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Warming Up

How Climate Change is Changing Sport – A GUARDIAN SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR

by Madeleine Orr ...

Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2024“Couldn't be a bolder, more forthright SOS for sport” The ObserverThe world of sport has a new opponent: climate change.In recent years, a world championship marathon was held at midnight to avoid the blistering sun. Professional athletes needed oxygen tanks to play during wildfire season in California. Players collapsed and play was ... Read more

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Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2024“Couldn't be a bolder, more forthright SOS for sport” The ObserverThe world of sport has a new opponent: climate change.In recent years, a world championship marathon was held at midnight to avoid the blistering sun. Professional athletes needed oxygen tanks to play during wildfire season in California. Players collapsed and play was
... Read more

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Warming Up

How Climate Change is Changing Sport – A GUARDIAN SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR

by Madeleine Orr ...

Narrated by Deborah McBride ...

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9 hours 48 min

Bloomsbury presents Warming Up by Madeleine Orr, read by Deborah McBride.“Couldn’t be a bolder, more forthright SOS for sport” The ObserverThe world of sport has a new opponent: climate change.In recent years, a world championship marathon was held at midnight to avoid the blistering sun. Professional athletes needed oxygen tanks to play during wildfire season in California. Players collapsed and ... Read more

$18.99 USD

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Bloomsbury presents Warming Up by Madeleine Orr, read by Deborah McBride.“Couldn’t be a bolder, more forthright SOS for sport” The ObserverThe world of sport has a new opponent: climate change.In recent years, a world championship marathon was held at midnight to avoid the blistering sun. Professional athletes needed oxygen tanks to play during wildfire season in California. Players collapsed and
... Read more

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Let My People Go Surfing

The Education of a Reluctant Businessman--Including 10 More Years of Business Unusual

by Yvon Chouinard ...

**"Wonderful . . . a moving autobiography, the story of a unique business, and a detailed blueprint for hope." —Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and SteelIn this 10th anniversary edition, Yvon Chouinard—legendary climber, businessman, environmentalist, and founder of Patagonia, Inc.—shares the persistence and courage that have gone into being head of one of the most ... Read more

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**"Wonderful . . . a moving autobiography, the story of a unique business, and a detailed blueprint for hope." —Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and SteelIn this 10th anniversary edition, Yvon Chouinard—legendary climber, businessman, environmentalist, and founder of Patagonia, Inc.—shares the persistence and courage that have gone into being head of one of the most
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How Canada Works

The People Who Make Our Nation Thrive

by Peter Mansbridge, Mark Bulgutch ...

From #1 bestselling authors Peter Mansbridge and Mark Bulgutch comes a new book of first-person stories about the unique people and professions that make Canada work.In this latest collection of personal stories, Peter Mansbridge and former CBC producer Mark Bulgutch shine a light on the everyday jobs that keep our nation running and the inspiring people who perform them with empathy and kindness ... Read more

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From #1 bestselling authors Peter Mansbridge and Mark Bulgutch comes a new book of first-person stories about the unique people and professions that make Canada work.In this latest collection of personal stories, Peter Mansbridge and former CBC producer Mark Bulgutch shine a light on the everyday jobs that keep our nation running and the inspiring people who perform them with empathy and kindness
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The Day the World Stops Shopping

How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves

by J.B. MacKinnon ...

Consuming less is our best strategy for saving the planet—but can we do it? In this thoughtful and surprisingly optimistic book, journalist J. B. MacKinnon investigates how we may achieve a world without shopping.We can’t stop shopping. And yet we must. This is the consumer dilemma.The economy says we must always consume more: even the slightest drop in spending leads to widespread unemployment, ... Read more

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Consuming less is our best strategy for saving the planet—but can we do it? In this thoughtful and surprisingly optimistic book, journalist J. B. MacKinnon investigates how we may achieve a world without shopping.We can’t stop shopping. And yet we must. This is the consumer dilemma.The economy says we must always consume more: even the slightest drop in spending leads to widespread unemployment,
... Read more

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Fashionopolis

Why What We Wear Matters

by Dana Thomas ...

A “fascinating” (New York Times Book Review) investigation into the human and environmental cost of fast fashion and global supply chains—and what we can actually do to enact change“A glimpse into how consumerism, slowed to a less ferocious pace, might be reconciled with sustainability.” —The New YorkerWhat should I wear? It’s a fundamental question we ask ourselves every day. More than ever, we ... Read more

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A “fascinating” (New York Times Book Review) investigation into the human and environmental cost of fast fashion and global supply chains—and what we can actually do to enact change“A glimpse into how consumerism, slowed to a less ferocious pace, might be reconciled with sustainability.” —The New YorkerWhat should I wear? It’s a fundamental question we ask ourselves every day. More than ever, we
... Read more
Deep Economy

The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future

by Bill McKibben ...

The bestselling author of The End of Nature issues an impassioned call to arms for an economy that creates community and ennobles our lives."A hopeful manifesto. . . . An inspiring book that shows us not only the way we need to live, but also the way we should want to."— The Boston GlobeIn this powerful and provocative manifesto, Bill McKibben offers the biggest challenge... ... Read more

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The bestselling author of The End of Nature issues an impassioned call to arms for an economy that creates community and ennobles our lives."A hopeful manifesto. . . . An inspiring book that shows us not only the way we need to live, but also the way we should want to."— The Boston GlobeIn this powerful and provocative manifesto, Bill McKibben offers the biggest challenge...
... Read more
Cheap

The High Cost of Discount Culture

by Ellen Ruppel Shell ...

A myth-shattering investigation of the true cost of America's passion for finding a better bargainFrom the shuttered factories of the Rust Belt to the strip malls of the Sun Belt-and almost everywhere in between-America has been transformed by its relentless fixation on low price. This pervasive yet little- examined obsession with bargains is arguably the most powerful and devastating market force ... Read more

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A myth-shattering investigation of the true cost of America's passion for finding a better bargainFrom the shuttered factories of the Rust Belt to the strip malls of the Sun Belt-and almost everywhere in between-America has been transformed by its relentless fixation on low price. This pervasive yet little- examined obsession with bargains is arguably the most powerful and devastating market force
... Read more

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The Patch

The People, Pipelines, and Politics of the Oil Sands

by Chris Turner ...

Bestselling author Chris Turner brings readers onto the streets of Fort McMurray, showing the many ways the oilsands impact our lives and demanding that we ask the question: In order to both fuel the world and to save it, what do we do about the Patch?In its heyday, the oilsands represented an industrial triumph and the culmination of a century of innovation, experiment, engineering, policy, and ... Read more

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Bestselling author Chris Turner brings readers onto the streets of Fort McMurray, showing the many ways the oilsands impact our lives and demanding that we ask the question: In order to both fuel the world and to save it, what do we do about the Patch?In its heyday, the oilsands represented an industrial triumph and the culmination of a century of innovation, experiment, engineering, policy, and
... Read more

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The Big Thirst

The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water

by Charles Fishman ...

Praised as “an entertaining and torrential flow of a book**” by Nature magazine, The Big Thirst** is a startling examination of the passing of the golden age of water and the shocking facts about how water scarcity will soon be a major factor in our lives.The water coming out of your kitchen tap is four billion years old and might well have been sipped by a Tyrannosaurus rex. Rather than only ... Read more

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Praised as “an entertaining and torrential flow of a book**” by Nature magazine, The Big Thirst** is a startling examination of the passing of the golden age of water and the shocking facts about how water scarcity will soon be a major factor in our lives.The water coming out of your kitchen tap is four billion years old and might well have been sipped by a Tyrannosaurus rex. Rather than only
... Read more

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Shade

The Promise of a Forgotten Natural Resource

by Sam Bloch ...

**An extraordinary investigation into shade, this “compelling . . . conversation-starter draws examples from history, city-planning and social policy” (NPR) to change the way we think about a critical natural resource that should be available to all.“Thought-provoking . . . Bloch, an environmental journalist, examines how shade is now a privilege, often denied to farmworkers, the homeless, and ... Read more

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**An extraordinary investigation into shade, this “compelling . . . conversation-starter draws examples from history, city-planning and social policy” (NPR) to change the way we think about a critical natural resource that should be available to all.“Thought-provoking . . . Bloch, an environmental journalist, examines how shade is now a privilege, often denied to farmworkers, the homeless, and
... Read more

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Our Towns

A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America

by James Fallows, Deborah Fallows ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • "James and Deborah Fallows have always moved to where history is being made.... They have an excellent sense of where world-shaping events are taking place at any moment" —The New York Times • The basis for the HBO documentary streaming on HBO MaxFor five years, James and Deborah Fallows have travelled across America in a single-engine prop airplane. Visiting dozens of towns, ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • "James and Deborah Fallows have always moved to where history is being made.... They have an excellent sense of where world-shaping events are taking place at any moment" —The New York Times • The basis for the HBO documentary streaming on HBO MaxFor five years, James and Deborah Fallows have travelled across America in a single-engine prop airplane. Visiting dozens of towns,
... Read more

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