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The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization - Paperback

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by Vince Beiser (Author)A finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award The gripping story of the most important overlooked commodity in the world--sand--and the crucial role it plays in our lives. After water and air, sand is the natural resource that we consume more than any other--even more than oil. Every concrete building and paved road on Earth, every computer screen and silicon chip, is made from sand. From Egypt's pyramids to the Hubble telescope, from the world's t...

Deforestation, Environment, and Sustainable Development: A Comparative Analysis

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Report copyright infringementby Dhirendra K. Vajpeyi (Editor)According to available estimates, forests cover more than one quarter of the world's total area. About sixty percent of these forests are situated in tropical countries. However, these forests are disappearing at a very fast pace. Between 1980 and 1995, an area larger than Mexico had been deforested. This accelerated destruction of forests poses a serious threat to the environmental and economic well-being of the earth. Several stud...

Bad Naturalist: One Woman's Ecological Education on a Wild Virginia Mountaintop - Hardcover

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by Paula Whyman (Author)With humor, humility, and awe, one woman attempts to restore 200 acres of farmland long gone-to-seed in the Blue Ridge Mountains, facing her own limitations while getting to know a breathtaking corner of the natural world. When Paula Whyman first climbs a peak in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in search of a home in the country, she has no idea how quickly her tidy backyard ecology project will become a massive endeavor. Just as quickly, she discovers how l...

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by Ralph Waldo Emerson (Author)A collection of essays from the father of the American transcendentalism, including "Nature," "Self-Reliance," "Love," and "Art."Ralph Waldo Emerson's famous essay "Nature" declared that understanding nature was the key to understanding God and reality, and laid the groundwork for transcendentalism. His legacy of boldly questioning the doctrine of his day and connecting with nature will resonate with today's readers in search of meaning and enlightenment.Essays ...

House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest - Paperback

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by Craig Childs (Author)A "beautifully written travelogue" that draws on the latest scholarly research as well as a lifetime of exploration to light on the extraordinary Anasazi culture of the American Southwest (Entertainment Weekly). The greatest "unsolved mystery" of the American Southwest is the fate of the Anasazi, the native peoples who in the eleventh century converged on Chaco Canyon (in today's southwestern New Mexico) and built what has been called the Las Vegas of its day, a flour...

Public Interest in the Use of Private Lands

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Report copyright infringementby Benjamin C. Dysart (Editor), Marion Clawson (Editor), Benjamin C. Dysart (Other)This third volume in the Environmental Regeneration Series, sponsored by the Rene Dubos Center, brings together original work by distinguished scholars and policy makers on the management of the nation's land resources. As the editors note at the outset, almost all questions of environmental quality or resource use ultimately focus upon the land. And, they argue, because most food a...

Socioeconomic Aspects of Renewable Energy Technologies

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Report copyright infringementby Ramesh Bhatia (Editor), Armand Pereira (Editor), Ramesh Bhatia (Other)Major changes have occurred in both the composition of energy supply and the choice of technology, especially in activities in which energy intensity has a significant bearing on the costs and competitiveness of goods and services. Presented here, in the context of these changes, are case studies on the macroeconomic evaluation of ethylalcohol programs and the microeconomic evaluation of tech...

Farming for Fuel: The Political Economy of Energy Sources in the United States

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Report copyright infringementby Folke Dovring (Author)As domestic and worldwide petroleum reserves dwindle, America's energy situation continues to worsen. Farming for Fuel offers a major investigation into producing methanol from biomass to replace reliance on petroleum fuels. Dovring's treatment of the topic is thorough and well-reasoned. He suggests that current problems facing the U.S.--vulnerable oil imports, farm surplus production, soil erosion, and air polution--could be eradicated by...

Nature-Based Tourism and Wellbeing: Impacts and Future Outlook

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Report copyright infringementby Federico Niccolini (Editor), James Barborak (Editor), Iride Azara (Editor)All around the world, as growing numbers of tourists and recreational visitors flock to protected and other natural areas stimulated by a renewed search for physical, mental, and even spiritual health and wellbeing, different practices and behaviors emerge. This book brings together experiences and perspectives from many countries around the world. On the demand side, the experiences are ...

Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet - Paperback

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by Ben Goldfarb (Author)Some 40 million miles of roadways encircle the earth, yet we tend to regard them only as infrastructure for human convenience. While roads are so ubiquitous they're practically invisible to us, wild animals experience them as entirely alien forces of death and disruption. In Crossings, environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb travels throughout the United States and around the world to investigate how roads have transformed our planet. A million animals are killed by cars...

The John Muir Signature Notebook: An Inspiring Notebook for Curious Minds 6 - Leather

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by Cider Mill Press (Author)Put pen to paper alongside celebrated naturalist John Muir's inspirational quotes and musings in this beautifully designed notebook, and let your own creativity flow! John Muir was an avid journaler on his many adventures into the wilderness, often filling pages with drawings of nature scenes and details of his remarkable journeys. Now the budding naturalist can jot alongside Muir's inspirational quotes and observations, receiving encouragement from the Father of t...

State Trust Lands: History, Management, and Sustainable Use

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Report copyright infringementby Jon A. Souder (Author), Sally K. Fairfax (Author)Before the federal constitution was written, the Confederate Congress established a policy providing land grants for local and state governments to support public schools. Since 1802, when Ohio joined the Union, every new state has benefited from that policy. Yet today, despite the fact that states still hold 132 million acres in trust, very little is known about the management and use of these lands. Compiling i...

Economics for a Sustainable World: An Introduction to Natural Resource and Environmental Economics

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Report copyright infringementby Edward B. Barbier (Author), Joanne C. Burgess (Author)Written for undergraduate students with little or no exposure to economics, this introductory textbook offers a new perspective on environmental economics for the 21st century. It explains how economics for a sustainable world requires a new approach: accepting that the economy is intrinsically dependent on nature. Drawing on up-to-date case studies from around the globe, the book examines how economic conce...

Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains - Paperback

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by Bethany Brookshire (Author)An engrossing and revealing study of why we deem certain animals "pests" and others not--from cats to rats, elephants to pigeons--and what this tells us about our own perceptions, beliefs, and actions, as well as our place in the natural worldA squirrel in the garden. A rat in the wall. A pigeon on the street. Humans have spent so much of our history drawing a hard line between human spaces and wild places. When animals pop up where we don't expect or want them, ...

Wildflowers of Tennessee: The Ohio Valley and the Southern Appalachians - Paperback

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by Dennis Horn (Author), Tavia Cathcart (Author), Tom Hemmerly (Author)A revised, updated edition to this gorgeous field guide, the most comprehensive ever published on the spectacular and breathtaking flora of this region.Author BiographyDENNIS HORN is an engineer, naturalist, amateur botanist, and wildflower photographer who makes his home in Tullahoma. A charter member of the Tennessee Native Plant Society, he is currently the TNPS vice-president and a member of the Scientific Advisory Com...

Crystalpedia: The Wisdom, History, and Healing Power of More Than 180 Sacred Stones a Crystal Book - Paperback

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by Athena Perrakis (Author)Discover the healing power of more than 180 crystals in this ultimate guide to mineral magic Crystals have been used for centuries around the world to promote wellness, fertility, prosperity, healing, and more. Founder of America's largest retailer of gemstones, Sage Goddess, and bestselling author of three books on metaphysical topics, Dr. Athena Perrakis dove deep into the crystal literature on a quest to heal herself and discovered the profound power of healing c...

The Wisdom of Sheep: Observations from a Family Farm - Hardcover

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by Rosamund Young (Author)"Elegiac, funny, warm and wise, The Wisdom of Sheep will delight country folk and city dwellers alike." --Katherine May A touching, wise and surprising chronicle of the rich inner lives of animals, drawn from Rosamund Young's extraordinary lifetime as an organic farmer We talk a lot about sheep: following the herd, counting sheep to fall asleep and looking out for wolves in sheep's clothing. But, just like people, animals don't always follow the pack. Some are affect...

The Amur River: Between Russia and China - Paperback

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by Colin Thubron (Author)"A gripping read with fascinating political insight." (Sunday Times, London)"Elegant, elegiac and poignant...Thubron is an intrepid traveler, a shrewd observer and a lyrical guide... to the river, much of it along the border between these two powers at a time of rapid and tense reconfiguration of global geopolitics." (Washington Post)The most admired travel writer of our time--author of Shadow of the Silk Road and To a Mountain in Tibet--recounts an eye-opening, often...

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by Terry Tempest Williams (Author)Timely and unsettling essays from an important and beloved writer and conservationist In Erosion, Terry Tempest Williams's fierce, spirited, and magnificent essays are a howl in the desert. She sizes up the continuing assaults on America's public lands and the erosion of our commitment to the open space of democracy. She asks: How do we find the strength to not look away from all that is breaking our hearts? We know the elements of erosion: wind, water, and ...

The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea - Paperback

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by Sebastian Junger (Author)It was the storm of the century, boasting waves over one hundred feet high--a tempest created by so rare a combination of factors that meteorologists deemed it the perfect storm. In a book that has become a classic, Sebastian Junger explores the history of the fishing industry, the science of storms, and the candid accounts of the people whose lives the storm touched. The Perfect Storm is a real-life thriller that makes us feel like we've been caught, helpless, in ...

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by Mark Elbroch (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Mark Elbroch (Illustrator) Number of Pages: 12 Publication Date: November 15, 2022

Florida's Living Beaches: A Guide for the Curious Beachcomber - Paperback

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by Blair Witherington (Author)The first edition of Florida's Living Beaches (2007) was widely praised. Now, the second edition of this supremely comprehensive guide has even more to satisfy the curious beachcomber, including expanded content and additional accounts with more than 1800 full-color photographs, maps, and illustrations.It heralds the living things and metaphorical life along the state's 700 miles of sandy beaches. The expanded second edition now identifies and explains over 1400 ...

Florida's Seashells: A Beachcomber's Guide - Paperback

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by Blair Witherington (Author)Florida's Seashells, the bestselling guide for beachcombers, is now updated and expanded in a new edition. This new volume has more shells identified and explained, with 287 species represented by over 400 full-color images and 175 range maps.This book showcases the diversity of Florida's seashells and presents them in the way they come to us on beaches. Knowing the names, stories, and varied appearances of seashells can sharpen a beachcomber's eyes to their beau...

Natural Gas: Consumers and Consuming Industry: A Handbook for Students of the Natural Gas Industry

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Report copyright infringementby Harald Osel (Author)Natural Gas: Customers and Consuming Industry is the 3rd volume in a series of textbooks - following Natural Gas: Exploration and Properties (1st volume) as well as Natural Gas: Operations and Transport (2nd volume), which is going to be continued with Natural Gas: Economics and Environment (4th volume). The aim of this series is to provide a student with the basic technical and commercial tools required when following the flow of gas from t...

Natural Gas: Exploration and Properties: A Handbook for Students of the Natural Gas Industry

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Report copyright infringementby Harald Osel (Author)Natural Gas: Exploration and Properties is the first volume in a series of textbooks to be continued with Natural Gas: Operations and Transport (second volume), as well as Natural Gas: Customers and Consuming Industries (third volume). This series will end with a fourth volume Natural gas: Economics and Environment. The aim of this series is to provide a student with the basic tools required when following the flow of gas from the reservoir ...

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by Adam Nicolson (Author)Adam Nicolson explores the marine life inhabiting seashore rock pools with a scientist's curiosity and a poet's wonder in this beautifully illustrated book. The sea is not made of water. Creatures are its genes. Look down as you crouch over the shallows and you will find a periwinkle or a prawn, a claw-displaying crab or a cluster of anemones ready to meet you. No need for binoculars or special stalking skills: go to the rocks and the living will say hello. Inside eac...

Freshwater Fishes of the Pacific Northwest

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by Robert G. Werner (Text by (Art/Photo Books))This waterproof, laminated FoldingGuide(TM) includes detailed descriptions and illustrations of 51 gamefish, panfish, and bait species found in cold mountain lakes and streams, and in lowland rivers, lakes, and ponds of the Pacific Northwest. Coastal and anadromous species are also shown. Species selection and text by Dr. Robert Werner, professor emeritus of environmental science at SUNY. Instant access to just what you need to know. Perfect for ...

Our Earth, Our Species, Our Selves: How to Thrive While Creating a Sustainable World

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Report copyright infringementby Ellen Moyer (Author)#1 Winner of the New York Book Festival Award for General Non-Fiction#1 Winner of the Green Book Festival Award for General Non-Fiction#1 Winner of the Annual National Indie Excellence Award for EnvironmentOur current health and environmental crises call on us to upgrade to a new way of life that will sustain us and our world far into the future.When you read this timely, accessible, and thought-provoking book, you will discover that we alre...

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Report copyright infringementby Wendy Lynne Lee (Author)In Climate Crisis and the Kleptocene: On The Commodification of Sentience the author argues that capitalism is not merely a system of economic exchange, but an ideology of value that, in virtue of the existential demand for permanent growth, must reduce other forms of value--moral, civic, and aesthetic--to exchange value. The ontology of capital accumulation can neither afford nor accede to any exemption to its fundamentally kleptocratic...

Lichenpedia: A Brief Compendium - Hardcover

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by Kay Hurley (Author), Susan Adele Edwards (Illustrator)An illustrated mini-encyclopedia about the weird and wonderful world of lichens Lichenpedia is a delightfully entertaining and beautifully illustrated A-Z treasury about the strange, obscure, and remarkable world of lichens, from their unique and essential roles in nature and the ways they are used in dyeing, brewing, and drug-making to how they have inspired writers and artists, from Henry David Thoreau to modern painters. In 100 brief...

Gifted Earth: The Ethnobotany of the Quinault and Neighboring Tribes - Paperback

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by Douglas Deur (Author)Published in cooperation with the Quinault Indian Nation Gifted Earth features traditional Native American plant knowledge, detailing the use of plants for food, medicines, and materials. It presents a rich and living tradition of plant use within the Quinault Indian Nation in a volume collaboratively developed and endorsed by that tribe. The Quinault Reservation on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state is a diverse tribal community, embodying the traditional know...

Trees to Know in Oregon and Washington - Paperback

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by Edward C. Jensen (Author)For 70 years, people have turned to one book to learn about Northwest trees: Trees to Know in Oregon. This new edition, retitled Trees to Know in Oregon and Washington, expands its scope to cover more territory and include more trees. The book was first published in 1950. Charles R. Ross, an Oregon State University Extension forester, wanted to introduce readers to the towering giants in their backyards. Since then, Edward C. Jensen has stewarded the publication t...