Lakes, Ponds & Swamps

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984268405Author Michanna TalleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Jazi Gifts by Michanna, LLCPublisher Jazi Gifts by Michanna, LLCWeight(grams) 122g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781561646876Author Ellie WhitneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Pineapple Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)...

In the name of agriculture, urban growth, and disease control, humans have drained, filled, or otherwise destroyed nearly 87 percent of the world's wetlands over the past three centuries. Unintended consequences include biodiversity loss, poor water...

'Cities are not just brick and mortar; they represent the dreams, aspirations, and hopes of societies.'UN Habitat (2008)Urban lakes are part of many of the cities we live in. They are often intricately bound with the city's social fabric, valued for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620053683Author James KavanaghPage Count 12Imprint Waterford Press LtdPublisher Waterford Press LtdWeight(grams) 159g

Winner of the Governor General's award for Nonfiction In this wry, sensual, and entertaining journey into the greatest lake country on earth, Allan Casey examines how lakes provide an open door to wilderness for average people, how our deepest...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683343103Author Doug StammFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Pineapple Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 413gDimensions(mm)...

Throughout much of the world, frog populations are declining and some species are disappearing totally. In Australia, several species have become extinct in the past 25 years. This revised and updated guide provides concise accounts of all the known...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583947975Author William V. P. NewlinFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 640g

In the earliest days of the United States as settlers made their way west and into what would eventually become Kentucky, they were faced with many challenges in the task of surveying and claiming new and unknown land.Among the highest priorities for new...

'Cities are not just brick and mortar; they represent the dreams, aspirations, and hopes of societies.'UN Habitat (2008)Urban lakes are part of many of the cities we live in. They are often intricately bound with the city's social fabric, valued for...

Winner of the Political Geography Specialty Group's 2015 Julian Minghi Distinguished Book Award! With almost the entire world's water basins crossing political borders of some kind, understanding how to cooperate with one's neighbor is of global...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780874515091Author Joan ThomsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint University Press of New EnglandPublisher University Press of New England

In Wetlands and Western Cultures: Denigration to Conservation, Rod Giblett examines the portrayal of wetlands in Western culture and argues for their conservation. Giblett's analysis of the wetland motif in literature and the arts, including in Beowulf...

"Lakes is my favorite kind of natural history: meticulously researched, timely, comprehensive, and written with imagination and verve."-Jerry Dennis, author of The Living Great Lakes Lakes might be the most misunderstood bodies of water on earth. And...

Lakes are changing rapidly, not because we are separate from nature but because we are so much a part of it. While many of our effects on the natural world today are new, from climate change to nuclear fallout, our connections to it are ancient, as core...

An exciting foray into Earth's inland waters, the remarkable species they contain, and the conservation challenges of protecting them.When we call Earth "the blue planet" we immediately envision the vast oceans that cover most of its surface. But seas...

Lakes are among the Upper Midwest’s greatest treasures and most valuable natural resources. The Great Lakes define the region, and thousands of smaller lakes offer peace, joy, and recreation to millions. And yet, in large part because of the numbers of...