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This book provides a multidisciplinary analysis of the impact of Brexit on British agriculture and associated areas, discussing the Common Agricultural Policy and the Agriculture Act 2020.The Brexit referendum provoked new debates and questions over the...

Marine pollution occurs today in varied forms--chemical, industrial, and agricultural-and the sources of pollution are endless. In recent history, we've seen oil spills, untreated sewage, eutrophication, invasive species, heavy metals, acidification,...

A detailed guide to 41 of the most widespread wild foods in North America, covering how to find and identify them, which parts are used, when and how to harvest them, and how to prepare them for the table. The cultural and natural history of the plants...

The lives and activities of seabirds as you've never seen them beforeSeabirds evoke the spirit of the earth's wildest places. They spend large portions of their lives at sea, often far from land, and nest on beautiful and remote islands that humans...

The planet is sick. Human beings are guilty of damaging it. We have to pay. Today, that is the orthodoxy throughout the Western world. Distrust of progress and science, calls for individual and collective self-sacrifice to 'save the planet' and...

In this compelling volume in the What Everyone Needs to Know series, Paul Waldau expertly navigates the many heated debates surrounding the complex and controversial animal rights movement. Organized around a series of probing questions, this timely...

Talking lions, philosophical bears, very hungry caterpillars, wise spiders, altruistic trees, companionable moles, urbane elephants: this is the magnificent menagerie that delights our children at bedtime. Within the entertaining pages of many children's...

Winner of the 2017 Paul Sweezy Marxist Sociology Book Award from the American Sociological Association Although humans have long depended on oceans and aquatic ecosystems for sustenance and trade, only recently has human influence on these resources...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780855463076Author William D. J. KirkFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint Richmond Publishing Co LtdPublisher Richmond Publishing Co LtdWeight(grams) 135g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849350266Author Jason HribalFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint AK PressPublisher AK PressWeight(grams) 212g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735224582Author Nick PyensonFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 329gDimensions(mm) 214mm * 140mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062735249Author Paul RezendesFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 180g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909151628Author Elliott LangFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint IMB PublishingPublisher IMB PublishingWeight(grams) 177gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

The worst storm in history seen from the wheelhouse of a doomed fishing trawler; a mesmerisingly vivid account of a natural hell from a perspective that offers no escape. The 'perfect storm' is a once-in-a-hundred-years combination: a high...

The Illustrated Dinosaur Encyclopedia is an unmatched reference work distinguished by its erudition and beauty-an illustrated who's who of prehistoric life and a source book of more than 500 million years of evolution on Earth. With entries for more than...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789394407855Author Aparajita DattaFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint HarperCollins IndiaPublisher HarperCollins IndiaDimensions(mm) 250mm * 200mm * 50mm

John Berger famously said that "in the last two centuries, animals have gradually disappeared." Those who share his view contend that animals have been removed from our daily lives and that we have been removed from the daily lives of animals. This has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781582381305Author George K ReidFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Golden Guides from St. Martin's PressPublisher Golden Guides from St. Martin's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781447532149Author Graham LentonFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 132gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 6mm

Mammals include some of the most intriguing creatures on the planet: the big cats of Africa, the monkeys that inhabit the trees of the Amazon basin, the whales and dolphins that roam the world's oceans. This book profiles the mammals of the world, using...

Kenya's Rift Valley includes four major national parks--Lake Nakuru, Lake Bogoria, Mount Longonot, and Hell's Gate--as well as many smaller areas that are outstanding for wildlife. Birds of Kenya's Rift Valley features the 320 bird species that are most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781638783480Format PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint CallistoPublisher CallistoWeight(grams) 1gDimensions(mm) 1mm * 1mm * 1mm

This book, a "can-do" collection of more than 101 water-wise tips, is a guide to changing your relationship with water. Long-term, immediate, big, small, from the sensible to the quirky, from kitchens to bathrooms, businesses to institutions, there's...

First prize winner in the Nature and Placecategory of the 2010 EDP/Jarrolds East Anglian Book Awards"So vividly written you can almost hear the song of these rare birds" - Kate Kellaway, The GuardianRichard Mabey, described as "Britain's greatest living...

An exquisite, lovingly crafted meditation on plants, trees, and our place in the natural world, in the tradition of Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass and Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek "Sumana Roy has written-grown-a radiant and...

What if the harbinger of our greener future was a small power plant set in the middle of nowhere in West Texas? Longtime alternative energy executive Andy Bowman's newly updated book makes exactly this case, outlining what he suggests is a more...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345426055Author Timothy TreadwellFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994572134Author Andrew McLeanFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Horse SaPublisher Horse SaWeight(grams) 154gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 7mm

From timid shrews to commonly seen rabbits, red deer to minke whales, and including the many species of bats, there are over 60 resident wild mammals in the UK or around its coasts. The aim of this book is to provide a brief account of these and also of...

In this intimate account of one of the world's most productive inland fisheries, Troubling the Water explores how the rapid destruction of a single lake in Cambodia is upending the lives of millions. The abundance of Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake helped...

Conflicts over the conservation of biodiversity, changing patterns in land use, pollution, climate change, public access and increasing demands for food and energy security lead to the creation of policies designed to reconcile interests and promote...

Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are...

"What [Ekelund is] addressing is the intention to walk one's way to meaning: the walk as spiritual exercise, a kind of vision quest... A key strategy for finding ourselves, then, is to first get lost."-The New York Times Book ReviewAn ode to paths and...

From ancient Pharaohs to twenty-first century water wars, papyrus is a unique plant that is still one of the fastest growing plant species on earth. It produces its own "soil"-a peaty, matrix that floats on water-and its stems inspired the fluted columns...

Now that supposedly distinguishing marks of humanity, from reasoning to tool use, have been found in other species, how can we justify discriminating against nonhuman animals solely on the basis of their species? And how must cultural studies and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566565295Author Les BeletskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 414Imprint Interlink BooksPublisher Interlink Publishing Group, IncWeight(grams)...

Dive into an unprecedented survey of millions of years of life on planet Earth. Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life is a beautifully crafted encyclopedia of prehistoric species that the whole family can enjoy. Featuring an incredible mix of 3D...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506473864Author Rachel WheelerFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint Fortress Press,U.S.Publisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g

This book identifies, defines and explains in detail property-related environmental issues. It is written in an easy-to-follow style and presented in a lively format. Issues are explained with reference to relevant background information, practical...

A Rum Affair is an absorbing tale of scientific chicanery and academic intrigue,critically acclaimed and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. In the 1940s, the eminent British botanist John Heslop Harrison proposed a controversial theory:...