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The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture
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The Electric War: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Light the World
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3.97 avg rating — 350 ratings 4. 
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
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4.12 avg rating — 50,135 ratings 
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Cows Save the Planet: And Other Improbable Ways of Restoring Soil to Heal the Earth 4.11 avg rating — 412 ratings
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The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms
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3.88 avg rating — 33 ratings 10. 
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4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings 11. 
Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
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3.92 avg rating — 24,360 ratings 12. 
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The Edge of Physics: A Journey to Earth's Extremes to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe 3.98 avg rating — 1,014 ratings
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Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives
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Michael Specter
3.73 avg rating — 2,246 ratings 16. 
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
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Timothy Egan
4.14 avg rating — 17,867 ratings 
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Superpower: One Man's Quest to Transform American Energy
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4.24 avg rating — 831 ratings 21. 
The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World
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4.12 avg rating — 1,799 ratings 22. 
The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption
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Dahr Jamail
4.19 avg rating — 918 ratings