WATER BOOKS FOR YOUR BRAIN…
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This page will continuously be updated with the latest and greatest in water literature. If you know of any other gripping, compelling, informative, or comprehensive books on issues pertaining to water, please submit them to this list in the form of a comment.
(Please note that the links to reviews of the literature below, do not represent my endorsement of any businesses associated with the review or link. Thank you.)
- A River No More by Philip L. Fradkin
- A Story That Stands Like a Dam: Glen Canyon and the Struggle for the Soul of the West by Russell Martin
- Blue Gold: The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the Worlds Water by Maude Barlow and Tony Clark
- Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It by Elizabeth Royte
- Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water by Mark Reisner
- Dry Spring: The Coming Water Crisis of North America by Chris Wood
- Dying Wisdom: Rise, Fall and Potential of India’s Traditional Water Harvesting System published by the Centre for Environment and Science
- Food and Water: Threats, Shortages and Solutions by Bernard S. Cayne (Editor) and Jenny E. Tesar
- From Reclamation to Sustainability: Water, Agriculture and the Environment in the American West by Lawrence J. MacDonnell
- Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity by Sandra Postel, Linda Starke (editor)
- Life’s Matrix: A Biography of Water by Phillip Ball
- Making Water Everybody’s Business (a continuation of Dying Fall) published by the Centre for Environment and Science
- Pillars of Sand: Can the Irrigation Miracle Last? by Sandra Postel
- Reflected in Water: A Crisis of Social Responsibility by Colin Ward
- Rivers for Life: Managing Water for People and Nature by Sandra Postel
- The World’s Water by Peter H. Gleick
- The Sound of Mountain Water by Wallace Stegner
- Thirst: Fighting the Corporate Theft of Our Water by Alan Snitow & Deborah Kaufman, with Michael Fox
- To The Last Drop by Andrew Wice
- Water: A Natural History by Alice Outwater
- Water : A Resource in Crisis by Eileen Lucas
- Water: Rethinking Management in an Age of Scarcity by Sandra Postel
- Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource by Marq De Villiers
- Water: The International Crisis by Robin Clarke
- Water Voices by 77 authors, editor, William E. Marks
- Who Owns the Water? by Klaus Lanz (Editor), Lars Müller (Editor), Christian Rentsch (Editor), René Schwarzenbach (Editor)
- Whose Water Is It?: The Unquenchable Thirst of a Water-Hungry World by Bernadette Mcdonald
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William E. Marks // February 19, 2008 at 2:08 am
‘Water Voices from Around The World’ is the only book published in conjunction with the UN’s international decade of water.
Each of the 77 authors in this book presents unique water knowledge from around the globe. These authors represent every walk of life, and include recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize, the Stockholm Water Prize, and the Heinz Environmental Award.
Three years in the making, ‘Water Voices’ is an oversized hardcover tabletop book that contains 230 pages and 400 color photographs - many with informative captions.
‘Water Voices’ gives us a visual journey into the esoteric and mystical worlds of water, while the letters and articles present guidance, new insights, and unique research about this universally rare and precious entity.
Walter H. baily, Peasefield Tree Farm, South Road, Parsonsfield, ME // April 4, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Dear Water Friend, Thank you for your website; I arrived here through the title of Ms. Royte’s new book on water. I am a “water activist,” is that is the term, and a group of us are currently fighting Nestle/Poland Spring re: large scale water extraction.
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