Books

Meet Me at the Library: A Place to Foster Social Connection and Promote Democracy by Shamichael Hallman | An Island Press book
A Place to Foster Social Connection and Promote Democracy

America is facing an epidemic of loneliness and isolation, with troubling effects on our mental and physical health. We live in one of the most divisive times in our history, one in which we tend to work, play, and associate only with people who...

204 pages
6 x 9
40 figures

The Heat and the Fury: On the Frontlines of Climate Violence by Peter Schwartzstein | An Island Press book
On the Frontlines of Climate Violence

“Schwartzstein’s vignettes of each troubled region are vibrantly narrated as he encounters indignant locals and has run-ins with menacing state security officials attempting to block his investigations into what they invariably...

328 pages
6 x 9
20 black and white photographs and /or illustrations

Atlas of a Threatened Planet: 150 Infographics to Help Anyone Save the World by Esther Gonstalla | An Island Press book
150 Infographics to Help Anyone Save the World

Our planet is a fascinating and complex place, but the challenges we face can seem overwhelming. How does our climate actually work? Should we worry about the global supply of drinking water? How much land do we need to grow food? And can...

224 pages
8.5 x 11
Full color, 150 illustrations

Threat Multiplier: Climate, Military Leadership, and the Fight for Global Security by Sherri Goodman | An Island Press book
Climate, Military Leadership, and the Fight for Global Security

Threat Multiplier takes us onto the battlefield and inside the Pentagon to show how the US military is confronting the biggest security risk in global history: climate change. More than thirty years ago, when Sherri Goodman became the...

272 pages
6 x 9
16 illustrations

Water Management: Prioritizing Justice and Sustainability by Shimon C. Anisfeld | An Island Press book
Prioritizing Justice and Sustainability

Flooding in California. Drought and famine in the Horn of Africa. Massive fish kills in Texas and Australia. “Forever chemicals” in US drinking water. Similar headlines are sure to dominate the news in the years ahead. What is sometimes...

440 pages
8.5 x 11
77 illustrations

Climate Action for Busy People by Cate Mingoya-LaFortune | An Island Press book

As unprecedented heat waves, storms of the century, and devastating fires impact cities across the country, the time to create climate resilient communities is now. While large-scale innovations in policy and technology are necessary to preserve...

216 pages
6 x 9
22 photos and illustrations

Killed by a Traffic Engineer: Shattering the Delusion that Science Underlies our Transportation System by Wes Marshall | An Island Press book
Shattering the Delusion that Science Underlies our Transportation System

In the US we are nearing four million road deaths since we began counting them in 1899. The numbers are getting worse in recent years, yet we continue to accept these deaths as part of doing business. There has been no examination of why we...

344 pages
6 x 9

Bicycle City: Riding the Bike Boom to a Brighter Future by Dan Piatkowski | An Island Press book
Riding the Bike Boom to a Brighter Future

It took an oil crisis in the 1970s for the Dutch to realize that they simply couldn´t afford to live without bicycles, and today the Dutch lead the world in urban cycling. Fifty years later, another crisis, the pandemic, has led to a boom...

244 pages
6 x 9
10 black-and-white illustrations, photographs, line art, and maps.

When Driving is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency by Anna Letitia Zivarts | An Island Press book | An illustration depicting a group of people waiting underneath a shelter at a bus stop. The background is lightly sketched, with a few abstract buildings and evergreen trees. At the bus stop, there are two transit ambassadors wearing uniforms, a woman with a white cane, a man using a walking cane, and a girl using a wheelchair. Adjacent to the shelter, there is a bus parked with the wheelchair r
Steering Away from Car Dependency

Anna Zivarts; Foreword by Dani Simons

One third of people living in the United States do not have a driver license. Because the majority of involuntary nondrivers are disabled, lower income, unhoused, formerly incarcerated, undocumented immigrants, kids, young people, and the elderly...

240 pages
6 x 9
20 black-and-white illustrations, photographs, line art, and maps.

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