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5 Steps to a 5 500 AP Environmental Science Questions to Know by Test Day
McGraw-Hill Education 2011; US$ 14.00Organized for easy reference and crucial practice, coverage of all the essential topics presented as 500 AP-style questions with detailed answer explanations 5 Steps to a 5: 500 AP Environmental Science Questions to Know by Test Day is tailored to meet your study needs?whether you?ve left it to the last minute to prepare or you have been... more...
Fixing the Sky
Columbia University Press 2010; US$ 23.99As the alarm over global warming spreads, radical ideas are taking hold: if cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are insufficient, let's use reflective nanoparticles to bounce sunlight directly into space or launch mirrors into orbit around the earth. We could make clouds thicker and brighter or surround Arctic sea ice with a huge plastic flotilla. Yet... more...
Birds and Habitat
Cambridge University Press 2012; US$ 52.00Synthesises important concepts, patterns and issues relating to avian habitat selection, drawing on examples from Europe, North America and Australia. more...
The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 38.00Combining their expertise in atmospheric science and public policy, the authors present an accessible description of the scientific and political issues involved in the climate-change debate. This introductory primer will help students and the general public to sort through the conflicting claims made by scientists, politicians and the media. more...
Tree Faller's Manual
CSIRO Publishing 2011; US$ 24.95Covers risk assessment, theory and techniques for manual tree-felling. more...
True Wealth
Penguin Group US 2011; US$ 12.99A groundbreaking statement about ecological decline, suggesting a radical change in how we think about consumer goods, value, and ways to live. In True Wealth , economist Juliet B. Schor rejects the sacrifice message, with the insight that social innovations and new technology can simultaneously enhance our lives and protect the planet. ... more...
Hydropedology
Elsevier Science 2012; US$ 125.00Hydropedology is a microcosm for what is happening in Soil Science. Once a staid discipline found in schools of agriculture devoted to increasing crop yield, soil science is transforming itself into an interdisciplinary mulch with great significance not only for food production but also climate change, ecology, preservation of natural resources, forestry,... more...
The Genius of Earth Day
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2013; US$ 29.99The first Earth Day is the most famous little-known event in modern American history. Because we still pay ritual homage to the planet every April 22, everyone knows something about Earth Day. Some people may also know that Earth Day 1970 made the environmental movement a major force in American political life. But no one has told the whole story... more...
Natural Area Tourism
Channel View Publications 2012; US$ 35.00Natural Area Tourism provides a comprehensive description of tourism in natural areas allowing readers to understand the scope of, complexities arising from, and possibilities of undertaking successful tourism developments in natural areas. Furthermore, the second edition contains an overview of recent developments, such as mountain biking, adventure... more...
Twilight in the Desert
Wiley 2005; US$ 16.95Twilight in the Desert reveals a Saudi oil and production industry that could soon approach a serious, irreversible decline. In this exhaustively researched book, veteran oil industry analyst Matthew Simmons draws on his three-plus decades of insider experience and more than 200 independently produced reports about Saudi petroleum resources and production... more...









