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  • When the Well Is Dry

    How Water Fuels Violence and Shapes Peace

    par Peter Gleick ...
    A comprehensive look at the relationship between water and violence, and how we can move from conflict to cooperation and peace, by one of the world’s leading water expertsThe first major water war erupted around 2500 BCE, when the Sumerian city-states of Lagash and Umma fought for a century over irrigation canals from the Tigris River. A few thousand years later, both Athenians and then Spartans ... En savoir plus

    $30.39 CAD

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  • 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

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    The Three Ages of Water

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

    par Peter Gleick ...
    Lu par Jonathan Beville ...

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    11 heure 26 min

    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

    $41.99 CAD

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    The Ministry for the Future

    A Novel

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    ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEARAn unsettling masterpiece of the imagination, using fictional eyewitness accounts to tell the story of how climate change will impact us all.“The best science-fiction nonfiction novel I’ve ever read.” —Jonathan Lethem, New York Times bestselling author of The Fortress of SolitudeThe Ministry for t... ... En savoir plus

    $58.99 CAD

  • The Rational Optimist

    How Prosperity Evolves

    par Matt Ridley ...
    “A delightful and fascinating book filled with insight and wit, which will make you think twice and cheer up.” — Steven PinkerIn a bold and provocative interpretation of economic history, Matt Ridley, the New York Times-bestselling author of Genome and The Red Queen, makes the case for an economics of hope, arguing that the benefits of commerce, technology, innovation, and change—what Ridley calls ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • Unbound

    How Eight Technologies Made Us Human and Brought Our World to the Brink

    Like Guns, Germs, and Steel, a work of breathtaking sweep and originality that reinterprets the human story.Although we usually think of technology as something unique to modern times, our ancestors began to create the first technologies millions of years ago in the form of prehistoric tools and weapons. Over time, eight key technologies gradually freed us from the limitations of our animal ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

  • Climate Wars

    How Peak Oil and the Climate Crisis Will Change Canada (and Our Lives)

    par Gwynne Dyer ...
    From one of the world’s great geopolitical analysts, a terrifying glimpse of the none-too-distant future, when climate change will force the world’s powers into a desperate struggle for advantage and even survival.Dwindling resources. Massive population shifts. Natural disasters. Spreading epidemics. Drought. Rising sea levels. Plummeting agricultural yields. Crashing economies. Political ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: Revised and Updated Third Edition

    The Fate of the World and What We Can Do Before It's Too Late

    While everything appears to be collapsing around us – ecodamage, genetic engineering, virulent diseases, the end of cheap oil, water shortages, global famine, wars – we can still do something about it and create a world that will work for us and for our children’s children. The inspiration for Leonardo DiCaprio’s feature documentary movie The Eleventh Hour and soon to be released HBO special Ice ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • Water

    The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization

    par Steven Solomon ...
    "I read this wide-ranging and thoughtful book while sitting on the banks of the Ganges near Varanasi—it's a river already badly polluted, and now threatened by the melting of the loss of the glaciers at its source to global warming. Four hundred million people depend on it, and there's no backup plan. As Steven Solomon makes clear, the same is true the world over; this volume will give you the ... En savoir plus

    $23.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Hothouse Earth

    An Inhabitant's Guide

    par Bill McGuire ...
    'It's a paradox but this was one of the most chilling books I've read this year. It's the definitive guide to where we're heading' ANTHONY HOROWITZ'The Earth is already in a dangerous phase of heating. Many scientists admit privately to actually being "scared" by recent weather extremes. But the public doesn't like pessimism, so we environment journalists hint at future optimism. This book ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Earth Transformed

    An Untold History

    par Peter Frankopan ...
    A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A revolutionary new history that reveals how climate change has dramatically shaped the development—and demise—of civilizations across time*The ebook edition now includes endnotes. Anyone who purchased the book previously can re-download this updated edition and access the notes.*Global warming is one of the greatest dangers mankind faces today. Even as ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

  • Here on Earth

    A Natural History of the Planet

    par Tim Flannery ...
    From the internationally acclaimed scientist, explorer, and conservationist comes an awe-inspiring account of earth's evolution.Beginning at the moment of creation with the Big Bang, Here on Earth explores the evolution of Earth from a galactic cloud of dust and gas to a planet with a metallic core and early signs of life within a billion years of being created. In a compelling narrative, Flannery ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus