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Ring of Bright Water
a Trilogy
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
This volume weaves together the Scottish otter stories from Gavin Maxwell's three non-fiction books, Ring of Bright Water (1960), The Rocks Remain (1963), and Raven Meet Thy Brother (1969). Maxwell was both an extraordinarily evocative writer and a highly unusual man. While touring the Iraqi marshes,...
Bizarre Weather
Howling Winds, Pouring Rain, Blazing Heat, Freezing Cold, Hurricanes, Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Tornadoes, and More of Nature's Fury
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
This is weather beyond your wildest imagination—yet it’s all true: showers of worms from the sky, watermelon snow, gory storms, and other freakish and fun phenomena! These stories are anything but ordinary, and they will leave you stunned, horrified, amazed, and sometimes even amused at the incredible...
by Donald Culross Peattie
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013
"A volume for a lifetime" is how The New Yorker described the first of Donald Culross Peatie's two books about American trees published in the 1950s. In this one-volume edition, modern readers are introduced to one of the best nature writers of the last century. As we read Peattie's eloquent and entertaining...
by Grey Owl
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2010
First published in 1935, Pilgrims of the Wild is Grey Owl's autobiographical account of his transition from successful trapper to preservationist. With his Iroquois wife, Anahereo, Grey Owl set out to protect the environment and the endangered beaver. Powerful in its simplicity, Pilgrims of the Wild...
Sharing Cities
A Case for Truly Smart and Sustainable Cities
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2015
How cities can build on the “sharing economy” and smart technology to deliver a “sharing paradigm” that supports justice, solidarity, and sustainability.
The future of humanity is urban, and the nature of urban space enables, and necessitates, sharing—of resources, goods and services,...
Dare to Survive:
Death, Heartbreak, and Triumph in the Wild
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2008
With its towering mountains, sun-scorched deserts, fierce wildlife, and hard-to-predict weather, the American West ranks among the most forbidding places on Earth. Yet many are drawn to the beauty of this wild and rugged region. Some are daredevils. . .some are athletes. . .and some are outdoors enthusiasts...
by Sophia Moore
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2015
As per Wikipedia, Sustainable living is a lifestyle that attempts to reduce an individual's or society's use of the Earth's natural resources and personal resources.
With the rising cost of living and the increasingly unstable job market, more and more people are looking at living in a sustainable...
Planning in the USA
Policies, Issues, and Processes
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2013
This extensively revised and updated fourth edition of Planning in the USA continues to provide a comprehensive introduction to the policies, theory and practice of planning. Outlining land use, urban planning, and environmental protection policies, this fully illustrated book explains the nature...
by Andrew Kimbrell, Hildegarde Hannum
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2003
The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics.
What if our economics were based on laws of nature rather than fabricated laws of supply and demand? Andrew Kimbrell turns to Alaskan salmon...
Nature's Spectacle
The World's First National Parks and Protected Places
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
National parks have always been an emotive and iconic symbol, ever since the first parks of the modern era were created in the mid-nineteenth century. This book, based on original research, delves deeply into their character and significance, and the larger context in which they developed.
The...
Deep Jungle
Journey To The Heart Of The Rainforest
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2010
DEEP JUNGLE is an exploration of the most alien and feared habitat on Earth. Starting with man's earliest recorded adventures, Fred Pearce journeys high into the canopy - home to two-thirds of all the creatures on our planet, many of whom never come down to earth. During his travels he encounters...
How Did We Get Into This Mess?
Politics, Equality, Nature
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
Leading political and environmental commentator on where we have gone wrong, and what to do about it
“Without countervailing voices, naming and challenging power, political freedom withers and dies. Without countervailing voices, a better world can never materialise. Without countervailing...
Farming in Nature's Image
An Ecological Approach To Agriculture
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Farming in Nature's Image provides, for the first time, a detailed look into the pioneering work of The Land Institute, the leading educational and research organization for sustainable agriculture.The authors draw on case studies, hands-on experience, and research results to explain the applications...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2009
Ideal for professors who want to provide a comprehensive set of the most important readings in the philosophy of technology, from foundational to the cutting edge, this book introduces students to the various ways in which societies, technologies, and environments shape one another. The readings examine...