michael P. Nelson, J. Baird Callicott, Anne Demo, G. Burnett, Eileen Crist, Antonio Diegues, Dave Foreman, Feng Han, Kevin Deluca, Kurt Jax, Lynn Laitala, Jonathan Maskit, J. Mccloskey, Marilynne Robinson, Richardo Rozzi, John O'neill, William Cronan, Wendell Berry, Joseph Grinnell, Aldo Leopold, Wayne Ouderkirk, Sahortra, Barrington Moore, Gary Snyder, Charles C. Adams, Jill M. Belsky, Joseph S. Dixon, Mark P. Jenkins, Cassandra Y. Johnson, Irene J. Klaver, David W. Orr, Rolf O. Peterson, Scott Russell Sanders, Victor E. Shelford, Kimberly K. Smith, Stephen H. Spurr, Tracy I. Storer, Francis B. Sumner, Ben H. Thompson, Ms Kathleen Moore, John A. Vucetich, Julianne Lutz Warren, George M. Wright, James Turner Sir, Kathleen Moore, Mr Michael Nelson, James Turner Paperback, 744 Pages, Published 2008 by University Of Georgia Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-3171-3, ISBN: 0-8203-3171-6 "Ten years ago, "The Great New Wilderness Debate" began a cross-disciplinary conversation about the varied constructions of "wilderness" and the controversies that surround them. "The Wilderness Debate Rages On" will reinvigorate that conversation and usher in a second decade of debate.Like its predecessor, the book gathers both critiques and defenses of the idea of wilderness from a wide variety of perspectives and voices. "The Wilderne ..." |
 | | An American Hometown(1st Edition) Terre Haute, Indiana, 1927 (Quarry Books) by Tom Roznowski, Scott Russell Sanders Paperback, 264 Pages, Published 2009 by Quarry Books ISBN-13: 978-0-253-22129-2, ISBN: 0-253-22129-3 "They lived 'green' out of necessity - walking to work, repairing everything from worn shoes to wristwatches, recycling milk bottles and packing containers. Music was largely heard live and most residential streets had shade trees. The nearby Wabash River - a repeated subject of story and song - transported Sunday picnickers to public parks. In the form of an old-fashioned city directory, "An American Hometown" celebrates a bygone Americ ..." |