Natural Law category: 200 books
by Einspruch Andrew
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 6, 2018
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 6, 2018
This fun Spanish-translated e-book takes readers along on the journey of three children, who become crime scene investigators after pieces of their favorite playground equipment begin to disappear. The children collect data and analyze their findings, eventually catching the culprit! This digital...
by Jean Ford
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
"Real-life" crime dramas on television intrigue us with the details of postmortem examinations leading to the arrest of murder suspects—but how do forensic pathologists, the doctors who investigate unnatural deaths and chilling crime scenes, actually bring criminals to justice? The story lies in...
Firefighters
Their Lives in Their Own Words
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2010
An unforgettable journey through the daily lives of the brave men and women who have made saving lives their profession.
Dennis Smith, author of Report from Engine Co. 82, traveled across the country talking to dozens of America’s firefighters to put together this powerful collection of their own...
by Richard Webster, Murray Lark
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
Scientists and consultants need to estimate and map properties of the terrestrial environment. These include plant nutrients and parasites in soil, gaseous emissions from soil, pollutant metals and xenobiotics in waste and contaminated land, salt in groundwater and species abundances above ground....
The Water Crisis
Constructing solutions to freshwater pollution
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
Modern society too often views water as a convenient vehicle for disposing of waste � and the results are becoming increasingly apparent. Analysis of freshwater supplies frequently reveals disturbing levels of pollution, including human waste, heavy metals and synthetic chemicals, to the detriment...
World Water Vision
Making Water Everybody's Business
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
More than a billion people cannot get safe drinking water; half the world's population does not have adequate sanitation; within a generation over three billion will be suffering from water stress. This text analyzes the issues in this crisis of management and shows how water can be used effectively...
European Landscapes in Transition
Implications for Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
European rural landscapes as we experience them today are the result of ongoing processes and interactions between nature and society. These are changing fast: the future landscapes will be different from those we know currently. Written for academics, policy-makers and practitioners, this book is...
Oil in the Environment
Legacies and Lessons of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
What light does nearly twenty-five years of scientific study of the Exxon Valdez oil spill shed on the fate and effects of a spill? How can the results help in assessing future spills? How can ecological risks be assessed and quantified? In this, the first book on the effects of Exxon Valdez in fifteen...
Balancing Water for Humans and Nature
The New Approach in Ecohydrology
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Balancing Water for Humans and Nature, authored by two of the world's leading experts on water management, examines water flows - the 'blood stream' of both nature and society - in terms of the crucial links, balances, conflicts and trade-offs between human and environmental needs. The authors argue...
The State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture
Managing Systems at Risk
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
The State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture is FAO's first flagship publication on the global status of land and water resources. It is an 'advocacy' report, to be published every three to five years, and targeted at senior level decision makers in agriculture as well...
The Challenge of Rural Electrification
Strategies for Developing Countries
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
Douglas Barnes and his team of development experts provide an essential guide that can help improve the quality of life to the estimated 1.6 billion rural people in the world who are without electricity. The difficulties in bringing electricity to rural areas are formidable: Low population densities...
Linking Conservation and Poverty Reduction
Landscapes, People and Power
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
'This book aims to inspire the conservation community not to regard poverty reduction as someone else's job but to take responsibility for it as part of ecosystem restoration. Though no solutions are perfect,the text and examples given offer encouraging and useful guidance.' Gill Shepherd, poverty...
Fuel Taxes and the Poor
The Distributional Effects of Gasoline Taxation and Their Implications for Climate Policy
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
Fuel Taxes and the Poor challenges the conventional wisdom that gasoline taxation, an important and much-debated instrument of climate policy, has a disproportionately detrimental effect on poor people. Increased fuel taxes carry the potential to mitigate carbon emissions, reduce congestion, and improve...
by Andrew Einspruch
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2018
Read along as three children become crime scene investigators when pieces of their favorite playground equipment begin to disappear! The children collect data and analyze their findings, eventually catching the culprit! This exciting example of data analysis and STEM themes will keep readers engaged...