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Algebra of Infinite Justice (Revised and Updated)

Algebra of Infinite Justice (Revised and Updated)

by Arundhati Roy

A few weeks after India detonated a thermonuclear device in 1998, Arundhati Roy wrote the essay "The End of Imagination", in which she said: "My world has died. And I write to mourn its passing." The essay, as have all its successors, attracted worldwide attention, debate and acclaim. In the years since, the essays she has published in magazines and newspapers worldwide have reinforced an impression of a writer in... (more)

Wigfield

The Can-Do Town That Just May Not

by Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello

Now in paperback, a hilarious, satirical look at a small town on the verge of extinction, from the comedic team behind Strangers with Candy . In his desperate search for a small town dying in America, intrepid journalist Russell Hokes stumbles upon a quarter-mile stretch of concrete and gravel dotted with strip clubs and used auto parts shops. Welcome to Wigfield. Population: vague. Upon his arrival,... (more)

Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition

Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition

by Patrick McCully

Entirely updated in light of the recent World Commission on Dams Report , and responding to it, this new edition of Patrick McCully's now classic study shows why large dams have become such a controversial technology in both industrialized and developing countries. He explores the wide-ranging ecological impacts of large dams, the human consequences, the organization of the dam-building industry, and the... (more)

Deep Water: The Epic Struggle over Dams, Displaced People, and the Environment

Deep Water: The Epic Struggle over Dams, Displaced People, and the Environment

by Jacques Leslie

A Discover Magazine Top Science Book of the Year A Northern California Book Award Finalist There are more than 45,000 of them in the world. They have altered the speed of the planet's rotation, the tilt of its axis, and the shape of its gravitational field. They influence landscapes and societies. They are dams, and in Deep Water, Jacques Leslie offers an incisive, searching, and beautifully written... (more)

Water Sheikhs and Dam Builders: Stories of People and Water in the Middle East

Water Sheikhs and Dam Builders: Stories of People and Water in the Middle East

by Francesca de Cha?tel

In Water Sheikhs and Dam Builders Francesca de Châtel discusses the problems and paradoxes of water resources in the Middle East and North Africa, exploring the past, present, and future of water in the region and exposing the roots of the current water crisis. The author provides a colorful and diverse portrait of a resource that is inextricably entwined with the history and future of the region and its... (more)

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