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  • The Emerald Planet

    How plants changed Earth's history

    by David Beerling ...
    Series series Oxford Landmark Science
    Plants have profoundly moulded the Earth's climate and the evolutionary trajectory of life. Far from being 'silent witnesses to the passage of time', plants are dynamic components of our world, shaping the environment throughout history as much as that environment has shaped them. In The Emerald Planet, David Beerling puts plants centre stage, revealing the crucial role they have played in driving ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Making Eden

    How Plants Transformed a Barren Planet

    by David Beerling ...
    Over 7 billion people depend on plants for healthy, productive, secure lives, but few of us stop to consider the origin of the plant kingdom that turned the world green and made our lives possible. And as the human population continues to escalate, our survival depends on how we treat the plant kingdom and the soils that sustain it. Understanding the evolutionary history of our land floras, the ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    Making Eden

    How Plants Transformed a Barren Planet

    by David Beerling ...
    Narrated by Shaun Grindell ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 54 min

    Over 7 billion people depend on plants for healthy, productive, secure lives, but few of us stop to consider the origin of the plant kingdom that turned the world green and made our lives possible. And as the human population continues to escalate, our survival depends on how we treat the plant kingdom and the soils that sustain it. Understanding the evolutionary history of our land floras, the ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Pirate Radio

    An Illustrated History

    by Keith Skues, David Kindred, Tony Blackburn, Hans Knot, Peter Moore ...
    In an age when the airwaves were tightly controlled by the authorities, pirate radio was the illicit and illustrious haven for music lovers across the nation. From the first broadcast in 1964, the cowboys of the radio world fed their listeners’ desire for pop and rock music and, by doing so, changed British radio forever. Through more than 100 crisp, black-and-white photographs, Pirate Radio: An ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

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    Complexity and Uncertainty at the Intersection of Science, Economics, Politics, and Human Behavior

    by Frank P. Incropera ...
    Under one cover, Frank P. Incropera provides a comprehensive, objective and critical assessment of all issues germane to the climate change debate: science, technology options, economic ramifications, cultural and behavioural issues, the influence of special interests and public policy, geopolitics and ethical dimensions. The underlying science is treated in depth, but in an approachable and ... Read more

    $40.99 CAD

  • All I Did Was Ask

    Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists

    by Terry Gross ...
    A fascinating collection of revealing and entertaining interviews by the award-winning host of National Public Radio's premier interview program Fresh Air.Over the last twenty years, Terry Gross has interviewed many of our most celebrated writers, actors, musicians, comics, and visual artists. Her show, Fresh Air with Terry Gross, a weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues produced by WHYY ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Me and the Biospheres

    A Memoir by the Inventor of Biosphere 2

    by John Allen ...
    2009 Winner of the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Biography/Memoir, Me and the Biospheres is the definitive autobiography of John P. Allen, inventor of the largest laboratory for global ecology ever built and one of the most luminous minds of our time. Contained within a magnificently designed air-tight glass-and-steel-framed setting, Biosphere 2 covered three acres of Arizona desert and ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Extreme Weather Systems : 3rd Grade Geography Series

    Third Grade Books - Natural Disaster Books for Kids

    by Baby Professor ...
    Series series Children's Weather Books
    What is the weather today? Learning about the different weather systems will benefit many areas of life. It will help a child anticipate conditions for the rest of the days so clothes are adjusted, as well as plans. This book offers pictures more than descriptions so learning is very visual and therefore, highly effective. Secure a copy of this book today! ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • An Introduction to Complex Systems

    Society, Ecology, and Nonlinear Dynamics

    by Paul Fieguth ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This undergraduate text explores a variety of large-scale phenomena - global warming, ice ages, water, poverty - and uses these case studies as a motivation to explore nonlinear dynamics, power-law statistics, and complex systems. Although the detailed mathematical descriptions of these topics can be challenging, the consequences of a system being nonlinear, power-law, or complex are in fact quite ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • “Fingerprints” of Climate Change

    Adapted Behaviour and Shifting Species Ranges

    Edited by Conradin A. Burga, G.-R. Walther, P.J. Edwards ...
    In recent years an increasing number of studies have been published reporting observations of adapted behaviour and shifting species ranges of plant and animal species due to recent climate warming. Are these `fingerprints' of climate change? An international conference was organised to bring together scientists from different continents with different expertise but sharing the same issue of ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Phenology: An Integrative Environmental Science

    Edited by Mark D. Schwartz ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Phenology refers to recurring plant and animal life cycle stages, such as leafing and flowering, maturation of agricultural plants, emergence of insects, and migration of birds. It is also the study of these recurring events, especially their timing and relationships with weather and climate. Phenological phenomena all give a ready measure of the environment as viewed by the associated organism, ... Read more

    $243.99 CAD

  • Barefoot in Mullyneeny

    A Boy’s Journey Towards Belonging

    by Bryan Gallagher ...
    Bryan Gallagher's reminiscences of the Ireland of his youth, first heard on Radio 4's 'Home Truths', transport you to a world of boyhood pranks, playground politics and the confusion of growing up in a land that is every bit as magical and captivating as the stories he has to tell.Barefoot in Mullyneeny is Bryan Gallagher's evocative tale of a childhood remembered through the people and landscape ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD