'He is unlike anybody else writing today ... After Donald Trump's election, we urgently need to rediscover the best of radical America. An essential part of that story is Wendell Berry. Few of us can live, or even aspire to, his kind of life. But nobody can risk ignoring him' Andrew Marr 'Wendell Berry is the most important writer and thinker that you have (probably) never heard of. He is an American sage' James Rebanks, author of The Shepherd's Life Wendell Berry is 'something of an anachronism'. He began his life as the old times and the last of the old-time people were dying out, and continues to this day in the old ways: a team of work horses and a pencil are his preferred working tools. The writings gathered in The World-Ending Fire are the unique product of a life spent farming the fields of rural Kentucky with mules and horses, and of the rich, intimate knowledge of the land cultivated by this work. These are essays written in defiance of the false call to progress, and in defence of the local landscapes that provide our cultural heritage, our history, our home. In a time when our relationship to the natural world is ruled by the violence and greed of unbridled consumerism, Wendell Berry speaks out to defend the land we live on. With grace and conviction, he shows that we simply cannot afford to succumb to the mass-produced madness that drives our global economy. The natural world will not withstand it. Yet he also shares with us a vision of consolation and of hope. We may be locked in an uneven struggle, but we can and must begin to treat our land, our neighbours, and ourselves with respect and care. We must, as Berry urges, abandon arrogance and stand in awe.

World-Ending Fire

Literature & Fiction

Wendell Berry

Essays & Correspondence

Penguin

The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Allen Lane.

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.\nFrom the ravages of the global economy to the great pleasures of growing a garden, Wendell Berry's powerful essays represent a heartfelt call for humankind to mend our broken relationship with the earth, and with each other.\nOver the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As life on Earth has become irrevocably altered by humans, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend the planet, and affirm our place at the heart of its restoration. Their words have endured through the decades, becoming the classics of a movement. Together, these books show the richness of environmental thought, and point the way to a fairer, saner, greener world.

What I Stand for Is What I Stand On (Green Ideas)

Science & Math

Environment

Penguin Classics

The Collected Poems of Wendell Berry, 1957-1982

Poetry

NORTH POINT PRESS

this book is about, what mechanization is doing to our farming nation.

The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture

Avon/Books

White paper covers, orange decorated paper DJ with light edge wear. 7x4.25 with 89 pages

A Part (Part Paper)

Recalls past camping trips, reminisces about people from the author's childhood, and considers issues about conservation and the quality of life in the United States

Recollected Essays, 1965-1980

History

Americas

Poems deal with nature, the seasons, walks, creation, rain, marriage, mortality, work and rural life

Traveling at Home

North Point Pr

A probing, personal inquiry into the way in which we use the farmlands that sustain us, and the roots of American attitudes towards farming.

The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture

Business & Money

Industries

SIERRA CLUB.

You can give back to nature those raw materials we now regard as "waste." This book, written by a leading authority on appropriate technology, offers homeowner plans for several types of dry toilets, compost privys and greywater systems. Van der Ryn also discusses the history and philosophy of turning organic wastes into a rich humus, linking us to the fertility of the soil and ensuring our ultimate well-being. --- from book's back cover

The Toilet Papers: Designs to Recycle Human Waste and Water : Dry Toilets, Greywater Systems and Urban Sewage

Sim Van Der Ryn

Nature & Ecology

Capra Press

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