From award-winning ABC News Chief National Correspondent Matt Gutman, and written using exclusive interviews and information comes the definitive account of the dramatic story that gripped the world: the miracle rescue of twelve boys and their soccer coach trapped in a flooded cave miles underground for nearly three weeks—a pulse-pounding page-turner by a reporter who was there every step of their journey out.
'My mother was an oak treemy dad a garage mechanicMy father was a field of wheatmy mother the Prime MinisterMy mother was an innkeeperand my father a lonely cactus.
Drawing can improve your mood, release endorphins and make you happy but for many, the fear of the blank page, combined with a lack of confidence and know-how, can be daunting.
Based on fieldwork among state officials, NGOs, politicians, and activists in Costa Rica and Brazil, A Future History of Water traces the unspectacular work necessary to make water access a human right and a human right something different from a commodity.
In the early hours of the morning of 26 April 1986, the nuclear reactor at the Chernobyl power plant in Ukraine exploded, unleashing a storm of radioactive material into the atmosphere and contaminating most of Europe with its fallout.
'Sitting not far below my feet, there was a thermonuclear warhead about twenty times more powerful than the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima, all set and ready to go.
As debates about the effects of fossil fuels on our climate and foreign policy intensify, the question of just how much longer we can depend on this finite source of energy becomes more and more pressing.
'A wonderfully quirky history' SUNDAY TIMES'The perfect read while you wait for your summer holiday to begin' MAIL ON SUNDAY'Quippy anecdotes are woven with historical reference and geographical context to give full colour' IRISH TIMESA bulwark against invasion, a conduit for exchange and a challenge to be conquered, the English Channel - 21 miles wide at its narrowest point - represents much more than a conductor of goods and people.
Happy City is the story of how the solutions to this century's problems - from climate change to overpopulation - lie in unlocking the secrets to great city living This is going to be the century of the city.
'A very funny, important and only moderately terrifying clarion call of a book' - Adam Kay'HOT MESS provides loads of laughs about "e;the climate situation"e; and will position you at the right point between fear and determination' - Mark Watson 'Hilarious, informative and worrying in equal measure.
'A funny, achievable guide' Observer'Lauren Bravo is one of my favourite writers' Dolly Alderton'Bravo will inspire you to repair, recycle and give old items a new lease of life' StylistYou probably know the statistics: global clothing production has roughly doubled in just 15 years, and every year an estimated 300,000 tonnes of used clothing ends up in UK landfill.
The Whale in the Living Room follows the thrilling adventures of film-maker, John Ruthven, as he travels the globe, dives into our oceans and passionately recounts his life-affirming experiences.
Rhys Jones was brought up on a council estate in South Wales where expectations for what life held in store for you were slim, and the factor beckoned.
As debates about the effects of fossil fuels on our climate and foreign policy intensify, the question of just how much longer we can depend on this finite source of energy becomes more and more pressing.
From Michael Klare, the renowned expert on natural resource issues, an invaluable account of a new and dangerous global competitionThe world is facing an unprecedented crisis of resource depletion-a crisis that goes beyond "e;peak oil"e; to encompass shortages of coal and uranium, copper and lithium, water and arable land.
Considered one of the patron saints of twentieth-century environmental activity, John Muir's appeal to modern readers is that he not only explored the American West but also fought for its preservation.
The starvation, disease, and death caused by the Great Famine (184549) could have been greatly alleviated, if not totally averted, had the people of Ireland known about mussel farming and the abundant supply of this high-protein food source that could have been harvested in the bays and estuaries all around the Irish coast.
In Hydraulic City Nikhil Anand explores the politics of Mumbai's water infrastructure to demonstrate how citizenship emerges through the continuous efforts to control, maintain, and manage the city's water.
'One of history's most impressive field studies; an instant animal classic' TIMEJane Goodall's classic account of primate research provides an impressively detailed and absorbing account of the early years of her field study of, and adventures with, chimpanzees in Tanzania, Africa.
Gemeinsam mit Expertinnen und Experten haben wir, Abgeordnete der CDU-Landtagsfraktion in Rheinland-Pfalz, auch im Jahr 2023 wieder 20 Plädoyers für einen nachhaltigen und sozialen Markt zusammengestellt.
