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Outsmart Waste: The Modern Idea of Garbage and How to Think Our Way Out of It
Tom Szaky · Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.,
Pages: 156
Format: Paperback |
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Ever-expanding landfills, ocean gyres filled with floating plastic mush, endangered wildlife. Our garbage has become a massive and exponentially growing problem in modern society. Eco-entrepreneur Tom Szaky explores why this crisis exists and explains how can we solve it by eliminating... |
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Yellowstone: A Journey Through America's Wild Heart
David Quammen · National Geographic
Pages: 224
Format: Print book |
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Best-selling author David Quammen takes readers on a breathtaking journey through America's most inspiring and imperiled ecosystem - Yellowstone National Park - in this monumental book on America's first national park. Yellowstone's storied past, rich ecosystem, and dynamic landscape are brilliantly... |
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Volcano Discoveries: A Photographic Journey Around the World
Tom Pfeiffer · Midpoint Trade Books Inc
Pages: 240
Format: Print book |
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One of the most eye-catching guides to the world's volcanoes ever published - packed with stunning photography. Introductory chapters include clear and concise information on plate tectonics, different types of volcanoes, different eruption styles and volcanic hazards. The main chapters... |
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Historic Acadia National Park: The Stories Behind One of America's Great Treasures
Catherine Schmitt · Lyons Press
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback |
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If parks could speak, what would they say? Historic Acadia National Park is a vibrant collection of true stories that share different aspects of Acadia National Park's history. From its glacial origins, to its rising peaks near the tourist-town Bar Harbor, Acadia has a unique and fascinating... |
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The Great Transition: Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Solar and Wind Energy
Lester R. Brown · W W Norton
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback |
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The great energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy is under way. As oil insecurity deepens, the extraction risks of fossil fuels rise, and concerns about climate instability cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new world energy economy is emerging. The old economy,... |
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What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins
Jonathan Balcombe · Scientific American/Farrar
Pages: 288
Format: Print book |
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Do fishes think? Do they really have three-second memories? And can they recognize the humans who peer back at them from above the surface of the water? In "What a Fish Knows, " the myth-busting ethologist Jonathan Balcombe addresses these questions and more, taking us under the sea,... |
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The Quiet Extinction: Stories of North America's Rare and Threatened Plants
Kara Rogers · The University of Arizona Press
Pages: 238
Format: Print book |
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In the United States and Canada, thousands of species of native plants are edging toward the brink of extinction, and they are doing so quietly. They are slipping away inconspicuously from settings as diverse as backyards and protected lands. The factors that have contributed to their disappearance... |
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Your Golden Retriever Puppy Month by Month
Terry Albert · DK Publishing
Pages: 362
Format: Print book |
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"Expert pet author Terry Albert, veterinarian Deb Eldredge, and breeder Alan Gunther team up to cover each stage your golden retriever puppy will go through, detailing everything you need to be aware of and do during each phase."--Page four of cover. |
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The man who made things out of trees
Rob Penn · W.W. Norton & Company
Pages: 240
Format: Print book |
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The story of how one man cut down a single tree to see how many things could be made from it. Out of all the trees in the world, the ash is the most closely bound up with who we are. From tool handles to arrows, wheels and bowls to furniture and baseball bats, humans have made more and varied... |
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