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What Young People Should Know: The Reproductive Function in Man and the Lower Animals - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Burt Green Wilder (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is import...

Standard Methods For The Examination Of Water And Wastewater; Volume 4 - Hardcover

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Report copyright infringementby American Public Health Association (Created by), American Water Works Association (Created by), Water Pollution Control Federation (Created by)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (indiv...

Bible Maps, or, A Historical and Descriptive Atlas of Scripture Geography ... - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby William Hughes (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important...

The Reptile Book: A Comprehensive, Popularised Work On the Structure and Habits of the Turtles, Tortoises, Crocodilians, Lizards and Sna - Hardcover

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The Physical Geology & Geography of Ireland: With Two Coloured Maps and Twenty-Nine Illustrations - Paperback

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The Flora and Fauna of the Devonian and Carboniferous Periods - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Owen Richard (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important e...

Degeneration: A Chapter In Darwinism - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Edwin Ray Lankester (Author)This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable. Number of Pages: 44 ...

Madness on the Brink of Eco-Apocalypse: Furious Facts, Dark Humor & SOS Calls to Action - Paperback

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by Cheryl Leutjen (Author)Why aren't we doing more to save ourselves?Madness on the Brink of Eco-Apocalypse casts a penetrating light on the gravest environmental threats to our survival through the perspective of a deeply informed and passionate eco-worrior.Award-winning author Cheryl Leutjen draws from her experience as a geologist, environmental law attorney, and worried mom to expose the mad-ness of the human-caused destruction of Earth's life support systems. Leutjen's narrative is rich ...

Mortuary Science: A Sourcebook - Paperback

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by John F. Szabo (Author)Szabo presents a thorough bibliographical examination of the funeral industry and related subjects. Most citations are annotated, with special notes on editions and reprints.Author BiographyJohn F. Szabo ( M.I.L.S., University of Michigan) is Director, Robinson Public Library District, Robinson, IL. Formerly Head Librarian, University of Michigan's Residential College, he has studied the literature of mortuary science for several years. Number of Pages: 204 Dimensions...

Engineering Perfection: Solidarity, Disability, and Well-being - Hardcover

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by Elyse Purcell (Author)Advances in biotechnologies for human enhancement and designer babies appear to offer us new hope in medicine, but capitalism may incentivize the selection of traits for profit. Engineering Perfection: Solidarity, Disability, and Well-being offers an opposing Marxist view, one that embraces human vulnerability and embodied difference.Author BiographyElyse Purcell is assistant professor of philosophy at the State University of New York College at Oneonta. Number of Pag...

Finding Your Seat at the Table: Roles for Librarians on Institutional Regulatory Boards and Committees - Hardcover

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by Susan M. Harnett (Editor), Laureen P. Cantwell (Editor)This book delineates effective roles for librarians on Institutional Review Boards (IRB) and the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUC) and provides guidance for librarians on how to serve on them.Author BiographySusan M. Harnett, MLS, AHIP-D, is medical information services librarian at Borland Library, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL. She received her master of library service from Rutgers University, New Brunsw...

Evolutionary History in Theological Perspective: Exploring the Scientific Story of the Cosmos - Hardcover

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by Mario Anthony Russo (Author)Evolutionary History in Theological Perspective: Exploring the Scientific Story of the Cosmos argues, with a new theological interpretive lens, that Christian theological interpretations make more compelling sense of evolutionary history than naturalistic or spiritual ones. Number of Pages: 202 Dimensions: 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: August 15, 2024

The Philosophy of Practical Affairs: An Introduction - Hardcover

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by Joseph Agassi (Author)This book addresses the problems of everyday life faced by twenty-first-century individuals and explores practical questions central to philosophy of life: What is a good life? What makes a life good or satisfactory? What is the proper aim of life? Author BiographyJoseph Agassi is professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University and York University. Number of Pages: 172 Dimensions: 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 23, 2022

Communicating the Climate Crisis: New Directions for Facing What Lies Ahead - Paperback

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by Julia B. Corbett (Author)Communicating the Climate Crisis lays out fresh directions and strategies for creating a new story of hope through action--not as isolated and "guilty" consumers, but as social actors who use emotional resilience, climate conversations, justice, and faith to break the current social inertia and create a desired future. Author BiographyJulia B. Corbett is professor in the Department of Communication and Environmental Humanities Graduate Program, University of Utah. ...

Communicating the Climate Crisis: New Directions for Facing What Lies Ahead - Hardcover

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by Julia B. Corbett (Author)Communicating the Climate Crisis puts communication at the center of the change we need, providing concrete strategies that help break the inertia that blocks social and cultural transformation. Reimagining "earth" not just as the ground we walk upon but as the atmosphere we breathe--Eairth--this book examines our consumption-based identities in fossil fuel culture and the necessity of structural change to address the climate crisis. Strategies for overcoming obsta...

Environmental Postcolonialism: A Literary Response - Hardcover

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by Shubhanku Kochar (Editor), Anjum Khan (Editor), Shubhanku Kochar (Contribution by)Environmental Postcolonialism investigates the environmental ramifications of colonialism and furnishes a hopeful ecocritical vision of a postcolonial world. Author BiographyShubhanku Kochar is assistant professor at University School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi. M. Anjum Khan is assistant professor of English in Avinashilingam Institute for Home Scien...

Ground in Stone: Landscape, Social Identity, and Ritual Space on the High Plains - Hardcover

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by Elizabeth Lynch (Author), Mary Lou Larson (Foreword by), Marcel Kornfeld (Foreword by)In Ground in Stone: Landscape, Social Identity, and Ritual Space on the High Plains, Elizabeth Lynch examines the insights and challenges of bedrock ground stone research in archaeological inquiry.Author BiographyElizabeth Lynch is post-doctoral researcher with the Hell Gap National Historic Landmark Digital Archives Project at the University of Wyoming. Number of Pages: 230 Dimensions: 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN Il...

An Introduction to Island Studies - Paperback

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by James Randall (Author)An Introduction to Island Studies is an approachable look at this interdisciplinary field - from the geological formation of islands, their settlement, human migration, occupation and to the place of islands in the popular imagination. Featuring geopolitical and economic frameworks, Randall gives a bottom-up guide to this modern areas of study.Author BiographyJames (Jim) Randall teaches at the University of Prince Edward Island, Canada, where he is also the coordinato...

Sustaining Seas: Oceanic Space and the Politics of Care - Paperback

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by Elspeth Probyn (Author), Kate Johnston (Author), Nancy Lee (Author)Why read Sustaining Seas? It is as simple as this: the seas sustain all life. This edited book emerges from conversations across several disciplines, and including practitioners of different specialities (artists, writers, planners, policy makers) about how to sustain the seas, as they sustain us.Author BiographyElspeth Probyn is Professor of gender and cultural studies, University of Sydney Kate Johnston is Postdoctoral Fe...

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by David Morrow (Author)This book provides a solid grounding in the scientific and political issues of climate change, which allows students to explore the important moral issues raised by climate change, and consider what our values are in climate policy.Author BiographyDavid Morrow studies the ethics and political philosophy of climate change and climate policy. He is a Research Fellow with the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy at George Mason University and Director of Research fo...

The War on the EPA: America's Endangered Environmental Protections - Paperback

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by William M. Alley (Author), Rosemarie Alley (Author)This book examines the daunting hurdles facing the EPA in its critical roles in drinking water, air and water pollution, climate change, and toxic chemicals. It illustrates the importance of a strong EPA, the challenges of regulation, and how today's war on science is undermining the scientific foundation upon which the agency's legitimacy rests.Author BiographyWilliam (Bill) M. Alley, PhD, is an internationally-recognized authority on gro...

Crushed: How a Changing Climate Is Altering the Way We Drink - Hardcover

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by Brian Freedman (Author)Climate change is altering how wines are spirits are produced around the world. From unimaginably destructive fires in California to historically unprecedented deep-freezes in Texas and rising temperatures that are lifting England to the forefront of the world of sparkling wine, these are the stories of eight regions confronting it all head on.Author BiographyBrian Freedman is a wine, spirits, travel, and food writer, restaurant and beverage consultant, wine and spir...

Curatorial Practices for Botanical Gardens - Paperback

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by Timothy C. Hohn (Author)This important, one-of-a-kind handbook has now been expanded and updated to include critical information on national and international guidelines and rules for collecting, exchanging, and preserving endangered species and preserving biological diversityAuthor BiographyTimothy C. Hohn is the retired chair and instructor in the Horticulture Department at Edmonds Community College, where he taught for 22 years. Previously, he was the curator at the University of Washin...

Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases - Hardcover

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by Lydia Kang (Author), Nate Pedersen (Author)From the masters of storytelling-meets-science and co-authors of Quackery, Patient Zero tells the long and fascinating history of disease outbreaks--how they start, how they spread, the science that lets us understand them, and how we race to destroy them before they destroy us. Written in the authors' lively and accessible style, chapters include page-turning medical stories about a particular disease or virus--smallpox, Bubonic plague, polio, H...

Toward a Directionalist Theory of Space: On Going Nowhere - Paperback

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by H. Scott Hestevold (Author)Arguing that the universe is absolutely directioned and that there exist spatial (directional) relations that Leibniz overlooked, H. Scott Hestevold formulates a new relationalist theory of space, exploring its implications for the Special Composition Question, reductivism regarding boundaries and holes, and the nature of spacetime.Author BiographyH. Scott Hestevold is professor emeritus of philosophy at The University of Alabama. Number of Pages: 242 Dimensions:...

Confronting Climate Crises through Education: Reading Our Way Forward - Paperback

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by Rebecca L. Young (Author), John Adams (Foreword by), David W. Orr (Afterword by)Confronting Climate Crises through Education: Reading Our Way Forward examines ways fiction and non-fiction can shape an instructional lens designed to witness the environmental crises we face both culturally and globally while fostering a more ecologically conscious, globally-minded student body prepared to confront them.Author BiographyRebecca Young is language and literature assessment specialist for Measure...

The Rural Cemetery Movement: Places of Paradox in Nineteenth-Century America - Paperback

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by Jeffrey Smith (Author)When Mount Auburn opened as the first "rural" cemetery in the United States in 1831, it represented a new way for Americans to think about burial sites. It broke with conventional notions about graveyards as places to bury and commemorate the dead. Rather, the founders of Mount Auburn and the spate of similar cemeteries that followed over the next three decades before the Civil War created institutions that they envisioned being used by the living in new ways. Cemeter...

Romantic Ecocriticism: Origins and Legacies - Paperback

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by Dewey W. Hall (Editor), James C. McKusick (Foreword by), Colin Carman (Contribution by)This book examines the influence of the science of the age upon a host of English and American authors. The collection develops transhistorical and transnational perspectives to examine the invaluable place of Romantic literary studies as inspiration behind the rise of early environmentalism in the nineteenth century and its subsequent legacies.Author BiographyDewey W. Hall is professor of English at Cal...

Science as Active Inquiry: A Teacher's Guide to the Development of Effective Science Teaching - Paperback

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by Selma Wassermann (Author), J. W. George Ivany (Author)A practical guidebook to enable teachers to address their concerns about teaching science as active inquiry, in addition to providing them with the tools and techniques for developing a science program that models how real scientists work.Author BiographySelma Wassermann is professor emerita in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University. She is the author of more than twenty books and the recipient of the University Excellence ...