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One of the most versatile and familiar elements in the world, water is also one of the most mysterious.

The 236 entries in this book comprise an A-Z overview of water's manifold roles in human society and the natural world throughout history.

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Covers the range of history from prehistoric times to the present, offering biographical entries on the most famous real and fictional women travellers, explorers, and adventurers from all countries of the world.

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A balanced presentation chronicling both the major events that sparked environmental activism and the nature of that activism in the past century.

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Is stewardship a useful way of regarding our relationship with our environment - or is it a dangerous excuse for plunder Is it possible for us to be effective stewards This book gathers together expositions of stewardship with criticisms of the concept and adds other contributions written especially for this collection.

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Is stewardship a useful way of regarding our relationship with our environment - or is it a dangerous excuse for plunder Is it possible for us to be effective stewards This book gathers together expositions of stewardship with criticisms of the concept and adds other contributions written especially for this collection.

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Renowned author, broadcaster and environmentalist explore the countless challenges facing the world and their interconnected causes.

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Provides an account of the three-year Arctic voyage to the North Pole and the team's struggle against snowdrifts, ice floes, polar bears, scurvy, and hunger, and their accomplishment of travelling farther north than any other Western expedition.

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This is the first book to examine the deadly history and potential apocalyptic future of both natural and man-made lethal gases that threaten our world.

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This is a richly illustrated reference book that provides a unique, comprehensive, and up-to-date survey of the rocks and structures of fault and shear zones. These zones are fundamental geologic structures in the Earth's crust. Their rigorous analysis is crucial to understanding the kinematics and dynamics of the continental and oceanic crust, the

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Journalist Jo Chandler sets out on a quest that takes her across the Antarctic ice, under the seas and through the tropical rainforests of far north Queensland. Her mission is to explore one of the defining mysteries of our age - climate change

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This field guide will enable the indentification of a range of invasive plants and animals now found in Britain,

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A one-of-a-kind introduction to the major issues and controversies dominating the heated debate over U.S. forest policy today.

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Morgan discusses the origin of the emerald, its peculiar structure, and its strange allure.

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Highlighting the connections between climate change and human security, this book offers an examination of the meaning of climate change and global warming while maintaining a perspective on the implications of environmental effects on all forms of security - national, international, and human.

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Avise, an award-winning geneticist, guides this delightful voyage around the planet in search of answers to nature's mysteries. Through dozens of stories that span the Earth--from the Arctic to tropical jungles to the depths of the ocean--nature emerges as a realm where truth can be far stranger than fiction. 92 illustrations.

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This volume is an annual collection of studies on individuals who have made major contributions to the development of geography or geographical thought. Each chapter describes the geographer's education, life and work, discusses their influence, and includes a bibliography of their works.

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An introduction to the scientific principles behind various geological processes to explain how and why they can sometimes be dangerous to humans, this sourcebook contains numerous examples of famous or recent geological disasters, such as volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunami.

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Travel guides are a part of contemporary culture, but we know relatively little about their importance to the evolution of tourism. Germany produced the international standard for travel handbooks, the Baedeker. This work discusses the history of tourist guides over the past two centuries.