Greenhouse Governance: Addressing Climate Change in America by: Barry G. Rabe publisher: Brookings Institution Press, published: 2010-08-18 ASIN: 0815703317 sales rank: 170709 price: $34.95 (new), $44.19 (used)
Public deliberation over climate change has traditionally been dominated by the natural and physical sciences. Is the planet warming? To what degree, and is mankind responsible? How big a problem is this, really? But concurrent with these debates is the question of what should be done. Indeed, what can be done? Issues of governance, including the political feasibility of certain policies and their capacity for implementation, have received short shrift in the conversation. But they absolutely must be addressed as we respond to this unprecedented challenge. Greenhouse Governance brings a much-needed public policy mindset to discussion of climate change in America. Greenhouse Governance features a number of America's preeminent public policy scholars, examining some aspect of governance and climate change. They analyze the state and influence of American public opinion on climate change as well as federalism and intergovernmental relations, which prove especially important since state and local governments have taken a more active role than originally expected. Specific policy issues examined include renewable electricity standards, mandating greater vehicle fuel economy, the adaptation vs. mitigation debate, emissions trading, and carbon taxes. The contributors do consider the scientific and economic questions of climate policy but place special emphasis on political and managerial issues. They analyze the role of key American government institutions including the courts, Congress, and regulatory agencies. The final two chapters put the discussion into an international context, looking at climate governance challenges in North America, relations with the European Union, and possible models for international governance.
	Greenhouse Gardening: Step by Step to Growing Success (Crowood Gardening Guides) by: Jonathan Edwards publisher: Crowood Press, published: 1996-05-01 ASIN: 185223976X sales rank: 267817 price: $11.17 (new), $10.61 (used)
Crowood Gardening Guides have become the indispensable handbooks for the keen gardener who wants his information clear, practical, and full of color. The greenhouse opens up a new dimension to gardening; making tropical conditions, a temperate room, or even an alpine house a possibility. This practical guide adopts a simple and logical approach to what to do and when for the best results. Routine tasks as well as new ideas are included in any easy-to-follow monthly calendar of progress in the greenhouse.
	The Earth Sheltered Solar Greenhouse Book by: Mike Oehler publisher: Mole Publishing Company, published: 2007-06-01 ASIN: 0960446400 sales rank: 109766 price: $21.33 (new), $20.26 (used)
The Earth-Sheltered Solar Greenhouse Book is the first to promote the benefits of both passive solar energy and earth sheltering in greenhouse design. This combination results in greenhouses which need no additional heating. The captured sun s energy and that which is stored in the earth is enough for successful year round harvest. Gone are costly heating bills. Gone is the squander of non-renewable energy resources. This is because above-ground greenhouses get natural heat at night from only one side, the floor. They lose heat from the other five sides. The properly designed earth-sheltered greenhouse is naturally warmed at night -- and in the winter -- from five sides and loses heat from only one. The ratio is exactly reversed. This book has it all. It takes you step by step through the construction of an inexpensive greenhouse which may be built with either newly purchased or salvaged building materials for pennies on the dollar. It explains the author s unique Post/Shoring/Polyethylene construction methods and design techniques which Countryside Magazine called Revolutionary... innovative and ingenious...a totally different concept. In its way it is both as simple and as amazingly ingenious as a paperclip. The book deals heavily with design so that you may custom build your own greenhouse perfect for your particular climate and needs. It tells you how to use gravity to warm your winter plants; how to effectively capture and store the sun s heat; how to make up for poor sunlight free of cost; how to automatically vent without power; how to choose the best glazing for your project; where to find free building materials; when to use heat tubes and when not to; how to use a root cellar in tandem with the greenhouse; where to use insulation with wonderful effect (and where to absolutely avoid it); how to deal with plant pests organically; what animals should be living in your greenhouse; and hundreds of more tips. The Earth-Sheltered Solar Greenhouse Book has 230 pages with nearly 200 illustrations, photos, diagrams, lists, charts and drawings. It contains all the information you need to free you from the pesticide, herbicide, fungicide, waxed, and E-coli laden, genetically modified and irradiated supermarket produce.
	Growing Under Glass: Your Guide to Greenhouse Gardening Success by: Hilery Hixon publisher: BookSurge Publishing, published: 2009-04-30 ASIN: 1439233152 sales rank: 149972 price: $27.99 (new), $60.39 (used)
A handbook to setting up and maintaining a greenhouse, Growing Under Glass: Your Guide to Greenhouse Gardening Success takes you step-by-step with four sections through the greenhouse gardening process. Beginning with The Greenhouse Structure, learn the ins and outs of maintaining the structure and regulating the greenhouse temperature. Next up is Growing Guidelines, providing tips, hints and steps of successfully growing plants in the greenhouse environment. Then on to Deciding What to Grow Under Glass to aid in making educated decisions on the best plants for your greenhouse. Finally, delve into the Resources to assist in locating everything you need for your greenhouse. From soil to success, this book will guide you every step of the way.
	Ministry Greenhouse: Cultivating Environments for Practical Learning by: George M. Hillman Jr. publisher: The Alban Institute, published: 2008-01-15 ASIN: 1566993601 sales rank: 481512 price: $14.94 (new), $11.81 (used)
Known as "the internship guy" at Dallas Theological Seminary where he teaches, George Hillman talks daily with students about God's movement in their lives. The goal of Ministry Greenhouse is to help seminary and Bible college students, their supervisors, and the lay leaders who work with them create the best environment for leadership development through a beneficial internship. An internship is not busy work or cheap labor but is instead fundamental to the development of a leader. Hillman first makes a case for internships, arguing that the purpose of the seminary or Bible college is to train both theologians and practitioners. He explores the meaning of "call," identifies the ingredients of a successful internship, discusses strategies for establishing goals for an internship, and offers guidance for reflecting on learning during an internship. Hillman also provides tools for identifying competencies and sample goals. A great internship experience places a student in an environment where God can work through him or her in the lives of other people an din the student's own life to develop calling, character, and competencies. Ministry Greenhouse shows students, their supervisors, and the congregations and other organizations they serve how they can create just such an environment.
	The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker by: Steven Greenhouse publisher: Anchor, published: 2009-02-10 ASIN: 1400096529 sales rank: 43085 price: $8.72 (new), $8.22 (used)
Why, in the world's most affluent nation, are so many corporations squeezing their employees dry? In this fresh, carefully researched book, New York Times reporter Steven Greenhouse explores the economic, political, and social trends that are transforming America's workplaces, including the decline of the social contract that created the world's largest middle class and guaranteed job security and good pensions. We meet all kinds of workers—white-collar and blue-collar, high-tech and low-tech, middle-class and low-income—as we see shocking examples of injustice, including employees who are locked in during a hurricane or fired after suffering debilitating, on-the-job injuries. With pragmatic recommendations on what government, business and labor should do to alleviate the economic crunch, The Big Squeeze is a balanced, consistently revealing look at a major American crisis.
	Solar Greenhouse Book publisher: Rodale Press, published: 1978-06-22 ASIN: 0878571981 sales rank: 260413 price: $30.00 (new), $0.35 (used)
	The Food and Heat Producing Solar Greenhouse: Design, Construction, Operation by: Rick Fisher publisher: John Muir Pubns, published: 1980-02 ASIN: 0912528206 sales rank: 459134 price: $149.95 (new), $19.99 (used)
	The Greenhouse Project: Cultivating Students of Influence by: Mike Calhoun publisher: Word of Life Fellowship, published: 2009-06 ASIN: 1935475002 sales rank: 458525 price: $10.43 (new), $13.49 (used)
	Becoming Justice Blackmun: Harry Blackmun's Supreme Court Journey by: Linda Greenhouse publisher: Times Books, published: 2006-04-04 ASIN: 0805080570 sales rank: 15903 price: $2.49 (new), $0.98 (used)
“A fascinating book. In clear and forceful prose, Becoming Justice Blackmun tells a judicial Horatio Alger story and a tale of a remarkable transformation . . . A page-turner.”—The New York Times Book Review In this acclaimed biography, Linda Greenhouse of The New York Times draws back the curtain on America’s most private branch of government, the Supreme Court. Greenhouse was the first print reporter to have access to the extensive archives of Justice Harry A. Blackmun (1908–99), the man behind numerous landmark Supreme Court decisions, including Roe v. Wade. Through the lens of Blackmun’s private and public papers, Greenhouse crafts a compelling portrait of a man who, from 1970 to 1994, ruled on such controversial issues as abortion, the death penalty, and sex discrimination yet never lost sight of the human beings behind the legal cases. Greenhouse also paints the arc of Blackmun’s lifelong friendship with Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, revealing how political differences became personal, even for two of the country’s most respected jurists. From America’s preeminent Supreme Court reporter, this is a must-read for everyone who cares about the Court and its impact on our lives. Linda Greenhouse has covered the Supreme Court for The New York Times since 1978 and won a Pulitzer Prize in 1998 for her coverage of the Court. She appears regularly on the PBS program Washington Week and lectures frequently on the Supreme Court at colleges and law schools. She graduated from Radcliffe College and holds a master of studies in law from Yale Law School. She lives outside Washington, D.C. A New York Times Notable Book   From 1970 to 1994, Justice Harry A. Blackmun (1908-1999) wrote numerous landmark Supreme Court decisions, including Roe vs. Wade, and participated in the most contentious debates of his era—all behind closed doors. In Becoming Justice Blackmun, Linda Greenhouse of The New York Times draws back the curtain on America's most private branch of government and reveals the backstage story of the Supreme Court through the eyes and writing of this extraordinary justice. Greenhouse was the first print reporter to have access to Harry Blackmun's extensive archive and private and public papers, and from this trove she has crafted a compelling narrative of Blackmun's life and of his years on the Court, showing how he never lost sight of the human beings behind the legal cases and how he was not afraid to question his own views in such controversial issues as abortion, affirmative action, the death penalty, and sex discrimination. She shows us the Court as a human institution, where nine very smart and very opinionated lawyers seek to make decisions and bring others around to their point of view, especially during Blackmun's twenty-four years on the bench, as the justices repeatedly tussled with one another over the contentious cases—the Pentagon Papers, Roe v. Wade, the Nixon tapes, Bakke v. Regents of the University of California, Planned Parenthood v. Casey—that came their way. And most affectingly of all, Greenhouse recounts the story of how Harry Blackmun's lifelong friendship with Chief Justice Warren E. Burger withered in the crucible of life on the high court, revealing how political differences became personal, even for the country's most respected jurists. Becoming Justice Blackmun, written by America's preeminent Supreme Court reporter, offers a rare and wonderfully vivid portrait of the nation's highest court, including insights into many of the current justices. It is a must-read for everyone who cares about the Court and its impact on our lives. "Ms. Greenhouse's achievement in her meticulous narrative history is to provide new ammunition for Justice Blackmun's critics as well as his admirers. And readers who are unfamiliar with the inner workings of the court could not hope for a more engrossing introduction."—Jeffrey Rosen, The New York Times "In clear and forceful prose, Becoming Justice Blackmun tells a judicial Horatio Alger story and a tale of a remarkable transformation . . . He would appreciate this book. The Blackmun whom Greenhouse paints in this page turner is a modest Minnesotan, who carries the weight of the world on his shoulders."—Laura Kalman, The New York Times Book Review "[A] wonderful book . . . One of the most intimate and revealing portraits of the relationship between two justices ever achieved . . . Based on her immersion in the Blackmun papers, Ms. Greenhouse offers a narrative that is often riveting in its raw glimpses of the insecurities and emotions of Justice Blackmun and his childhood friend, Chief Justice Warren E. Burger. Ms. Greenhouse is characteristically fair-minded in her determination to present Justice Blackmun, Chief Justice Burger, and the other justices in context and in their own words . . . Ms. Greenhouse's achievement in her meticulous narrative history is to provide new ammunition for Justice Blackmun's critics as well as his admirers. And readers who are unfamiliar with the inner workings of the court could not hope for a more engrossing introduction."—Jeffrey Rosen, The New York Times "A graceful account, filled with well-chosen quotations, apt observations, and elegant legal summaries."—Akhil Reed Amar, The Washington Post Book World   "Blackmun left a prodigious amount of documentary material, and Greenhouse has used it with rare intelligence. She excavates a flesh-and-blood character from Blackmun's published opinions, a lengthy oral interview, case files, correspondence, and fragmentary notes that amply reveal his personality and the workings of his mind. Greenhouse offers us a nuanced account of the impact of Roe v. Wade within the Court and a clear understanding of Blackmun's long journey to the rejection of the death penalty . . . Greenhouse's work with Blackmun's papers . . . reveals a man charting and always in command of his own direction throughout his tenure."—Stanley I. Kutler, The American Prospect   "Should inform anyone with an interest in the law and how the court operates . . . I imagine that Blackmun, a precise writer and exacting editor, would approve."—Bob Minzesheimer, USA Today    "An engaging journalistic examination . . . It provides new details on how Roe v. Wade became the law of the land."—Warren Richey, The Christian Science Monitor    "This is a wonderful, a thrilling book. Linda Greenhouse has given us both the touching story of a man's transformation and a rare insight into the way the Supreme Court works. It is born a classic."—Anthony Lewis "At last, the mystery unveiled! The Supreme Court traditionally guards its privacy to the death, but Harry Blackmun, a supremely humane justice, left papers describing what the Court actually does behind the scenes, and Linda Greenhouse has used the Blackmun papers to write a fascinating book. Especially gripping is the intense human drama of the breakup of a lifelong friendship between Justice Blackmun and Chief Justice Warren Burger."—Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. "Anyone who wants to understand the inner workings of the U.S. Supreme Court and anyone who hopes to grasp the subtle ways that personal philosophy and psychology combine with the sometimes impersonal logic of the law to shape the outcomes of great legal battles, would do well to read Linda Greenhouse's unpretentious but powerful story of Harry Blackmun. Greenhouse, in a jewel fully worthy of her reputation as the best journalist ever to have covered the work of the Supreme Court, proves to be as able a biographer as she is a reporter. Becoming Justice Blackmun is a brilliant and penetrating study of how unsought challenge and controversy can, in the most modest of men, bring out a measure of true greatness."—Laurence Tribe "Harry Blackmun was the model public servant: hard-working, self-effacing, scrupulously honest, of a humorous bent, persnickety about language, ever re-examining his own thinking and dispositions, a patriot of process. Linda Greenhouse's elegant biography, a look at the professional life of the Justice in the blue Volkswagen, opens a window on the Court and on the antique notion of public service."—Garrison Keillor "I raced through Linda Greenhouse's book as soon as I got my hands on it. Becoming Justice Blackmun is both gripping constitutional history and rich personal drama. The nation's finest Supreme Court reporter has produced a vivid and fascinating portrait of a complex man."—Jeffrey Toobin "[An] illuminating study of Blackmun's life and intellectual history . . . Greenhouse, the New York Times's veteran Supreme Court watcher, draws primarily on Blackmun's massive personal archive to show how his authorship of the majority opinion in Roe v. Wade propelled him down several unexpected paths . . . The personality that emerges [here] is that of a self-effacing and scholarly judge, devoid of partisanship, willing to follow his ideas wherever they led him . . . Greenhouse sets a high standard in offering an intimate look both at the man and at the development of his judicial thought."—Publishers Weekly (starred review) "An exceptionally readable biography of Justice Harry Blackmun, from his childhood to his service on the Supreme Court . . . Greenhouse portrays the evolutio...

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