Books

John J. Berger, Beating the Heat: Why and How We Must Combat Global Warming. Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Hills Books, 2000. A revealing and candid depiction of the various contributors toward climate change.

Lester R. Brown, Plan B: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble. New York: W.W. Norton, 2003, Earth Policy Institute eBook. www.earth-policy.org/Books/PlanB_contents.htm.

Michael Collins, Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1974. The fascinating memoirs of astronaut Michael Collins.

Marq De Villiers, Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. An informative book about water's importance as a natural resource, threats to the world's water supply, and some answers to a growing crisis.

Sylvia A. Earle and Wolcott Henry, Wild Ocean: America's Parks Under the Sea. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 1999. A close-up look at the creatures of...