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We hear about pieces of ice the size of continents breaking off of Antarctica, rapidly melting glaciers in the Himalayas, and ice sheets in the Arctic crumbling to the sea, but does it really matter? Will melting glaciers change our lives? Absolutely.
Glaciers are...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-09-19
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In his eightieth year, Colin Thubron takes a dramatic and often treacherous journey from the Amur's secret source to its giant mouth, covering almost 3,000 miles.'Thubron on top form. Richly detailed, immaculately written and full of insights and encounters that bring a...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2021-09-16
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This book presents a collection of papers under the theme of multi-hazard early warning and disaster risks. These were selected from the presentations made at the International Symposium on Tsunami and Multi-Hazard Risks, Early Warning and Community Awareness in...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-09-11
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Comprar un pez para un acuario marino tropical puede ser un quebradero de cabeza. Este libro proporciona información básica sobre una gran variedad de peces. Incluye indicaciones sobre el tamaño, la alimentación, el lugar de procedencia, las diferencias morfológicas...
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De Vecchi Ediciones
Parution :
2021-09-07
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Expand your understanding of the natural world with this fact-filled book as you discover how wild animals like elephants, hedgehogs, and geckos are supercharging human innovation.Written by wildlife TV presenter Patrick Aryee, each chapter is packed with incredible...
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Bbc Digital
Parution :
2021-09-02
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This volume is based to a large extent on the understanding of biosemiotic literary criticism as a semiotic-model-making enterprise. For Jurij Lotman and Thomas A. Sebeok, “nature writing is essentially a model of the relationship between humans and nature”...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-08-24
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This book explains to governments, decision makers and disaster professionals the potential uses of recent technologies for disaster monitoring and risk reduction based on the knowledge and experience of prominent experts/researchers in the relevant fields. It discusses...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-08-21
Collection :
Earth and Environmental Sciences Library
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In this inspirational and practical guide to country life, passionate and hugely knowledgeable countryman Alan Titchmarsh explores the heritage of rural Britain, its landscapes and wildlife, its traditions, customs and crafts. The Lost Skills and Crafts Handbook will...
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Bbc Digital
Parution :
2021-08-19
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This book highlights the essential theoretical and practical aspects of lightning, lightning protection, safety and education. Additionally, several auxiliary topics that are required to understand the core themes are also included. The main objective of the contents is...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-08-13
Collection :
Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
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Meet the inspirational animals who went from being rescued to becoming rescuer in these incredible true stories You'll read all about... - Constantine and Crystal, the guinea pigs who gave a bullied girl with autism a reason to smile - Alex, the tiger who inspired a...
Editeur :
Summersdale
Parution :
2021-08-12
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Read this book, then look and wonder' Sunday Times *A TLS Book of the Year*We have to learn to live as part of nature, not apart from it. And the first step is to start looking after the insects, the little creatures that make our shared...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2021-08-05
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Forest EcologyForest Ecology An Evidence-Based ApproachForest ecology is the science that deals with everything in forests, including plants and animals (and their interactions), the features of the environment that affect plants and animals, and the interactions of...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2021-07-26
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This book discusses the current trends in luxury and jewelry and presents how to make these sustainable for a better future. In the age of sustainability, we increasingly see how designers and consumers begin to think beyond a product's look&feel and operation, and are...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-07-25
Collection :
Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes
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The Sensory Modes of Animal Rhetorics: A Hoot in the Light presents the latest research in animal perception and cognition in the context of rhetorical theory. Alex C. Parrish explores the science of animal signaling that shows human and nonhuman animals share...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-07-14
Collection :
Palgrave Studies in Animals and Literature
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'A generous book, offering the small stories - of childhood, family, place, of growth and falling away and regrowth - that enable the big connections with the flow of the world.' - Mark Goldthorpe, Climate Cultures'A meander through the seasons that is filled with...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2021-07-08
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Catherine Raven has lived alone since the age of 15. After finishing her PhD in biology, she built herself a tiny cottage on an isolated plot of land in Montana, in a place as far away from other people as possible. She viewed the house as a way station, a temporary...
Editeur :
Short Books
Parution :
2021-07-08
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'You'd have to have a heart of stone not to be touched by Kate's enthusiasm for her new way of life' - Daily MailIn 2007, after 20 years of living in London, Kate Humble and her husband Ludo decided it was time to leave city life behind them. Three years later, now the...
Editeur :
Aster
Parution :
2021-07-01
Collection :
Kate Humble
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'There is one animal that is familiar to all of us, whoever we are, wherever we live''Even if we've never had direct contact with one, we will have seen one, or at the very least, heard one. For those of us who live in the western world it is more than likely that one...
Editeur :
Aster
Parution :
2021-07-01
Collection :
Kate Humble
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'A bold, ambitious and truly wonderful history of the world' Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of Trees'A fascinating story and a crucial revision of the momentous importance of tropical forests to human history' Lewis Dartnell, author of...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2021-07-01
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The Banksy ofThe Bird World shares simple wisdom to help the birds we love to thrive.Bestselling author and illustrator, Matt Sewell, is back with his most inspirational book yet. Save Our Birds is a celebration of our endangered birds and call to arms for bird-lovers...
Editeur :
Ebury Digital
Parution :
2021-06-24
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