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Staff Picks: What books do Island Press employees love?

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No matter the book, they're all 50% off this week only! 

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Fill, Build and Flood: Dangerous Development in Flood-Prone Areas

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In the era of unprecedented storms and flooding, unchecked development in the flood plain is a recipe for disaster. But cities can break the cycle of fill, build, and flood.

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Power Shutoffs: Playing with Fire

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Climate fires are California’s new normal. This new normal requires new strategies, new technologies and new partnerships with America’s caregivers to ensure the sick, the elderly and the most vulnerable are climate and energy resilient.

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Q&A with Urban Planner Lisa Nisenson

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Urban planner Lisa Nisenson answers questions from the final webinar of our Saving Our Suburbs series with the authors of Suburban Remix.

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#ForewordFriday: The Basics of Wildlife Law

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Wildlife is an important and cherished element of our natural heritage in the United States. But state and federal laws governing the ways we interact with wildlife can be complex to interpret and apply. Navigating this legal terrain is trickier than...

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#ForewordFriday: Unleash the Bus

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Why fight for a better bus system? Steven Higashide explores this question in this chapter excerpt from Better Buses, Better Cities.

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Forgotten First Responders: Caregivers for Sick and Elderly

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Caregivers are underappreciated and underutilized partners in disaster response. But with proper recognition and support, they could become a linchpin of successful disaster response.

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Repealing the Clean Water Rule is Not About Protecting Farmers

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All Americans —farmers included— will suffer the consequences of degraded water quality and damaging floods that will come with the repeal of the Clean Water Rule.

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#ForewordFriday: Food Town, USA

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Explore the food movement in Sitka, Alaska in this excerpt from Food Town, USA: Seven Unlikely Cities that are Changing the Way We Eat.

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#ForewordFriday: Evolutionary Treasures

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Read this excerpt from Rainforest: Dispatches from Earth’s Most Vital Frontlines to find out what makes rainforests so valuable for our planet.

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