Nature

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770416727Author Lenore NewmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,Canada

In the early months of 2020, the world's attention was riveted on Australia, where the nation's iconic wildlife fought for survival in the face of unprecedented wildfires. Images of koalas drinking from firefighters' water bottles went viral and became...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399562808Author Edward PosnettFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 244gDimensions(mm) 202mm * 134mm...

The fall of the Soviet Union was a transformative event for the national political economies of Eastern Europe, leading not only to new regimes of ownership and development but to dramatic changes in the natural world itself. This painstakingly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865476684Author Scott WeidensaulFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint North Point PressPublisher North Point PressWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 311mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807004739Author Steven HawleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

Learn about species, environments, ecosystems and biodiversity in The Ecology Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Ecology in this overview guide to...

The global ecological crisis is the greatest challenge humanity has ever had to confront, and humanity is failing. The triumph of the neo-liberal agenda, together with a debauched 'scientism', has reduced nature and people to nothing but raw materials,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374522872Author John A. McPheeFormat PaperbackPage Count 438Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncWeight(grams) 499g

When BBC Radio 4's Material World programme announced a search for the UK's top amateur scientist, little did anyone expect that the winning experiment would comprise one of our humblest garden pests. Ruth Brooks posed this question: Do snails have a...

This is a revised and expanded edition of a popular textbook on the economics of farm households in developing countries. The second edition retains the same building blocks designed to explore household decision-making in a social context. Key topics...

Soil has generally been regarded as something of a 'black box' by ecologists. The importance of soil is obvious: it provides physical support for plants, and both the living and non-living components contribute to a variety of important environmental...

Take this book to the beach; it will open up a whole new world. Illustrated throughout with color photographs, maps, and graphics, it explores one of the planet's most dynamic environments - from tourist beaches to Arctic beaches strewn with ice chunks...

Offering essential environmental wisdom for the twenty-first century, this lively, compact book explains more than sixty basic ecological concepts in an easy-to-use A-to-Z format. From Air and Biodiversity to Restoration and Zoos, "Ecology: A Pocket...

Rivers and the ecosystems they support have always captivated humans, leading curious scientists to broaden our understanding with ongoing research. In Explorer's Guide to Rivers and Streams, Dr. Ryan Utz (Chatham University) presents a broad scientific...

In 1543, Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus challenged the view that the Sun revolved around the Earth, arguing instead that the Earth revolved around the Sun. His paper led to a revolution in thinking-to a new worldview. Eco-Economy discusses the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789353451646Author Sudhir VyasFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Juggernaut PublicationPublisher Juggernaut PublicationDimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm * 20mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781603202220Author The Editors of TimeFormat HardbackPage Count 135Imprint Time Inc Home EntertaimentPublisher Time Inc Home EntertaimentWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781485306009Author Fritz EloffFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Protea BoekhuisPublisher Protea Boekhuis

As human society continues to develop, we have increased the risk of large-scale disasters. From health care to infrastructure to national security, systems designed to keep us safe have also heightened the potential for catastrophe. The constant...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683681250Author Coloring TherapistFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Speedy Publishing LLCPublisher Speedy Publishing LLCWeight(grams)...

Handbook of Recycling, Second Edition is an authoritative review of the current state of recycling, reuse and reclamation processes commonly implemented today, and how they interact with one another. Fully updated to cover recent developments in the...

We tend to think of cities as a realm apart, somehow separate from nature, but nothing could be further from the truth. In Feral Cities, Tristan Donovan digsbelow the urban gloss to uncover the wild creatures that we share our streets and homes with, and...

Alasdair Cochrane introduces an entirely new theory of animal rights grounded in their interests as sentient beings. He then applies this theory to different and underexplored policy areas, such as genetic engineering, pet-keeping, indigenous hunting,...

A practical guide to the latest remote and in situ techniques used to measure sediments, quantify seabed characteristics, and understand physical properties of water and sediments and transport mechanisms in estuaries and coastal waters. Covering a broad...

Lichens are complex life forms that are the result of a symbiotic partnership between multiple organisms, usually a fungus and an alga. Though often overlooked or mistaken for other organisms (like moss), lichens are a critical part of each ecosystem...

The work of conservation biology has grown from local studies of single species into a discipline concerned with mapping and managing biodiversity on a global scale. Remote sensing, using satellite and aerial imaging to measure and map the environment,...

Coastal ecosystems are centres of high biological productivity, but their conservation is often threatened by numerous and complex environmental factors. Citing examples from the major littoral habitats worldwide, such as sandy beaches, salt marshes and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780544070479Author Bill Thompson IIIFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 190mm * 117mm...

Trundling along in essentially the same form for some 220 million years, turtles have seen dinosaurs come and go, mammals emerge, and humankind expand its dominion. Is it any wonder the persistent reptile bested the hare? In this engaging book...

A pocket-sized photographic field guide to Arctic birds, mammals, and other wildlife Wildlife of the Arctic is an accessible and richly illustrated pocket-sized photographic field guide to the birds, land and sea mammals, and plants and lichens of the...

A Year with Nature is an almanac like none you've ever seen: combining science and aesthetics, it is a daily affirmation of the extraordinary richness of biodiversity and our enduring beguilement by its beauty. With a text by herpetologist and natural...

This comprehensive volume covers the natural history of each of over 160 members of the ducks, geese, swans and screamers of the world. Beautifully illustrated and authoritative, this remarkable book is destined to become the ultimate reference work on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780906720677Author David ChapmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Alison HodgePublisher Alison Hodge

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781927330319Author Kevin Van Van TighemFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Rocky Mountain Books,CanadaPublisher Rocky Mountain Books,CanadaWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566470018Author J.P. HooverFormat PaperbackPage Count 183Imprint Mutual PublishingPublisher Mutual PublishingWeight(grams) 500g

This is a book about ecology, environment, nature, and the misleading information that plagues the discussions of these topics. It is easy-to-read, fun, and doesn't have to be read all at once; you can pick it up for five or ten minutes, get one idea out...

It's time for the first science experiment, but nobody can agree on which one to do. But why pick just one when Bear is around? Bears make the best science buddies, and Bear proves it by helping each group use the scientific method for its special...

This book looks at using forestry and several other innovative measures to facilitate environmental sustainability, covering an important selection of research that focuses on scientific applications and trends. Chapters discuss such diverse topics as...