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Prairie

A Natural History of the Heart of North America: Revised Edition

by Candace Savage ...

Series series The Natural History of North America
Praise for the previous edition of Prairie:"Impelled with its sense of the miraculous in nature."—Globe and MailCandace Savage’s acclaimed and beautifully written guide to the ecology of the prairies, now revised and updated.This revised edition of Prairie features a new preface along with updated research on the effects of climate change on an increasingly vulnerable landscape.It also offers... ... Read more

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Praise for the previous edition of Prairie:"Impelled with its sense of the miraculous in nature."—Globe and MailCandace Savage’s acclaimed and beautifully written guide to the ecology of the prairies, now revised and updated.This revised edition of Prairie features a new preface along with updated research on the effects of climate change on an increasingly vulnerable landscape.It also offers...
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Aquanaut

A Life Beneath The Surface – The Inside Story of the Thai Cave Rescue

by Rick Stanton ...

**THE ENTHRALLING INSIDE STORY OF THE THAI CAVE RESCUE NOW CHRONICLED IN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC HIT DOCUMENTARY THE RESCUEWRITTEN BY THE MAN AT THE HEART OF THE MISSION**'The British divers are all heroes' Clive Cussler'A case study in courage' Ron Howard, Oscar-winning director of Apollo 13________Thailand, July 2018.Twelve boys and their football coach vanish into Tham... ... Read more

$12.99 CAD

**THE ENTHRALLING INSIDE STORY OF THE THAI CAVE RESCUE NOW CHRONICLED IN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC HIT DOCUMENTARY THE RESCUEWRITTEN BY THE MAN AT THE HEART OF THE MISSION**'The British divers are all heroes' Clive Cussler'A case study in courage' Ron Howard, Oscar-winning director of Apollo 13________Thailand, July 2018.Twelve boys and their football coach vanish into Tham...
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Concentration and Power in the Food System

Who Controls What We Eat?

by Professor Philip H. Howard ...

Series series Contemporary Food Studies: Economy, Culture and Politics
Nearly every day brings news of another merger or acquisition involving the companies that control our food supply. Just how concentrated has this system become? At almost every key stage of the food system, four firms alone control 40% or more of the market, a level above which these companies have the power to drive up prices for consumers and reduce their rate of innovation. Researchers have ... Read more

$39.99 CAD

Nearly every day brings news of another merger or acquisition involving the companies that control our food supply. Just how concentrated has this system become? At almost every key stage of the food system, four firms alone control 40% or more of the market, a level above which these companies have the power to drive up prices for consumers and reduce their rate of innovation. Researchers have
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Food System Transformations

Social Movements, Local Economies, Collaborative Networks

Edited by Cordula Kropp, Irene Antoni-Komar, Colin Sage ...

Series series Critical Food Studies
This book examines the role of local food movements, enterprises and networks in the transformation of the currently unsustainable global food system. It explores a series of innovations designed to re-integrate sustainable modes of food production and encourage food sovereignty.It provides detailed insights into a specialised network of social actors collaborating in novel ways and creating new ... Read more

$71.99 CAD

This book examines the role of local food movements, enterprises and networks in the transformation of the currently unsustainable global food system. It explores a series of innovations designed to re-integrate sustainable modes of food production and encourage food sovereignty.It provides detailed insights into a specialised network of social actors collaborating in novel ways and creating new
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The Nightcrawlers

A Story of Worms, Cows, and Cash in the Underground Bait Industry

by Joshua Steckley ...

Series Book 17 - Critical Environments: Nature, Science, and Politics
How does a banal earthworm become a valuable commodity? Lumbricus terrestris, otherwise known as the Canadian nightcrawler, is the most popular live bait used by recreational anglers throughout the world. Each year, as many as seven hundred million worms are handpicked from Ontario farmland for the bait market, earning the region the undisputed title of worm capital of the world. The Nightcrawlers ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

How does a banal earthworm become a valuable commodity? Lumbricus terrestris, otherwise known as the Canadian nightcrawler, is the most popular live bait used by recreational anglers throughout the world. Each year, as many as seven hundred million worms are handpicked from Ontario farmland for the bait market, earning the region the undisputed title of worm capital of the world. The Nightcrawlers
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A Dictionary of British Place-Names

Edited by David Mills ...

Series series Oxford Quick Reference
This revised edition of the Dictionary of British Place-Names includes over 17,000 engaging and informative entries, tracing the development of the featured place-names from earliest times to the present day. Included place-names range from the familiar to the obscure, among them 'Beer', 'Findlater', 'Broadbottom', and 'Great Snoring'. The A to Z entries are complemented by a detailed introductory ... Read more

$14.89 CAD

This revised edition of the Dictionary of British Place-Names includes over 17,000 engaging and informative entries, tracing the development of the featured place-names from earliest times to the present day. Included place-names range from the familiar to the obscure, among them 'Beer', 'Findlater', 'Broadbottom', and 'Great Snoring'. The A to Z entries are complemented by a detailed introductory
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La Vie en chemin de fer

by Pierre Giffard ...

Dès l’abord de la gare, l’œil de l’observateur découvre aisément quelques types. L’heure et le lieu sont choses indifférentes. Que ce soit à sept heures du matin ou à sept heures du soir, que nous prenions la gare du Nord ou la gare Montparnasse, les mêmes binettes curieuses apparaissent devant notre objectif.C’est d’abord le groupe des voyageurs qui vont prendre le train :Le monsieur essoufflé n ... Read more

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Dès l’abord de la gare, l’œil de l’observateur découvre aisément quelques types. L’heure et le lieu sont choses indifférentes. Que ce soit à sept heures du matin ou à sept heures du soir, que nous prenions la gare du Nord ou la gare Montparnasse, les mêmes binettes curieuses apparaissent devant notre objectif.C’est d’abord le groupe des voyageurs qui vont prendre le train :Le monsieur essoufflé n
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The Elusive West and the Contest for Empire, 1713-1763

by Paul W. Mapp ...

Series series Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press
A truly continental history in both its geographic and political scope, The Elusive West and the Contest for Empire, 1713–1763 investigates eighteenth-century diplomacy involving North America and links geographic ignorance about the American West to Europeans' grand geopolitical designs. Breaking from scholars' traditional focus on the Atlantic world, Paul W. Mapp demonstrates the centrality of ... Read more

$31.99 CAD

A truly continental history in both its geographic and political scope, The Elusive West and the Contest for Empire, 1713–1763 investigates eighteenth-century diplomacy involving North America and links geographic ignorance about the American West to Europeans' grand geopolitical designs. Breaking from scholars' traditional focus on the Atlantic world, Paul W. Mapp demonstrates the centrality of
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España

Anatomía de un país extraordinario

by Francisco J. Tapiador ...

Este libro utiliza las herramientas que proporciona la geografía para ayudar al lector español a apreciar su país, aportándole datos y argumentos que expresen mejor su sentimiento de pertenencia y simpatía por España. Tras décadas de cuestionamiento de los valores y virtudes de un país que hizo una transición política modélica en 1978 y, desde entonces, una espectacular renovación económica y ... Read more

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Este libro utiliza las herramientas que proporciona la geografía para ayudar al lector español a apreciar su país, aportándole datos y argumentos que expresen mejor su sentimiento de pertenencia y simpatía por España. Tras décadas de cuestionamiento de los valores y virtudes de un país que hizo una transición política modélica en 1978 y, desde entonces, una espectacular renovación económica y
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Solar Cataclysm

How the Sun Shaped the Past and What We Can Do to Save Our Future

by Lawrence E. Joseph ...

Science journalist and futurist Lawrence Joseph has studied the unprecedented solar storms since the last ice age and in Solar Cataclysm he reveals the monumental ecological, biological, emotional, political, financial, and cultural effects they have had in the past, and will ultimately have on humanity’s future. This timely, fascinating, and relevant book from the bestselling author of Apocalypse ... Read more

$12.99 CAD

Science journalist and futurist Lawrence Joseph has studied the unprecedented solar storms since the last ice age and in Solar Cataclysm he reveals the monumental ecological, biological, emotional, political, financial, and cultural effects they have had in the past, and will ultimately have on humanity’s future. This timely, fascinating, and relevant book from the bestselling author of Apocalypse
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The Shining Mountain

The first ascent of the West Wall of Changabang

by Peter Boardman ...

'It's a preposterous plan. Still, if you do get up it, I think it'll be the hardest thing that's been done in the Himalayas.' So spoke Chris Bonington when Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker presented him with their plan to tackle the unclimbed West Wall of Changabang - the Shining Mountain - in 1976. Bonington's was one of the more positive responses; most felt the climb impossibly hard, especially ... Read more

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'It's a preposterous plan. Still, if you do get up it, I think it'll be the hardest thing that's been done in the Himalayas.' So spoke Chris Bonington when Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker presented him with their plan to tackle the unclimbed West Wall of Changabang - the Shining Mountain - in 1976. Bonington's was one of the more positive responses; most felt the climb impossibly hard, especially
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Ice

The Nature, the History, and the Uses of an Astonishing Substance

by Mariana Gosnell ...

Like the adventurer who circled an iceberg to see it on all sides, Mariana Gosnell, former Newsweek reporter and author of Zero Three Bravo, a book about flying a small plane around the United States, explores ice in all its complexity, grandeur, and significance.More brittle than glass, at times stronger than steel, at other times flowing like molasses, ice covers 10 percent of the earth’s land ... Read more

$5.99 CAD

Like the adventurer who circled an iceberg to see it on all sides, Mariana Gosnell, former Newsweek reporter and author of Zero Three Bravo, a book about flying a small plane around the United States, explores ice in all its complexity, grandeur, and significance.More brittle than glass, at times stronger than steel, at other times flowing like molasses, ice covers 10 percent of the earth’s land
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Soils

Genesis and Geomorphology

by Michael L. Thompson, Randall J. Schaetzl ...

In its first edition, Soils established itself as the leading textbook in the fields of pedology and soil geomorphology. Expanded and fully updated, this second edition maintains its highly organized and readable style. Suitable as a textbook and a research-grade reference, the book's introductory chapters in soil morphology, mineralogy, chemistry, physics and organisms prepare the reader for the ... Read more

$101.99 CAD

In its first edition, Soils established itself as the leading textbook in the fields of pedology and soil geomorphology. Expanded and fully updated, this second edition maintains its highly organized and readable style. Suitable as a textbook and a research-grade reference, the book's introductory chapters in soil morphology, mineralogy, chemistry, physics and organisms prepare the reader for the
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After Childhood

Re-thinking Environment, Materiality and Media in Children's Lives

by Peter Kraftl ...

Series series Routledge Spaces of Childhood and Youth Series
This book offers a new approach for theorising and undertaking childhood research. It combines insights from childhood and generational studies with object-oriented ontologies, new materialisms, critical race and gender theories to address a range of key, intractable challenges facing children and young people.Bringing together traditional social-scientific research methods with techniques from ... Read more

$86.56 CAD

This book offers a new approach for theorising and undertaking childhood research. It combines insights from childhood and generational studies with object-oriented ontologies, new materialisms, critical race and gender theories to address a range of key, intractable challenges facing children and young people.Bringing together traditional social-scientific research methods with techniques from
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Cuba - Ombres et lumières

by Jean-Marie Beuzelin ...

Cuba, un pays à nul autre pareil : de José Martí au Che, de la Révolution castriste à Guantánamo, de La Havane à Santiago de Cuba, de la Santería au Buena Vista Social Club, de la débrouille à la cubaine à la Libreta, le carnet d’alimentation...Ce livre est un voyage au coeur de Cuba et de la vie de ses habitants dans ses souffrances quotidiennes, mais aussi dans sa beauté et sa dignité, sans ... Read more

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Cuba, un pays à nul autre pareil : de José Martí au Che, de la Révolution castriste à Guantánamo, de La Havane à Santiago de Cuba, de la Santería au Buena Vista Social Club, de la débrouille à la cubaine à la Libreta, le carnet d’alimentation...Ce livre est un voyage au coeur de Cuba et de la vie de ses habitants dans ses souffrances quotidiennes, mais aussi dans sa beauté et sa dignité, sans
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Don't Know Much About Geography

Everything You Need to Know About the World but Never Learned

by Kenneth C. Davis ...

Series series The Don't Know Much About Series
An "entertaining [and] eminently readable" exploration of our home planet from the New York Times–bestselling author of Don't Know Much About History ( Publishers Weekly).Geography is much more than naming countries on a map or memorizing state capitals. It's the hub from which other disciplines radiate: meteorology, ecology, geology, oceanography, demographics, cartography, agricultural studies, ... Read more

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An "entertaining [and] eminently readable" exploration of our home planet from the New York Times–bestselling author of Don't Know Much About History ( Publishers Weekly).Geography is much more than naming countries on a map or memorizing state capitals. It's the hub from which other disciplines radiate: meteorology, ecology, geology, oceanography, demographics, cartography, agricultural studies,
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The Arctic

A Very Short Introduction

by Klaus Dodds, Jamie Woodward ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The Arctic is demanding global attention. It is warming, melting, and thawing in a manner that threatens fundamental state-change. For communities that call the Arctic 'home' this is unwelcome. A warming Arctic brings with it the spectre of costly disruption and interference in indigenous lives and communal welfare. For others, the ... Read more

$7.99 CAD

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The Arctic is demanding global attention. It is warming, melting, and thawing in a manner that threatens fundamental state-change. For communities that call the Arctic 'home' this is unwelcome. A warming Arctic brings with it the spectre of costly disruption and interference in indigenous lives and communal welfare. For others, the
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Life Lessons from Explorers

Learn how to weather life's storms from history's greatest explorers

by Felicity Aston ...

Great explorers are known for their hard-earned skills and meticulously honed character traits which have made their astonishing endeavours possible. Valuable lessons are waiting to be learned from the feats attained by the most revered names in exploration - from legendary adventurers such as Christopher Columbus to contemporary figures such as Wasfia Nazreen.Life Lessons from Explorers collects ... Read more

$9.99 CAD

Great explorers are known for their hard-earned skills and meticulously honed character traits which have made their astonishing endeavours possible. Valuable lessons are waiting to be learned from the feats attained by the most revered names in exploration - from legendary adventurers such as Christopher Columbus to contemporary figures such as Wasfia Nazreen.Life Lessons from Explorers collects
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Atlas des Tsiganes. Les dessous de la question rom (nouvelle édition)

by Samuel Delépine ...

Atlas numérique optimisé pour une lecture sur tablette. Le format EPUB3 permet de profiter de toutes les fonctionnalités de la lecture interactive : zoom HD sur les cartes, indexation, recherche in texte, navigation hypertextuelle, tables des matières interactives, textes en POP-UP, environnement ergonomique personnalisable. Près de 100 cartes et infographies inédites pour analyser la question rom ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

Atlas numérique optimisé pour une lecture sur tablette. Le format EPUB3 permet de profiter de toutes les fonctionnalités de la lecture interactive : zoom HD sur les cartes, indexation, recherche in texte, navigation hypertextuelle, tables des matières interactives, textes en POP-UP, environnement ergonomique personnalisable. Près de 100 cartes et infographies inédites pour analyser la question rom
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Rivers of Power

How a Natural Force Raised Kingdoms, Destroyed Civilizations, and Shapes Our World

by Laurence C. Smith, PhD ...

An "eye-opening, sometimes alarming, and ultimately inspiring" natural history of rivers and their complex and ancient relationship with human civilization (Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction).Rivers, more than any road, technology, or political leader, have shaped the course of human civilization. They have opened frontiers, founded cities, settled borders, ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

An "eye-opening, sometimes alarming, and ultimately inspiring" natural history of rivers and their complex and ancient relationship with human civilization (Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction).Rivers, more than any road, technology, or political leader, have shaped the course of human civilization. They have opened frontiers, founded cities, settled borders,
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This Way Up

When Maps Go Wrong (And Why It Matters)

by Map Men ...

***AN INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!**AUDIO BOOK NARRATED BY MARK COOPER-JONES AND JAY FOREMAN**An Audible Most Anticipated Listen!*The debut book from the YouTube sensation and all-round cartographical nerds, The Map Men!**Hello, we’re the Map Men and in the following pages, we’ve selected what we believe to be some of the very best wrong maps. Some of them are decades old, some are centuries ... Read more

$20.99 CAD

***AN INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!**AUDIO BOOK NARRATED BY MARK COOPER-JONES AND JAY FOREMAN**An Audible Most Anticipated Listen!*The debut book from the YouTube sensation and all-round cartographical nerds, The Map Men!**Hello, we’re the Map Men and in the following pages, we’ve selected what we believe to be some of the very best wrong maps. Some of them are decades old, some are centuries
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La Guadeloupe, la Caraïbe et l'Europe

by Félix Proto ...

Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine. ... Read more

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Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine.
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Dark Tourism

Practice and interpretation

Edited by Glenn Hooper, John J. Lennon ...

Series series New Directions in Tourism Analysis
Dark Tourism, as well as other terms such as Thanatourism and Grief Tourism, has been much discussed in the past two decades. This volume provides a comprehensive exploration of the subject from the point of view of both practice - how Dark Tourism is performed, what practical and physical considerations exist on site - and interpretation - how Dark Tourism is understood, including issues ... Read more

$94.99 CAD

Dark Tourism, as well as other terms such as Thanatourism and Grief Tourism, has been much discussed in the past two decades. This volume provides a comprehensive exploration of the subject from the point of view of both practice - how Dark Tourism is performed, what practical and physical considerations exist on site - and interpretation - how Dark Tourism is understood, including issues
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Glaciers and Glaciation, 2nd edition

by Douglas Benn, David J A Evans ...

Glaciers and Glaciation is the classic textbook for all students of glaciation. Stimulating and accessible, it has established a reputation as a comprehensive and essential resource.In this new edition, the text, references and illustrations have been thoroughly updated to give today's reader an up-to-the minute overview of the nature, origin and behaviour of glaciers and the geological and ... Read more

$166.99 CAD

Glaciers and Glaciation is the classic textbook for all students of glaciation. Stimulating and accessible, it has established a reputation as a comprehensive and essential resource.In this new edition, the text, references and illustrations have been thoroughly updated to give today's reader an up-to-the minute overview of the nature, origin and behaviour of glaciers and the geological and
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