Books by Lester R. (Earth Policy Institute) Brown

A lily pond, so the French riddle goes, contains a single leaf. Each day the number of leaves doubles-two leaves the second day, four the third, eight the fourth, and so on. Question: If the pond is completely full on the thirtieth day, when is it half full? Answer: On the Twenty-ninth day.

An inspirational memoir tracing Lester Brown's life from a small-farm childhood to leadership as a global environmental activist.

"[Brown's] ability to make a complicated subject accessible to the general reader is remarkable."-Katherine Salant, Washington Post