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Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:36:57 GMT en-us 0 50 33 0 0 China's Water Crisis (Voices of Asia) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1431238 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1431238"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1891936271.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V37239704_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jun Ma</div> Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/177597 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/177597"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400064708.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Shirin Ebadi</div> Race Against Time (CBC Massey Lectures Series) (CBC Massey Lecture) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/79746 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/79746"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0887847331.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1124391551_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen Lewis</div> The Weather Makers : How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/95049 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/95049"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0871139359.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tim Flannery</div> No Logo: No Space, No Choice, No Jobs http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6395 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6395"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312421435.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Naomi Klein</div> Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, New Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43255 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43255"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393061310.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jared Diamond</div> The Violence of Green Revolution: Third World Agriculture, Ecology and Politics http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26547 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26547"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0862329655.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vandana Shiva</div> Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27688 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27688"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0896086070.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056506090_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vandana Shiva</div> The Trouble with Islam Today: A Muslim's Call for Reform in Her Faith http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48614 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48614"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312327005.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Irshad Manji</div> No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/94393 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/94393"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812971892.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Reza Aslan</div> Against the Wall: Israel's Barrier to Peace http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/397303 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/397303"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1565849647.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1119913416_.jpg" /></a></div> Feeding the Future: From Fat to Famine: How to Solve the World's Food Crises http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27456 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27456"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0887841864.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> It's the Crude, Dude: War, Big Oil and the Fight for the Planet http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1025764 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1025764"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385660111.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Linda Mcquaig</div> A Bed of Red Flowers: In Search of My Afghanistan http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/170461 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/170461"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0743281330.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1135281545_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nelofer Pazira</div> The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/619918 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/619918"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143036580.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeffrey Sachs</div> Human Development Report 2005: International cooperation at a crossroads. Aid, trade and security in an unequal world (Human Development Report) (Human Development Report) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1431270 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1431270"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0195305116.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by United Nations Development Programme</div> Blue Gold: The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World's Water http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1431279 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1431279"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1565848136.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1120769959_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maude Barlow</div> Deglobalization: Ideas for a New World Economy (Global Issues) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/407615 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/407615"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1842775456.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Walden Bello</div> The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1431291 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1431291"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1550549634.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1131649255_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Suzuki</div> Development as Freedom http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10531 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10531"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385720270.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Amartya Sen</div> The Cost of Living http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/73144 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/73144"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375756140.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arundhati Roy</div> The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9410 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9410"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375760393.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Pollan</div> The Story of B http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15895 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15895"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553379011.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daniel Quinn</div> The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/974622 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/974622"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0691123934.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45417108_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Ignatieff</div> Bitter Chocolate: Investigating the Dark Side of the World's Most Seductive Sweet http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2435211 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2435211"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679313192.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carol Off</div> Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26605 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26605"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0865475873.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William McDonough</div> Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1511879 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1511879"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0810930951.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alex Steffen</div> The World Without Us http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2775339 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2775339"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312347294.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V23272039_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Weisman</div> Manufactured Landscapes (US Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2789385 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2789385"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51g0htstcgL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jennifer Baichwal</div> The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2163831 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2163831"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0805079831.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Naomi Klein</div> Pedagogy of the Oppressed http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41719 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41719"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0070732183.01-A133BJ5OMDM5MC._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paulo Freire</div> Culture of Nature http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27961 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27961"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0921284527.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alexander Wilson</div> The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2789609 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2789609"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01ebV8Qoh1L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas L. Friedman</div>