The Challenge of Global Warming--commemorating the 20th anniversary of NASA's James E. Hansen's Congressional testimony on the reality of global warming by downloading either both the entire book or Hansen's chapter in "The Challenge of Global Warming"

Citizen's Guide to the IPCC--download the "plain English" guide to the 2007 findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which resulted in a joint Nobel Prize awarded to the IPCC and Al Gore for their work to educate the public on global warming

Island Press Readers--download Island Press' Reader for the Science and Practice of Ecological Restoration Series, with excerpts from titles concerning wildlife and ecosystem conservation, and much more!

Millenium Assessment Toolkit--download the MA Toolkit, a summary of the UN's 2000 five-volume report on the state of Earth's ecosystems

Colorado River Basin Assessment--download a summary of Island Press and the Sonoran Institute's joint report on the future of the dwindling Colorado River Basin Ecosystem

2008 Catalogs--download a copy of our catalogs, featuring descriptions of upcoming and current titles from Island Press