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  • Papyrus

    par John Gaudet ...
    From ancient Pharaohs to 21st Century water wars, papyrus is a unique plant that is now the fastest growing plant species on earth. It produces its own “soil”—a peaty, matrix that floats on water—and inspired the fluted columns of the ancient Greeks. In ancient Egypt, the papyrus bounty from the Nile delta provided not just paper for record keeping—instrumental to the development of civilization ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Green Sahara

    Regaining Paradise in the Face of Climate Change

    par Mr John Gaudet ...
    A thoughtful exploration of how the Sahara Desert can be returned to its former glory as a green paradise while actively combating climate change.A green Sahara is something the world has not seen since 10,000 BC when the Sahara was a wet, lush region. By 3,000 BC though the climate changed, the rains stopped, and the ancient green Sahara dried into today's desert. It was the victim of a ... En savoir plus

    $38.19 CAD

  • The Pharaoh's Treasure

    par John Gaudet ...
    For our entire history, humans have always searched for new ways to share information. This innate compulsion led to the origin of writing on the rock walls of caves and coffin lids or carving on tablets. But it was with the advent of papyrus paper when the ability to record and transmit information exploded, allowing for an exchanging of ideas from the banks of the Nile throughout the ... En savoir plus

    $13.99 CAD

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  • This Is the Way the World Ends

    How Droughts and Die-Offs, Heat Waves and Hurricanes Are Converging on America

    par Jeff Nesbit ...
    "This is a must-read that lays out the clear and present dangers of climate change—and what we must do to avoid global catastrophe." —Rhea Suh, former president of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)Bustle 's "17 Best Nonfiction Books Coming Out in September 2018"The world itself won't end, of course. Only ours will: our livelihoods, our homes, our cultures. And we're squarely at the ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD

  • When the Sahara Was Green

    How Our Greatest Desert Came to Be

    par Martin Williams ...
    The little-known history of how the Sahara was transformed from a green and fertile land into the largest hot desert in the worldThe Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world, equal in size to China or the United States. Yet, this arid expanse was once a verdant, pleasant land, fed by rivers and lakes. The Sahara sustained abundant plant and animal life, such as Nile perch, turtles, crocodiles ... En savoir plus

    $26.39 CAD

  • African Beads: Jewels of a Continent

    African Beads: Jewels of a Continent is the first book ever published to deal exclusively with African-made beads. In detailed chapters organized by material (bone and shell, wood and amber, stone, metal, glass) authors Evelyn Simak and Carl Dreibelbis trace the historical journey of bead making in Africa. Prefaced with an essay by Lois Sherr Dubin and accompanied by 163 color photographs, this ... En savoir plus

    $13.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Back to the Well

    Rethinking the Future of Water

    Shortlisted, Donner Prize and Evelyn Richardson Non-Fiction AwardDroughts, floods, and contamination of fresh water in the American Southwest, in the Great Lakes region, in Australia, in northern China, in the Middle East, and in India have brought the critical issue of water supply to the forefront of public consciousness. In dozens of countries, ordinary citizens have cause to worry about what ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • Archaeology for Kids

    Uncovering the Mysteries of Our Past, 25 Activities

    par Richard Panchyk ...
    Collections series For Kids series
    This activity book features 25 projects such as making a surface survey of a site, building a screen for sifting dirt and debris at a dig, tracking soil age by color, and counting tree rings to date a find, teaches kids the techniques that unearthed Neanderthal caves, Tutankhamun's tomb, the city of Pompeii, and Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec empire. Kids will delight in fashioning a stone-age ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Three Ages of Water

    Prehistoric Past, Imperiled Present, and a Hope for the Future

    par Peter Gleick ...
    A revelatory account of how water has shaped the course of human life and history, and a positive vision of what the future can hold—if we act nowFrom the very creation of the planet billions of years ago to the present day, water has always been central to existence on Earth. And since long before the legendary Great Flood, it has been a defining force in the story of humanity.In The Three Ages ... En savoir plus

    $24.99 CAD

  • World Atlas of Oil and Gas Basins

    par Guoyu Li ...
    Professor Li’s World Atlas of Oil and Gas Basins is a fresh and comprehensive treatise of the distribution of the world’s hydrocarbon reserves. The Atlas highlights the geographical, sedimentary and geological features of the basins, using a combination of maps and stratigraphic diagrams to depict the history, prospectivity and commercial production capacity of the reserves on a continental and ... En savoir plus

    $146.99 CAD

  • Deserts

    A Very Short Introduction

    par Nick Middleton ...
    Collections series Very Short Introductions
    Deserts make up a third of the planet's land surface, but if you picture a desert, what comes to mind? A wasteland? A drought? A place devoid of all life forms? Deserts are remarkable places. Typified by drought and extremes of temperature, they can be harsh and hostile; but many deserts are also spectacularly beautiful, and on occasion teem with life. Nick Middleton explores how each desert is ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD

  • A Hot Mess

    How the Climate Crisis Is Changing Our World

    par Jeff Fleischer ...
    We already know what climate change is and many of us understand the human causes. But what will climate change do to our world? Who will be affected (spoiler: all of us!) and how will our lives change in the future? Topics include sea levels, extreme weather, drought, animal and plant extinction, and human and animal migration. Drawing on real-life situations and stories, journalist Jeff ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus