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New! Berkshire "Bytes" (Individual Articles) Available

You can now purchase single articles, or Bytes, from the Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability Volume 2: The Business of Sustainability and Volume 3: The Law and Politics of Sustainability online here.

Upcoming Publications

Berkshire Essentials: Religion and Belief Systems in World History
This volume presents a global survey of world religions (Christianity, Judaism, and Islam) and belief systems (from animism to Zoroastrianism), with major themes including how spiritual beliefs both supported and railed against war, and how religions expanded and divided across cultures and borders.

This Fleeting World: A Short History of Humanity by David Christian - “I first became an 

avid student of David Christian by watching his course, Big History, on DVD, and so I am very happy to see his enlightening presentation of the world’s history 

captured in these essays. I hope it will introduce a wider audience to this gifted scientist and teacher.” --Bill Gates

Latest Publications

Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability 6/10: Measurements, Indicators, and Research Methods for Sustainability
Measurements, Indicators, and Research Methods for Sustainability presents a thorough and accessible overview of the ways in which sustainability is charted worldwide. Research analysts explain the modes and media through which these measurements are broadcast, stressing the importance of developing methods that can be understood by both experts and ordinary citizens.
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The Little Book of Mormon: 11 Experts Explain the History, Beliefs, and Rituals of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
A new title in the Berkshire Essentials series, The Little Book of Mormon gives a balanced overview of the history, beliefs, rituals, and idealogies of the Latter Day Saints, and contains a new article not found in any of our previous publications, a biography of Joseph Smith Jr.
Available as an e-book on Nook or Kindle
Berkshire Essentials: World Environmental History
Berkshire Essentials: World Environmental History explores how the biosphere is affected by human interventions such as climate change, deforestation, waste management, water and wind energy, population growth, oil spills, ecological imperialism, and urbanization.
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Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability 5/10: Ecosystem Management and Sustainability
Ecosystem Management and Sustainability examines how humans interact with plant, marine, and animal life and concentrates on how ecosystems across the world can be restored, maintained, and used productively and sustainably.
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Berkshire Essentials: Art in World History
The twenty-two color-illustrated articles put readers in touch with art from the Paleolithic period, to the millennium-long heyday of porcelain, to performance art of the postmodernist world.
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Berkshire Manual of Style for International Publishing
Berkshire's style manual is a unique repository of guidelines, rules, and exceptions to rules; meditations and asides on writing and word use; behind-the- scenes anecdotes; and publishing lore. Berkshire offers sage advice for authors, editors, and reviewers alike - for anyone, really, who cares about how we all use the written word to convey information, perceptions, values, and visions, and to communicate with one another.
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