Christopher Carter - "The Culture of Extinction" book

The "The Culture of Extinction" is a very fascinating book that mainly talks about Ecology as a literal science. It really helps to understand philosophical points of interest in Ecology if you have the backbone down. The author, Frederic Bender, also helps break down the idea of Ecology as a Philosophy by attempting to explain certain ideas and concepts. For instance, he notes that, "natural climate cycles operate on many different time scales simultaneously," explaining that Ecology is very unpredictable and never certain. This is part of many Ecologists ideas and especially that of Eisenberg in "The Ecology of Eden." The idea that Ecology is an unpredictable force just as much as we are is an important concept to understand.