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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
In critical ways, human health is directly linked to the health of our planet. Track the effects on human bodies of environmental factors, including climate change, air pollution, greenhouse gases, the livestock industry, and industrial chemicals, and consider approaches to addressing these matters effectively.
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English
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Animals are disappearing, vanishing, and dying out-not just in the physical sense of becoming extinct, but in the sense of being erased from our consciousness. Increasingly, interactions with animals happen at a remove: mediated by nature programs, books, and cartoons, framed by the enclosures of zoos and aquariums, distanced by the museum cases that display lifeless bodies.
In this thought-provoking book, Arran Stibbe takes us on a journey of discovery,...
3) Dune
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Series
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English
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Follows the adventures of Paul Atreides, the son of a betrayed duke given up for dead on a treacherous desert planet and adopted by its fierce, nomadic people, who help him unravel his most unexpected destiny.
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Español
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Featuring stunning photographs, beautiful illustrations, and detailed text, Rainforest Food Chains examines the delicate balance of life maintained in lush Southeast Asian tropical rain forests. Children will learn how the plants and animals in a rain forest rely on one another to survive. Highlights include
• rainforest photosynthesis
• how rainforest plants and animals have adapted to survive
• dangers to rain forests and their inhabitants....
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English
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As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on "a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise" (Elizabeth...
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Beacon Press
Language
English
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When Rachel Carson died of cancer in 1964, her four books, including the environmental classic Silent Spring, had made her one of the most famous people in America. This trove of previously uncollected writings is a priceless addition to our knowledge of Rachel Carson, her affinity with the natural world, and her life.
15) Antarctica
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English
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When the treaty protecting Antarctica from profiteers is about to dissolve--sending politicians and corporations scrambling to plunder its resources--a radical environmental group embarks on a campaign of sabotage to protect the land's pristine beauty.
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