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  • Robinson, Kim Stanley.
    GREEN EARTH: The Science in the Capital Trilogy: Forty Signs of Rain, Fifty Degrees Below, and Sixty Days and Counting.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    New York: Del Rey, (2015). First edition - Robinson's trilogy of near-future eco-thrillers - Forty Signs of Rain, Fifty Degrees Below, and Sixty Days and Counting - featuring cutting-edge science, international politics, and the effects of climate change have been updated and condensed into one massive novel, a story of great floods and a modern Ice Age. Includes a new introduction by Robinson. xvi, 1069 pp. ISBN: 978-1101964835.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 78868
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  • FORTY SIGNS OF RAIN. by Robinson, Kim Stanley.
    Robinson, Kim Stanley.
    FORTY SIGNS OF RAIN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Bantam, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Cutting edge science meets political intrigue and global warming in this novel set in the near future by this Nebula and Hugo award winning writer. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication in Davis. 358 pp. ISBN: 0-553-803115.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 68642
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  • HEAVY WEATHER. by Sterling, Bruce
    Sterling, Bruce
    HEAVY WEATHER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Bantam, (1994.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set in the near future, with 'a strange group of brilliant outlaws - part research team, part hacker cult. ... they chase the monster storms that twist erratically across the Southwestern badlands laid to waste by the greenhouse effect.' INSCRIBED on the title page to Larry Owens, the noted Oklahoma book collector with the words "He had to ask" and also stamped with a picture of a computer operator and the hand-printed question "will that be encrypted or non-encrypted" Dated in Austin, Texas in 1995. 310 pp. ISBN: 0-553-093932.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 60626
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  • THE HEATED DEBATE: Greenhouse Predictions Versus Climate Reality. by Balling, Robert C. Jr. (Introduction by Aaron Wildavsky)
    Balling, Robert C. Jr. (Introduction by Aaron Wildavsky)
    THE HEATED DEBATE: Greenhouse Predictions Versus Climate Reality.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Francisco: Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy, (1992.) dj. Hardcover - A serious look at the facts behind the claims of global warming. Illustrated with charts and photographs. Bibliography, index. 195 p. ISBN: 0-936488476.

    Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in a very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 43130
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  • BREAK THROUGH: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility. by Nordhaus, Ted and Michael Shellenberger.
    Nordhaus, Ted and Michael Shellenberger.
    BREAK THROUGH: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (2007.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A follow-up to the authors original, controversial essay, The Death of Environmentalism, published in 2004; an interesting and eloquent manifesto for political change which argues that human creativity needs to be unleashed to cope with the challenges of global warming, not constrained. Extensive notes, bibliography, index. 341 pp. ISBN: 0-618658254.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 40073
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  • COAL: A Human History. by Freese, Barbara.
    Freese, Barbara.
    COAL: A Human History.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Perseus Books, (2003.). First edition - A fascinating look at the history and uses of coal from the days of the Romans and ancient Brits and 12th China to its role in fueling the industrial revolution - with an emphasis on the social costs of coal, including the exploitation of miners, the deadly smoke that hung over the cities and the continuing contribution to global warming. Photographs, notes, bibliography. 295 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 30454
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