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Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
x, 486 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
Why was gin and tonic the cocktail of choice for British colonists in India and Africa? What does Starbucks have to thank for its global domination? What has protected the lives of popes for millennia? Why did Scotland surrender its sovereignty to England? What was George Washington's secret weapon during the American Revolution? The answer to all these questions, and many more, is the mosquito. Across our planet since the dawn of humankind, this...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Spark
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
x, 229 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
"Lyanda Lynn Haupt's highly personal new book is a brilliant invitation to live with the earth in both simple and profound ways. She invokes rootedness as a way of being in concert with the wilderness--and wildness--that sustains humans and all of life"--
Publisher
BBC Earth
Pub. Date
c2011.
Formats
Description
Following in the footsteps of Planet Earth and Life, this epic eight-part blockbuster is a breathtaking celebration of the amazing, complex, profound, and sometimes challenging relationship between humankind and nature. Humans are the ultimate animals - the most successful species on the planet. Each episode focuses on a particular habitat and reveals how its people have created astonishing solutions in the face of extreme adversity.
Author
Publisher
Clarkson Potter Publishers
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
352 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Description
Presents strategies for maintaining a healthy home while engaging in environmentally responsible practices, outlining a lifestyle program based on scientific principles that explains how to understand the connection between individual habits and planet health.
Author
Publisher
Washington Policy Center
Pub. Date
2011, ©2011
Physical Desc
240 pages
Description
"Eco-Fads exposes the pressures that cause politicians, businesses, the media and even scientists to fall for trendy environmental fads. It examines why we fall for such fads, even when we should know better. The desire to "be green" can cloud our judgment, causing us to place things that make us appear green ahead of actions that may be socially invisible yet environmentally responsible. By recognizing the range of forces that have taken us in the...
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
The creators of You Are Stardust present a lyrical and scientific exploration of the ways humans are supported by and inextricably connected to nature, from the gravity that holds us together and the oxygen we breathe to the microorganisms that build our immunities and the whales that contribute to food cycles.
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xviii, 131 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Long rumored to exist, The Great Clod collects several essays published in The Coevolution Quarterly almost forty years ago when Snyder briefly described this work as 'The China Book,' and several others, the majority, never before published in any form. 'Summer in Hokkaido,' 'Wild in China,' 'Ink and Charcoal,' 'Wolf-Hair Brush,' these essays turn from being memoirs of travel to prolonged considerations of art, culture, natural history and religion."--...
15) Walking together
Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
"Introduces readers to the concept of Etuaptmumk--or Two-Eyed Seeing in the Mi'kmaq language--as we follow a group of young children connecting to nature as their teacher. A poetic, joyful celebration of the Lands and Waters as spring unfolds: we watch for Robin's return, listen for Frog's croaking, and wonder at Maple Tree's gift of sap. Grounded in Etuaptmumk, also known as Two-Eyed Seeing, the gift of multiple perspectives, and the Mi'kmaw concept...
Author
Publisher
Dockside Sailing Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
x, 309 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
"What if volcanoes are heating the planet? Maybe solar cycles are to blame? Isn't carbon dioxide good for plants? These are but a few of the questions on global warming that are addressed in this book. If you are concerned that global warming may be a serious problem, but find it hard to know what to believe or how to help in the face of conflicting arguments, you will want to read this book. You don't have to be a scientist to understand Dr. Shahir...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
325 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
With a combination of scientific rigor and passionate advocacy, Brand shows exactly where the sources of environmental dilemmas lie and offers a bold and inventive set of policies and solutions for creating a more sustainable society.
Author
Publisher
Lonely Planet Global, Ltd
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
47 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Description
"Which ocean is the largest? What pet is most popular in different parts of the world? How far away is each planet from the sun? Learn these and dozens of other fascinating facts about our planet and its inhabitants in Lonely Planet Kids' Infographic Guide to the Globe, a dynamically-illustrated guide full of graphs and charts. Colorful graphics featuring fun facts keep kids entertained and learning. Plus, you'll find engaging questions on every...
Author
Publisher
Ediciones Destino
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
31 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Description
"... Una historia para leerse al revés y al derecho. Por medio de hermosas ilustraciones el niño podrá identificar lo que es una secuencia de menor a mayor y viceversa y descubrir que el ser más pequeño y el más grande ocupan un lugar en el mismo universo y pueden vivir en armonía."--P. [4] of cover.
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