Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning

As a child, award-winning travel writer Stanley Stewart dreamed of crossing Mongolia on horseback.

The idiosyncratic and witty travelogue of a young Welsh-speaking woman who travels the globe in search of Welsh communities.

An environmental parable for our times - the story of a beautiful blue bird meeting its nemesis at the end of the 20th-century.

An elegant demolition of the supermarket miracle, this book charts the impact that supermarkets have had on every aspect of our lives and culture.

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Nathaniel Philbrick, bestselling author of 'In the Heart of the Sea', reveals the darker side of the Pilgrim fathers' settlement in the New World, which ultimately erupted in bloody battle some fifty years after they first landed on American soil.

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What effect are you having on the environment?

Is the world really coming to an end in 2012?

In a world where we're bombarded with advice on going green, authors Mark Townsend and David Glick take a refreshing line and tell us how NOT to go green.

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Talented historian Maya Jasonoff offers an alternative history of the British Empire.

An up-close, comprehensive, and colorful atlas that allows you to travel to the lands where Jesus walked, Moses traveled, and Paul preached.

From conservation to protecting endangered species to sustainable living, A Christian's Guide to Planet Earth offers a faith-based framework for viewing our responsibility to the natural world as well as practical, biblical ways we can care for the magnificent creation around us.

Part historical narrative, part travelogue through the wilds of the West and part environmental polemic, 'Selling Your Father's Bones' is a thrilling journey through the history and wilderness of the stunning area of landscape that is Continental USA.

Tried-and-tested approach for transforming economies that are based on natural resource extraction to create long-term prosperity Designing Sustainable Prosperity (DSP) is a step by step blueprint for transforming economies from being dependent on short term natural resource extraction into long-term sustainable prosperity.

Desafíos en la gestión del agua, publicación del Instituto Cinara de la Universidad del Valle, pone a disposición del lector los desarrollos y avances de investigaciones y experiencias nacionales e internacionales relacionadas con el ahorro, uso eficiente y microcontaminates en el agua, siendo estos factores claves en la gestión integral del agua.

Our civilisation stands on the brink of catastrophe.

A Tudor voyage of exploration - an extraordinary story of daring, discovery, tragedy and pioneering achievement.

HIGHGROVE: A GARDEN CELEBRATED is a commemoration of the beautiful, mature gardens planned and planted by The Prince of Wales over thirty years ago.

How much do we really know about the place we call 'home'?

From the bestselling author of the Richard & Judy selected SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN.

Michael Palin's superb No.

First published in the 1950s, this is a classic account of the discovery in 1911 of the lost city of Machu Picchu.

From the world-famous expert on chimpanzees - the powerfully compelling sequel to the international bestseller IN THE SHADOW OF MAN: 'An instant animal classic' Time'I can't imagine a more vivid or unexpectedly moving introduction to chimpanzees in the wild than Jane Goodall's' New York TimesEquipped with little more than a notebook, binoculars, and her fascination with wildlife, Jane braved a realm of unknowns to give the world a remarkable window into humankind's closest living relatives.

'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.

The journey to the centre of the earth is a voyage like no other we can imagine.

With over fifty patents to his name and innumerable awards and accolades, James Lovelock was a distinguished and original thinker, widely recognized by the international scientific community.

Emphasising human-scale, local, sustainable alternatives to globalised industry, Sulak Sivaraksa offers a way to restructure our economy on Buddhist principles and on a basis that will promote personal development.

Die globale Erwärmung konfrontiert Gesellschaften mit drängenden Fragen zu ihren Zukünften: Das Wissen um stetig steigende Emissionen und die wachsende Sorge vor katastrophalen Kipppunkten lassen einerseits auf einen grundlegenden Politikwechsel hoffen, andererseits fühlen sich viele Menschen angesichts ihrer scheinbaren Machtlosigkeit überfordert.

Desde la Raíz es una obra fascinante que sumerge al lector en las raíces del conocimiento y la innovación.

Ancient trees, some over a thousand years old, are dotted around the British Isles, the last survivors of a lost world.

What if climate change isn t an environmental challenge, but an energy challenge?

Die durch Menschen verursachte Klimakrise zeigt sich immer dramatischer.

Addresses both social and cultural geography in a single volume, authored and edited by leading authorities in the fields The Companion to Social and Cultural Geography provides reliable and up-to-date coverage of both foundational topics and emerging themes within two vibrant and increasingly interconnected subdisciplines of geography.

En noviembre de 2020, en medio de la emergencia provocada por la pandemia del Covid-19, el huracan Iota conmociono a los habitantes del Archipielago de San Andres, Providencia y Santa Catalina.

Para que tengamos un planeta mejor, más justo y sustentable, sin duda alguna debemos apostarle a la cocreación de otras educaciones posibles que tejan procesos y que, a su vez, posibiliten la visibilización de un mágico territorio, como lo es el páramo, sus habitantes y la manera en la que históricamente se han entrelazado memorias y sentimientos en torno a su terruño.

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Introduce students to the diversity embraced by the discipline of biogeography, revised and updated throughout Biogeography: Space, Time and Life provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of large-scale geographic distributions of life, focusing on ecology, evolution, physical geography and conservation.

'The tree is the hero in his book.

***SHORTLISTED FOR FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020*** FT Best books of 2020: Business 'In a world on fire, status quo is not a great option.

'A bold, ambitious and truly wonderful history of the world' Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of Trees'A fascinating story and a crucial revision of the momentous importance of tropical forests to human history' Lewis Dartnell, author of Origins_________________________ Jungle tells the remarkable story of the world's tropical forests, from the arrival of the first plants millions of years ago to the role of tropical forests in the evolution of the world's atmosphere, the dinosaurs, the first mammals and even our own species and ancestors.

'If bravery itself could write, it would write like she does' John BergerWhy rebel?

* THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 'Another masterpiece from one of my favorite authors .

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Passionate, forthright and enthusiastic, Carlos Magdalena is a world-renowned horticulturist - known both for his charisma and his conservation work.

THE PERFECT READ FOR ANYONE WHO ENJOYS A TIPPLE .

WINNER OF THE TELEGRAPH BEST SPORTS WRITING AWARD 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2021'One of the best books ever written about the early attempts to conquer Everest.

The essential account of geopolitics right now, from one of our greatest living intellectuals - including a new afterword on President Donald Trump Noam Chomsky: philosopher, political writer, fearless activist.