Medio ambiente

La salud de nuestro planeta moldea cada aspecto de la existencia humana, desde la comida en nuestros platos hasta el aire que respiramos y las innumerables especies con las que compartimos la Tierra. Estos libros vitales exploran el delicado equilibrio de nuestro mundo natural y ofrecen sabiduría práctica para vivir de manera más sostenible, ya sea mediante una alimentación consciente, la reducción de residuos o la comprensión del impacto humano en nuestros recursos finitos.

Medio ambiente Resúmenes de libros

Oil on Water

por Helon Habila

A young journalist joins a drunken legend to find a kidnapped wife in the oil-choked Niger Delta.

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2000+

📖 Literary Mystery 🚤 River Journey 🥃 Washed-Up Mentor 🔍 Kidnapping Mystery 🌱 Environmental Decay

Inmersivo

Oil on Water

A young journalist joins a drunken legend to find a kidnapped wife in the oil-choked Niger Delta.

por Helon Habila 2010

3.54

2000+ valoraciones

📖 Literary Mystery 🚤 River Journey 🥃 Washed-Up Mentor 🔍 Kidnapping Mystery 🌱 Environmental Decay

Prisioneros de la geografía

por Tim Marshall • 2015

Geography ties presidents' hands more than ideology. The map cornering Napoleon is cornering Putin.

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100.000+

🌍 Geopolitics 🛢️ Natural Resources ⚔️ Military Strategy 🌐 Global Power Politics ✂️ Colonial Borders

Inmersivo

Prisioneros de la geografía

Geography ties presidents' hands more than ideology. The map cornering Napoleon is cornering Putin.

por Tim Marshall 2015 319 páginas

4.19

100.000+ valoraciones

🌍 Geopolitics 🛢️ Natural Resources ⚔️ Military Strategy 🌐 Global Power Politics ✂️ Colonial Borders

21 lecciones para el siglo XXI

por Yuval Noah Harari • 2018

How to think in a century where jobs vanish, truths splinter, and biology becomes programmable.

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100.000+

🧭 Big History 🤖 Future Of Work ⚖️ Ai Ethics 📰 Post-Truth Politics 🌊 Information Overload

Inmersivo

21 lecciones para el siglo XXI

How to think in a century where jobs vanish, truths splinter, and biology becomes programmable.

por Yuval Noah Harari 2018 372 páginas

4.15

100.000+ valoraciones

🧭 Big History 🤖 Future Of Work ⚖️ Ai Ethics 📰 Post-Truth Politics 🌊 Information Overload

Empire of AI

por Karen Hao • 2025

The AI revolution runs on $2-an-hour labor, stolen water, and a marketing trick from 1956.

4.02

14.000+

🏙️ Silicon Valley 🤖 Ai Ethics ⚠️ Big Tech Critique 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⛏️ Extractive Tech

Inmersivo

Empire of AI

The AI revolution runs on $2-an-hour labor, stolen water, and a marketing trick from 1956.

por Karen Hao 2025 501 páginas

4.02

14.000+ valoraciones

🏙️ Silicon Valley 🤖 Ai Ethics ⚠️ Big Tech Critique 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⛏️ Extractive Tech

El poder de la geografía

por Tim Marshall • 2021

From the Sahel to low Earth orbit, ten regions where geography is shaping the next flashpoints.

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25.000+

🌍 Geopolitics 🏛️ International Relations ⛽ Energy Security 🗺️ Geographic Determinism 💧 Water Scarcity

Inmersivo

El poder de la geografía

From the Sahel to low Earth orbit, ten regions where geography is shaping the next flashpoints.

por Tim Marshall 2021 304 páginas

4.19

25.000+ valoraciones

🌍 Geopolitics 🏛️ International Relations ⛽ Energy Security 🗺️ Geographic Determinism 💧 Water Scarcity

Mundo material

por Ed Conway • 2023

Six buried materials hold up modern life. The clean energy shift means digging more, not less.

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8000+

📜 Material Histories 🚢 Supply Chains 🏗️ Hidden Infrastructure ⚡ Energy Transition 🌍 Resource Geopolitics

Inmersivo

Mundo material

Six buried materials hold up modern life. The clean energy shift means digging more, not less.

por Ed Conway 2023 512 páginas

4.5

8000+ valoraciones

📜 Material Histories 🚢 Supply Chains 🏗️ Hidden Infrastructure ⚡ Energy Transition 🌍 Resource Geopolitics

El cuerpo eléctrico

por Robert O. Becker • 1985

A hidden electrical current runs your body's healing and growth. Power lines may be shorting it out.

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500+

🧬 Bioelectricity 🏥 Regenerative Medicine 🌍 Environmental Health ⚡ Electromagnetic Pollution 🕰️ Circadian Rhythms

Inmersivo

El cuerpo eléctrico

A hidden electrical current runs your body's healing and growth. Power lines may be shorting it out.

por Robert O. Becker 1985 368 páginas

4.25

500+ valoraciones

🧬 Bioelectricity 🏥 Regenerative Medicine 🌍 Environmental Health ⚡ Electromagnetic Pollution 🕰️ Circadian Rhythms

Life in the City of Dirty Water

por Clayton Thomas-Muller • 2021

He learned violence in Winnipeg's gangs. A sweat lodge showed him what was worth protecting.

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🏙️ Urban Indigenous Life 🌍 Environmental Justice 🪶 Cultural Reclamation 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🚪 Gang Exit Narratives

Inmersivo

Life in the City of Dirty Water

He learned violence in Winnipeg's gangs. A sweat lodge showed him what was worth protecting.

por Clayton Thomas-Muller 2021 331 páginas

3.65

4000+ valoraciones

🏙️ Urban Indigenous Life 🌍 Environmental Justice 🪶 Cultural Reclamation 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🚪 Gang Exit Narratives

Behind the Green Mask

por Rosa Koire • 2011

A veteran appraiser found that green policies are a UN blueprint to abolish private property.

4.28

365

🗺️ Land Use Policy 🏠 Property Rights 🌍 Agenda 21 🎭 Manufactured Consent 🏚️ Eminent Domain Abuse

Inmersivo

Behind the Green Mask

A veteran appraiser found that green policies are a UN blueprint to abolish private property.

por Rosa Koire 2011 172 páginas

4.28

365 valoraciones

🗺️ Land Use Policy 🏠 Property Rights 🌍 Agenda 21 🎭 Manufactured Consent 🏚️ Eminent Domain Abuse

The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution

por Mark Peterson • 2026

The U.S. Constitution was built to seize a continent. What happens when the land runs out?

4.09

🏛️ Constitutional History 🌎 American Expansion ⚡ Settler Colonialism 💰 Political Economy ⚖️ Minority Rule

The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution Resumen

Inmersivo

The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution

The U.S. Constitution was built to seize a continent. What happens when the land runs out?

por Mark Peterson 2026 390 páginas

4.09

22 valoraciones

🏛️ Constitutional History 🌎 American Expansion ⚡ Settler Colonialism 💰 Political Economy ⚖️ Minority Rule

El dilema del omnívoro

por Michael Pollan • 2006

Corn and oil, not sunlight, power what we eat. Four meals traced to their hidden origins.

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200.000+

🏭 Food Systems 🌽 Industrial Agriculture 🌾 Sustainable Farming 🐄 Ethical Eating 🌍 Food And Climate

El dilema del omnívoro

Corn and oil, not sunlight, power what we eat. Four meals traced to their hidden origins.

por Michael Pollan 2006 710 páginas

4.19

200.000+ valoraciones

🏭 Food Systems 🌽 Industrial Agriculture 🌾 Sustainable Farming 🐄 Ethical Eating 🌍 Food And Climate

El arte de la comida sencilla

por Alice Waters • 2007

The best cooking skill: buying perfect ingredients, then getting out of their way.

3.94

26.000+

🥬 Farm-To-Table 🗓️ Seasonal Cooking 🏡 Home Cooking 🐌 Slow Food 🌎 Sustainable Eating

El arte de la comida sencilla

The best cooking skill: buying perfect ingredients, then getting out of their way.

por Alice Waters 2007 405 páginas

3.94

26.000+ valoraciones

🥬 Farm-To-Table 🗓️ Seasonal Cooking 🏡 Home Cooking 🐌 Slow Food 🌎 Sustainable Eating

Atlas de inteligencia artificial

por Kate Crawford • 2020

Artificial intelligence is not just code. It runs on mines, warehouses, and state surveillance.

3.93

3000+

🔍 Tech Criticism 🏢 Big Tech Critique ⛏️ Extractive Capitalism 📊 Data Ethics ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

Atlas de inteligencia artificial

Artificial intelligence is not just code. It runs on mines, warehouses, and state surveillance.

por Kate Crawford 2020 288 páginas

3.93

3000+ valoraciones

🔍 Tech Criticism 🏢 Big Tech Critique ⛏️ Extractive Capitalism 📊 Data Ethics ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

Primavera silenciosa

por Rachel Carson • 1962

A biologist traced one poison through water, soil, bird, and bone, and refused to stay silent.

4.06

55.000+

🌍 Environmental Activism ☣️ Chemical Pollution 🔗 Ecosystem Thinking 🧪 Toxicology 🏭 Corporate Accountability

Primavera silenciosa

A biologist traced one poison through water, soil, bird, and bone, and refused to stay silent.

por Rachel Carson 1962 400 páginas

4.06

55.000+ valoraciones

🌍 Environmental Activism ☣️ Chemical Pollution 🔗 Ecosystem Thinking 🧪 Toxicology 🏭 Corporate Accountability

La historia de las cosas

por Annie Leonard • 2010

A five-stage global machine grinds resources into toxic waste. The owners call it the economy.

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4000+

📉 Consumerism Critique 🔄 Product Life Cycles ⚖️ Environmental Justice ♻️ Circular Economy ☣️ Toxic Chemicals

La historia de las cosas

A five-stage global machine grinds resources into toxic waste. The owners call it the economy.

por Annie Leonard 2010 352 páginas

4.08

4000+ valoraciones

📉 Consumerism Critique 🔄 Product Life Cycles ⚖️ Environmental Justice ♻️ Circular Economy ☣️ Toxic Chemicals

Cosmos

por Carl Sagan • 1980

From exploding stars to conscious minds: a cosmic journey that ends with a choice.

4.40

100.000+

🔭 Cosmology 🚀 Space Exploration 👽 Extraterrestrial Life 📜 History Of Science ⭐ Stellar Evolution

Cosmos

From exploding stars to conscious minds: a cosmic journey that ends with a choice.

por Carl Sagan 1980 324 páginas

4.40

100.000+ valoraciones

🔭 Cosmology 🚀 Space Exploration 👽 Extraterrestrial Life 📜 History Of Science ⭐ Stellar Evolution

El precipicio

por Toby Ord • 2020

The next hundred years will decide if humanity colonizes the galaxy or destroys itself trying.

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5000+

🧨 Existential Risk ⏳ Longtermism 🤖 Ai Safety ☢️ Nuclear Risk 🦠 Pandemic Preparedness

El precipicio

The next hundred years will decide if humanity colonizes the galaxy or destroys itself trying.

por Toby Ord 2020 480 páginas

3.94

5000+ valoraciones

🧨 Existential Risk ⏳ Longtermism 🤖 Ai Safety ☢️ Nuclear Risk 🦠 Pandemic Preparedness

Staying with the Trouble

por Donna J. Haraway • 2016

There is no escape from collapse, only forging ties with critters, compost, and the dead.

4.04

2000+

🐙 Multispecies Kinship 🌿 Ecological Entanglement ♀️ Feminist Theory 🐝 More-Than-Human Ethics 🔬 Science Studies

Staying with the Trouble

There is no escape from collapse, only forging ties with critters, compost, and the dead.

por Donna J. Haraway 2016 312 páginas

4.04

2000+ valoraciones

🐙 Multispecies Kinship 🌿 Ecological Entanglement ♀️ Feminist Theory 🐝 More-Than-Human Ethics 🔬 Science Studies

The Soundscape

por R. Murray Schafer • 1977

Civilization buried earth's oldest music in noise. A map of the lost soundscape and how to hear it.

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500+

🎧 Acoustic Ecology 📜 Aural History 👂 Auditory Perception 📢 Noise And Society 🌳 Environmental Sound

The Soundscape

Civilization buried earth's oldest music in noise. A map of the lost soundscape and how to hear it.

por R. Murray Schafer 1977 320 páginas

4.13

500+ valoraciones

🎧 Acoustic Ecology 📜 Aural History 👂 Auditory Perception 📢 Noise And Society 🌳 Environmental Sound

April et le Dernier Ours

por Hannah Gold • 2021

On an Arctic island, a lonely girl discovers a polar bear starving and trapped in plastic.

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7000+

🌍 Eco Adventure 🐾 Animal Friendship 🐻 Girl And Wild Animal 💔 Distant Father 🕯️ Loss Of A Mother

April et le Dernier Ours

On an Arctic island, a lonely girl discovers a polar bear starving and trapped in plastic.

por Hannah Gold 2021 272 páginas

4.28

7000+ valoraciones

🌍 Eco Adventure 🐾 Animal Friendship 🐻 Girl And Wild Animal 💔 Distant Father 🕯️ Loss Of A Mother

The Price of Tomorrow

por Jeff Booth • 2020

Technology drives costs down, but the economy requires inflation. One of them must break.

4.08

3000+

📉 Technological Deflation 💸 Debt Economics 🤖 Ai Disruption ☀️ Clean Energy Transition 🛠️ Future Of Work

The Price of Tomorrow

Technology drives costs down, but the economy requires inflation. One of them must break.

por Jeff Booth 2020 232 páginas

4.08

3000+ valoraciones

📉 Technological Deflation 💸 Debt Economics 🤖 Ai Disruption ☀️ Clean Energy Transition 🛠️ Future Of Work

Lab Girl

por Hope Jahren • 2016

Bipolar, broke, with an oddball lab partner: a geobiologist's devotion to what plants know.

3.98

72.000+

👩‍🔬 Women In STEM 🌿 Botanical Writing 🔬 Science Memoirs 🧠 Mental Health Memoirs 📚 Academic Life

Lab Girl

Bipolar, broke, with an oddball lab partner: a geobiologist's devotion to what plants know.

por Hope Jahren 2016 290 páginas

3.98

72.000+ valoraciones

👩‍🔬 Women In STEM 🌿 Botanical Writing 🔬 Science Memoirs 🧠 Mental Health Memoirs 📚 Academic Life

Escala

por Geoffrey B. West • 2017

The same simple math governs your heartbeat, your city's growth, and your company's lifespan.

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5000+

📏 Scaling Laws 🧩 Complex Systems 🏙️ Urban Science 🕸️ Network Theory 📐 Fractal Geometry

Escala

The same simple math governs your heartbeat, your city's growth, and your company's lifespan.

por Geoffrey B. West 2017 481 páginas

4.11

5000+ valoraciones

📏 Scaling Laws 🧩 Complex Systems 🏙️ Urban Science 🕸️ Network Theory 📐 Fractal Geometry

Abundancia

por Peter H. Diamandis • 2012

Your brain scans for disasters. Technology improves exponentially. One of these is winning.

4.05

11.000+

🔭 Technological Optimism 📈 Exponential Technology 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🌍 Global Development 💡 Innovation Models

Abundancia

Your brain scans for disasters. Technology improves exponentially. One of these is winning.

por Peter H. Diamandis 2012 400 páginas

4.05

11.000+ valoraciones

🔭 Technological Optimism 📈 Exponential Technology 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🌍 Global Development 💡 Innovation Models

Ultraprocesados

por Chris van Tulleken • 2023

60% of what we eat is engineered to override satiety. Sugar and exercise were a distraction.

4.38

46.000+

🏭 Industrial Food ⚙️ Food Engineering 🧠 Food Addiction 🦠 Gut Microbiome 🍽️ Appetite Science

Ultraprocesados

60% of what we eat is engineered to override satiety. Sugar and exercise were a distraction.

por Chris van Tulleken 2023 376 páginas

4.38

46.000+ valoraciones

🏭 Industrial Food ⚙️ Food Engineering 🧠 Food Addiction 🦠 Gut Microbiome 🍽️ Appetite Science

Muerte por China

por Peter Navarro • 2011

America armed its biggest rival: every dollar spent at Walmart helped finance the Chinese military.

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500+

🇺🇸 Economic Nationalism 🏭 Authoritarian Capitalism 💱 Currency Manipulation ⚔️ Trade War Literature 💻 Cyber Warfare

Muerte por China

America armed its biggest rival: every dollar spent at Walmart helped finance the Chinese military.

por Peter Navarro 2011 303 páginas

3.50

500+ valoraciones

🇺🇸 Economic Nationalism 🏭 Authoritarian Capitalism 💱 Currency Manipulation ⚔️ Trade War Literature 💻 Cyber Warfare

La sabiduría secreta de la naturaleza

por Peter Wohlleben • 2017

Why a wolf can reroute a river, and salmon feed the forest: nature's invisible connections.

4.05

7000+

La sabiduría secreta de la naturaleza

Why a wolf can reroute a river, and salmon feed the forest: nature's invisible connections.

por Peter Wohlleben 2017 272 páginas

4.05

7000+ valoraciones

Walkable City

por Jeff Speck • 2012

America's downtowns died for parking. The rules for bringing them back, starting at the curb.

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8000+

🏙️ Urban Planning 🏘️ New Urbanism 🚶 Walkable Cities 🚗 Car Dependency 🌱 Smart Growth

Walkable City

America's downtowns died for parking. The rules for bringing them back, starting at the curb.

por Jeff Speck 2012 312 páginas

4.32

8000+ valoraciones

🏙️ Urban Planning 🏘️ New Urbanism 🚶 Walkable Cities 🚗 Car Dependency 🌱 Smart Growth

Trenzando hierba dulce

por Robin Wall Kimmerer • 2013

Two sciences braided: a Potawatomi botanist on why plants are teachers and earth is a gift.

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100.000+

📜 Traditional Ecological Knowledge 🎁 Gift Economy 🌿 Nature Connection 🌱 Ecological Restoration 🌍 Environmental Philosophy

Trenzando hierba dulce

Two sciences braided: a Potawatomi botanist on why plants are teachers and earth is a gift.

por Robin Wall Kimmerer 2013 408 páginas

4.51

100.000+ valoraciones

📜 Traditional Ecological Knowledge 🎁 Gift Economy 🌿 Nature Connection 🌱 Ecological Restoration 🌍 Environmental Philosophy

Simplicidad profunda

por John Gribbin • 2004

Simple rules, run long enough, build a universe. A physicist shows the working.

3.98

1000+

🧩 Complexity Science 🦋 Chaos Theory ❄️ Fractal Geometry 🕸️ Network Theory 🔄 Self-Organization

Simplicidad profunda

Simple rules, run long enough, build a universe. A physicist shows the working.

por John Gribbin 2004 279 páginas

3.98

1000+ valoraciones

🧩 Complexity Science 🦋 Chaos Theory ❄️ Fractal Geometry 🕸️ Network Theory 🔄 Self-Organization

Naturaleza sagrada

por Karen Armstrong • 2022

Our environmental crisis is a spiritual one, and the blueprint is older than scripture.

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1000+

🌍 Comparative Religion 🌿 Environmental Philosophy 🙏 Spiritual Ecology ✝️ Ecotheology 🔮 Perennial Philosophy

Naturaleza sagrada

Our environmental crisis is a spiritual one, and the blueprint is older than scripture.

por Karen Armstrong 2022 205 páginas

3.67

1000+ valoraciones

🌍 Comparative Religion 🌿 Environmental Philosophy 🙏 Spiritual Ecology ✝️ Ecotheology 🔮 Perennial Philosophy

Orígenes

por Lewis Dartnell • 2019

Tectonic shifts, ice ages, and ancient oceans didn't set the stage. They wrote human history.

4.17

4000+

🌍 Big History 🧬 Human Evolution 🗺️ Geographic Determinism ❄️ Climate History ⛰️ Plate Tectonics

Orígenes

Tectonic shifts, ice ages, and ancient oceans didn't set the stage. They wrote human history.

por Lewis Dartnell 2019 352 páginas

4.17

4000+ valoraciones

🌍 Big History 🧬 Human Evolution 🗺️ Geographic Determinism ❄️ Climate History ⛰️ Plate Tectonics

Breves respuestas a las grandes preguntas

por Stephen W. Hawking • 2018

Time travel might work, but the feedback loop of climate disaster probably kills us first.

4.26

88.000+

🌌 Cosmology 🕳️ Black Holes ⚛️ Quantum Physics 🤖 Ai Ethics 🚀 Space Colonization

Breves respuestas a las grandes preguntas

Time travel might work, but the feedback loop of climate disaster probably kills us first.

por Stephen W. Hawking 2018 152 páginas

4.26

88.000+ valoraciones

🌌 Cosmology 🕳️ Black Holes ⚛️ Quantum Physics 🤖 Ai Ethics 🚀 Space Colonization

Menos es más

por Jason Hickel • 2020

Growth is wrecking the planet, and green growth is an illusion. The case for planned shrinkage.

4.50

9000+

🍂 Degrowth Movement 🌍 Ecological Economics 📉 Beyond GDP 🛑 Green Growth Critique ⚖️ Climate Justice

Menos es más

Growth is wrecking the planet, and green growth is an illusion. The case for planned shrinkage.

por Jason Hickel 2020 336 páginas

4.50

9000+ valoraciones

🍂 Degrowth Movement 🌍 Ecological Economics 📉 Beyond GDP 🛑 Green Growth Critique ⚖️ Climate Justice

In Defense of Food

por Michael Pollan • 2008

Forget superfoods and nutrient math. The healthiest diet rules are older than science and simpler.

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100.000+

🔬 Nutrition Science 🏛️ Food Politics 🌍 Traditional Diets 🧬 Food Reductionism 🧘 Mindful Eating

In Defense of Food

Forget superfoods and nutrient math. The healthiest diet rules are older than science and simpler.

por Michael Pollan 2008 244 páginas

4.07

100.000+ valoraciones

🔬 Nutrition Science 🏛️ Food Politics 🌍 Traditional Diets 🧬 Food Reductionism 🧘 Mindful Eating

Los diez grandes inventos de la evolución

por Nick Lane • 2009

Evolution's hardest problems, from life's origin to death itself, all have a chemical answer.

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5000+

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🔄 Evolutionary Transitions 🌋 Origin Of Life ⏳ Deep Time 🌿 Natural History

Los diez grandes inventos de la evolución

Evolution's hardest problems, from life's origin to death itself, all have a chemical answer.

por Nick Lane 2009 352 páginas

4.13

5000+ valoraciones

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🔄 Evolutionary Transitions 🌋 Origin Of Life ⏳ Deep Time 🌿 Natural History

La vida emocional de los animales

por Marc Bekoff • 2007

Elephants mourn, dolphins laugh. Animal emotions are real, and the science demands a moral answer.

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1000+

🐒 Animal Behavior 🧠 Animal Cognition 🔬 Comparative Psychology 🐘 Animal Sentience 🐄 Animal Welfare

La vida emocional de los animales

Elephants mourn, dolphins laugh. Animal emotions are real, and the science demands a moral answer.

por Marc Bekoff 2007 256 páginas

4.05

1000+ valoraciones

🐒 Animal Behavior 🧠 Animal Cognition 🔬 Comparative Psychology 🐘 Animal Sentience 🐄 Animal Welfare

Good Economics for Hard Times

por Abhijit V. Banerjee • 2019

The data on immigration, trade, and inequality contradicts everything the policy fight assumes.

4.22

14.000+

📊 Economic Policy 🧠 Behavioral Economics 📋 Evidence-Based Policy 🌍 Migration 🌱 Development Economics

Good Economics for Hard Times

The data on immigration, trade, and inequality contradicts everything the policy fight assumes.

por Abhijit V. Banerjee 2019 417 páginas

4.22

14.000+ valoraciones

📊 Economic Policy 🧠 Behavioral Economics 📋 Evidence-Based Policy 🌍 Migration 🌱 Development Economics

Practical Ethics

por Peter Singer • 1979

Suffering, equally weighed, rewrites what we owe the poor, the dying, and every creature that feels.

4.06

3000+

🧭 Applied Ethics ⚖️ Utilitarianism 🐾 Animal Ethics 🌍 Global Poverty 🌿 Environmental Ethics

Practical Ethics

Suffering, equally weighed, rewrites what we owe the poor, the dying, and every creature that feels.

por Peter Singer 1979 356 páginas

4.06

3000+ valoraciones

🧭 Applied Ethics ⚖️ Utilitarianism 🐾 Animal Ethics 🌍 Global Poverty 🌿 Environmental Ethics

1491

por Charles C. Mann • 2005

A hemisphere of cities, empires, and millions, emptied by smallpox before colonists arrived.

4.05

96.000+

🏛️ Pre-Columbian History 🗿 Indigenous Civilizations 📖 Revisionist History 🌍 Columbian Exchange 🌿 Indigenous Knowledge

1491

A hemisphere of cities, empires, and millions, emptied by smallpox before colonists arrived.

por Charles C. Mann 2005 563 páginas

4.05

96.000+ valoraciones

🏛️ Pre-Columbian History 🗿 Indigenous Civilizations 📖 Revisionist History 🌍 Columbian Exchange 🌿 Indigenous Knowledge

Cómo no hacer nada

por Jenny Odell • 2019

Your attention is being mined. The most radical response: do nothing.

3.65

56.000+

💸 Attention Economy 📵 Digital Detox ✊ Quiet Resistance 🌎 Bioregionalism 💻 Tech Critique

Cómo no hacer nada

Your attention is being mined. The most radical response: do nothing.

por Jenny Odell 2019 232 páginas

3.65

56.000+ valoraciones

💸 Attention Economy 📵 Digital Detox ✊ Quiet Resistance 🌎 Bioregionalism 💻 Tech Critique

El Antropoceno revisado

por John Green • 2021

From sycamores to antibiotics: a novelist rates the human age, one five-star review at a time.

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100.000+

📝 Personal Essays 🔍 Cultural Criticism 🌍 The Anthropocene ✨ Everyday Wonder 🎨 Creative Vulnerability

El Antropoceno revisado

From sycamores to antibiotics: a novelist rates the human age, one five-star review at a time.

por John Green 2021 304 páginas

4.35

100.000+ valoraciones

📝 Personal Essays 🔍 Cultural Criticism 🌍 The Anthropocene ✨ Everyday Wonder 🎨 Creative Vulnerability

Work

por James Suzman • 2020

Work predates paychecks by billions of years. A history of how energy became employment.

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3000+

🌍 Big History 🔨 History Of Work ⚡ Energy And Society 💰 Economic History 🏹 Forager Societies

Work

Work predates paychecks by billions of years. A history of how energy became employment.

por James Suzman 2020 464 páginas

3.83

3000+ valoraciones

🌍 Big History 🔨 History Of Work ⚡ Energy And Society 💰 Economic History 🏹 Forager Societies

The Hidden Life of Trees

por Peter Wohlleben • 2015

A forester reveals trees are social, caring parents that communicate through an underground network.

4.06

89.000+

🌳 Forest Ecology 🌿 Plant Communication 🍄 Fungal Symbiosis 🧠 Plant Intelligence 🌲 Old-Growth Forests

The Hidden Life of Trees

A forester reveals trees are social, caring parents that communicate through an underground network.

por Peter Wohlleben 2015 272 páginas

4.06

89.000+ valoraciones

🌳 Forest Ecology 🌿 Plant Communication 🍄 Fungal Symbiosis 🧠 Plant Intelligence 🌲 Old-Growth Forests

Let My People Go Surfing

por Yvon Chouinard • 2006

He built a billion-dollar outdoor brand that tells customers to buy less and lets employees surf.

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29.000+

🌱 Sustainable Business 🤝 Conscious Capitalism 👥 Workplace Culture 🛠️ Craftsmanship 🛑 Anti-Consumerism

Let My People Go Surfing

He built a billion-dollar outdoor brand that tells customers to buy less and lets employees surf.

por Yvon Chouinard 2006 272 páginas

4.18

29.000+ valoraciones

🌱 Sustainable Business 🤝 Conscious Capitalism 👥 Workplace Culture 🛠️ Craftsmanship 🛑 Anti-Consumerism

El clamor de los bosques

por Richard Powers • 2018

Trees summon nine lives across a century to a final stand for the last ancient forests.

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200.000+

🌲 Forest Ecology ✊ Eco-Activism 🌳 Generational Saga 🍄 Tree Communication 🔗 Braided Narrative

El clamor de los bosques

Trees summon nine lives across a century to a final stand for the last ancient forests.

por Richard Powers 2018 502 páginas

4.11

200.000+ valoraciones

🌲 Forest Ecology ✊ Eco-Activism 🌳 Generational Saga 🍄 Tree Communication 🔗 Braided Narrative

Economía rosquilla

por Kate Raworth • 2017

GDP growth cooks the planet. A two-boundary goal replaces it; the space inside remakes economics.

4.16

15.000+

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