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LAURENCE C . SMITHThe World in 2050Four Forces Shaping Civilization’s Northern Future

A rising star in geoscience distills cutting-edge research into four global forces: demographic trends, natural resource demand, climate change, and globalization.“A lively and impressive book, among the first in what promises to be an im-portant publishing category, the explication of how the human landscape will be altered by artificially triggered climate change.”—The Wall Street Journal“This is a blockbuster of clear argument, sophisticated use of multiple empiri-cal sources, and cogent writing that makes a convincing case for the emergence of the deep Global North as the main beneficiary of emerging climatic and economic trends.”—John Agnew, Professor of Geography, UCLA

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JOEL KOTK INThe Next Hundred MillionAmerica in 2050

Visionary social thinker Joel Kotkin looks ahead to America in 2050, reveal-ing how the addition of one hundred million Americans by mid-century will transform how we all live, work, and prosper.“Given the viral finger-pointing and hand-wringing over what's seen as Amer-ica’s decline these days, Mr. Kotkin’s book provides a timely and welcome—if sometimes Panglossian—antidote....The Next Hundred Million is presented in easily digestible mini-chapters and provides valuable historical perspective on the nation’s evolution.”—The New York Times“A useful counter to the latest outbreak of gloom.”—The EconomistPENGUIN PAPERBACK 320 PP. 978-0-14-311881-7 $16.00

NICK ROSENOff the GridInside the Movement for More Space, Less Government, and True Independence in Modern America

Rosen travels across the United States, spending time with individuals and families striving to live their lives free from dependence on municipal power and amenities, and free from the inherent dependence on the government and its far-reaching arms.“[Rosen] writes that corporate greed, massive layoffs, healthcare wars, and ecological disasters have caused many true believers to question the American Dream....He travels across the U.S. visiting individuals, families and communi-ties that have chosen to live free of the ‘Meter Man.’”—Los Angeles Times“[A] quirky, unsettling and fascinating look at 21st-century men and women who have cut the cord to power and water and choose to live, for a variety of reasons, ‘Off the Grid.’”—Minneapolis Star TribunePENGUIN PAPERBACK 304 PP. 978-0-14-311738-4 $15.00

JUD ITH SCHALANSKYAtlas of Remote IslandsFifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot on and Never Will

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Uses historic events and scientific reports as a springboard for capturing each of fifty islands, providing information on its distance from the mainland, whether it is inhabited, its features, and the stories that have shaped its lore.“An utterly exquisite object: atlas as Wunderkammer and bestiary, bound in black cloth and sea-blue card...makes a magnificent case for the atlas to be recognised as literature, worthy of its original name—theatrum orbis terrarum, ‘the theatre of the world.’”—Robert Macfarlane, The Guardian (UK)“[A] masterpiece that blends cartography, history and prose poetry.” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette“A cartographical gem.”—The Wall Street Journal

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MARK OVENDENRailway Maps of the WorldA mesmerizing compendium of historical and contemporary railway maps and posters from every corner of the world. Hundreds of images, covering two centuries of railway advertising, surveyors’ plans, travel posters, satellite photos, and station wall maps, are combined with text brimming with vivid historical details and charming anecdotes. Appendixes include a trove of factoids, track stats, and information about rail operators and rail museums.

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CYNTHIA ENLOE AND JON I SEAGERThe Real State of America AtlasMapping the Myths and Truths of the United States

Packed with fascinating facts and illustrated throughout with clear, easy-to-read, four-color graphics, The Real State of America Atlas draws back the curtain on our complex nation to reveal the myriad realities of the American experience—from our changing demographics to patterns of home ownership to the kinds of food we eat. Cowritten by two esteemed scholars, this compre-hensive and enlightening work upends many long-held myths and shows us who we are today. It is the perfect read for anyone who wants to better under-stand our ever-changing nation. PENGUIN PAPERBACK 128 PP. 978-0-14-311935-7 $22.00Available August 2011

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DAVID OWENGreen MetropolisWhy Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less Are the Keys to Sustainability

From an acclaimed New Yorker writer, a thought-provoking, innovative, and challenging new approach to protecting our environment.“David Owen advances the provocative argument that the asphalt jungle is greener than the places where most Americans live. A hard-hitting book that punctures many eco-balloons.”—Witold Rybczynki, University of Pennsylvania“A thoughtful exploration of the tweaks and policy initiatives in modern-day urban planning and urban design....An important contribution to our under-standing of how we live.”—The Boston GlobeRIVERHEAD PAPERBACK 368 PP. 978-1-59448-484-1 $16.00

EDWARD GLAESERTriumph of the CityHow Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier

A pioneering urban economist travels through history and around the globe to reveal the hidden workings of cities and how they bring out the best in humankind.“Makes clear how cities have not only survived but thrived, even as mod-ern technology has seemingly made one’s physical location less important.” —Steven D. Levitt, University of Chicago“At once polymathic and vibrant....Triumph of the City is bursting with insights and policy proposals to debate.”—The New York Times Book ReviewPENGUIN PRESS HARDCOVER 352 PP. 978-1-59420-277-3 $29.95

JOE FLOODThe FiresHow a Computer Formula, Big Ideas, and the Best of Intentions Burned Down New York City—and Determined the Future of Cities

Provides an inside look at the RAND Corporation’s computer models being used to run the FDNY in 1970s New York.“Flood has done an outstanding job making sense out of the chaos, showing the forces that were permanently reshaping New York.”—Thomas Von Essen, former New York City Fire Commissioner“Illustrates for us just how our greatest city declined and completely fell apart forty years ago, at the hands of a managing elite who believed they could plan, organize, and control a city by studying computer trends and implementing lofty plans.”—Dennis Smith, author of Report from Ground Zero

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EUGENE L INDENThe Ragged Edge of the WorldEncounters at the Frontier Where Modernity, Wildlands, and Indigenous Peoples Meet

Linden’s diverse assignments as an environmental writer have brought him all around the world, witnessing dramatic transformations brought on by Western influence. Here he recounts his adventures at this slippery and fast-changing frontier—Vietnam in 1971 and 1994, New Guinea and Borneo, pygmy forests and Machu Picchu, the Arctic and Antartica, Cuba and Midway Island—charting onrushing social and environmental change.

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DAN MORRISONThe Black Nile: One Man’s Amazing Journey Through Peace and War on the World’s Longest River“Traveling northward through Uganda, Sudan and then Upper Egypt, Mor-rison skillfully shows us the Africa we rarely glimpse in the mass media....The true value of the book is the way it reveals fragments of close-up reality, the micro rather than the macro.”—The Washington Post

IRA BERL INThe Making of African AmericaThe Four Great Migrations

In this masterful account, one of the nation's most distinguished historians explores how four great migrations, between the seventeenth and twenty-first centuries, lie at the heart of black American culture and its development.“In vigorous prose [Berlin] describes four great migrations....All of these movements were dislocating and painful. All unleashed creativity. And all shaped black life and culture.”—The EconomistPENGUIN PAPERBACK 320 PP. 978-0-14-311879-4 $17.00

HENRY POLLACK , PH .D .A World Without IceFOREWORD BY AL GORE

A co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace prize offers a clear-eyed explanation of the planet’s imperiled ice.“In a world where everything frozen is now melting, we should barely need a book to get our attention. But clearly we do, and this is the book—a thorough reminder of what it means to live in a planet with poles and glaciers, and what it will be like without them.”—Bill McKibben, author of Deep EconomyAVERY PAPERBACK 304 PP. 978-1-58333-407-2 $16.00

DIANA BERESFORD-KROEGERThe Global ForestScientist Diana Beresford-Kroeger skillfully weaves together ecology, ethno-botany, horticulture, spirituality, science, and alternative medicine to capture the magic spell that trees cast over us, from their untapped ecological and pharmaceutical potential to the roles they have played in our cultural heritage.“[Beresford-Kroeger] considers the invisible life of the forest and shows the myriad connections among humanity, forest, and everything else. She provides fascinating accounts of the micro processes of trees and makes intriguing arguments for using these ‘chemical factories’ to healthy advantage.” —Library Journal

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PAUL GREENBERGFour Fish: The Future of the Last Wild FoodGreenberg deftly uses four fish—bass, cod, salmon, and tuna—as a lens to pro-vide a state of the ocean. Traveling the world from Alaska’s wild salmon runs to the massive fish farms of Vietnam, he explores the history of these four species and examines where each stands at this critical moment in time.“Important and stimulating....Even as it lays out the grim and complicated facts of common seas ravaged by separate nations, [the book] also manages to sound a few hopeful and exciting notes about the future of fish, and with it, the future of civilizations in thrall to the bounty of the sea.”—The New York Times Book Review“Greenberg considers four iconic creatures...to lay bare the cycle of discovery, exploitation and collapse that has touched or threatens practically every im-portant food fish in the seas.”—The Washington PostPENGUIN PAPERBACK 304 PP. 978-0-14-311946-3 $16.00Available May 2011

DONOVAN HOHNMoby-DuckThe True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them

Hohn’s odyssey pulls him into the secretive world of shipping conglomerates, the daring work of Arctic researchers, the lunatic risks of maverick sailors, and the shadowy world of Chinese toy factories.“Adventurous, inquisituve and brightly illuminating....Works as a lively trav-elogue as well as a voyage of discovery and philosophical inquiry.”—The New York Times“A far-ranging, delightfully narrated masterwork of adventure, science, explo-ration, and much more.”—Nathaniel Philbrick, author of MayflowerVIKING HARDCOVER 416 PP. 978-0-670-02219-9 $27.95

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