The classic book on systems thinking, with more than half a million copies sold worldwide!This is a fabulous book. This book opened my mind and reshaped the way I think about investing.ForbesPerfect for fans of Kate Raworth, Rutger Bregman and Danie…
'This seminal book...will transform your understanding ...of the environmental and health effects of electricity and radio frequencies' Paradigm Explorer'Firstenberg is a pioneer in the sense that Rachel Carson was a pioneer.' Chellis Glendinning, P…
Why does knowing more mean believing-and doing-less? A prescription for changeThe more facts that pile up about global warming, the greater the resistance to them grows, making it harder to enact measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prepa…
Author and farmer Gabe Brown, featured in the Netflix documentary Kiss the Ground'A regenerative no-till pioneer' NBC News'Dirt to Soil confirms my belief that animals are part of the natural land. We need to reintegrate livestock and crops on our f…
In 1972, three scientists from MIT created a computer model that analyzed global resource consumption and production. Their results shocked the world and created stirring conversation about global 'overshoot,' or resource use beyond the carrying cap…
A Financial Times "Best Book of 2017: Economics" 800-CEO-Read "Best Business Book of 2017: Current Events & Public Affairs" Economics is the mother tongue of public policy. It dominates our decision-making for the future, guides multi-billion-dollar…
Does the race for vaccine development make sense? What are the chances of success? Will the vaccine be safe? Will people accept it?? In June 2020, Corona, False Alarm? exploded into the German market, selling 200,000 copies and 75,000 e-books in the…
'...the high priest of fermentation theory' the Guardian'Sandor Katz's teachings and writings on fermentation have changed lives around the world.' Dan Saladino, The Food Programme BBCThe bible for the D.I.Y set: detailed instructions for how to mak…
Why the War on Cancer Has Failed and What That Means for More Effective Prevention and Treatment A groundbreaking look at the role of water in living organisms that ultimately brings us closer to answering the riddle of the etiology of, and therapy…
"Wild Fermentation [has] become a manifesto and how-to manual for a generation of underground food activists."-The New YorkerThe book that started the fermentation revolution with recipes including kimchi, miso, sauerkraut, pickles, gundruk, kombuch…
Big ideas that just might save the world. the GuardianA serious book on an important subject. Without imagination, where are we? Sir Quentin BlakeWhat if we took play seriously? What if we considered imagination vital to our health? What if we follo…
Thomas Cowan was a 20-year-old Duke grad-bright, skeptical, and already disillusioned with industrial capitalism-when he joined the Peace Corps in the mid-1970s for a two-year tour in Swaziland. There, he encountered the work of Rudolf Steiner and W…
Primitive beers, country wines, herbal meads, natural sodas, and moreThe art of brewing doesn't stop at the usual ingredients: barley, hops, yeast, and water. In fact, the origins of brewing involve a whole galaxy of wild and cultivated plants, frui…
What would it take to grow mushrooms in space? How can mushroom cultivation help us manage, or at least make use of, invasive species such as kudzu and water hyacinth and thereby reduce dependence on herbicides? Is it possible to develop a low-cost…
A complete guide to using the best ingredients and minimal equipment to create fun and flavorful brewsAncient societies brewed flavorful and healing meads, ales, and wines for millennia using only intuition, storytelling, and knowledge passed down t…
The domestic cut flower business has experienced a renaissance in the past decade, thanks in large part to the first edition of The Flower Farmer: An Organic Grower's Guide to Raising and Selling Cut Flowers, which helped thousands of small growers…
A practical, systems-based approach for a more sustainable farming operationTo many people today, using the words "factory" and "farm" in the same sentence is nothing short of sacrilege. In many cases, though, the same sound business practices apply…
With information for patients and practitioners on optimizing mitochondrial function for greater health and longevityWhy do we age? Why does cancer develop? What's the connection between heart failure and Alzheimer's disease, or infertility and hear…
The Bec Hellouin model for growing food, sequestering carbon, creating jobs, and increasing biodiversity without using fossil fuelsWhen Charles and Perrine Herve-Gruyer set out to create their farm in an historic Normandy village, they had no idea j…
Updated for its 30th anniversary edition; [This book] remains as relevant as ever. New York Times For anyone with an interest in sustainable growing, this is a must-read. Irish TimesA perennial classic The New Organic Grower isone of the most import…
Grapes are the most popular and widely grown fruit in the world. From the tropics to Alaska, grapes will grow successfully in almost every climate. Whether you raise them for fresh eating, or for making wine, juice, or jellies and preserves, the rig…
Best practices for the eight most profitable cropsToday only a few dozen large-scale producers dominate the greenhouse produce market. Why? Because they know and employ best practices for the most profitable crops: tomatoes, eggplant, cucumbers, pep…
A Comprehensive Guide for Patients and PractitionersAlthough evidence supporting the benefits of ketogenic diet therapies continues to mount, there is little to guide those who wish to adopt this diet as a metabolic therapy for cancer. Keto for Canc…
Lakoff researches how framing influences reasoning, or how the way we say something often matters much more than what we say. the GuardianOver a quarter of a million copies sold worldwide!Ten years after writing the definitive, international bestsel…
Featured in The Independent's 7 best fermentation books 2020This book is remarkable. David Zilber, co-author of The Noma Guide to FermentationKoji: the next fermentation game changerKoji Alchemy is the first book devoted to processes, concepts, and…
Featured in The Independent's 7 best fermentation books 2020"I am in awe of this book" Sandor Katz (author of The Art of Fermentation, James Beard Award Winner, and New York Times bestseller) Discover wild sauerkrauts, kimchis, fermented forest brew…
In the eyes of many people, the practices of forestry and farming are mutually exclusive, because in the modern world, agriculture involves open fields, straight rows, and machinery to grow crops, while forests are primarily reserved for timber and…
With a revolutionary new "Climate Battery" design for near-net-zero heating and coolingBy the turn of the nineteenth century, thousands of acres of glass houses surrounded large American cities, becoming a commonplace symbol of the market garden and…
With a new epilogue about Bill Gates's global agenda and how we can resist the billionaires' war on life Widespread poverty and malnutrition, an alarming refugee crisis, social unrest, and economic polarization have become our lived reality as the t…
The evergreen classic on ecological gardening, whatever size your garden!Over a quarter of a million copies sold worldwide!Working with Nature, not against her, results in more beautiful, abundant and resilient gardens. In the revised, second editio…
Permaculture is more than just the latest buzzword; it offers positive solutions for many of the environmental and social challenges confronting us. And nowhere are those remedies more needed and desired than in our cities. The Permaculture City pro…
One Doctor's Surprising Answer to the Epidemic of Autoimmunity and Chronic DiseaseOver the past fifty years, rates of autoimmunity and chronic disease have exploded: currently 1 in 2.5 American children has an allergy, 1 in 11 has asthma, 1 in 13 ha…
Basing much of Not in His Image on the Nag Hammadi and other Gnostic writings, John Lamb Lash explains how a little-known messianic sect propelled itself into a dominant world power, systematically wiping out the great Gnostic spiritual teachers, th…
Los Angeles Times Best Cookbooks 2020Saveur Magazine "Favorite Cookbook to Gift"Esquire Magazine Best Cookbooks of 2020: "It'll reshape how you see the world..."Bestselling author Sandor Katz-an "unlikely rock star of the American food scene" (New Y…
Regenerative practices for the farm, garden, orchard, forest, and landscapeMycorrhizal fungi have been waiting a long time for people to recognize just how important they are to the making of dynamic soils. These microscopic organisms partner with t…
Choosing locally grown organic food is a sustainable living trend that's taken hold throughout North America. Celebrated farming expert Eliot Coleman helped start this movement with The New Organic Grower published 20 years ago. He continues to lead…
Mitochondria are the powerhouses of our cells, essential for the production and management of energy at the cell level. Dr. Sarah Myhill has spent years studying the relationship between mitochondrial malfunction and one of the most common problems…
The Resilient Farm and Homestead is a manual for developing durable, beautiful, and highly functional human habitat systems fit to handle an age of rapid transition.Ben Falk is a land designer and site developer whose permaculture-research farm has…
Perfect for readers of James Rebanks, Wendell Berry and Thomas Piketty, A Small Farm Future is a refreshingly new outlook on the way forward for society. A vital resource for activists, students, policy makers and anyone looking to enact change. In…
'...[this book] is a gold mine of astonishing methods and new possibilities for growing and maintaining a sustainable and truly organic garden.' -Publishers WeeklyRevitalise your garden-and go beyond compost-by making your own biologically diverse i…
At Clay Bottom Farm, author Ben Hartman and staff practice kaizen, or continuous improvement, cutting out more waste-of time, labor, space, money, and more-every year and aligning their organic production more tightly with customer demand. Applied a…
All around the world, the public's taste for fermented cider has been growing more rapidly than at any time in the past 150 years. And with the growing interest in locally grown and artisanal foods, many new cideries are springing up all over North…
The organic grower's guide to planting, propagation, culture, and ecologyTrees are our allies in healing the world. Partnering with trees allows us to build soil, enhance biodiversity, increase wildlife populations, grow food and medicine, and pull…
Donors, leaders of nonprofits, and public policy makers usually have the best of intentions to serve society and improve social conditions. But often their solutions fall far short of what they want to accomplish and what is truly needed. Moreover,…
Selected as a best cookbook of the year by theGuardian, The Independent, Stylist and Daily MailLori & Laura are a magical team. I suggest you dive in and cook up a Towpath feast for your friends and family. Fergus & Margot HendersonFrom St. John's t…
With information on siting, planting, tending, harvesting, processing, and brewingIt's hard to think about beer these days without thinking about hops. The runaway craft beer market's convergence with the ever-expanding local foods movement is helpi…
"Charles Massy has written a definitive masterpiece that takes its place along with the writings of Aldo Leopold, Wendell Berry, Masanobu Fukuoka, Humberto Maturana, and Michael Pollan. No work has more brilliantly defined regenerative agriculture a…
This book has become a favorite of K-12 teachers, university faculty, and corporate consultants. It provides short gaming exercises that illustrate the subtleties of systems thinking. The companion DVD shows the authors introducing and running each…
This could be the most important book you will read this year. Around the office at Chelsea Green it is referred to as the "pharmaceutical Silent Spring." Well-known author, teacher, lecturer, and herbalist Stephen Harrod Buhner has produced a book…
If you love the joys of eating home-garden vegetables but always thought those joys had to stop at the end of summer, this book is for you. Eliot Coleman introduces the surprising fact that most of the United States has more winter sunshine than the…
