{"title":"Library Of America Wendell Berry Edition Ser","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"wendell-berry-essays-1969-1990-book-wendell-berry-9781598536065","title":"Wendell Berry: Essays 1969 - 1990","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first volume of the Library of America's definitive two-volume selection of the nonfiction writings of our greatest living advocate for sustainable culture.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Writing with elegance and clarity, Wendell Berry is a compassionate and compelling voice for our time of political and cultural distrust and division, whether expounding the joys and wisdom of nonindustrial agriculture, relishing the pleasure of eating food produced locally by people you know, or giving voice to a righteous contempt for hollow innovation. He is our most important writer on the cultural crisis posed by industrialization and mass consumerism, and the vital role of rural, sustainable farming in preserving the planet as well as our national character. Now, in celebration of Berry's extraordinary six-decade-long career, Library of America presents a two-volume selection of his nonfiction writings prepared in close consultation with the author.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This first volume collects thirty-three essays from nine different books, including his first, \u003ci\u003eThe Long-Legged House\u003c\/i\u003e (1969), \u003ci\u003eWhat are People For?\u003c\/i\u003e (1990), with its still provocative essay \"Why I am Not Going to Buy a Computer,\" and the complete text of his now classic \u003ci\u003eThe Unsettling of America\u003c\/i\u003e (1975), whose argument about the enormous ecological, economic, and human costs of industrial agriculture has, as the author notes, \"not had the happy fate of being proved wrong.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Berry's essays remain timely, even urgent today, and will resonate with anyone interested in our relationship to the natural world and especially with a younger, politically engaged generation invested in the future welfare of the planet.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e INCLUDES-\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Unsettling of America\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e AND SELECTIONS FROM\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Long-Legged House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Hidden Wound\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Continuous Harmony\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRecollected Essays\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Gift of Good Land\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStanding by Words\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHome Economics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhat Are People For?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLIBRARY OF AMERICA\u003c\/b\u003eis an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49797178392849,"sku":"CIN1598536060G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50005963571473,"sku":"CIN1598536060VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50787786522897,"sku":"GOR013614478","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51752275542289,"sku":"NIN9781598536065","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1598536060.jpg?v=1750830725"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/library-of-america-wendell-berry-edition-ser-book-series.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}