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Christopher Manes is an award-winning author, journalist and documentary film-maker

His books include Green Rage (Little, Brown), nominated for a Los Angeles Times book award in science; and Other Creations: Rediscovering the Spirituality of Animals (Doubleday). Portions of Other Creations were anthologized in The CAFO Reader: The Tragedy Of Industrial Animal Factories (Univ. Of Cal. Press), which is the 2011 Winner of the Nautilus Book Award for Investigative Reporting, and the 2011 Independent Publishers Award for Outstanding Book "Most Likely to Save the Planet."

His articles have ranged from solo treks across the interior of Iceland to Beowulf scholarship to explorations of environmental ethics. They have appeared in numerous publicati ...more

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	The Ecocriticism Reader: Landmarks in Literary Ecology by Cheryll Glotfelty (Editor), Michael P. Branch (Contributor), SueEllen Campbell (Contributor) 4.12 avg rating — 260 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Green Rage: Radical Environmentalism and the Unmaking of Civilization 3.83 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 1990 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Other Creations 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1997	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

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The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore: A Novel

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Mao: On Contradiction and On Practice

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“When I was young, I believed in three things: Marxism, the redemptive power of cinema, and dynamite. Now I just believe in dynamite.”
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