Nature

Much of what you've heard about plastic pollution may be wrong. Instead of a great island of trash, the infamous Great Pacific Garbage Patch is made up of manmade debris spread over hundreds of miles of sea-more like a soup than a floating garbage dump...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615766362Author Reg BeattyFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Punctum BooksPublisher Punctum BooksWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm * 17mm

Nature-based solutions (NBS) are essential to ensure a sustainable society and healthy ecosystem over the coming decades. However, the systems to be managed are both broad and complex, requiring an integrated understanding of both bio-physical systems,...

This easy-to-use, accessible guide to starwatching in Botswana is ideal for beginner and amateur stargazers. All stars described can be seen with the naked eye - binoculars and telescopes are not necessary. The book opens with stargazing tips while...

This is a guide to wild flowers in the summer rainfall area, describing over 2100 species from subtropical coastal dunes to mountain peaks, with the focus on KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Lesotho, Free State, Gauteng, North-West, Mpumalanga, Limpopo,...

This book presents contemporary case studies of land use, management practices, and innovation in Africa with a view to exploring how multifunctional land uses can alleviate food insecurity and poverty. Food security and livelihoods in Africa face...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957436244Author Bill LiaoFormat HardbackPage Count 212Imprint Ideos Publications LtdPublisher Ideos Publications LtdWeight(grams) 784g

Environmental Ethics is a systematic account of values carried by the natural world, coupled with an inquiry into duties toward animals, plants, species, and ecosystems. A comprehensive philosophy of nature is illustrated by and integrated with numerous...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590563960Author Kim StallwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Lantern Books,USPublisher Lantern Books,USWeight(grams) 1g

The essential field guide to the raptors of Mexico and Central America Raptors are among the most challenging birds to identify in the field due to their bewildering variability of plumage, flight silhouettes, and behavior. Raptors of Mexico and Central...

Focusing on globalization in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Jessica Teisch examines the processes by which American water and mining engineers who rose to prominence during and after the California Gold Rush of 1849 exported the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780544129979Author Robert PowellFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 590g

Effective marine biodiversity conservation is dependent upon a clear scientific rationale for practical interventions. This book is intended to provide knowledge and tools for marine conservation practitioners and to identify issues and mechanisms for...

Among rock-forming minerals, the colorful tourmaline group is a favorite of both mineral collectors and gemologists. Superb examples are found at many locales worldwide, and in diverse geological settings from pegmatites to schists. Over 120 clear, crisp...

In parts of Korea and China, moon bears, black but for the crescent-shaped patch of white on their chests, are captured in the wild and imprisoned in squeeze cages, where steel catheters drain their bile as a cure for ailments ranging from upset stomach...

Although we tend to think of our cities as concrete jungles, our post-new urban environment is awash in plant life. Wild urban plants have taken root along roadsides and chain-link fences, between cracks of pavement, and within vacant lots, rubble dumps...

Flying south in the fall and north in the spring, waterfowl have followed travel routes in the sky for centuries. These migrations are repeated year after year as ducks and geese pass from one region or climate to another for feeding or breeding...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679446316Author National Audubon SocietyFormat HardbackPage Count 992Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. KnopfWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780890135396Author Michael MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Museum of New Mexico PressPublisher Museum of New Mexico PressWeight(grams) 710g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060566128Author James ProsekFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

From Abronia to Zinnia, Jewels of the Plains describes the natural history and garden merits of more than five hundred Great Plains wildflowers. Considered the authoritative guide by native plant enthusiasts and horticulturists, it captures the unique...

A stunningly illustrated look at the mating and parenting lives of the world's birdsBird Love looks at the extraordinary range of mating systems in the avian world, exploring all the stages from courtship and nest-building to protecting eggs and raising...

With more than 100 different families and 40,000 individual species, spiders are among the most successful creatures on Earth. Highly adaptable, they live almost everywhere, from equatorial rainforest to Arctic tundra. And they come in a huge range of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948626590Author Sarah A. BowenFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Monkfish Book Publishing CompanyPublisher Monkfish Book Publishing Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780618083602Author Dian FosseyFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 386g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901268508Author Chris WestonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Evans Mitchell BooksPublisher Evans Mitchell Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982155919Author Toshimitsu MatsuhashiFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams)...

Identify Massachusetts birds with this easy-to-use field guide, organized by color and featuring full-color photographs and helpful information. Make bird-watching in Massachusetts even more enjoyable. With Stan Tekiela's famous bird guide, field...

'Our house is still on fire. Your inaction is fueling the flames by the hour.' Greta ThunbergOur planet is in danger. Sea levels are rising, natural habitats are being destroyed and the global temperature is rising. There is some good news though: we can...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Books for a Better Life (Green) 2013 and Books for a Better Life (Green) 2014.Book InformationISBN 9780345537584Author Sara GilbertFormat PaperbackPage Count...

With The Human Animal Earthling Identity Carrie P. Freeman asks us to reconsider the devastating division we have created between the human and animal conditions, leading to mass exploitation, injustice, and extinction. As a remedy, Freeman believes...

The Mountain Encyclopedia is the first A to Z compendium on all matters related to mountains including geological, geographical, and zoological terms and concepts as well as climbing and historical details. This books is both a reference and a guide for...

This volume brings together a selection of Rosalind Hursthouse's essays on Aristotle, virtue ethics, and social philosophy. These articles provide valuable context and clarification for much of her more famous work while drawing attention to new avenues...

This volume brings together scholars working in diverse traditions of the humanities in order to offer a comprehensive analysis of the environmental catastrophe as the modern-day apocalypse. Drawing on philosophy, theology, history, literature, art...

The brown recluse is a fascinating spider very well adapted to dwelling in houses and other buildings. Because of this very quality and the ghastly reputation associated with the medical consequences of its bite, it has become infamous throughout North...

How often do we overlook bark, a frequently beautiful and always important part of the plant, focusing instead on leaves, flowers, and the shape of the trunk and branches? Hugues Vaucher, a Swiss watchmaker with a lifelong fondness for trees and an eye...

The A World to Preserve series brings together breathtaking landscapes, inspiring quotes, and infographics about environmental issues that will take readers on a journey through the depths of the sea. "For most of history, man has had to fight nature to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997585421Author A Snow S OnderdonkFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Shelley OnderdonkPublisher Shelley OnderdonkWeight(grams) 395gDimensions(mm) 216mm...

Large carnivores include iconic species such as bears, wolves and big cats. Their habitats are increasingly being shared with humans, and there is a growing number of examples of human-carnivore coexistence as well as conflict. Next to population...

Now in its second edition, Water Resources: An Integrated Approach provides students with a comprehensive overview of natural processes associated with water and the modifications of these processes by humans through climate change and land management,...