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  • Tree Faller's Manualby ForestWorks

    CSIRO Publishing 2011; US$ 24.95

    Covers risk assessment, theory and techniques for manual tree-felling. more...

  • Ten Commitmentsby David Lindenmayer; Stephen Dovers; Molly Olson; Steve Morton

    CSIRO Publishing 2008; US$ 25.95

    Leading environmental thinkers speak on environmental issues facing Australia. more...

  • Resource Economicsby Jon M. Conrad

    Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 28.00

    A text for students with a background in calculus and intermediate microeconomics and a familiarity with the spreadsheet software Excel. more...

  • Ultrahigh Pressure Metamorphismby Robert G. Coleman; Xiaomin Wang

    Cambridge University Press 1995; US$ 65.00

    This book examines the geological aspects of the ultrahigh pressure minerals - diamond and coesite - in the Earth's crust. more...

  • Chainsaw Operator's Manualby ForestWorks

    Landlinks Press 2009; US$ 24.95

    The ultimate guide to basic chainsaw operating techniques covering safety, maintenance and cross-cutting. more...

  • Burning Issuesby Mark Adams; Peter Attiwill

    CSIRO Publishing 2011; US$ 49.95

    The role of fire in Australia's ecosystems, and how to manage fire both for safety and for diversity. more...

  • The Planet in a Pebbleby Jan Zalasiewicz

    OUP Oxford 2010; US$ 19.95

    This is the story of a single pebble. It is just a normal pebble, as you might pick up on holiday - on a beach in Wales, say. Its history, though, carries us into abyssal depths of time, and across the farthest reaches of space. This is a narrative of the Earth's long and dramatic history, as gleaned from a single pebble. It begins as the pebble-particles form amid unimaginable violence in distal realms of the Universe, in the Big Bang and in supernova explosions and continues amid the construction of the Solar System. Jan Zalasiewicz shows the almost incredible complexity present in such a small and apparently mundane object. Many events in the Earth's ancient past can be deciphered from a pebble: volcanic eruptions;the lives and deaths... more...

  • Sustainable Developmentby Michael Redclift

    Routledge 1987; US$ 58.95

    Argues that environmental problems need to be looked at internationally, in terms of the global economic system, and that the degradation of the environment is not 'natural', but an historical process linked to economics and politics. more...

  • Land and the Cityby Philip Kivell

    Routledge 1992; US$ 61.95

    In the rapidly changing sphere of urban development, land is shown to provide the basic morphological structure of the city, but also the source of economic and social power and the key to planning through examples from around the world more...

  • Environmentalism and the Mass Mediaby Graham Chapman; Keval Kumar; Caroline Fraser; Ivor Gaber

    Routledge 1997; US$ 67.95

    Drawing on interviews with journalists, media pictures and public opinion surveys in both UK and India, the authors outline the differing cultural, religious and political contexts which form the `world views' of North and South. more...