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An inspiring memoir that explores nature’s crucial role in our emotional and mental health, and a "poignant meditation on surviving the darkest recesses of human nature" (The Marginalian). Bats can hear shapes, plants can eat light, and bees can dance...
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Timber Press
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2024-09-10
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This book aims to champion teaching and learning of ecosocial work in educational institutions which offer social work and related programmes. It is the first book to focus specifically on teaching and learning in ecosocial work and one of the first to incorporate...
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Springer
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2024-09-10
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Discover the fascinating stories behind 300 species of insects and explore their world.Did you know that insects are essential to life on Earth? Without them we simply couldn't exist – they pollinate our crops, break down dead matter, and play a vital role in our...
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Dk
Parution :
2024-09-05
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Over the past decade, building smarter, resilient cities is an established global trend in urban development, including developing countries. Unexpected external shocks, disasters and damage from climate change have major impacts on sustainable growth and well-being for...
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Springer
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2024-09-05
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Enter the secret lives of Britain's ordinary garden birds and the brilliant, unconventional woman who opened her doors to them.In the late 1930s, Len Howard packed up her life in London, bought a plot of land in Sussex and built herself a little house there. This was to...
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Vintage Digital
Parution :
2024-09-05
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Expert beekeeper and swarm-catcher Hilary Kearney offers a unique window into the social lives and biology of these remarkable creatures, accompanied by the photos of world-renowned bee photographer Eric Tourneret. Readers will be awestruck by the hive as superorganism...
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Storey Publishing, LLC
Parution :
2024-09-03
ePub
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By highlighting the links between cosmopolitanism and inclusive education, this book explores the potential of 21st-Century Disney films to tackle some contemporary social and cultural issues in order to promote inclusive values. This manuscript claims that the link...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2024-08-30
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'The perfect accompaniment to a year of forest walks' Gardens IllustratedA forest scientist's enlightening journey through Britain and Ireland's trees.Discover the majesty and minutiae of the arboreal world in this joyous month-by-month guide, including woodland...
Editeur :
Robinson
Parution :
2024-08-29
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'I am hopeful for the future, because although nature is in crisis, now is the time for action.'For 70 years, David Attenborough's soothing voice has brought the magic of nature to our TV screens, teaching millions around the world about beautiful animals and the...
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Ebury Digital
Parution :
2024-08-01
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LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR ILLUSTRATIVE BOOKSAn illustrated natural history of British native trees, by a celebrated botanical artist and her forester brother-in-lawOur trees are among our greatest national treasures, and yet today many people have...
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Penguin
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2024-08-01
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'Will keep you on the edge of your seat from its first page to its last page' -Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and SteelFrom ancient megalodons to fearsome Great Whites, this book tells the complete, untold story of how sharks emerged as...
Editeur :
Quercus
Parution :
2024-07-30
ePub
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THE TIMES BEST SCIENCE BOOK OF 2024WINNER OFTHE BLUE PLANET PRIZE 2025'Argues persuasively . . . nothing less than eye-opening' Financial TimesCan we really restore the earth’s atmosphere within our lifetime?Whether through sustainable technologies such as fossil-free...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2024-07-30
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Over the past three decades, the academic study of modern Paganism has gone from strength to strength. Scholars now have access to a plethora of studies available on such new religions as Wicca, Heathenry, and the Goddess Movement - but despite its prominence, modern...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-07-25
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‘A classic for our times’ MONIQUE ROFFEY‘Haunting, beautiful… Anima will live with me for a long time’ CAL FLYN'A book that mesmerises with its sense of adventure and epic sweep, this is creative non-fiction at its best' GUARDIANOver the course of one summer, Kapka...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2024-07-11
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A catastrophic phenomenon should not be considered a sudden and causeless event, but as a process whose characteristics are continuously changing throughout the entire previous period. This process manifests itself in the form of a trajectory of changes in time of the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2024-06-26
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This book introduces community science (or citizen science) projects in Japan with a focus on ecology. Environments and ecosystems that have been slowly built up over time are changing and collapsing dramatically. In this rapidly changing environment, ecologists need to...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2024-06-24
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This book embarks on a transformative journey through the complex landscape of renewable energy, challenging prevailing myths and uncovering the realities that define our energy future. At the heart of this exploration lies the dynamic intersection of technology and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2024-06-19
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Media coverage of scientific issues is a highly complex process. It involves making a specialized field accessible to the general public, without necessarily disseminating the associated scientific terms or knowledge. The terminological interactions between press...
Editeur :
Wiley-ISTE
Parution :
2024-06-10
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Editeur :
Wildfire
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2024-06-06
ePub
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"[A] remarkable account of a shifting consciousness” - Publisher’s Weekly, starred review “An extraordinary, powerful book” - David Quammen, author of The Heartbeat of the Wild and Breathless A compassionate exploration of scientific wonder...
Editeur :
Grand Central Publishing
Parution :
2024-06-04
ePub
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