Abbey, Edward. Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
With language as colorful as a Canyonlands sunset and a perspective as
          pointed as a prickly pear, Cactus Ed captures the heat, mystery, and
          surprising bounty of desert life. Desert Solitaire is a meditation on the stark
          landscapes of the red-rock West, a passionate vote for wilderness, and a
          howling lament for the commercialization of the American outback. -- the
          Orion Society
Abbey, Edward. The Monkey Wrench Gang
The best-selling underground cult classic .... When a gang of renegades
          sets forth on their mission to destroy the power lines, new roads, and
          bridges springing up across their cherished desert, all hell breaks loose. --
          the Orion Society
 Bormann, F. Herbert and Stephen Kellert (eds.). Ecology, Economics,
          Ethics: The Broken Circle
 "Environmental specialists argue that the ecological disaster of our time is
          due to environmental policy being based solely on criteria of short-term
          material gains, isolated from any concern for the economic or moral burdens
          being placed on future generations. In some ways, an update of The
          environmental crisis (1970). " -- Book News, Inc. , November 1, 1992
          (Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.)
Brown, Lester et al. Beyond Malthus
Brown, president of the Worldwatch Institute, and his collegues examining
          the stakes involved in potentially adding another 3.3 billion people to the
          world over the next fifty years.
Cohen, Joel. How Many People Can the Earth Support?
 Cohen provides a clear explanation of how population trends are derived, and
          explains the formulas and factors for calculating future population growth
          and use of natural resources. He also provides an historical overview of
          population growth and addresses the uncertainties inherent in predicting
          future trends.
Callenbach, Ernest. Ecotopia
 "Ecotopia was founded when northern California, Oregon, and Washington
          seceded from the Union to create a 'stable-state' ecosystem: the perfect
          balance between human beings and the environment. Now, twenty years
          later, the isolated, mysterious Ecotopia welcomes its first officially
          sanctioned American visitor: New York Times-Post reporter Will Weston..."
          --From the publisher
 *Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring
First published in 1962, this book offered the first shattering look at
          widespread ecological degradation, and is believed to be responsible in large
          part for sparking the modern environmental movement. -- the Orion Society
Cronon, William ed.  Nature Writings of John Muir (Library of
          America)
A collection of Muir's most significant and best-loved works, including an
          account of his early years, descriptions of his experiences in the Sierra
          region, an adventure story about an Alaskan dog, and various essays
          highlighting aspects of his career. Includes b&w illustrations. -- Annotation
          c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Devall, Bill and George Sessions. Deep Ecology
An excellent, somewhat ponderous, introduction for U.S. readers to modern
          "deep ecology."
Diamond, Jared. Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human
          Societies
In this Pulitzer-prize winning book, noted evolutionary biologist Jared
          Diamond poses an answer to the question of why some societies have been
          able to conquer and displace others. Diamond devotes a number of chapters
          to the history of the development of agriculture and its effect on human
          societies.
Dillard, Annie. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek : 25th Anniversary Edition
          (Perennial Classics)
A personal narrative of one year spent exploring the natural wonders,
          curiosities, frights and revelations experienced by naturalist Annie Dillard in
          her own backyard. --the Orion Society
*Ehrlich, Paul. The Population Bomb
In this 1968 book, biologist Ehrlich predicted that rapid population growth
          would lead to worldwide famine and environmental degradation.
 Eldredge, Niles. Life in the Balance: Humanity and the Biodiversity
          Crisis
In Life in the Balance, Niles Eldredge argues that the Earth is confronting an
          ecological disaster in the making. He reviews compelling evidence for this
          "biodiversity crisis," showing that species are dying out at an unnaturally
          rapid rate. -- From the publisher
Garrett, Laurie. The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a
          World out of Balance
In this gripping, often harrowing study, Laurie Garrett takes readers on a
          50-year journey through the world's battles with microbes, and examines the
          conditions that have culminated in recurrent outbreaks of newly discovered
          diseases, epidemics of diseases migrating to new areas, and mutated old
          diseases that are no longer curable.
*Gore, Al.   Earth in the Balance
In this provocative work, former Vice President Gore argues that the engines of
          human civilization have brought on imminent catastrophe, and that only a
          worldwide mobilization can save the earth for future generations. -- From the
          publisher
*Hardin, Garrett. "The Tragedy of the Commons." Science 162
          (December 13, 1968): 1243-1248.
In this classic article, Hardin present the problem of shared resources. A
          herdsman benefits by maximizing the number of cattle he has grazing on a
          common pasture. But, the pasture will be of no benefit to any herdsman if it
          has been overgrazed. Thus, in the absence of mechanisms to protect public
          resources, individuals will act in self-interest without regard to collective
          good.
*Leopold, Aldo.A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
Says Aldo Leopold, "There are some who can live without wild things and
          some who cannot. These essays are the delights and dilemmas of one who
          cannot." In this series of nature essays, Leopold articulates an elegant
          statement of the appropriate relationship between humans and the land."
Lopez, Barry. Of Wolves and Men
McKibben, Bill. End of Nature, The
The author argues that nature as we have known it is already dead. Our
          choice, he says, boils down to working toward synthetic Eden or limiting
          further environmental change. This book is a prime example of current
          "popular" environmental thought.
*McPhee, John. Encounters with the Archdruid
The nuances of differences in environmental perspectives are explored in
          McPhee's accounts of separate "managed confrontations" between
          environmentalist David Brower and three noted natural resource developers:
          mineral engineer Charles Park, resort designer Charles Fraser, and dam
          builder Floyd Dominy.
Ponting, Clive. A Green History of the World : The Environment and
          the Collapse of Great Civilizations
Ponting shows in compelling detail how, over and over, human beings
          throughout history have prospered by exploiting the Earth's resources to the
          point where they could no longer sustain societies' populations, causing
          collapse. -- Barnes & Noble
Quammen, David. The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an
          Age of Extinctions
Melding anecdotes about swimming elephants and the search for the
          Greater Bird of Paradise on the tiny island of Aru with technical discussions
          about island biogeography, Quammen illustrates how the scientific
          discipline developed and how it has changed the direction of conservation
          biology. --the Orion Society
*Quinn, Daniel.   Ishmael
Ishmael is the winner of the Turner Tomorrow Award--a prize for fiction that
          offers solutions to global problems. When a man in search of truth answers
          an ad in a local newspaper from a teacher looking for serious students, he
          finds himself alone in an abandoned office with a gorilla named Ishmael. --
          Barnes & Noble
Quinn, Daniel. My Ishmael
In this sequel to Quinn's controversial best seller, Ishmael, the telepathic
          gorilla has another pupil intent on saving the world: 12-year-old Julie
          Gerchak. -- Library Journal
Reisner, Marc. Cadillac Desert : The American West and Its
          Disappearing Water, Revised and Updated
 A provocative, opinionated, and interesting history of how California, the
          Bureau of Reclamation, and the Corps of Engineers remade the West by
          damming its rivers. The author explores the early history of Western
          settlement and the mistaken belief of the time that "rain follows the plough."
Sagan, Carl. Broca's Brain
Carl Sagan, writer and scientist, returns from the frontier to tell us about how
          the world works. In his delightfully down-to-earth style, he explores and
          explains a mind-boggling future of intelligent robots, extraterrestrial life and
          its consequences, and other provocative, fascinating quandries of the future
          that we want to see today. -- From the publisher
*Sagan, Carl. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the
          Dark (Unabridged)
Are we on the brink of a new Dark Age of irrationality and superstition? In
          this stirring, brilliantly argued book, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The
          Dragons of Eden and Cosmos shows how scientific thinking can cut through
          prejudice and hysteria and uncover the truth, and how it is necessary to
          safeguard our democratic institutions and our technical civilization. -- Barnes
          & Noble
*Schumacher, E.  Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered
The classic of common-sense economics.-- Barnes & Noble
Steingraber, Sandra. Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at
          Cancer and the Environment
Writing from the perspective of both a survivor and a scientist, the author
          links high concentrations of environmental toxins with the high incidence of
          cancer in rural Illinois.
*Thoreau, Henry David. Walden, or, Life in the Woods
Thoreau provides a fascinating, detailed account of his sojourn living off the
          land, capturing the world of Walden Pond through the prism of his probing,
          restless mind. --the Orion Society
*Wilson, Edward O. The Diversity of Life
With fascinating stories and rich detail, biologist Edward O. Wilson surveys
          the origin and role of species diversity and discusses areas of ongoing
          research in this field.
Wilson. Edward O. Naturalist
The autobiography of leading natural scientist Edward O. Wilson.

(Note: Most of these entries are from a Barnes and Noble list on the Enviroliteracy web site. The list has been severely edited and reformatted for use here. The complete list is available at that url.)