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RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONISLAND PRESS PUBLISHES AND PROMOTES SCIENCE-BASED SOLUTIONS THAT HELP PEOPLE MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. IN 2024, ISLAND PRESS PUBLISHED 18 NEW TITLES, SOLD 100,244 UNITS, AND DISTRIBUTED 4,985 FREE COPIES. AMONG THESE WERE:BARONS: "MONEY, POWER, AND THE CORRUPTION OF AMERICA'S FOOD INDUSTRY" (MARCH 2024), BY AUSTIN FRERICK. BARONS IS THE STORY OF SEVEN CORPORATE TITANS, THEIR RISE TO POWER, AND THE CONSEQUENCES FOR EVERYONE ELSE. BARONS PAINTS A STARK PORTRAIT OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF CORPORATE CONSOLIDATION, BUT IT ALSO SHOWS WE CAN CHOOSE A DIFFERENT PATH. A FAIR, HEALTHY, AND PROSPEROUS FOOD INDUSTRY IS POSSIBLEIF WE TAKE BACK POWER FROM THE BARONS WHO HAVE ROBBED US OF IT. THE BOOK WAS A BEST SELLER IN 2024 AND WAS EXCERPTED 13 TIMES BY PUBLICATIONS LIKE THE "DES MOINES REGISTER AND "SALON"."KILLED BY A TRAFFIC ENGINEER: SHATTERING THE DELUSION THAT SCIENCE UNDERLIES OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM" (JUNE 2024), BY CIVIL ENGINEERING PROFESSOR WES MARSHALL, SHINES A SPOTLIGHT ON HOW LITTLE SCIENCE THERE IS BEHIND THE WAY THAT OUR STREETS ARE ENGINEERED, WHICH LEAVES SAFETY AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT. WHILE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS ARE NOT TRYING TO CAUSE DELIBERATE HARM TO ANYONE, HE EXPLAINS, THEY ARE GUILTY OF CREATING A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WHOSE DESIGNS REMAIN LARGELY BASED ON PLAUSIBLE, BUT UNPROVEN, CONJECTURE. "KILLED BY A TRAFFIC ENGINEER" IS ULTIMATELY HOPEFUL ABOUT WHAT IS POSSIBLE ONCE WE SHIFT OUR THINKING AND DEMAND STREETS ENGINEERED FOR THE SAFETY OF PEOPLE, BOTH OUTSIDE AND INSIDE OF CARS. THE BOOK WAS OUR BEST SELLER OF 2024; THE AUTHOR WAS INTERVIEWED ABOUT THE BOOK BY PUBLICATIONS SUCH AS PSYCHOLOGY TODAY AND THE GUARDIAN. DAVID ZIPPER OF "PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS" PODCAST REMARKED ON HIS INTERVIEW WITH WES MARSHALL: "THE TOPIC SEEMS TO RESONATE; I THINK THIS IS THE MOST POPULAR Q&A WITH A BOOK AUTHOR I'VE EVER DONE.""THREAT MULTIPLIER: CLIMATE, MILITARY LEADERSHIP, AND THE FIGHT FOR GLOBAL SECURITY" (AUGUST 2024), BY SHERRI GOODMAN. "THREAT MULTIPLIER" TAKES US ONTO THE BATTLEFIELD AND INSIDE THE PENTAGON TO SHOW HOW THE US MILITARY IS CONFRONTING THE BIGGEST SECURITY RISK IN GLOBAL HISTORY: CLIMATE CHANGE. WHAT WAS THE KEY TO THIS DRAMATIC CHANGE IN MILITARY THINKING? WHAT KEEPS TODAY'S GENERALS AND ADMIRALS UP AT NIGHT? HOW CAN WE SAFEGUARD OUR NATIONAL DEFENSE AND OUR PLANET? NO ONE IS BETTER POISED TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS THAN SHERRI GOODMAN, WHO WAS AT THE VANGUARD OF ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP AMONG OUR ARMED FORCES AND CIVILIAN REPRESENTATIVES. THE BOOK HAS SOLD ALMOST 3,900 COPIES THROUGH MAY 2025 AND WAS REVIEWED IN THE WASHINGTON POST."THE HEAT AND THE FURY: ON THE FRONTLINES OF CLIMATE VIOLENCE" (SEPTEMBER 2024), BY PETER SCHWARTZSTEIN. AS SCHWARTZSTEIN DEFTLY SHOWS, CLIMATE CHANGE IS OFTEN THE SPARK THAT IGNITES LONG SMOLDERING FIRES, THE EXTRA SHOVE THAT PUSHES INDIVIDUALS, COMMUNITIES, AND EVEN NATIONS OVER THE LINE BETWEEN FRUSTRATION AND LETHAL FURY. WHAT, HE ASKS, CAN RATCHET DOWN THE AGGRESSION? CAN COOPERATION ON CLIMATE ACTUALLY BECOME A SALVE TO HEAL OLD WOUNDS? THERE ARE NO EASY ANSWERS ON A PLANET THAT IS FAST BECOMING A POWDER KEG. BUT SCHWARTZSTEIN'S INCISIVE ANALYSIS OF GEOPOLITICS, UNPARALLELED ON-THE-GROUND REPORTING, AND KEEN SENSE OF HUMAN NATURE OFFER THE CLEAREST PICTURE TO DATE OF THE VIOLENCE THAT THREATENS US ALL. A STARRED REVIEW IN PUBLISHERS WEEKLY SAID, "SCHWARTZSTEIN'S VIGNETTES OF EACH TROUBLED REGION ARE VIBRANTLY NARRATED....IT'S A RIVETING JOURNEY THROUGH A WORLD RUNNING HOT.""WHEN DRIVING IS NOT AN OPTION: STEERING AWAY FROM CAR DEPENDENCY" (MAY 2024), BY ANNA ZIVARTS. IN "WHEN DRIVING IS NOT AN OPTION" DISABILITY ADVOCATE ANNA LETITIA ZIVARTS SHINES A LIGHT ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE US WHO CANNOT DRIVE AND EXPLAINS HOW IMPROVING OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WITH NONDRIVERS IN MIND WILL CREATE A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR EVERYONE. DRAWING FROM INTERVIEWS WITH INVOLUNTARY NONDRIVERS FROM AROUND THE US AND FROM HER OWN EXPERIENCE, ZIVARTS EXPLAINS HOW NONDRIVERS GET AROUND AND THE CHANGES NECESSARY TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES MORE ACCESSIBLE. THE BOOK HAS SOLD NEARLY 3,700 COPIES THROUGH MAY 2025 AND HAS ALMOST 70 MEDIA PLACEMENTS SO FAR, INCLUDING IN "STREETSBLOG", "SLATE", AND "MEN'S JOURNAL".

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