The Earth: natural history: general interest

This unique volume of thirty essays, by fifty-three internationally known scholars, honours C.

The great progress which has been made in recent years in the field of the chemical and physical properties of water and the dependence of the life processes on these makes it appear desirable to take water as an environment as the central theme and this subject occupies half the text.

The mighty river that flows through the capital of Canada was called in 'Grand River of the North' by the first French explorers, before they even knew of the existence of the Great Lakes which are part of the St Lawrence waterway today.

Jacalyn Duffin's History of Medicine is one of the leading texts used to teach the history of the medical profession.

Killing Bugs for Business and Beauty examines the beginning of Canada's aerial war against forest insects and how a tiny handful of officials came to lead the world with a made-in-Canada solution to the problem.

Killing Bugs for Business and Beauty examines the beginning of Canada's aerial war against forest insects and how a tiny handful of officials came to lead the world with a made-in-Canada solution to the problem.

Animal breeding has been complicated by persisting factors across species, cultures, geography, and time.

Animal breeding has been complicated by persisting factors across species, cultures, geography, and time.

The inaction of nation states and international bodies has posed significant risks to the environment.

The inaction of nation states and international bodies has posed significant risks to the environment.

Tuzo is the never-before-told story of one of Canada's most influential scientists and the discovery of plate tectonics, a pivotal development that forever altered how we think of our planet.

Tuzo is the never-before-told story of one of Canada's most influential scientists and the discovery of plate tectonics, a pivotal development that forever altered how we think of our planet.

From his lifelong professional career as an ecological consultant Dr.

In recent years, significant advances in both the theoretical and observational sides of physical oceanography have allowed the ocean's physical behavior to be described more quantitatively.

Symbiosis, Volume II: Associations of Invertebrates, Birds, Ruminants, and Other Biota focuses on associations involving insects, birds, and terrestrial vertebrates, as well as ectosymbiosis and endosymbiosis.

Comparative Planetology discusses the results of data obtained from the Viking mission to Mars along with other data from other planetary missions.

The Origins of Prebiological Systems and of their Molecular Matrices covers the proceedings of the conference conducted at Wakulla Springs, Florida on 27-30 October 1963 under the Auspices of the Institute for Space Biosciences, the Florida State University, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

The Nature of Living Things: An Essay in Theoretical Biology is a 16-chapter text that describes the theory on the nature of life and mind.

The Physical Foundation of Biology: An Analytical Study offers a detailed account of the relationship between physics and biology.

Advances in Water Pollution Research, Volume 1, documents the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Water Pollution Research held in Tokyo, August 1964.

James loves eating bananas at the beach.

Two men entered a branch of Barclays Bank on Pearl Street in Salisbury this morning.

In an attempt to discover why the mourning dove has changed its call, Tracey and her new friend Jonathan stumble on a bigger problem!

Long form journalism writings are testimonies to the complexities of life in the Indian Sub-Continent, they bring out the stories of the most ordinary lives of people in the region.

Eric and Matthew were born in Berea, KY in 1986 and started hiking with their Dad in the nearby hills and hollers of Kentucky as soon as they could walk.

In River Life and the Upspring of Nature Naveeda Khan examines the relationship between nature and culture through the study of the everyday existence of chauras, the people who live on the chars (sandbars) within the Jamuna River in Bangladesh.

In a time of accelerating sea level rise and increasingly intensifying storms, the world's sandy beaches and dunes have never been more crucial to protecting coastal environments.

From prehistoric times to the present, the Ocean has been used as a highway for trade, a source of food and resources, and a space for recreation and military conquest, as well as an inspiration for religion, culture, and the arts.

Eddie and Jena were enjoying a regular summer day, playing hide-and-seek with their friends, Shayla and Sharky.

From the mountains of New York to the ideals embodied by the Statue of Liberty, Of Mountains and Men is a collection of poems celebrating the American landscape, freedom, individuality, and the people who shape the nation's story.

The mountains of Ashe County, in North Carolina's northwest corner, support an antediluvian mixed hardwood forest, rooted in nutrient-rich soil and watered by 40 to 60 inches of annual rainfall.

The Great Hurricane of 1780, also known as Hurricane San Calixto II, is one of the most powerful and deadliest North Atlantic hurricanes on record.

A beautifully written classic of nature writing.

Angesichts der eskalierenden Klimakrise bricht sich in der Öffentlichkeit der meisten Industrieländer mühsam, allen Widerständen zum Trotz, eine fundamentale Erkenntnis bahn: Nichts wird so bleiben, wie es ist.

The ancient Greeks called it Gaia; the Romans Terra.

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Vibrant, fascinating, poetic - a year in living things: all the things we love, all the things we wish we could, all the little things we step over and never know - the best of British wildlife from two superb naturalists and writers' CHRIS PACKHAMFrom blackbirds, beavers and beetles to tawny owls, natterjack toads and lemon slugs.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Read this book, then look and wonder' Sunday Times *A TLS Book of the Year*We have to learn to live as part of nature, not apart from it.

Man-made global warming is advancing inexorably.

It is in very truth a sunny, misty, cloudy, dazzling, howling, omniform Day.

UPGRADE YOUR SMALL TALK GUIDED BY WORLD-LEADING WEATHER EXPERTS!

A journey of discovery through our natural world.

A captivating new book from Wade Davis - winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Into the Silence - that brings vividly to life the story of the great R o Magdalena, illuminating Colombia's complex past, present, and future.

A ground-breaking and beautifully written investigation into the Arctic Treeline with an urgent environmental message.

'The most effective ways for individuals to reduce their carbon footprint' INewsClimate Change researcher, Seth Wynes, sets out in the simplest terms how you can make a real and positive impact.

'One of our greatest nature writers' GuardianFor over fifty years, Richard Mabey has been a pioneering voice in modern nature writing.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVID ATTENBOROUGH!

** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER **'This book is a must' Peter HennessyOn Boxing Day 1962, when Juliet Nicolson was eight years old, the snow began to fall.

Discover what you can do to save the planet from plastic.

"e;How to describe the ecstatic song of larks?