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El ambiente a la sombra del hombre
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Victoriano Garza Almanza |
Presentación. No daré muchos rodeos, este es un libro que merece ser leído. El ambiente a la sombra del hombre comprende 43 pequeños textos presentados en el orden de la primera letra de los temas qu… |
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Environmental crisis and security in the new millennium
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National Symposium on Environmental Crisis and Security in the New Millennium (2000 Salim Ali School of Ecology & Environmental Sciences, Pondicherry University) |
Contributed articles presnted at the Symposium organised by Salim Ali School of Ecology & Environmental Sciences, Pondicherry University held on 14-16 Dec. 2000. |
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High noon
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J. F Rischard |
"In High Noon, J. F. Rischard challenges us to take a new approach to the problems of the twenty-first century. Defining and then offering a brief overview of the twenty most important and urgent glo… |
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North America
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Kevin Hillstrom |
North America, tells the story of this environmental awakening and the continuing problems that the continent faces. It tackles the tough issues, the complex problems, and the political controversies… |
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Restoring harmony
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Joëlle Anthony |
Ten years after the Great Collapse of 2031, sixteen-year-old Molly McClure, with only her fiddle for company, leaves the safety of her family's island home to travel through a dangerous and desolate … |
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Trickster's girl
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Hilari Bell |
In the year 2098, grieving her father and angry with her mother, fifteen-year-old Kelsa joins the magical Raven on an epic journey from Utah to Alaska to heal the earth by restoring the flow of magic… |
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Vital signs 2007-2008
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Worldwatch Institute |
Discusses trends in food and agriculture, energy, the atmosphere, the economy, transporation, health and society, the military, and the environment. |
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Secrets of Tamarind
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Nadia Aguiar |
Four years after leaving the lost island of Tamarind, Maya, Simon, and Penny Nelson return to stop the Red Coral Project, a sinister group mining the magical mineral ophalla there and, in the process… |
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Breathe (Breathe #1)
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Sarah Crossan |
"In a barren land, a shimmering glass dome houses the survivors of the Switch, the period when oxygen levels plunged and the green world withered. A state lottery meant a lucky few won safety, while … |
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Trespassing Across America
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Ken Ilgunas |
Told with sincerity, humor, and wit, *Trespassing Across America* is both a fascinating account of one man's remarkable journey along the Keystone XL pipeline and a meditation on climate change, the … |
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On extinction
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Melanie Challenger |
How do we think about the things we have lost? How can we use what we know about extinctions - cultural, biological and industrial - to reconnect with nature? When the gigantic bones of mammoths were… |
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Resist (Breathe #2)
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Sarah Crossan |
Alina, Quinn, and Bea, now outlaws and outcasts, make their way to the last enclave of the Resistance but once there, they discover they can count on no one but each other and may, in fact, have to b… |
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Whaddayamean
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John Burningham |
When God sees what a mess has been made of the world, God gets two children to convince everyone to help make it the lovely place it was meant to be. |
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Rethinking Freire
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Frédérique Apffel-Marglin,C. A Bowers |
This collection of essays by Third World activists highlights two major world changes which, they argue, have been neglected by Freire and his many followers: the Third World grass-roots cultural res… |
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The Amazon rain forest and its people
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Marion Morrison |
Describes the conditions in the Amazon rain forest, the animals, plants, and people that live there, the exploitation of this ecosystem, and the importance of preserving it. |
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The Gulf
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Jack E. Davis |
Significant beyond tragic oil spills and hurricanes, the Gulf has historically been one of the world's most bounteous marine environments, supporting human life for millennia. Based on the premise th… |
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The mushroom at the end of the world
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Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing |
"A tale of diversity within our damaged landscapes, The Mushroom at the End of the World follows one of the strangest commodity chains of our times to explore the unexpected corners of capitalism. He… |
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Life rules
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Ellen LaConte |
Examines global crises and offers solutions to those challenges. |
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Tipping point for planet earth
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Anthony D. Barnosky |
"Tipping Point for Planet Earth explains why Earth is headed for a tipping point, a change so fast, dramatic, and unexpected that humanity will reel at the consequences. Midway through this century, … |
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Heart of Dread
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Melissa De La Cruz,Michael Johnston |
Desperate to escape the dangers of the ruins of New Kandy, Nat and Wes must put their love to the ultimate test by chancing even more perilous surroundings in hopes of seeing their world reborn by sa… |
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