Books

Reading list for a better world.

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.

In Review :: Conversations over the Line

posted Nov 30, 2006

Reviews of bell hooks and Amalia Mesa-Bains' Homegrown: Engaged Cultural Criticism, Jill Bamburg's Getting to Scale, Peacemaking Circles: From Crime to Community by Kay Pranis, Barry Stuart and Mark Wedge, and the film The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil, directed by Faith Morgan.

Notes from Underground

posted Jun 21, 2006

Reviews of Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Save the World, Global Class War, Healthy Money, Healthy Planet, Home Enlightenment and Independent America.

Book Review: Every Day is a Good Day by Wilma Mankiller

by Lilja Otto

posted Apr 18, 2006

Provides insights into the lives and ideas of indigenous women and invites readers to re-examine their own cultural and spiritual backgrounds.

Book Review: No More Throw-away People by Edgar Cahn

by David Bollier

posted Apr 26, 2005

No More Throwaway People is a provocative analysis of the non-market economy and an inspiration for the social service community.