New Release Books

Today’s first Featured New Release is Harness the Sun: America’s Quest for a Solar-Powered Future ($14.32 Kindle), by Philip Warburg [Beacon Press].

Book Description
Going from the inner city to the open desert, a seasoned environmental advocate looks at solar energy’s remarkable ascent and its promise for America’s future

Solar power was once the domain of futurists and environmentally minded suburbanites. Today it is part of mainstream America. Scan the skyline of downtown neighborhoods, check out the rooftop of the nearest Walmart, and take a close look at your local sports arena. Chances are you’ll find solar panels in those and many other unexpected places.

In Harness the Sun, Philip Warburg takes readers on a far-flung journey that explores America’s solar revolution. Beginning with his solar-powered home in New England, he introduces readers to the pioneers who are spearheading our move toward a clean energy economy. We meet the CEOs who are propelling solar power to prominence and the intrepid construction workers who scale our rooftops installing panels. We encounter the engineers who are building giant utility-scale projects in prime solar states like Nevada, Arizona, and California, and the biologists who make sure wildlife is protected at those sites.

Warburg shows how solar energy has won surprising support across the political spectrum. Prominent conservatives embrace solar power as an emblem of market freedom, while environmental advocates see it as a way to reduce America’s greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, economic-justice activists celebrate solar’s potential to lift up low-income communities, and Native American leaders welcome the income and jobs that the industry will bring to their communities.

Yet solar energy has its downsides and detractors too. Conservationists worry about the impact of large solar farms on protected animal species, and some local citizens groups resent the encroachment of solar projects on farmland and open spaces. Warburg gives voice to those at the epicenter of these conflicts and points the way to constructive solutions.

Harness the Sun offers a grounded, persuasive vision of America’s energy future. It is a future fueled by clean, renewable sources of power, with solar at center stage.

About the Author
Philip Warburg is the author of Harvest the Wind: America’s Journey to Jobs, Energy Independence, and Climate Stability. He was president of the Conservation Law Foundation, New England’s leading environmental advocacy group, from 2003 to 2009. Previously, he directed the Israel Union for Environmental Defense in Tel Aviv and was an attorney at the Environmental Law Institute in Washington, DC.

Today’s second Featured New Release is Wonder Woman Vol. 7: War Torn ($12.80 Kindle), by Meredith Finch and David Finch (Illustrator) [DC Comics; 52nd edition]. Something to tide you over until the new movie (in 2017).

Book Description
Loyalties are divided, tradition is broken and Diana of Themyscira is faced with a fight at every turn.

As the new God of War, Diana finds that conflict follows her wherever she goes. As Wonder Woman, she must help the Justice League stop a mysterious evil that’s claiming countless innocent victims. And as Queen of the Amazons, she’s attempting to bring her sisters into a new era, allowing men to live on Paradise Island for the first time.

But her new decree is inciting unrest among the Amazons. When a new challenger to the throne arises-one with a familiar face-will Diana be Queen enough to defeat her?

Hot new creative team Meredith Finch (Tales From Oz) and David Finch (BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT) take Wonder Woman to War in this action-packed epic! WONDER WOMAN: WAR-TORN collects issues #36-40 and ANNUAL #1.

About the Author
Meredith Finch made her comics debut with Tales from Oz: The Cowardly Lion, published by Zenescope Comics. She continues to write for Zenescope with such credits as the Grimm Fairy Tales: Swimsuit Edition, Grimm Tales of Terror and the Little Mermaid mini-series. In November 2014, Meredith made her DC Comics debut as she teamed up with acclaimed artist (and husband) David Finch to become the new creative team on the ever-popular WONDER WOMAN.

Today’s third Featured New Release is The Returned: Star Trek: New Frontier #3 ($2.99 Kindle), by Peter David [Pocket Books / Simon and Schuster].

Book Description
The final installment in a brand-new three-part digital-first Star Trek: New Frontier e-novel from New York Times bestselling author Peter David!

Captain Mackenzie Calhoun and the crew of the U.S.S. Excalibur are back, picking up three months after the stunning events depicted in New Frontier: Blind Man’s Bluff. Calhoun’s search of Xenex has failed to find any survivors, and now he is bound and determined to track down the race that killed them—the D’myurj and their associates, the Brethren—and exact vengeance upon them. His search will take the Excalibur crew into a pocket universe, where he discovers not only the homeworld of the D’myurj, but another race that shares Calhoun’s determination to obliterate his opponents. But is this new race truly an ally…or an even greater threat?

About the Author
Peter David is a prolific New York Times bestselling author whose career, and continued popularity, spans more than two decades. He has worked in every conceivable media—television, film, books (fiction, nonfiction, and audio), short stories, and comic books—and acquired loyal followings in all of them. In the literary field, he has had more than a hundred novels published. He lives in New York with his wife and four children.

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