Natural Resources
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Fire Weather: On the Front Lines of a Burning World
$20.00 Add to cartPULITZER PRIZE FINALIST – A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR – FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN NONFICTION – FINALIST FOR THE PEN/GALBRAITH AWARD FOR NONFICTION – A stunning account of a… [more below]
- Author: Vaillant, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 0525434240
- Language: English
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Energy Systems: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartModern societies require energy systems to provide energy for cooking, heating, transport, and materials processing, as well as for electricity generation. Energy systems include the primary fuel, its… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Jenkins, Nick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0198813929
- Language: English
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Power Metal: The Race for the Resources That Will Shape the Future
$32.00 Add to cartThe powerful ways the metals we need to fuel technology and energy are spawning environmental havoc, political upheaval, and rising violence — and how we can do better.
An Australian millionaire’s pl- Author: Beiser, Vince
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 0593541707
- Language: English
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Una Mano a la Tierra: Salvando El Medio Ambiente
$13.99 Read moreHelp readers make a difference by encouraging them to learn about the various ways the environment needs our help and the things they can do to reduce their carbon footprint. Readers will learn about … [more below]
- Series: Time for Kids Nonfiction Readers: Level 4.8
- Author: Cohn, Jessica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: April 08 2013
- ISBN10: 1433371014
- Language: Spanish
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Fighting for the Forest: How Fdr’s Civilian Conservation Corps Helped Save America
$8.99 Add to cart“Informative, inspiring.” —Kirkus Reviews
In an inspiring middle grade nonfiction work, P. O’Connell Pearson tells the story of the Civilian Conservation Corps–one of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New- Author: Pearson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 1534429336
- Language: English
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When the Rivers Run Dry, Fully Revised and Updated Edition: Water-The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century
$22.00 Read moreA new edition of the veteran science writer’s groundbreaking work on the world’s water crisis, featuring all-new reporting from the most recent global flashpoints
Throughout history, rivers have been- Author: Pearce, Fred
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: August 28 2018
- ISBN10: 0807054895
- Language: English
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Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S.
$20.95 Read more“Never before has the case been more compellingly made that America’s dependence on a free and abundant water supply has become an illusion. Cynthia Barnett does it by telling us the stories of the am
- Author: Barnett, Cynthia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0472033034
- Language: English
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A World Without Soil: The Past, Present, and Precarious Future of the Earth Beneath Our Feet
$22.00 Add to cartA celebrated biologist’s manifesto addressing a soil loss crisis accelerated by poor conservation practices and climate change
“Jo Handelsman is a national treasure, and her clarion call warning of a- Author: Handelsman, Jo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0300271115
- Language: English
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National Geographic Kids Water!: Why Every Drop Counts and How You Can Start Making Waves to Protect It
$14.99 Read moreDid you know the water in your glass could be the same water the dinosaurs drank? Discover more incredible facts about Earth’s water, the challenges facing it, and how your actions can help defend thi… [more below]
- Author: Gerry, Lisa M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1426373554
- Language: English
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Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World’s Most Vulnerable Places
$29.95 Add to cartA harrowing journey through the past, present, and future of mining, this expertly-researched account ends on a vision for how industry can better serve the needs of humanity.
A race is on to exploit- Series: David Suzuki Institute
- Author: Pollon, Christopher
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1771649127
- Language: English
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The Seaweed Revolution: How Seaweed Has Shaped Our Past and Can Save Our Future
$32.99 Read moreAs featured on BBC News and TIME
‘The potential of seaweed, or marine algae, to transform our world is huge… excellent book’ New Scientist
The seaweed revolution is a fresh hope for tomorrow.Seaweed d
- Author: Doumeizel, Vincent
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1915643856
- Language: English
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A Year in Rock Creek Park: The Wild, Wooded Heart of Washington, DC
$29.95 Add to cart2015 IPPY Silver Medalist, Best Mid-Atlantic Nonfiction
Twice the size of Central Park, Rock Creek Park is the wild, wooded heart of Washington, DC, offering refuge from a frantic city pace to millions
- Author: Choukas-Bradley, Melanie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: December 12 2014
- ISBN10: 1938086244
- Language: English
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The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water
$21.00 Read morePraised as “an entertaining and torrential flow of a book” by Nature magazine, The Big Thirst is a startling examination of the passing of the golden age of water and the shocking facts about how wate… [more below]
- Author: Fishman, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 14 2012
- ISBN10: 1439102082
- Language: English
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Gem Identification Made Easy (6th Edition): A Hands-On Guide to More Confident Buying & Selling
$43.99 Add to cartThe first and only book that explains in non-technical terms how to identify diamonds and colored gems, and how to separate natural gems from imitations, treated stones, synthetics, and look-alikes. T… [more below]
- Author: Matlins, Antoinette
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 30 2016
- ISBN10: 0997014555
- Language: English
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A Wild Idea: How the Environmental Movement Tamed the Adirondacks
$29.95 Add to cartA Wild Idea shares the complete story of the difficult birth of the Adirondack Park Agency (APA). The Adirondack region of New York’s rural North Country forms the nation’s largest State Park, with a
- Author: Edmondson, Brad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 15 2021
- ISBN10: 1501759019
- Language: English
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Con La Cabeza En Alto: Cómo Una Comunidad Amazónica Protegió La Selva
$17.99 Add to cart“One activist’s story shows how indigenous communities can fight to protect their sacred lands-and win”–]cProvided by publisher.
- Author: Gualinga, Patricia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: July 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1623542375
- Language: English
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Water for All: Global Solutions for a Changing Climate
$30.00 Read moreA fresh look at the world’s water crises, and the existing and emerging solutions that can be used to solve them
- Author: Sedlak, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0300256930
- Language: English
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The Art of Texas State Parks: A Centennial Celebration, 1923-2023
$40.00 Read moreIn 2023, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department marks the 100th anniversary of the state park system. From its inception in 1923, the Texas park system has grown to 95 sites, covering more than 627,
- Series: Kathie and Ed Cox Jr. Books on Conservation Leadership, Spon
- Author: Sansom, Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 234
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1648430686
- Language: English
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The Dreamt Land: Chasing Water and Dust Across California
$20.00 Add to cartA vivid, searching journey into California’s capture of water and soil–the epic story of a people’s defiance of nature and the wonders, and ruin, it has wrought
Mark Arax is from a family of Central V… [more below]- Author: Arax, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1101910194
- Language: English
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The State of Water: Understanding California’s Most Precious Resource
$24.00 Add to cartObi Kaufmann, author of the best-selling California Field Atlas, turns his artful yet analytical attention to the Golden State’s single most complex and controversial resource: water.
In this book, Kau… [more below]
- Author: Kaufmann, Obi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 01 2019
- ISBN10: 159714469X
- Language: English
