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From Asia to Africa, Oceania to Europe, the Americas and Antarctica, see the world through the eyes of 60 young people who are fighting for their homes and their futures in the face of climate change.The stories in this book are devastating, defiant, inspiring and...
Editeur :
John Murray
Parution :
2020-08-06
ePub
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The Times Nature Book of the Year 2020Winner of the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award A Finalist for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year Award'Remarkable. If only every endangered species had a guardian angel as impassioned, courageous and pragmatic...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2020-08-04
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Was bedeutet Nachhaltigkeit für Sie?
Nachhaltigkeit ist nicht nur ein Begriff mit einer Fülle von Bedeutungen und vielen möglichen Missdeutungen. Nachhaltigkeit kann auch ein effektives Werkzeug sein, um unser praktisches Handeln zu leiten und komplizierte...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-07-27
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WINNER OF THE SIGURD F. OLSON NATURE WRITING AWARD“Blending family memoir and environmental history, Kendra Atleework conveys a fundamental truth: the places in which we live, live on—sometimes painfully—in us. This is a powerful, beautiful, and...
Editeur :
Algonquin Books
Parution :
2020-07-14
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A deeply reported personal investigation by a Miami journalist examines the present and future effects of climate change in the Magic City -- a watery harbinger for coastal cities worldwide.Miami, Florida, is likely to be entirely underwater by the end of this century....
Editeur :
Bold Type Books
Parution :
2020-07-14
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Perfect for readers of Jon Krakauer and Douglas Preston, this "authentic and encyclopedic" book examines real-life cases of those who vanish in the wilderness without a trace (Roman Dial)—and those eccentric, determined characters who try to find...
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Grand Central Publishing
Parution :
2020-07-07
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"Re-centers and gives voice to a diversity of women naturalists and writers across time." —Cultivating Place In Writing Wild, Kathryn Aalto celebrates 25 women whose influential writing helps deepen our connection to and understanding of the natural...
Editeur :
Timber Press
Parution :
2020-06-23
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A fast-paced, gripping insider account of the entrepreneurs and renegades racing to bring lab-grown meat to the world.The trillion-dollar meat industry is one of our greatest environmental hazards; it pollutes more than all the world's fossil-fuel-powered cars. Global...
Editeur :
Piatkus
Parution :
2020-06-16
ePub
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'Beautiful, like a muddy journey through time . . . a really important book' RAYNOR WINN, author of The Salt Path Lisa Woollett has spent her life combing beaches and mudlarking, collecting curious fragments of the past: from Roman tiles and Tudor thimbles, to Victorian...
Editeur :
John Murray
Parution :
2020-06-11
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A SUNDAY TIMES NATURE BOOK OF THE YEAR It's flight and egg and feathers and song. It's the demure plumage of a mountain thornbill and the extravagant tail feathers of an Indian paradise flycatcher, the solo song of a superb lyrebird and the perfectly timed duets of...
Editeur :
Corsair
Parution :
2020-06-02
ePub
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WINNER OF THE SILVER MEDAL IN THE ANIMAL & NATURE CATEGORY OF THE NAUTILUS AWARDS 2022Flight has fascinated humans since we first looked into the sky and saw birds on the wing, and no flights are more fascinating than the extraordinary migrations birds make every day,...
Editeur :
Quadrille
Parution :
2020-05-14
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'If you're not a fan yet, why not?' VAL MCDERMID'A superb storyteller' PETER MAYA BIZARRE DISCOVERYAn unidentified corpse is found in a freezer in the garage of an unoccupied house. DS Alexandra Cupidi is handed a case that is made even colder by no-one seeming to know...
Editeur :
Riverrun
Parution :
2020-05-14
Collection :
DS Alexandra Cupidi
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It has long been claimed that addressing biodiversity loss and other environmental problems demands a better understanding of the social dimensions of conservation; nevertheless, the active participation of indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs) in...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-05-13
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In a world where habitats are constantly changing and the impact of anthropization on the environment is increasingly intense, interactions between human and wildlife are becoming more and more complex. Some species pose problems for human activities while many others...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-05-07
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El hombre se ha interesado por predecir los fenómenos meteorológicos desde la más remota Antigüedad, debido a la importante influencia que dichos fenómenos tienen en el desarrollo de la vida en general; no obstante, la meteorología, como ciencia, es relativamente joven....
Editeur :
De Vecchi Ediciones
Parution :
2020-05-04
ePub
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Las mantis religiosas, dotadas de unas temibles patas captoras, dejan pocas oportunidades a sus presas. Campeones del camuflaje, los insectos palo, por su lado, son capaces de parecer un trozo de madera, una corteza, una hoja o, incluso, aparentar que están muertos...
Editeur :
De Vecchi Ediciones
Parution :
2020-05-04
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'a delightful and funny memoir of her family's crazy life in the English countryside. Perfect escapist reading for these locked-down times.' - SALMAN RUSHDIE'A total joy... enchanting, hilarious and vivid... Beautifully written, richly informative...' - LIZ CALDER'A gem...
Editeur :
Coronet
Parution :
2020-04-16
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The Future of Amazonia in Brazil: A Worldwide Tragedy is a study on the importance of protecting Amazonia, constructing its sustainable development and its articulations with worldwide socioeconomic processes. It analyzes the main contemporary polemics from the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2020-04-15
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So small, so cute and yet so spiky!With the tiniest little legs, noses and ears and the cutest little faces, these hedgehogs have got us head over heels in love. This gorgeous book guarantees smiles, happiness and a lot of huggable hedgehogs.
Editeur :
Summersdale
Parution :
2020-04-09
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Packed with surprising and fascinating information, London's Lost Rivers uncovers a very different side to London - showing how waterways shaped our principal city and exploring the legacy they leave today. With individual maps to show the course of each river and over...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2020-04-02
ePub
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