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Anthony grew up in the backwoods of Maine, where his mother kindled in him a love for mankind that still burns brightly. "I think I learned a lot of the inspiration" from her, he reflects. "My mother had a heart of gold. I've got a lot of bittersweet memories about Maine...
...handful of ambitious and deluding men without conscience could have succeeded in unleashing all these evil spirits if their millions of followers did not share their guilt? Do you venture, in such circumstances, to break a lance on behalf of the exclusion of evil from the mental constitution of mankind...
...Abrams; $65). Ethiopia has suffered greatly in this century, but famine and political upheaval have never dimmed its natural wonders and social vibrance. Two photographers have brilliantly captured the essence of the leopard-colored land, as well as the haunting rites of people who still rock the cradle of mankind...
...long ago, "old thinking" had the environment tucked away in parks and rural areas, an amenity for the relatively affluent to appreciate on weekends. Implicit in this attitude was the idea that ecology was irrelevant to businessmen and policymakers concerned with the real issues of the day and that mankind could somehow get along without focusing on the environment...
...recent years, however, such problems as ozone depletion and deforestation have shown that mankind is threatening the systems that support its economic and social well-being. Americans pay lip service to this reality but tend to revert to old thinking when environmental reform threatens either jobs or life-styles. People thus need to undergo a fundamental shift in perspective, acknowledging their dependence on a healthy biosphere. Seeing earth as a whole erases the illusion that humanity is separate from the natural order. For that reason alone, The Home Planet (Addison-Wesley; $19.95), an elegant compilation of photos taken during American...