Books

Reading list for a better world.

Meeting Faith: An Inward Odyssey

by Faith Adiele

posted Feb 11, 2010

American Girls: An excerpt from Faith Adiele's memoir.

The Food of a Younger Land

by Laura Kaliebe

posted Dec 15, 2009

Author Mark Kurlansky unearths a Depression-era project to document the country’s food traditions.

Trauma Stewardship

by Rinku Sen

posted Dec 15, 2009

ColorLines' Rinku Sen finds this guide useful for "anyone who stays close to the ground as they help to change that landscape".

Guardians of the Revolution

by John Feffer

posted Dec 15, 2009

Iran and the United States do not have to remain eternal enemies. So argues Ray Takeyh, an Iranian-born scholar at the Council on Foreign Relations, in his useful and engaging new book.

Nowtopia

by Laura Kaliebe

posted Sep 18, 2009

Review of Chris Carlsson's Nowtopia: How Pirate Programmers, Outlaw Bicyclists, and Vacant-Lot Gardeners are Inventing the Future—Today!

The Poor as Customers?

posted Sep 18, 2009

John Harvey reviews Michael Edwards' Just Another Emperor? The Myths and Realities of Philantrocapitalism

When the Prisoners Ran Walpole

by Carol Estes

posted Sep 18, 2009

Carol Estes reviews Jamie Bissonette's account of a true story in the movement for prison abolition

For the Love of Libros in Cuba

by Marina Sitrin

posted Apr 23, 2009

Nearly half of Cuba's population attended the country's book fair last year. Marina Sitrin attends this year's fair and writes about her experience in a nation that celebrates books.

In Review :: Bill Cleveland’s Art and Upheaval

by Brooke Jarvis

posted Feb 13, 2009

Review of Art and Upheaval: Artists on the World's Frontlines, by Bill Cleveland

In Review :: The Northwest Green Home Primer

by Pamela O'Malley Chang

posted Jul 30, 2008

A comprehensive text for anyone who chooses green design for home construction or renovation. Includes well-organized checklists, helpful illustrations, and case studies.

In Review :: The Urban Homestead and Northwest Green Home Primer

by Pamela O'Malley Chang

posted Jul 30, 2008

A good-natured guide for urbanites who want to live off the land without leaving the city limits.

Seeing Red, Feeling Blue in Purple America

by David Sirota

posted Jul 29, 2008

Americans are under increasing economic pressure, and many feel powerless to do anything about it. David Sirota travels coast to coast and finds the people who know the U.S. is headed in the wrong direction--and are joining a populist uprising to turn it around

In Review :: Shopping Our Way to Safety

by Steve Heilig

posted May 22, 2008

Andrew Szasz raises uncomfortable issues in his latest book on how we changed from protecting the environment to protecting ourselves.

In Review :: Toxic Exposures

by Steve Heilig

posted May 22, 2008

Steve Heilig reviews Phil Brown's book on contested illnesses and the environmental movement.

Oregon’s Progressive Ideas Get on the Bus

posted May 22, 2008

Jim Hightower celebrates the Oregon Bus Project, an example of grassroots activism on the road, in this extract from his Swim Against the Current: Even Dead Fish Can Go with the Flow.

In Review :: From Raising Hell to Raising Barns

by Jonathan Rowe

posted May 22, 2008

Jonathan Rowe reviews Jim Hightower's new book. Also find an excerpt of the book and listen to Jim Hightower read a chapter.

Aidan Delgado, Conscientious Objector

posted May 22, 2008

The Sutras of Abu Ghraib is the story of Aidan Delgado’s journey towards conscientious objector status. This excerpt is a meditation on how easy it is to distance ourselves from the devastation of war-making.

In Review :: Revolutionary Jesus

by Ignacio Castuera

posted Nov 07, 2007

YES! Magazine Book Reviews on Revolutionary Jesus :: Ignacio Castuera

In Review :: Climate Crisis and New Energy

by Michael Marien

posted Nov 07, 2007

YES! Magazine Book Reviews on Climate Crisis and New Energy :: Michael Marien reviews Fred Pearce's With Speed and Violence, Joseph Romm's Hell and High Water, and Greg Pahl's The Citizen Powered Energy Handbook.

In Review :: Personal Safety Nets

by Lisa Farino

posted Sep 17, 2007

Book review: Personal Safety Nets: Getting Ready for Life's Inevitable Changes & Challenges by John W. Gibson and Judy Pigott.