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Australia's major river system is collapsing. Parts of it are dying; parts of it are already dead. Australia's most significant river no longer reaches the sea. I look out into the dim autumn light and wonder once again how it has come to this . . .

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This special 10th anniversary edition of the David Suzuki classic, re-examines our place in the natural world in light of sweeping environmental changes and recent advances in scientific knowledge.

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An environmentalist maps the hidden costs of overconsumption in a globalized world by tracing the environmental consequences of five commodities.

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Reveals the short-sightedness behind conceiving of floods, fires, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, hurricanes as natural disasters. This book argues that such thinking has led to policies that have done the environment more harm than good. It points out ways in which we can better address the environmental problems that humanity faces.

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A collection of essays from a wide range of disciplines, "The Social Ecology of Border Landscapes" addresses social ecologies in the marginal spaces, liminal landscapes and territorial interfaces of border zones.

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A collection of essays from a wide range of disciplines, "The Social Ecology of Border Landscapes" addresses social ecologies in the marginal spaces, liminal landscapes and territorial interfaces of border zones.

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This book is about how a new form of social contract, which we call the spatial contract, can help revitalize the economies of the basic things that matter - the core systems which build and provision the settlements human beings call home. -- .

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A detailed case study of the government policymaking process, this volume takes one key issue--the strategic minerals problem--and examines each stage of decision-making from the acquisition of raw data through the promulgation of foreign policy.

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Throughout the natural world, organisms have responded to predators, inadequate resources, or inclement conditions by forming ongoing mutually beneficial partnerships--or symbioses--with different species. Symbiosis is the foundation for major evolutionary events, such as the emergence of eukaryotes and plant eating among vertebrates, and is also a

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In the 1990s Richard B. Alley and his colleagues made headlines with the discovery that the last ice age came to an abrupt end over a period of only three years. In The Two-Mile Time Machine, Alley tells the fascinating history of global climate changes as revealed by reading the annual rings of ice from cores drilled in Greenland. He explains that

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The true story of how John Fenton transformed his family's run-down sheep farm into a lush oasis by the simple act of planting trees - lots and lots of trees.

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Never has master storyteller Evan Connell been more enthralling than in these incandescent pages - tales of real-life adventure ranging from the archaeology of Olduvai gorge to the exploration of the Antarctic; from Viking voyages to an Ice Age xylophone. Never has reality so far surpassed mere fiction or fantasy than in this magnificent volume.

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The true story of Gerard Mercator, the greatest map-maker of all time, who was condemned to death as a heretic.

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This easy-to-read tidal atlas includes comprehensive and detailed tidal streams and tidal heights and an annual Cherbourg tide table. It covers The Solent and Approaches, Portland Bill, Alderney and Cherbourg, Poole, Russell Channels, St Helier Approaches, St Malo Approaches and more.

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Presents an advanced theoretical treatment of global seismology. This book provides a survey of both the history of global seismological research and the major theoretical and observational developments made over a decade. It is intended for graduate students and to professional seismologists, geodynamicists, and geomagnetists.

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Gives valuable insight into the status of ground water hydrology in the U.S. Originally published in 1962. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these

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They Call the Wind Maria is the true story of one family's love and survival in a brutal hurricane season. In the chaos of Hurricane Maria's arrival in Puerto Rico Allie and her family leaped into a last-minute survival plan. They would embark on a 9-foot dinghy, through the open sea, with a GPS that could scarcely catch a signal, and without any opportunity to say goodbye to those they love.