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Elemental: How Five Elements Changed Earth's Past and Will Shape Our
It is rare for life to change Earth, yet three organisms have profoundly transformed our planet over the long course of its history. Elemental reveals how microbes, plants, and people...
On Borrowed Time: Australia's Environmental Crisis and What We Must Do
Global warming, biodiversity loss, salinity ...There is no doubt Australia's environmental problems appear huge and overwhelming. Not only is our unique natural heritage under threat, but the consequences for agriculture,...
Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility
A revolutionary new theory and call to action on animal rights, ethics, and law from the renowned philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum. Animals are in trouble all over the world. Whether...
The Accidental Garden: Gardens, Wilderness and the Space In Between:
'Delightful ... Mabey is the doyen of UK nature writing' New Statesman 'Both instructive and exciting, often ecstatic... Mabey is a great, pioneering nature writer' Irish Times 'Our greatest nature...
Raising Anti-Doomers: How to Bring Up Resilient Kids Through Climate
A guide to talk to your kids about existential threats and tough real world topics like climate change, war, pandemics, and more, in order to create a healthy home, and...
The Surge: The Race Against the Most Destructive Force in Nature
An Observer 'book to look out for' in 2026 A New Scientist pick for 2026 The Surge is a timely, gripping account of humanity's battle against rising waters - and...
The Golden Mole: and Other Vanishing Treasure ('A rare and magical
A lavish edition of Katherine Rundell's gloriously illustrated and fascinating bestiary, featuring three new additions to the treasure trove of vanishing wonders. 'Exquisite and timely.' Maggie O'Farrell 'A rare and...
The Last Rhinos: The Powerful Story of One Man's Battle to Save a
Life on Lawrence Anthony's game reserve, Thula Thula, is rarely dull, what with spitting cobras endangering his rangers and the unpredictable behaviour of his herd of elephants. But at least...
Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your
Tallamy lays out all you need to know to participate in one of the great conservation projects of our time. Read it and get started! Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author...
We Will Not Be Saved: A memoir of hope and resistance in the Amazon
REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK 'An unforgettable memoir about fighting for your home and your heart.' - Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club November '24 Pick) 'Full of wisdom, sadness, flourishes of...
Beyond Green: The Social Life of Australian Nature
How are we to think about nature and the environment? The idea of nature as it relates to culture, society and humans has always been in constant flux and highly...
A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us
Over the past century, our species has made unprecedented technological innovations with which we have sought to control nature. In A Natural History of the Future , biologist Rob Dunn...
The City of Today is a Dying Thing: In Search of the Cities of
Cities are bad for us: polluted, noisy and fundamentally unnatural. We need green space, not concrete. Trees, not tower blocks. So goes the argument. But is it true? What would...
We Will Not Be Saved: A memoir of hope and resistance in the Amazon
'Nemonte's writing is as provocative as it is inspiring' EMMA THOMPSON ' One of the most effective leaders for indigenous rights and environmental justice' LAURENE POWELL JOBS 'I'm here to...
1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina
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Originally a self-published sensation by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, 1 Dead in Attic captures the heart and soul of New Orleans in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. 1 Dead...
The Lost Elms: A Love Letter to Our Vanished Trees - and the Fight to
For millennia, elms shaped our landscape and our folklore; then they started dying. Few young people have seen a mature elm tree. They once covered great swathes of Europe and...
Wave: A Memoir
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST * One woman's searing account of losing her entire family in a tsunami. "The most exceptional book about grief I've...
People, Sheep and Nature Conservation: The Tasmanian Experience
This book focuses on the interactions between people, sheep and nature in the run country of Tasmania. It addresses the relationship between production and conservation in natural landscapes grazed by...
Myself and Other Animals
A final posthumous work of autobiography from the beloved conservationist and naturalist Gerald Durrell, to celebrate the centenary of his birth A final posthumous work from the beloved conservationist and...
Tigers Between Empires: The Journey to Save the Siberian Tiger from
The remarkable conservation story of one of the world's most iconic animals Deep in the forests of Northeast Asia roams the majestic and revered Amur tigers, more popularly known as...
Penguins: The Ultimate Guide Second Edition
An acclaimed photographic guide to these marvelous and enigmatic birds-now in a new, updated edition Penguins are perhaps the most beloved birds. On land, their behavior appears so humorous and...
The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire
How devastating viruses, pandemics, and other natural catastrophes swept through the far-flung Roman Empire and helped to bring down one of the mightiest civilizations of the ancient worldHere is the...
A Continent Transformed
When hunters and gatherers arrived in Australia many tens of thousands of years ago, their burning, hunting, and vegetable gathering practices caused substantial change in the continent's vegetation. In the...
Birdland: A Journey Around Britain on the Wing
A joyous celebration of Britain's rich bird life In Birdland , journalist and lifelong birder Jon Gower explores our intimate connection with the bird life around us. From the symphonic...
Floods, Famines And Emperors
Integrating science, archaeology and history, Brian Fagan shows how th e interaction of climate, land and people has shaped culture from the dawn of history to the present day. In...
Vanishing Voices: The Extinction of the World's Languages
Few people know that nearly one hundred native languages once spoken in what is now California are near extinction, or that most of Australia's 250 aboriginal languages have vanished. In...
Positive Development: From Vicious Circles to Virtuous Cycles through
Janis Birkeland presents the innovative new paradigm of 'Positive Development' in which the built environment provides greater life quality, health, amenity and safety for all without sacrificing resources or money....
Remnants of Green: Rain Forest Journey
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The book titled Remnants of Green: Rain Forest Journey by the author Anne Young. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
The World is Burning: Murder in the Rain Forest
The story of Chico Mendes, self-taught environmentalist and leader of a people fighting to save their way of life in the rainforest, who was gunned down outside his home in...
Horn of Darkness: Rhinos on the Edge
The black rhino is nature's tank, feared by all animals. Even lions will break off a hunt to detour around one. And yet the black rhino is on the edge...
Nature's Ghosts: The world we lost and how to bring it back
Winner of the 2024 Richard Jefferies Award for nature writingShortlisted for the 2024 Wainwright Prize for Writing on ConservationA Times Science Book of the Year 'Sophie writes fantastically, chronicling the...
Bothy: In Search of Simple Shelter
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'The bothy embrace is addictive' ADAM NICOLSON 'Will have you reaching for your boots' CAL FLYN ....................................................................... A...
Wild Cities: Discovering New Ways of Living in the Modern Urban Jungle
'Mind-shifting, heart-lifting' ISABELLA TREE 'Inspiring and essential' ALASTAIR HUMPHREYS 'As entertaining as it is enlightening' INDEPENDENT, Nature isn't a luxury, it's a necessity. But today the majority of the world's...
The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration
Shortlisted for the 2024 Carnegie Medal for Excellence The "closely observed, compassionate, and far-sighted" (Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Under a White Sky ) story of climate migration in...
Slow Down or Die: The Economics of Degrowth
One of the most deeply ingrained beliefs of our age is that perpetual economic growth is the solution to most, if not all, of society's problems. In Slow Down or...
Listen Our Land is Crying
This book presents the big picture of land-use, the degradation of land and water resources, and some of the wonders of this amazing continent, and provides a prescription for ensuring...
World Heritage
There are 892 sites in the world with UNESCO World Heritage status, ranging from Stone Age wall paintings and Inca ruins to spectacular landscapes like the Grand Canyon and the...
A Bright Future: How Some Countries Have Solved Climate Change and the
As climate change begins to take a serious toll on the planet--with much more damage yet to come--a solution to our warming problems is hiding in plain sight. We need...
Climate Change: The Point of No Return
There is no doubt: climate change is happening, and mankind is increasingly to blame. "Climate Change: The Point of No Return" provides a solid basis for the current discussion about...
The Impact of Climate Change: The World's Greatest Challenge in the
World leaders, environmentalists and the international science community agree that climate change is one of the largest and most intractable problems now confronting us all. Despite this, it still remains...
Your Life Is Manufactured: How the World is Made and How We Can Do it
From mega-factory floors, engineering laboratories and seaports to distribution hubs, supermarkets and our own homes, embark on an eye-opening guided tour through the world of manufacturing and its transformational influence...
Go Lightly: How to travel without hurting the planet
This sustainable travel handbook inspires readers to explore our fascinating planet without causing it further harm. Ten chapters help you go lightly, including how to choose the least impactful methods...
Weather: A Force of Nature
Weather collects some of the most breathtaking images from Weather Photographer of the Year, the annual competition held by The Royal Meteorological Society. Each image has been selected by a...
Coral Reefs of Australia: Perspectives from Beyond the Water's Edge
Australia's coral reefs stretch far and wide, covering 50 000 square kilometres from the Indian Ocean in the West to the Pacific Ocean in the East. They have been viewed...
Natural Asset Farming: Creating Productive and Biodiverse Farms
Farm dams, creeklines, vegetation and rocky outcrops are natural assets that are essential for healthy, sustainable farms. Protecting and enhancing these elements of natural capital on farms not only supports...
Drought Country: The Dry Times That Have Shaped Australia
Droughts have lurked behind Australia's major nation-shaping moments from European settlement at Port Jackson to Federation. They have caused catastrophic damage to Aboriginal, colonial and modern societies and, of course,...
Wildlife of the Box-Ironbark Country
Victoria's Box-Ironbark region is one of the most important areas of animal diversity and significance in southern Australia. The forests and woodlands of this region provide critical habitat for a...