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Based on more than 12 years of systematic investigation on earthquake disaster simulation of civil infrastructures, this book covers the major research outcomes including a number of novel computational models, high performance computing methods and realistic...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-01-18
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'Evocatively written and charming' - Countryfile'The January Man is a book that makes you want to pull on your boots, grab a map and get out there' - Country LifeThe January Man is the story of a year of walks that was inspired by a song, Dave Goulder's 'The January...
Editeur :
Transworld Digital
Parution :
2017-01-12
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Half of Tanzania's elephants have been killed for their ivory since 2007. A similar alarming story can be told of the herds in northern Mozambique and across swathes of central Africa, with forest elephants losing almost two-thirds of their numbers to the tusk trade....
Editeur :
Hurst
Parution :
2017-01-01
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Considered a classic at the time of its publication in 1910, A Shepherd's Life is a rare account of the lives of those who lived on and worked the land in nineteenth-century rural Britain. A masterful work of prose, W. H. Hudson focuses on the story of one man, a...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2016-12-01
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The international bee crisis is threatening our global food supply, but this user-friendly field guide shows what you can do to help protect our pollinators.The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation offers browsable profiles of 100 common flowers, herbs, shrubs,...
Editeur :
Storey Publishing, LLC
Parution :
2016-11-29
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Determined dogs from around the world travel vast distances and overcome unbelievable odds.Meet Bonnie, the kelpie-blue heeler cross, who led her owner to safety through one of the deadliest bushfires in Australia's history; Penny, a Hungarian vizsla, who was dognapped...
Editeur :
E-Penguin
Parution :
2016-11-28
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Why aren’t we investing more in disaster resilience, despite the rising costs of disaster events? This book argues that decision-makers in governments, businesses, households, and development agencies tend to focus on avoiding losses from disasters, and perceive the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-11-25
Collection :
Climate Risk Management, Policy and Governance
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Winner of the 2017 Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize for nature writingThe natural history of the Western Front during the First World War'If it weren't for the birds, what a hell it would be.'During the Great War, soldiers lived inside the ground, closer to nature than...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2016-11-03
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Frank Buckland was an extraordinary man – surgeon, natural historian, popular lecturer, bestselling writer, museum curator, and a conservationist before the concept even existed. Eccentric, revolutionary, prolific, he was one of the nineteenth century’s most improbable...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2016-11-03
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Equal parts nature guide, adventure story, and coffee table book! People are captivated by wild animals—by their strength and their size and by the things they do to stay alive. In Wildlife Spectacles zoologist Vladimir Dinets dives deep into...
Editeur :
Timber Press
Parution :
2016-10-19
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* Los loros, con su magnífico colorido y sus increíbles tonalidades, son una de las criaturas más fascinantes de la naturaleza. El esplendor de los colores y de las formas va unido a un carácter vivaz, una notable inteligencia y una marcada sociabilidad, cualidades que...
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De Vecchi Ediciones
Parution :
2016-10-14
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Actualmente, la ardilla, ese gracioso roedor de pelaje espeso y suave, está muy de moda como animal de compañía.
Los motivos son diversos, aunque seguramente su vivacidad y simpatía, espíritu independiente, inteligencia, agilidad de movimientos y limpieza, han...
Editeur :
De Vecchi Ediciones
Parution :
2016-10-14
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In Please Take Me Home, Clare Campbell takes us on a journey with the nation's rescue cats, from being treated as pests throughout history to being the pet of choice today.For a long time, stray cats in Britain were seen as a nuisance and hunted down as vermin. Having...
Editeur :
Corsair
Parution :
2016-10-13
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“A beautifully illustrated reference book covers the origins, ecology and history of popular garden plants.” —Shelf Awareness The oldest rose fossil was found in Colorado and dates to 35 million years ago. Marigolds, infamous for their ability to...
Editeur :
Timber Press
Parution :
2016-10-05
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This book is the first comprehensive overview and evaluation of the origins, history and current size and condition of all of Iceland's major glaciers (including Vatnajökull, the largest in Europe) at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It is not only illustrated...
Editeur :
Atlantis Press
Parution :
2016-10-04
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This book presents
a persuasive argument in favour of evolutionary naturalism and outlines what
such a stance means for our capacity of observation and understanding reality.
The author discusses how our capacity of knowledge is adapted to handle
sensory information...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-09-30
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This book aims to uncover the root causes of natural and man-made disasters by going beyond the typical reports and case studies conducted post-disaster. It opens the black box of disasters by presenting ‘forensic analysis approaches’ to disasters,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-09-03
Collection :
Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications
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The goal of this book is to explore disaster risk reduction (DRR), migration, climate change adaptation (CCA) and sustainable development linkages from a number of different geographical, social and natural science angles. Well-known scientists and practitioners...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-08-29
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Meet the inspirational dogs who went from being rescued to becoming rescuer, in these incredible true stories. You’ll read all about… Toby, the golden retriever who performed the Heimlich manoeuvre to save his owner’s life Liam, the Lhaso Apso–Poodle mix who helped...
Editeur :
Summersdale
Parution :
2016-07-14
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'The smaller we come to feel ourselves compared with the mountain, the nearer we come to participating in its greatness.'Philosopher, mountaineer, activist and visionary, Arne Naess's belief that all living things have value made him one of the most inspirational...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2016-07-07
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