The environment
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The environment
Paperback. Focuses on critical thinking and effective action for the future of our global agrifood system, based on an understanding of the system's historical roots. This book offers an analysis of the assumptions underlying different perspectives on problems related to food and agriculture around the world and a discussion of alternative solutions. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 b/w photographs, 55 line illustrations, 17 tables. BIC Classification: KNAC; RNFF; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 301
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520277427
- ISBN
- 9780520277427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.66
€ 40.99
€ 28.66
Paperback. This authoritative guide, written by international expert Vaclav Smil, has been fully revised to reveal how every aspect of our existence is governed by one of the most important concepts in our universe. Series: Beginner's Guides. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: RNFY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786071330
- ISBN
- 9781786071330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
€ 13.99
€ 10.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, B&W illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: PDZ; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781632865687
- ISBN
- 9781632865687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.12
€ 19.99
€ 14.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: RNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 37. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583229293
- ISBN
- 9781583229293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.65
€ 20.99
€ 16.65
Paperback. Argues that the chief stumbling block to environmental thinking is the image of nature itself. Ranging widely in 18th-century through contemporary philosophy, culture, and history, this title explores the value of art in imagining environmental projects. It traces the contexts of ecological constructs through the history of capitalism. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; RNK; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674034853
- ISBN
- 9780674034853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.50
€ 35.99
€ 30.50
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138294486
- ISBN
- 9781138294486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 27.83
€ 46.99
€ 27.83
Paperback. Provides an original and empirically grounded understanding of women's involvement in quality-of-life activism. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPA; RNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774812023
- ISBN
- 9780774812023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.93
€ 37.99
€ 33.93
Paperback. Northcott constructs a new political theology of climate change that acknowledges the role of borders in the constitution of the nations, and their providential ordering under God as assemblies of persons who recognise particular duties to each other within those borders. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HRCX6; JPW; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780281072323
- ISBN
- 9780281072323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.51
€ 31.99
€ 26.51
Paperback. A new edition of Peter Francis's highly respected text, reflecting new research findings and new eruptions. Preserving the immense clarity and engaging humour of the first edition including a new chapter on hazards and risk mitigation. Num Pages: 536 pages, numerous halftones and line figures. BIC Classification: RBC; RNR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 189 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1088.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 534
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199254699
- ISBN
- 9780199254699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 242.02
€ 242.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white tables, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: GPS; JHBC; JHM; RGC; RN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138639683
- ISBN
- 9781138639683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.58
€ 56.58
Hardcover. There are few marine creatures as spectacular as the Basking Shark. At up to 11 metres in length and seven tonnes in weight, this colossal, plankton-feeding shark is the second largest fish in the world. Join us for a journey amidst wild seas, places, people and conservation history in the battle to protect this iconic creature. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8-page colour section. BIC Classification: PSPM; PSVW1; RNKH; WNCS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Wild Nature Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780957394681
- ISBN
- 9780957394681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 28.12
€ 37.99
€ 28.12
Paperback. This final volume in the Eco-technology series deals with generation of energy using Nature's enormous potential. Editor(s): Coats, Callum. Translator(s): Coats, Callum. Num Pages: 268 pages, b&w photographs, illustrations, graphs. BIC Classification: RNC; THX; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 166 x 17. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Gill & Macmillan Ltd
- Number of pages
- 268
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781858600611
- ISBN
- 9781858600611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.62
€ 27.99
€ 21.62
Hardback. Argues that humans and ecological systems are inextricably bound together in complex ways. This book provides a foundation in traditional neoclassical economic thought, and places that foundation within an interdisciplinary framework which embraces the linkages among economic growth, environmental degradation, and social inequity. Num Pages: 488 pages, figures. BIC Classification: KCN; RN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 179 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1164.
- Publisher
- Island Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Second
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597266819
- ISBN
- 9781597266819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.91€ 83.80
€ 83.91
€ 83.80
Paperback. Provides an easy-to-follow programme for individuals and families to cut down the carbon calories they consume at home, on the road and at play. Num Pages: 108 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 188 x 20. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publisher
- Short Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 108
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904977988
- ISBN
- 9781904977988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.19
€ 17.99
€ 13.19
Hardback. With growing evidence of unsustainable use of the world's resources, such as hydrocarbon reserves, and related environmental pollution, as in alarming climate change predictions, sustainable development is arguably the prominent issue of the 21st century. Editor(s): Sillitoe, Paul. Series: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology. Num Pages: 532 pages, 71 ills, 37 tables. BIC Classification: RGC; RNU. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 153 x 237 x 34. Weight in Grams: 896.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782383710
- ISBN
- 9781782383710
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.50
€ 202.50
Paperback. Theorizes the political agency of things and natural phenomena-such as trash, food, weather, and electricity-to examine how non-human elements exert force on human politics and social relations. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 176 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: JPA; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 282. A Political Ecology of Things. 200 pages, illustrations. Argues that political theory needs to do a better job of recognizing the active participation of nonhuman forces in events. The author also explores how political analyses of public events might change were we to acknowledge that agency always emerges as the effect of ad hoc configurations of human and nonhuman forces. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JPA; RNK. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 12. Weight: 274.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346333
- ISBN
- 9780822346333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.02
€ 26.99
€ 25.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, Color Photos, Black and White Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSS; RNU; VS; WK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 229 x 10. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Chelsea Green Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933392479
- ISBN
- 9781933392479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 21.72
€ 33.99
€ 21.72
Hardback. Making a comeback in Northern Europe and North America, wolf populations cause conflicts by affecting the livelihoods of rural peoples. However, their arrivals also become embedded in more general societal tensions. Series: Interspecies Encounters. Num Pages: 270 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNN; JHB; RNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785334207
- ISBN
- 9781785334207
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.50
€ 153.50
Paperback. Dealing with the imminent decline of cheap oil, this book shows how oil and war have been closely related in the 20th century. Tracing the crucial role of fossil fuels in the rise of industrialism, it discusses the degree to which energy alternatives can compensate for oil, and recommends a global programme of resource conservation and sharing. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: RNF; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 514. Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies. 320 pages. Dealing with the imminent decline of cheap oil, this book shows how oil and war have been closely related in the 20th century. Tracing the crucial role of fossil fuels in the rise of industrialism, it discusses the degree to which energy alternatives can compensate for oil, and recommends a global programme of resource conservation and sharing. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: RNF; RNT. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 27. Weight: 518.
- Publisher
- TEMPLE LODGE PUBLISH
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 2New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905570003
- ISBN
- 9781905570003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.15
€ 17.99
€ 14.15
Paperback. An urgent and provocative call to action from the world's leading climate scientist. Num Pages: 336 pages, B&W. BIC Classification: RNC; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 274. The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity. 336 pages, B&W. Deals with global warming. This book paints a realistic picture of what happens if we continue to follow the course we're on. It also shows that there is still time to take the urgent, strong action needed to save humanity. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: RNC; RNP. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight: 274.
- Edition
- 1st Edition Thus.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408807460
- ISBN
- 9781408807460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99