Books like World Made by Hand by James Howard Kunstler

Naomi Klein examines how the climate crisis exposes and demands change in the free‑market economic system, outlining the need for a global economic restructuring to address inequality, democracy, and local economies.

Craig of the Mohicans, a frontier scout turns away from civilization, forming a bond with a Mohican warrior as they escort two sisters across the perilous wilderness of America's frontier.

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A critical look at how our focus on energy supply obscures the real issue—excessive consumption—and offers practical steps to shift toward sustainable living, walkable communities, and gender equity.

In 1929, newlyweds George and Serena Pemberton move to the North Carolina mountains to build a timber empire. As Serena proves herself a skilled forewoman—hunting rattlesnakes and saving her husband—she discovers she cannot bear children, a revelation that sets off a chain of events that will reshape the remote community and unravel their passionate marriage.

A rice farmer turned poacher and a documentary filmmaker confront their beliefs when a ferocious escaped elephant threatens their lives and the fragile wildlife they both try to protect.

In a near‑future Tokyo where every action is corporate property, GATA agent Amon Kenzaki faces a deadly price for a political scandal he didn’t commit, forcing him into a desperate hunt for the truth behind the forbidden "jubilee" transaction.

Nine out of ten Americans live in places at significant risk of earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, terrorism, or other disasters. Tomorrow, some of us will have to make split-second choices to save ourselves and our families. How will we react? What will it feel like? Will we be heroes or victims? Will our upbringing, our gender, our personality--anything we've ever learned, thought, or dreamed of--ultimately matter? Journalist Amanda Ripley set out to discover what lies beyond fear and speculation, retracing the human response to some of history's epic disasters. She comes back with wisdom about the surprising humanity of crowds, the elegance of the brain's fear circuits, and the stunning inadequacy of many of our evolutionary responses. Most unexpectedly, she discovers the brain's ability to do much, much better, with just a little help.--From publisher description.

In the Ruins, Prince Sanglant and Liath confront a devastating cataclysm in the world of Wendar, battling natural disaster and political upheaval as they strive to restore daylight and order to a fractured realm.

""Too Much Magic" is what Kunstler sees in the bright visions of a future world dreamed up by optimistic souls who believe technology will solve all our problems. In Too Much Magic, Kunstler articulates a number of issues relating to the unsustainability of our high-energy lifestyle, including: The pernicious cult of "Happy Motoring" and our desire to preserve an ailing and backwards automotive industry at all costs; The upcoming demise of suburbia and the mass migration and demographic shifts that will ensue; The inadequacy of both renewable energy sources and alternative fossil fuels such as biodiesel, tar sands, and shale oil and gas to make up the energy shortfall when our conventional sources of fuel dry; The effect of the continuing increase in global population even after resource shortfalls of oil and fossil fuels become acute; How the diminishing returns of technology collide with hypercomplexity to scuttle our wishes for an easy way out of our epochal predicaments. With vision and clarity of thought, and an antic, comic spirit, Kunstler argues that the time for magical thinking and hoping for miracles is over, and the time to begin preparing for the long emergency has begun."--Jacket.

We live in an oil-dependent world, and have got to this level of dependency in a very short space of time, using vast reserves of oil in the process without planning for when the supply is not so plentiful. Most people don't want to think about what happens when the oil runs out (or becomes prohibitively expensive), but The Transition Handbook shows how the inevitable and profound changes ahead can have a positive effect. They can lead to the rebirth of local communities, which will generate their own fuel, food and housing. They can encourage the development of local currencies, to keep money in the local area. They can unleash a local 'skilling-up', so that people have more control over their lives. The Transition Handbook is the manual which will guide communities to begin this 'energy descent' journey. The argument that 'small is inevitable' is upbeat and positive, as well as utterly convincing.