The environment
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The environment
Hardback. Illuminates a topic at the forefront of global ecology - biological invasions, or organisms that come to live in the wrong place. This title addresses various aspects of this subject at a global level - including invasions by animals, plants, fungi, and bacteria - in succinct, alphabetically arranged articles. Editor(s): Simberloff, Daniel; Rejmanek, Marcel. Series: Encyclopedias of the Natural World. Num Pages: 792 pages, 400 color illustrations, 58 tables. BIC Classification: GBC; PSAF; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 223 x 49. Weight in Grams: 2798. Series: Encyclopedias of the Natural World. 792 pages, Illustrations, maps. Editor(s): Simberloff, Daniel; Rejmanek, Marcel. Illuminates a topic at the forefront of global ecology - biological invasions, or organisms that come to live in the wrong place. This title addresses various aspects of this subject at a global level - including invasions by animals, plants, fungi, and bacteria - in succinct, alphabetically arranged articles. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: GBC; PSAF; RNC. Dimension: 279 x 223 x 49. Weight: 2798.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 792
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520264212
- ISBN
- 9780520264212
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.28€ 78.95
€ 99.28
€ 78.95
Hardback. Showing how our ability to see the Earth from 'necessary distance' has profound cultural and ethical implications, this book reveals a split between the ancient idea of the Earth as mother and its more recent conception as a resource to be exploited. The global change revealed by satellites should convince us of the need to act more responsibly. Num Pages: 149 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHR; RNFY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319406022
- ISBN
- 9783319406022
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 31.94
€ 38.99
€ 31.94
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199571314
- ISBN
- 9780199571314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.68
€ 13.68
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849713832
- ISBN
- 9781849713832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.05
€ 57.05
Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 120 figures. BIC Classification: KCN; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 288 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1642.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231174565
- ISBN
- 9780231174565
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.00€ 50.14
€ 65.00
€ 50.14
Paperback. In August 2005, as Hurricane Katrina blew in the city of New Orleans has been abandoned by most citizens. But resident Abdulrahman Zeitoun, though his wife and family had gone, refused to leave. For days he traversed an apocalyptic landscape of flooded streets by canoe. But eventually he came to the attention of those 'guarding' this drowned city. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JMC; BTP; JPVH; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141046815
- ISBN
- 9780141046815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. For thousands of years, humans have exploited the planet without counting the cost. Now Gaia, the living Earth, is fighting back. As the polar icecaps shrink and the global temperature rises, we approach the point of no return. This title offers a dire warning against the unchecked growth of civilization. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8pp colour. BIC Classification: RNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141025971
- ISBN
- 9780141025971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.76
€ 12.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Editor(s): De Young, Raymond; Princen, Thomas. Num Pages: 376 pages, 5 figures, 4 tables. BIC Classification: KCN; RNA; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262516877
- ISBN
- 9780262516877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 38.32
€ 39.00
€ 38.32
Paperback. This is the work of a man who has known and loved the Scottish Cairngorms for more than 30 years. Jim Crumley marks nature's rhythms with observations of bird, beast, flower and landscape, and proposes a radical solution to safeguard the mountains from the forces ranged against them. Num Pages: 200 pages, 24pp colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; RNC; RNF; RNK; WN; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 173 x 10. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Whittles Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781870325684
- ISBN
- 9781870325684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.44
€ 20.99
€ 19.44
Paperback. Mikhail Gorbachev is living proof that the word is mightier than the sword; that ideas, not armies, change the world. Two key words, Perestroika and Glasnost, characterised his philosophy - words that came to represent change and freedom in the universal consciousness. This book traces the evolution of his vision. Num Pages: 344 pages, Colour plates + halftones. BIC Classification: RNA; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 732. From the Cold War to a Sustainable World. 344 pages, Colour plates + halftones. Mikhail Gorbachev is living proof that the word is mightier than the sword; that ideas, not armies, change the world. Two key words, Perestroika and Glasnost, characterised his philosophy - words that came to represent change and freedom in the universal consciousness. This book traces the evolution of his vision. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: RNA; RNU. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 18. Weight: 732.
- Publisher
- Clairview Books
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905570317
- ISBN
- 9781905570317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.84
€ 19.99
€ 15.84
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA; KNAF; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803254251
- ISBN
- 9780803254251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.52
€ 49.52
Paperback. Gaia, in which James Lovelock puts forward his inspirational and controversial idea that the Earth functions as a single organism, with life influencing planetary processes to form a self-regulating system aiding its own survival, is now a classic work that continues to provoke heated scientific debate. Series: Oxford Landmark Science. Num Pages: 176 pages, 8 black and white figures. BIC Classification: PDZ; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 13. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198784883
- ISBN
- 9780198784883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.04
€ 14.99
€ 12.04
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107480674
- ISBN
- 9781107480674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.01
€ 47.01
Paperback. Clive Walker has changed the face of conservation in South Africa and devoted his life to the preservation of our wildlife and natural heritage. Baobab trails is the story of his journey, spanning more than forty years, told through his experiences with some extraordinary and remarkable personalities. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BGA; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781431408672
- ISBN
- 9781431408672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.30
€ 27.99
€ 24.30
Hardback. Edited by three leading experts in wildlife management, this book explores the interface of humans with wildlife and their sometimes complementary, often conflicting, interests. It contains well-researched chapters which address conservation, wildlife use, and the psychological and philosophical underpinnings of wildlife management. Editor(s): Decker, Daniel J.; Riley, Shawn J.; Siemer, William F. Num Pages: 304 pages, 101, 101 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSV; RNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 285 x 221 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1068.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421406541
- ISBN
- 9781421406541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.08
€ 104.08
Paperback. A collection of ethnographies grounded in second-generation political ecology, which focuses on the interchanges between nature and culture, and the local and the global. Editor(s): Biersack, Aletta; Greenberg, James B. Series: New Ecologies for the Twenty-first Century. Num Pages: 440 pages, 2 color illus., 5 tables, 6 color maps, 16 figures. BIC Classification: JPA; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822336723
- ISBN
- 9780822336723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.59
€ 33.99
€ 33.59
Hardback. Part of the "Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research" series, this work deals mainly with physical and geochemical analytical techniques used in paleolimnology. Editor(s): Last, William M.; Smol, J. P. (Dept. of Biology). Series: Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research. Num Pages: 504 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSPF; RBG; RBKF; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 39. Weight in Grams: 940.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402006289
- ISBN
- 9781402006289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 190.59
€ 190.59
paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, Black and White Reproductions of Original Brush and Ink Drawings. BIC Classification: RNFF; TVF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Chelsea Green Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603585224
- ISBN
- 9781603585224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.15
€ 20.99
€ 15.15
Hardback. Series: Graduate Texts in Physics. Num Pages: 275 pages, 75 black & white illustrations, 50 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDDM; PHVD; RNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319531793
- ISBN
- 9783319531793
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.51
€ 88.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 207 x 15. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Melville House Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781612195285
- ISBN
- 9781612195285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 6.00
€ 13.99
€ 6.00