Scuppernong Books Event

Join us for an evening with the authors Anne E Tazewell and Sami Grover at Scuppernong Books on Thursday, May 12 from 7-8pm. RSVP (optional) via facebook.

The first five UNCG students to greet Environment & Sustainability Program Director Dr. Aaron Allen at the event will get a free copy of one book signed by the author!

Scuppernong Books is located at 304 Elm Street in downtown Greensboro.

About the books:

A Good Spy Leaves No Trace Big Oil, CIA Secrets and a Spy Daughter’s Reckoning is part ghost story, part secret political history, part call to action and part memoir. It is an investigation of loss, love, oil, and the alternatives, a story both personal and political. Clean energy expert Anne E Tazewell investigates the life of her absent father, a WWII espionage hero, philosopher, CIA agent and Middle East oil consultant in the 1950s & 60s. Impeccably researched and heartfelt, A Good Spy is a fast moving, multigenerational story about family, a riveting exploration of how the past can influence the present and lead to a better future.

“A Good Spy tells a fascinating story of the author’s journey to confront the facts around her mysterious CIA agent father — and at the same time shed light on her own shadow. A dedicated environmental, anti-war, anti-fossil fuels activist daughter of a military-industrial-complex, oil company mercenary soldier, she weaves a tale that is a microcosm for the dualities that confront our world today.”
—John Perkins, author of The New Confessions Of An Economic Hit Man.

Mission Impossible meets Eat, Pray, Love. This is a riveting, powerfully written espionage thriller with a deeply personal journey into the shadowlands of the human heart. Tazewell masterfully weaves together a search for her father’s spy secrets with her own buried truths. It is a stunning, revelatory read.

—Will Harlan, author of Untamed: The Wildest Woman in America

We’re All Climate Hypocrites Now: From diet to transport to energy use, the dominant culture tells us that the climate crisis is caused by the lifestyle choices we make. Yet whether it’s because of our socioeconomic status or the neighborhood that we call home, these choices are often governed by the systems in which we live. Taking a tongue-in-cheek approach, self-confessed eco-hypocrite Sami Grover says we absolutely should minimize the impact of our lifestyles, but a clean break from the status quo is simply not attainable for most. Instead, he argues, we need to target what actions we do take so they create systemic change. Along the way, he skewers those pointing fingers, celebrates those who are trying, and offers practical pathways to start making a difference.

“What a great book. Grover pushes well beyond BTUs and solar installs to confront shame, duplicity, and the multi-ality of being human. It’s daring, bold, and wonderfully provocative. One moment I’m hoping he buys the new crepe pan, the next I’m staring in the mirror thinking about my wasteful habits. It’s a great read with an epic span — from the morality of procreation to a wheelbarrow of horse shit and back again. Loved it.”
— Lyle Estill, author, Small Is Possible, grandparent, distiller

“If you are a climate concerned person who struggles with the nuanced complexity of being “green,” Sami’s book will help you navigate this contemporary moral maze with intelligent bigger picture thinking plus a rich seam of strategies and initiatives large and small for a healthier planet.”
— Maddy Harland, co-founder & editor, Permaculture Magazine, author, Fertile Edges