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An urgent and heartfelt call for a new approach to conservation - one that starts in every backyard - from the New York Times bestselling author of Bringing Nature Home.

A beautiful companion to the year, showing how to find happiness in reconnecting to the natural world, wherever you live.

Together in one book, for the first time: The complete collection of this animal liberation zine from the mid-1990s. The Militant Vegan was a small, photocopied zine covering animal rights activism, and the Animal Liberation Front.

A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet

Covering the 563 species of birds known to occur in the West Indies, this text provides all aspects of identification and includes the full range of local names for the birds. The locality checklist" included provides an island-by-island guide to the distribution and status of all species."

An engaging and expertly illustrated field guide to over one hundred grasses, sedges, and rushes

Ecology is the science of how organisms interact with each other and with their environment to form communities and ecosystems. This book explains the principles of ecological thinking, how ecology affects our everyday lives, and how it guides environmental policy, especially in the light of current and future environmental challenges.

The most urgent story of our times, brilliantly reframed, beautifully told: how we had the chance to stop climate change, and failed.

Explained with expert, easy-to-understand commentary from forest school practitioner Richard Skrein, and illustrated throughout with captivating drawings by Maria Nilsson, this trusty guide will teach you all the essential skills you need to survive in the great outdoors.

Roses focuses on the classic, ageless and enduring flower that straddles garden-friendly modernity whilst also celebrating the style and grace of the old. Ranging from overblown, multi-petalled or deliciously simple and delicate, Roses rightly extols these beautiful blooms, and includes hands-on know-how and history of the world's favourite flower.

This book is the ultimate guide for both beginner and advanced foragers alike to working with most common plants found in the wild or even your backyard.Learn how to develop and polish harvesting skills that will help you gather from the same plant several times. You'll also know how to get the most out of each type of wild edible plant. Here's what you'll learn in this book: How to make use of common sense when foraging. All about safety and ethical foraging. How to become a pro at identifying different types of plans. Knowing when is the best time to forage. Harvesting the roots, flowers and leaves of herbs. Creative recipes with powerful health benefits. The great news is that just about anyone can forage safely if they have the basics down.

"First published in French as Comment tout peut s'effondrer: Petit manuel de collapsologie aa l'usage des gaenaerations praesentes A aEditions du Seuil, 2015."

A guide to rocks and minerals. Featuring 600 photos, precise annotations and descriptions - from the distinguishing features of rocks to which crystal system a mineral belongs to - it helps you identify different rocks and minerals quickly and easily.

Pit your wits against the world's greatest explorers.

Statistical Methods for Geography is the essential introduction for geography students looking to fully understand and apply key statistical concepts and techniques.

ANIMAL EXPLORERS is a brand-new picture book series that will inspire all budding explorers to follow their dreams. Lola the polar bear has a passion for plants, but there aren't many flowers in the Arctic. There's only one thing for it: she'll have to trek to the Amazon jungle!

An expert palaeontologist reveals how our understanding of the dinosaurs has been transformed by huge strides in technology in the 21st century.

With several thousand miles of coastline and nearly 800 islands, Scotland has the most diverse coast of the United Kingdom. From the wild waters around Cape Wrath to the serene beaches of the Silver Sands of Morar, via one of the world's largest whirlpools at Corryvreckan, this new book journeys around the varied shorelines of Scotland to complete the most comprehensive survey ever taken.Stuart Fisher, bestselling author of the similarly comprehensive Canals of Britain, visits all the places of interest along the entire coastline of Scotland: from rugged countryside edging the Highlands to modern cities, via firths and sea lochs, exploring history and heritage, striking architecture and dramatic engineering, wildlife, wonderful flora and fauna, art and literature.His journey takes him from industrial hubs to small villages and fishing communities, providing a keen insight into what makes each stretch of Scotland's shoreline unique and special. Evocative and often dramatic colour photographs help capture the great variety of the coast, and maps, book covers, stamps and local artefacts help convey the character of each area. This comprehensive and absorbing survey is a treasure trove of interest and knowledge for walkers, cyclists, boaters, holidaymakers and indeed anyone with an interest in coastal Scotland.

Taking the four seasons, the four elements and these four lives as his structure, Mike Parker creates a lyrical but clear-eyed exploration of the natural world, the challenges of accepting one's place in it, and what it can mean to find home. __________________________'A delightful book about beauty, joy, love and home...

From selecting appropriate methods to publishing your findings, this second edition offers a multidisciplinary introduction to the qualitative research process built around the authors' Qualitative Research Cycle - consisting of the design, data collection and analytic cycles.

It's Not Just the Facts When it comes to climate change, this truly is a golden age-of fake news, post-truths, pluralistic ignorance, conspiracy theories, a willfully ignorant administration, and the Cranky Uncle. You know him. We all have one. That exasperating Thanksgiving blusterer digs in his heels even as the foundation of his denial thaws faster than the Arctic ice caps. Written and illustrated by Dr. John Cook, cognitive psychologist and founder of the award-winning website Skeptical Science, Cranky Uncle combines humor and science to make clear, calm, and winnable arguments in the public controversy of climate change. Can we change our Cranky Uncle's mind? Probably, regrettably, not. But Dr. Cook makes it easier for us to understand him. And armed with this knowledge, prevent climate misinformation from spreading further.

NY MYTEBOG OM VEJR OG KLIMA!Måske kender du dilemmaet: Bliver jeg mere våd af at løbe gennem regn, end hvis jeg går? Svaret finder du i bogen 100 myter om vejr og klima.Vejret har eksisteret længe før mennesket, men lige så længe vi mennesker har eksisteret, har vi været påvirket af vejret. Derfor er der efterhånden utroligt mange myter om vejr og klima, og rigtig mange informationer at holde styr på. Hvad er vås og hvad er virkelighed?I 100 myter om vejr og klima tager forfatterne hånd om 100 velkendte myter, der på en humoristisk, videnskabelig og letforståelig måde behandles og dømmes enten sande eller falske – både dem om CO2, torden, snevejr, Antarktis og Amazonas, og alt derimellem. Findes der fx to ens snefnug eller ej? Kan gigtpatienter virkelig mærke, at et omskift i vejret er på vej? Og er det solpletter, der er hovedårsagen til klimaforandringerne, eller er Antarktis faktisk ved at blive større?

APOCALYPSE: The Book of Revelations Words by JohnArt by SikuPaperback, 96 pp This is stunning visualisation of the Book that spells out How the World will End. Using the iconic King James Version ( permission granted by the Queens Copyright holders) plus Siku's high charged Art THE FINAL BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVILThe last book of the Bible is the most mysterious book of the Bible. In it contains the riddle and unveiling of how the World will end.Now comes an illustrated graphic comic book version of this book. Stand in the Apostle John's sandals and watch the World's climactic war between good and evil unfold in dramatic and dazzling imagery. See the Lamb, the Seven-Headed Dragon, and the Beast as never before. Take a thrilling ride through ancient prophecy. Discover anew the story of the ultimate fulfillment of John's faith as the final battle is fought between God and Satan.Using the KJV text , permission given by the Queen of England. Visualised by SIKU ( Manga Bible, Judge Dredd , Lion Hero Bible,) by SIKU, Ed Chatelier of THE EDGE GROUP.