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Endgame, Volume 1: The Problem of Civilization by Derrick Jensen Publisher Comments “Derrick Jensen is a rare and original voice of sanity in a chaotic world. He has wisdom and wit, grace and style, and is a wonderful guide to a good life beautifully lived.”—Howard Zinn The companion piece to Derrick Jensen’s... (read more) List Price $20.95 Your price: $14.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Elixir: A History of Water and Humankind by Brian Fagan Publisher Comments In Elixir, New York Times bestselling author Brian Fagan tells the story of our most vital resource and how it has shaped our history, from ancient Mesopotamia to the parched present of the Sunbelt. Fagan relates how every human society has been shaped... (read more) Available June 5, 2012 Your price: $18.00 New - Trade Paper 
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Islands Under Fire: The Improbable Quest to Save the Corals of Puerto Rico by Kevin Mccarey Publisher Comments A portrait of an often overlooked part of America—Puerto Rico and the Spanish Virgin Islands—this is the little-known story of how the U.S. government, in particular the Navy, almost destroyed a pristine coral reef to provide a target... (read more) Available October 2012 Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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Deep Future: The Next 100,000 Years of Life on Earth by Curt Stager Publisher Comments We are living at the dawn of the Age of Humans, but how long that age will last and how extreme its changes will be have yet to be determined. And it will be the lifestyle choices we make in this century that will affect that future more than those... (read more) Available July 17, 2012 Your price: $15.99 New - Trade Paper
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Climate Change Governance (Climate Change Management) by J. Rg Knieling Publisher Comments Climate change is a cause for concern both globally and locally. In order for it to be tackled holistically, its governance is an important topic needing scientific and practical consideration. Climate change governance is an emerging area, and one which... (read more) Available June 2012 Your price: $190.25 New - Hardcover
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Molecular Biological Technologies for Ocean Sensing (Springer Protocols Handbooks) by Sonia Tiquia-arashiro Publisher Comments Back cover copy The development of ocean sensors remains a ripe area for future investigation from science, policy and systems engineering standpoints. Clearly, there are many options for realizing integrated molecular analytical sensing systems. The... (read more) Available June 2012 Your price: $150.50 New - Hardcover
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The Promise of Wilderness: American Environmental Politics Since 1964 by James Morton Turner Publisher Comments From Denali's majestic slopes to the Great Swamp of central New Jersey, protected wilderness areas make up nearly 20 percent of the parks, forests, wildlife refuges, and other public lands that cover a full fourth of the nation's territory. But... (read more) Available May 2012 Your price: $39.95 New - Hardcover
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Climate Change: Inferences from Paleoclimate and Regional Aspects by Andr Berger Publisher Comments Experts in climate and water sciences from Canada, the United States, Brazil, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, France, Serbia, and other European countries and the UNESCO gathered at the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts on the occasion of the 130th... (read more) Available June 2012 Your price: $200.95 New - Hardcover
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Asserting Native Resilience: Pacific Rim Indigenous Nations Face the Climate Change by Zoltan Grossman Publisher Comments Indigenous nations are on the front line of the climate crisis. With cultures and economies among the most vulnerable to climate-related catastrophes, Native peoples are developing twenty-first century responses to climate change that serve as a model... (read more) Available June 2012 Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Peacebuilding and Natural Resources #4: Livelihoods, Natural Resources, and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding by Helen Young Publisher Comments A fundamental challenge for post-conflict recovery is sustaining and strengthening livelihoods. By degrading natural resources essential to livelihoods and by weakening access to those resources, conflict can wreak havoc on the ability of households to... (read more) Available November 2012 Your price: $98.95 New - Trade Paper
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Extreme Measures: The Ecological Energetics of Birds and Mammals by Brian Keith Mcnab Publisher Comments Along with reproduction, balancing energy expenditure with the limits of resource acquisition is essential for both a species and a population to survive. But energy is a limited resource, as we know well, so birds and mammals—the most energy... (read more) Available July 2012 Your price: $44.50 New - Trade Paper
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Animals in Traditional Folk Medicine: Implications for Conservation by R. Mulo Romeu N. Brega Alves Publisher Comments People have relied on medicinal products derived from natural sources for millennia, and animals have long been an important part of that repertoire; nearly all cultures, from ancient times to the present, have used animals as a source of medicine... (read more) Available May 2012 Your price: $219.75 New - Hardcover
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Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change, Second Edition by George Philander Publisher Comments The First Edition of the Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change provided a multi-authored, academic yet non-technical resource for students and teachers to understand the importance of global warming, to appreciate the effects of human... (read more) Available July 2012 Your price: $367.75 New - Hardcover
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Resilience Practice: Building Capacity to Absorb Disturbance and Maintain Function by David Salt Publisher Comments In 2006, Resilience Thinking addressed an essential question: As the natural systems that sustain us are subjected to shock after shock, how much can they take and still deliver the services we need from them? This idea caught the attention of both the... (read more) Available August 2012 Your price: $33.95 New - Trade Paper
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Ocean Dynamics by Dirk Olbers Publisher Comments Ocean Dynamics' is a concise introduction to the fundamentals of fluid mechanics, non-equilibrium thermodynamics and the common approximations for geophysical fluid dynamics, presenting a comprehensive approach to large-scale ocean circulation theory... (read more) Available June 2012 Your price: $150.50 New - Hardcover
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Tourism and Climate Change: Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation (Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility) by C. Michael Hall Publisher Comments Climate change is the single most important global environmental and development issue facing the world today and has emerged as a major topic in tourism studies. Climate change is already affecting the tourism industry and is anticipated to have... (read more) Available May 2012 Your price: $61.75 New - Trade Paper
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Paleontology in Ecology and Conservation (Springer Earth System Sciences) by Julien Louys Publisher Comments The fossil record contains unique long-term insights into how ecosystems form and function which cannot be determined simply by examining modern systems. It also provides a record of endangered species through time, which allow us to make conservation... (read more) Available May 2012 Your price: $140.25 New - Hardcover
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Land for Love and Money: Volume 1 by Reid Lance Rosenthal Publisher Comments This is Volume I of the unique digest of the 40 year, $1.5? billion career secrets of a land expert, fourth generation owner, and lover of land. Land for Love and Money, is sometimes serious, sometimes humorous, and in many ways controversial. Real life... (read more) Available June 26, 2012 Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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Clean Electricity Through Advanced Coal Technologies: Handbook of Pollution Prevention and Cleaner Production by Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff Publisher Comments Clean Electricity Through Advanced Coal Technologies focuses on the environmental damages caused by power plant operations and the environmental issues with solid waste, air and impoundment issues such as the massive TVA spill in Kingston, TN... (read more) Available August 2012 Your price: $199.95 New - Hardcover
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Developments in Hydrobiology #219: Ancient Animals, New Challenges: Developments in Sponge Research by Manuel Maldonado Publisher Comments This book summarizes the latest advances in sponge science through a concise selection of studies presented at the VIII World Sponge Conference. The collection of articles reflects hot, ongoing debates in molecular research, such as the monophyletic... (read more) Available July 2012 Your price: $219.75 New - Hardcover
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