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Dawn light
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Diane Ackerman |
In an eye-opening sequence of personal meditations through the cycle of seasons, one of our most celebrated storyteller-poet-naturalists awakens us to the world at dawn. Diane Ackerman draws from sou… |
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The weather changes man
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Ben Bova |
Traces the weather patterns and climatic changes on earth from prehistory to the present and discusses their influence on man's physical and psychological development. |
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Supersuits
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Vicki Cobb |
Describes severe environment conditions that require special clothing for survival--conditions involving freezing cold, fire, underwater work, and thin or non-existent air. |
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Your brain on nature
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Eva M. Selhub |
Details how the human brain is linked to the natural world and offers nature-based methods for reducing stress, improving cognitive powers and boosting the efficiency of exercise-- |
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2030
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Amy Zuckerman |
by Amy Zuckerman and Jim Daly, illustrated by John Manders (Dutton, 2009).
A talking dog, a housecleaning robot and a three-dimensional "data orb" are among the many cool features that kids might en… |
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Mr. Jefferson and the giant moose
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Lee Alan Dugatkin |
When Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon ascertains that New World flora and fauna are degenerate due to the insalubrious environment, Thomas Jefferson counters with, among other things, writings in *Notes … |
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The nature of the environment
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Andrew Goudie |
Discusses the components of the environment, the interactions between man and nature, and recent theories and research, proceeding from the global scale to more local scales. |
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After nature
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Jedediah Purdy |
"Nature no longer exists apart from humanity. Henceforth, the world we will inhabit is the one we have made. Geologists have called this new planetary epoch the Anthropocene, the Age of Humans. The g… |
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Four fields
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Tim Dee |
"In this book, Tim Dee tells the story of four green fields spread around the world: their grasses, their hedges, their birds, their skies, and both their natural and human histories. These four fiel… |
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The tide
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Hugh Aldersey-Williams |
368 pages : 22 cm |
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Dynamics in ergonomics, psychology, and decisions
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Valery F. Venda,Yuri V. Venda,Valeriĭ Fedorovich Venda |
xv, 505 p. : 23 cm |
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Cannibals and kings
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Marvin Harris |
¿Por qué tantas culturas han permitido el asesinato de las niñas recién nacidas? ¿Por qué los hombres se creen superiores a las mujeres? Marvin Harris responde a estas y muchas otras preguntas demost… |
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The Rhine
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Mark Cioc |
From Goodreads: "The Rhine River is Europe's most important commercial waterway, channeling the flow of trade among Switzerland, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. In this innovative study, Mark C… |
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The world around us
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Everett T. Keach |
An elementary textbook exploring people's relationship to one another and to their environment. |
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Earth in the Balance
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Al Gore |
"A passionate and lifelong defender of the environment, Vice President Al Gore describes in this book how human actions and decisions can endanger or safeguard the vulnerable ecosystem that sustains … |
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Death zone
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Ross Piper |
"Presents the science behind mountain climbing including the effects of high altitudes on the human body"--Provided by publisher. |
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