Earth Sciences, Geography & Environment Books
BRF (The Bible Reading Fellowship) A Christian Guide to Environmental Issues
Book SynopsisEnvironmental sustainability is a major issue for us all. In this extensively updated edition, Martin and Margot Hodson consider eight of the key current environmental problems, giving the biblical basis for looking after the environment and helping to integrate environmental thinking into the reader’s understanding of Christian faith. This accessible guide includes ethical reflections, Bible studies focusing on a different biblical doctrine for each chapter, and eco-tips to enable practical response. Among the issues covered are climate change, food, biodiversity, and population, together with the relationship between environmental problems and issues relating to world development. Praise for A Christian Guide to Environmental Issues: Martin and Margot Hodson’s deep commitment to the critical issues that their timely book addresses shines through each chapter. Peter Harris, Founder of A Rocha This book looks straight in the eye of the most serious set of environmental challenges humanity faces. Drawing together in accessible ways scientific evidence, biblical reflection and practical ideas, it will provoke you to better think, act and pray for the renewal of creation. Rt Revd Graham Usher, Bishop of Norwich
£9.49
World Scientific Europe Ltd Carbon Finance: A Risk Management View
Book SynopsisMastering climate change has been recognised as a major challenge for the current decade. Besides the physical risks of climate change, the accompanying economic risks are substantial. Carbon Finance: A Risk Management View provides an in-depth analysis of how climate change will affect all aspects of financial markets and how mathematical and statistical methods can be used to analyse, model and manage the ensuing financial risks. There is a focus on the transition risk (termed carbon risk), but also a discussion of the impact of physical risks (as these risks are closely entangled) on the way to low carbon economies. This is a valuable overview for readers seeking an analysis of carbon risks from the perspective of financial risk management, utilising quantitative risk management tools.
£81.00
Profile Books Ltd DECARBONOMICS: & the post-pandemic world
Book SynopsisA book of two halves, Decarbonomics first sets the scene of current global economics, outlining the effect of the pandemic, the trade war between the US and China and the resulting fragmentation of globalisation. In the second half of the book, leading financial analyst Charles Dumas examines the economic reasons for action on climate change, and what form that might take. Dumas argues that investment to combat the changing climate will provide not only a boost to growth but also a rebalancing of geopolitics, benefiting those economies best placed to exploit the new technologies - possibly away from the oil-rich Middle East and towards the sun-rich Southern Hemisphere. He also examines the implications of a carbon tax, shifting economics to forge a financial solution to climate change. Drawing on original analysis by one of the world's leading macroeconomic forecasters, Decarbonomics shows how climate-change economics has shifted from a story of necessary sacrifice to one of opportunity.Trade ReviewCould the climate challenge rescue our economy from the weak demand that has afflicted it for decades? In this stimulating discussion of global macroeconomics and climate, Charles Dumas suggests that the investments needed to transform generation and use of energy could do more than reduce the threat of climate disaster: with the support of the right policies, they could help end our macroeconomic malaise. -- Martin Wolf * Financial Times *Charles Dumas shows how restoring economic growth and combating climate change are not in conflict but can be partners. * Lord (Mervyn) King, former governor of the Bank of England *It is most impressive, formidable in its determination to apply all that is admirable and pertinent in the high tradition of political economy to the huge issues posed by these topics.' * Peter Jay *
£10.80
Y Lolfa Dr Henry Hicks (1837-99) - The Life and Times of
Book SynopsisGeology was St David''s doctor Henry Hicks'' huge passion. Author of many articles, he made a major contribution to 19th century geological study and, despite having no formal training in the subject, was eventually elected president of both the Geologists'' Association and the Geological Society.
£7.60
Headline Publishing Group Tree Glee: How and Why Trees Make Us Feel Better
Book SynopsisTrees and humans essentially want the same thing – to live good, happy, purposeful lives and to flourish. We are inextricably bound.Trees provide us with the necessities of life – they clean the air we breathe, fill us with awe as we walk through forests and provide timber for the houses we live in, yet there are deeper reasons for our arboreal admiration that go beyond utility and beauty.Tree Glee looks at the psychology behind our fascination with trees, examining exactly how they comfort, restore and revitalise us and what we can learn from the wisdom of woodlands to improve our own wellbeing. It explores the importance of trees in our leafy suburbs and urban landscapes, sharing magical stories of remarkable ancient trees across the globe and inviting readers to reflect on their own personal 'treestory'.Featuring captivating photos and with chapters on forest bathing and nature therapy, woodland wellbeing and tree mythology Tree Glee explores how by deepening our appreciation and connection to trees and by celebrating and protecting them, we can flourish together.Trade Review'This lovely book is an absolute gem' -- Joanna Lumley, Tree Aid Patron'Trees are so important to our health and that of the planet. This inspirational book shows just how we can thrive together' -- Alan Titchmarsh MBE'I have loved trees as long as I can remember, and Cheryl Rickman's wonderful book illuminates the vitally important role they play, not only in maintaining the health of our planet and a habitat for so many living creatures, but also in providing us with mental and physical healing. Tree Glee also presents ideas on how you can help protect our amazing trees for the good of all' -- Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace'A blend of evocative nature writing, wellbeing advice and a call to action ... This gorgeously illustrated book offers practical tips, exercises and thought-provoking reflections to help us engage with our natural habitat and become healthier and happier as a result' * The Lady *
£15.29
Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited Understanding and Preventing Soil Erosion
Book SynopsisThis collection reviews the range of research on understanding the mechanisms of soil erosion, as well as advances in techniques for measuring erosion. The book also addresses recent developments in mitigation strategies to reduce soil erosion such as zero/no-tillage, buffer strips and soil stabilisers.
£137.75
Graffeg Limited Frog Book, The
Book SynopsisFrom frogspawn to tadpoles and finally into frogs, frogs have an incredibly unique and fascinating life-cycle. In this new book on the frog we take a look at this alongside many other fascinating frog facts and photography.
£9.49
Troubador Publishing Climate Change for Young People: The Antidote to
Book SynopsisDavid Stark could not find a book which explained climate change and related energy policy in appropriate detail without being patronising and alarmist so after seven years of research he wrote one himself. He believes that the contagion circulating through young people of the 21st century, eco-anxiety has spread because the agenda was set by activism where rational and informed debate is precluded. With this comprehensive - but entirely accessible - guide to climate change, debate and the healing process can now start. We can all begin to understand why efforts to date to ‘save the planet’ have hurt the economies of Western democracies and placed our energy and manufacturing security in the hands of autocracies. This book discusses the different arguments that are often heard in documentaries and news reports but breaks them down with facts and empirical scientific evidence, cutting through the hyperbole to see whether they are actually the cause for panic that we’ve been told they are and whether the solutions being proposed will really help. The current energy crisis suggests that the cure is worse than the disease.
£14.39
Archaeopress Fires in GunaiKurnai Country: Landscape Fires and
Book SynopsisAnthropogenic climate change has become a reality, and in Australia this means longer wildfire seasons with more intense fires across a wider area. The GunaiKurnai people of southeastern Victoria saw a large proportion of their Country decimated by the Gippsland Fires of ‘Black Summer’ (2019–2020), prompting questions about the management of Country and its heritage places and artefacts, and of the role that traditional (‘cultural’) burning could play. This volume, written at the request of the GunaiKurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation (GKLaWAC), seeks to investigate these twin issues. Bringing together a multi-disciplinary team of Aboriginal Elders, archaeologists, environmental scientists, ecologists, historians and art historians, it considers the histories of GunaiKurnai and European settler burning-based landscape management practices, the impacts of fire on specific classes of cultural materials, and the broader impact of changing wildfire patterns on cultural sites in the landscape. This is a truly collaborative venture that sees GunaiKurnai and academic expertise brought to bear in the service of common and pressing issues.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction – Bruno David, Russell Mullett, Joanna Fresløv and the GunaiKurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation ; PART 1. Background to Fires and Cultural Burning on GunaiKurnai Country ; Chapter 2. Wildfires: Characteristics, Drivers and Impacts on Cultural Sites – Grant Williamson and Jessie Buettel ; Chapter 3. Accounts and Memories of Landscape Burning Practices in Gippsland – Seumas Spark ; Chapter 4. Eugene von Guérard on GunaiKurnai Country 1860–1861: Reading the Story of Fire in his Depictions of the Landscape – Ruth Pullin ; Chapter 5. 20th and 21st Century Wildfires and Prescribed Burning in GunaiKurnai Country – Jessie Buettel, Bruno David and Stefania Ondei ; PART 2. The Distribution of Cultural Sites in GunaiKurnai Country, and How Fires Affect Cultural Materials ; Chapter 6. Cultural Sites in GunaiKurnai Country – Jessie Buettel, Russell Mullett, Jessie Birkett-Rees, Bruno David, Jean-Jacques Delannoy, Joanna Fresløv, Stefania Ondei, Robert Skelly and Jerome Mialanes ; Chapter 7. The Impacts of Fire on Stone Artefacts – Jerome Mialanes, Bruno David, Joanna Fresløv and Russell Mullett ; Chapter 8. The Impacts of Fires on Rock Art Sites and Ochre – Jillian Huntley and Courtney Webster ; Chapter 9. The Impact of Fires on Bone – Matthew McDowell ; Chapter 10. The Impacts of Fire on Culturally Modified Trees – Joanna Fresløv, Russell Mullett and Bruno David ; Chapter 11. Shells and Fire—Indicators and Effects – Katherine Szabó and Annette Oertle ; PART 3. Understanding the Impact of Fires on GunaiKurnai Cultural Heritage Sites: Past, Present and Future ; Chapter 12. Landscape Fires and Cultural Sites in GunaiKurnai Country – Jessie Buettel, Stefania Ondei, Bruno David, Joanna Fresløv and Russell Mullett ; Chapter 13. Archaeological Surveys in GunaiKurnai Country – Robert Skelly, Bruno David, Joanna Fresløv and Russell Mullett ; Chapter 14. Understanding the Distribution and Impacts of Wildfires in GunaiKurnai Country through Subregions – Jessie Buettel, Stefania Ondei, Bruno David, Joanna Fresløv and Russell Mullett ; Chapter 15. Conclusion – Russell Mullett, Katherine Szabó, Joanna Fresløv, Bruno David, Jessie Buettel, and the GunaiKurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation ; References
£63.78
Collective Ink Presence Activism
Book SynopsisA profound solution to calming and dissolving climate anxiety in these perilous times.
£14.24
Cranthorpe Millner Publishers Island to Island - From Somerset to Seychelles:
Book SynopsisIsland to Island: Photograph Collection is a unique assemblage of photographs, capturing not only the incredible wildlife and beautiful landscapes found in Seychelles, but also the difficulties of managing a remote tropical island nature reserve. Complementing the author's memoir Island to Island, this beautiful collection of photographs offers a rare and unique pictorial insight into a dynamic, challenging, yet privileged, existence: living amongst a million seabirds and some of the rarest wildlife in the world whilst experiencing and dealing with an alien culture in an isolated location. This comprehensive anthology features remarkable images of wildlife, landscapes, and day-to-day living captured through the lenses of seven photographers; from the challenges of being self-sufficient in extreme conditions, monitoring seabird populations on rugged terrain, and patrolling the island at night for poachers, all are portrayed and published for the first time.
£15.29
The History Press Ltd The Unique Life of a Ranger: Seasons of Change on
Book SynopsisFew people have had the privilege of living on an isolated nature reserve of international importance, their every move judged by countless critics. Young ranger Ajay Tegala, embarking on his placement at Blakeney Point aged just nineteen, would have to stand firm in the face of many challenges to protect the wildlife of one of Britain’s prime nature sites.In over 120 years, only a select few rangers have devoted their heart and soul to the wildlife of Norfolk’s Blakeney Point. Watching and learning from his predecessors, Ajay faced head-on the challenges of the elements, predators and an ever-interested public. From the excitement of monitoring the growing grey seal population, to the struggles of trying to safeguard nesting birds from a plethora of threats, in The Unique Life of a Ranger, Ajay shares the many emotions of life on the edge of land and sea with honesty and affection.Trade Review“This is Ajay’s first book and contains fifty illustrations of beautiful scenery as well as insight into life “behind the scenes” of the first coastal nature reserve in the National Trust’s care…” * Suffolk Norfolk Life *
£15.29
The History Press Ltd From Gaillimh to Galway: The Anglicisation of
Book SynopsisHave you ever wondered where your town or townland name came from? Do you want to know more about an Irish locality? Well if so this is the book for you.Featuring a comprehensive breakdown of the all available place names in their anglicised form and broken down into their relevant word or words this work by Tom Burnell will become the standard text for all those searching for authentic place-name information.In it the challenges of conflicting interpretations are tackled impartially and missing letters explored. It is an invaluable tool for researchers, amateur historians, the merely curious and general readers.
£17.00
University of Exeter Press Imagining Air: Cultural Axiology and the Politics
Book SynopsisImagining Air tackles air as a cultural, medical, and environmental phenomenon. Its major aim is to explore air’s visibility and invisibility within the environment through the investigation of such phenomena as pollution and pandemics. The book provides environmental and medical perspectives on air, in particular how it has historically been envisioned in U.S., Canadian and British cultural and literary narratives. The authors explore how these representations and the constructed meanings of air can help us understand the complex nature of air as it pertains to the COVID-19 pandemic, air pollution and broader environmental degradation. Chapter authors: Siobhan Carroll, Jeff Diamanti, Corey Dzenko, Clare Hickman, Tatiana Konrad, Jayne Lewis, Chantelle Mitchell, Christian Riegel, Arthur Rose, Gordon M. Sayre, Savannah Schaufler.Table of ContentsInformation on Contributors Introduction: Toward a Cultural Axiology of Air TATIANA KONRAD, CHANTELLE MITCHELL, and SAVANNAH SCHAUFLER Part I: Aerial Politics—Pollution, Consumerism, and Catastrophe 1. Fordism in Detroit, Consumerism in Los Angeles: A Brief History of Automobile Emissions Regulation and Lessons for Greenhouse Gas Pollution GORDON M. SAYRE 2. Dirty Air: Literary Tropes of the Canadian Nation CHRISTIAN RIEGEL 3. Witnessing Challenger: Viewing Aerial Space through the Reverberations of Disaster CHANTELLE MITCHELL Part II: Air and Art in Times of Crisis 4. Speculative Fiction, Atmotechnic Ecology, and the Afterlife of Romantic Air SIOBHAN CARROLL 5. Respiratory Realism: Elemental Intimacies Between “Carbon Black” and Red Desert JEFF DIAMANTI 6. Rumpled Bedsheets and Online Mourning: Social Photography and the COVID-19 Pandemic—Haruka Sakaguchi’s Quarantine Diary and Marvin Heiferman’s Instagram account @whywelook COREY DZENKO Part III: Trans-Sensory Air: Bodies and Environments 7. Envisioning Experiments on Air and the Nonhuman ARTHUR ROSE 8. The Importance of Open Air for Health: Environmental and Medical Intersections CLARE HICKMAN 9. “The Endless Space of Air”: Helen Keller’s Auratic Worldbuilding JAYNE LEWIS 10. Questions of Visibility: Aerial Relations across Society and the Environment, as Revealed by COVID-19 SAVANNAH SCHAUFLER Index
£67.50
Bonnier Books Ltd National Parks of the United Kingdom
Book Synopsis'A beautiful book' - Tristan Gooley'A splendid book - lively, affectionately observed, capturing the extraordinary range and variety of the Parks and all that is inspiring about our landscape' - Rory StewartA celebration of the nation's most beautiful places, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the creation of the national parks.The United Kingdom is home to no fewer than 15 national parks. These astonishingly diverse locations range from the sub-arctic mountains of the Cairngorms in Scotland to the ancient woodlands and vineyards of England's South Downs; from the dramatic Pembrokeshire coast in Wales to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Lake District.Home to some of our most precious wildlife, the national parks of the UK were created to protect our cultural heritage and strengthen our connection with nature. This inspirational journey through the parks captures the spirit of the British landscape and cont
£30.00
BookLife Publishing Battling the Blackout
Book SynopsisHave you accidentally ended up in the middle of a Disaster Zone? Yes? Well, do not panic! This book of top survival tips has everything you need to know about one of the world's most devastating disasters. Hold on tight... It is about to get dangerous!
£5.99
BookLife Publishing Evading the Eruption
Book SynopsisHave you accidentally ended up in the middle of a Disaster Zone? Yes? Well, do not panic! This book of top survival tips has everything you need to know about one of the world's most devastating disasters. Hold on tight... It is about to get dangerous!
£5.99
BookLife Publishing When Its Wet
Book SynopsisWhat is the weather like outside? Do you need sunglasses or an umbrella? The weather is an important part of nature and has a big impact on our lives. By watching the weather, you can make sure you are ready for anything!
£5.99
BookLife Publishing When Its Hot
Book SynopsisWhat is the weather like outside? Do you need sunglasses or an umbrella? The weather is an important part of nature and has a big impact on our lives. By watching the weather, you can make sure you are ready for anything!
£5.99
BookLife Publishing Rockpools
Book SynopsisThere is a lot more than just sand at theseaside. Come along on a trip to see what seaside creatures you can spot at the beach. The sky, sand, sea and rockpools are teeming with all sorts of life.
£8.54
BookLife Publishing When Its Cold
Book SynopsisWhat is the weather like outside? Do you need sunglasses or an umbrella? The weather is an important part of nature and has a big impact on our lives. By watching the weather, you can make sure you are ready for anything!
£5.99
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Orange Sky Rising Water
Book SynopsisFrom climate change to far-right politics, a captivating look at the Netherlands' modern challengesand a homage to the timeless ingenuity of the Dutch.
£18.04
Emerald Publishing Limited Managing Change
Book SynopsisManaging Change: Sustainable Practices, Inclusive Leadership, and Gender Equality in the Digital Industrial Revolution is a timely exploration of the multifaceted transformations occurring in today's business environment under the influence of the Digital Industrial Revolution. As industries undergo rapid digitalisation, understanding and effectively managing these interconnected dynamics are crucial for fostering positive change and ensuring the development of more equitable and sustainable societies.This edited collection delves into the intricate connections between sustainable practices, inclusive leadership, and gender equality amidst the digital revolution. It provides actionable insights through a blend of scholarly perspectives, practical case studies, and visionary discussions. Readers will gain a deep understanding of how sustainability can be integrated into organisational change efforts, the pivotal role of inclusive leadership in driving transformation, and strategies to achieve gender balance in technology-driven sectors. Additionally, authors analyse the impact of digitalisation on traditional industrial practices and organisational structures, highlighting both the challenges and opportunities of digital transformation while offering innovative approaches to effectively managing change within the context of the digital industrial revolution. Through real-world examples and forward-looking analyses, this insightful study equips its audience with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate the complexities of the digital age.Managing Change is essential reading for scholars, practitioners, and decision-makers seeking to thrive in the evolving business landscape. It offers practical strategies and best practices for those engaged in organisational change initiatives, sustainability efforts, or diversity and inclusion programs.
£72.00
Key Publishing Ltd Modern Railway 2025
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£21.25
RSC Publishing Critical Materials for a Lowcarbon Economy
Book SynopsisCritical Materials for a Low-carbon Economy looks at the science behind some of the materials that will be essential to a transition to a sustainable, low-carbon economy.
£66.50
Hawksmoor Publishing Spend Green and Save The World: Tackling Climate
Book SynopsisThis book is a practical guide on what you can do to combat climate change. The amazing thing is that it only takes 3.5% of a population to act in order to create cultural change and a mindshift in wider thinking!
£9.99
Arcadia Missa Publications The Subtle Rules The Dense
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£10.00
Studies in Photography Surveying the Anthropocene:: Environment and
Book SynopsisA thought-provoking combination of visually powerful imagery and comment *Includes 260 stunning photographs by more than 50 international contributors *Keynote essay by Patricia Macdonald *Features an interview with Dan Bailey and George Monbiot *Includes essays by Robert Macfarlane, Owen Logan, Kate Brown, Siobhan Lyons, Andrew Simms, Natasha Myers, Ayelen Liberona, Jared Diamond, Leslie Hook, Adam Nicolson Surveying the Anthropocene presents a range of approaches to image-making concerning the environment by some of the best artist-photographers working worldwide, alongside texts by some of the most illuminating writers on environmental questions, at a pivotal moment in the human relationship with the planet. Photographic approaches to environmental imagery have altered fundamentally in recent decades, largely as a result of increasing socio-ecological awareness. This insightful international survey, with a strong representation from Scotland, considers the varied range of current working practices of a representative selection of artist-photographers, both renowned and emerging, whose image-making explores human-caused environmental change. It concentrates particularly on work which relates to the types of impact, on climate and the web of life, that are sufficiently significant and globally widespread to appear in the future record of the rocks as a new geological epoch - the Anthropocene. The concept of the Anthropocene has engaged the attention and imagination of a wide range of commentators from very different backgrounds and walks of life. It therefore provides an excellent context in which to discuss, in an open and cross-disciplinary way, the range of responses of artist-photographers and cultural writers to our present global situation of multiple, interconnected environmental and social crises - and the options for human ingenuity in addressing these. Contributing photographers Jack Aeby, Antoine d'Agata, Benoit Aquin, Mandy Barker, Olaf Otto Becker, Daniel Beltra , Alex Boyd, Marilyn Bridges, Alicia Bruce, David Buckland, Edward Burtynsky, Anne Campbell, Thomas Joshua Cooper, Cortis & Sonderegger, Dalziel + Scullion, Pedro David de Oliveira Castello Branco, Bryan Debus, Susan Derges, Terry Evans, Tim Flach, Hamish Fulton, Sophie Gerrard, Lorne Gill, Emmet Gowin, Alexander Hamilton, J.J. Harrison, Louis Helbig, Zig Jackson/Rising Buffalo, Chris Jordan, Aleksandr Kupny, Chrystel Lebas, Ayelen Liberona, Timo Lieber, Owen Logan, Patricia & Angus Macdonald, Pradip Malde, Katie Blair Matthews, Meryl McMaster, Gideon Mendel, Richard Misrach, Fabrice Monteiro, Simon Norfolk, Susanne Ramsenthaler, Paul Souders, Jamey Stillings, Thomas Struth, Timm Suess, Klaus Thymann, Chris Wainwright, Greg White, Pinar Yoldas Scientists and photographers, some unnamed, from: Federal government of the United States; United States Department of Energy;, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA: Hannah A. Bullock; Azaibi Tamin;, NASA: including Jeff Schmalz (MODIS) Contributing writers Dan Bailey, Tobia Bezzola, Barbara Bloemink, Kate Brown, Jared Diamond, William A. Ewing, Jared Farmer, Willis E. Hartshorn, Leslie Hook, Siobhan Lyons, Robert Macfarlane, Bill McKibben, George Monbiot, Pete Moore, Jason Arunn Murugesu, Natasha Myers, Adam Nicolson, Andrew SimmsTable of ContentsSection 1: Into the Anthropocene Section 2: Anthroposcenes Section 3: Climate Change Section 4: 'Wild'/'Unwild'/'Rewild' and Rephotography Section 5: After the Anthropocene Section 6: Contributors list
£45.00
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Costs of Inequality in Latin America: Lessons
Book SynopsisFrom the United States to the United Kingdom and from China to India, growing inequality has led to social discontent and the emergence of populist parties, also contributing to economic crises. We urgently need a better understanding of the roots and costs of these income gaps. The Costs of Inequality draws on the experience of Latin America, one of the most unequal regions of the world, to demonstrate how inequality has hampered economic growth, contributed to a lack of good jobs, weakened democracy, and led to social divisions and mistrust. In turn, low growth, exclusionary politics, violence and social mistrust have reinforced inequality, generating various vicious circles. Latin America thus provides a disturbing image of what the future may hold in other countries if we do not act quickly. It also provides some useful lessons on how to fight income concentration and build more equitable societies.Trade ReviewThis is an excellent work on the complexities of inequality in Latin America and the lessons we can learn from ideas, social movements, and policies developed in middle income countries to reduce income and wealth inequality. This very important book is a must-read both for scholars of development studies and Latin American politics as well as for practitioners seeking to reduce inequality in developing and developed economies. * Dr Néstor Castañeda, University College London *A compelling case for the urgency of tackling inequality, in Latin America and the world, without falling into the temptation of a silver-bullet approach. Thanks to Diego’s insightful book, we now have a better understanding of the policies, politics and history of Latin American inequality. This book will be useful to succeed in the battle against social injustice in the region. * Rebeca Grynspan, Ibero-American Secretary General *Table of Contents1. Introduction: Lessons from the Land of Inequality 1.1. Inequality is growing in developed countries… and it is even higher in Latin America 1.2. Exploring inequality through case studies 1.3. The book’s argument: the economic, political and social costs of inequality 1.4. How do we move from here? Some Latin American lessons 1.5. The rest of the book 2. Latin America: Always the Most Unequal Region? 2.1. The most unequal region in the world? 2.2. It is about the rich, stupid! 2.3. Always Unequal? 2.4. No longer an exception: growing inequality in other parts of the world 3. The Economic Costs of Inequality: Poor Education, Lack of Innovation and Economic Crises 3.1. A historical excursion 3.2. The problem of education today 3.3. Inequality limits the opportunities to create more dynamic economies 3.4. The difficulties to tax the rich 3.5. Income inequality and financial crises 3.6. From the economy back to inequality 3.7. From Latin America to the rest of the world 4. The Political Costs of Inequality: Weak Democracies and Populist Solutions 4.1. The uncomfortable coexistence of democracy and elite power 4.2. The first wave of populism as a response to the democratic deficit 4.3. Coming to the present: the limits of democracy and a new populist response 4.4. Authoritarian breaks as extreme elite responses 4.5. From politics back to inequality 4.6. From Latin America to the rest of the world 5. The Social Costs of Inequality: Violence, Social Mistrust and its Consequences 5.1. The most unequal and most violent region at the same time 5.2. Inequality contributes to mistrust in neighbours and institutions 5.3. Inequality, discrimination and racism 5.4. From social problems back to inequality: the difficulties to create redistributive coalitions 5.5. From Latin America to the rest of the world: some warning signs 6. Changing Courses 6.1. Latin America as a warning to the rest of the world 6.2. The unexpected reduction of inequality in Latin America during the 2000s 6.3. What can Latin America do to reverse courses? 6.4. An agenda for equity in the rest of the world 6.5. Conclusion: hope or disappear?
£67.50
Amber Books Ltd Butterflies: Beautiful Flying Insects
Book SynopsisButterflies and moths hold an enduring fascination for their unusual life cycle, as they change from one creature into another. Butterflies is an outstanding collection of photographs showcasing nature’s most beautiful and often elusive butterflies and moths – members of the Lepidoptera order – in the variety of their natural habitats. With 17,500 species of butterfly and 160,000 species of moth in the world today, they can be found on every continent apart from Antarctica, and in every nation. Arranged in chapters covering some of the most beautiful and interesting types of butterfly and moth, their habitats, their transition from egg to caterpillar and from chrysalid to adult, as well as their behaviour, the book reveals little-known facts about their life cycle, anatomy, self-defence mechanisms, feeding and migration. For example, did you know that while caterpillars chew their solid food, adult butterflies can only consume liquid, and some moths do not even have mouths? Or that many species can taste with their feet? With full captions explaining how the species breeds, feeds, and changes from caterpillar to the animal kingdom’s most stunning member, Butterflies is a brilliant examination in more than 200 outstanding colour photographs of these fascinating insects.Table of ContentsContents to include: Introduction Chapter One: Butterfly Species and Anatomy Chapter Two: Moth Species and Anatomy Chapter Three: Habitats Butterflies and moths live in a wide variety of habitats: tropical forest, grasslands, sand dunes, coastlines, mangroves and mountains, to name a few. Many of these are occupied because of the particular foods they offer the insects. Butterflies and moths adapt to survive in these habitats, employing various ingenious self-defence mechanisms. They also contribute to the ecosystem they are part of through pollination. Chapter Four: Life Cycle Butterflies and moths have four distinct stages of their life – eggs, caterpillar/larva, pupa and adult – and the transition between each is a sight to behold. Chapter Five: Behaviour Members of the Lepidoptera order display numerous fascinating behaviours. This chapter examines their feeding, migration, navigation, communication, breeding and territoriality. Butterfly species and sub-species discussed to include: Anna’s Eighty-Eight Apollo Arctic fritillary Banded orange tiger Blue morpho Blue tiger Ceylon rose Chimaera birdwing Common blue Common buckeye Cracker Dead leaf Eastern comma Elizabethan Emerald swallowtail Forest giant owl Glasswing Golden Kaiser-i-hind Helioconius hacale zuleikas Island marble Malachite Map Monarch Painted lady Peacock Peacock pansy Piedmont ringlet Purple emperor Question mark Rajah Brooke’s birdwing Red admiral Richmond birdwing Schaus’ swallowtail Silver-washed fritillary Silver-studded blue Spanish festoon Sylphina angel Ulysses Viceroy Zebra swallowtail Moth species and sub-species discussed to include: Atlas Cecropia Cinnabar Comet Dysphania militaris Elephant hawk-moth Emperor Gallium sphinx Garden tiger Giant leopard Hummingbird hawk-moth Io Japanese silk moth Lime-hawk-moth Luna Madagascan moon Noctuidae Oleander hawk-moth Pellucid hawk-moth Rosy maple Texas wasp-moth Uropyia meticulodina White-lined sphinx
£16.99
Amber Books Ltd Endangered Places: From the Amazonian rainforest
Book SynopsisOur beautiful planet is in danger: the warning signs are there, year after year – from vast forest fires across Australia to coral bleaching in the Pacific and the rapid break up of polar ice and the consequent rise in sea levels, threatening low-lying coastal communities everywhere. Arranged by continent, Endangered Places introduces the reader to many of the most stunning natural locations from the around the world that are currently under threat. Learn about the magnificent Bornean rainforest, home to threatened species such as orangutans, probiscis monkeys and the Sumatran rhinoceros; marvel at the beauty of the Great Barrier Reef, stretching 2,300 kilometres along Australia’s east coast and built by billions of tiny organisms, known as coral polyps; explore the Aral Sea, formerly the fourth largest lake in the world and today less than 10 per cent of it’s original size after the rivers that fed it were diverted by Soviet irrigation projects; and understand the process of desertification, which has led to the huge expansion of the Sahara Desert and the dramatic shrinkage of Lake Chad. Illustrated with more than 180 photographs of more than 100 threatened locations, Endangered Places celebrates the beauty of our planet while reminding us of how easily this can be lost through human behaviour and climate change.Trade Review"the book's 180 vibrant photographs feel at once like a call to travel and a call to action, inspiring readers to seek out these astonishing destinations and take steps to help conserve them before it's too late." * Frommers *Table of ContentsContents: Introduction EUROPE: Bittern, Reedbed, Suffolk Hurst Castle, Hampshire, England Thornham Marshes, Norfolk, England Bennerley Viaduct, Derbyshire– Nottinghamshire, England Canning and Salthouse Docks, Liverpool, England St-Émilion Vineyards, Nouvelle- Aquitaine, France St-Jorioz Reedbed, Lake Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France Gironde Estuary, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France Couvent de Récollets, Nivelles, Wallonia, Belgium De Duivelskuil Nature, Limburg, Netherlands Wadden Sea Salt Marsh, Netherlands Simbach-am-Inn, Bavaria, Germany Sylt Island, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Historic Centre of Vienna, Austria Venice, Italy Civita di Bagnoregio, Lazio, Italy Lake Balaton, Veszprém, Hungary Zahara de la Sierra, Cádiz, Spain Orleans-Bourbon Palace, Sanlucar de Barrameda, Cádiz, Spain Neptune Baths, Baile Herculane, Romania Danube Delta, Tulcea, Romania Black Sea, Ukraine–Russia St Stephen, Nesebar, Bulgaria Patriarchate of Pec Monastery, Peja, Kosovo Big Kemeri Bog, Latvia Yelnya Reserve, Belarus AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST: Municipal Hall, Benghazi, Cyrenaica, Libya Atiq Mosque, Benghazi, Cyrenaica, Libya Ghadamès, Tripolitania, Libya Tadrart Acacus, Ghat, Libya Leptis Magna, Tripolitania, Libya Telouet, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco Lake Burullus, Kafr El Sheikh, Egypt Osireion, Abydos, Sohag, Egypt Temple of Ramesses II, Abydos, Sohag, Egypt Pyramids of Giza, Greater Cairo, Egypt Nuri, Northern State, Sudan Kasubi Tombs, Kampala, Uganda Timbuktu, Mali Great Mosque of Djenné, Mali Nabiyotum Crater, Lake Turkana, Kenya Ngorongoro Crater, Arusha, Tanzania Great Mosque of Kilwa Kisiwani, Lindi, Tanzania Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania Cape of Caotinha, Benguela, Angola Table Mountain National Park, Western Cape, South Africa Etosha National Park, Kunene, Namibia Congo Basin Rainforest, Democratic Republic of the Congo Garamba National Park, Haut-Uélé, Democratic Republic of the Congo Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo Batammariba Home, Koutammakou, Togo Comoé National Park, Côte d’Ivoire Ashanti Shrine, Ashanti, Ghana Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves, Arlit, Niger Adrar Plateau, Mauritania Niokolo-Koba National Park, Senegal Hebron Old Town, West Bank Petra, Ma’an, Jordan Dead Sea, Jordan–Israel–West Bank Beirut Central District, Lebanon Damascus, Syria Citadel of Aleppo, Syria Zabid, Al Hudaydah, Yemen ASIA, PACIFIC & the POLES Sea Ice, Svalbard, Arctic Ocean Aral Sea, Kazakhstan–Uzbekistan Minaret of Jam, Ghor, Afghanistan Bamyan Valley, Afghanistan Shakhrisabz, Qashqadaryo, Uzbekistan Shahdara Bagh, Lahore, Pakistan Taj Mahal, Agra, India Chand Baori, Abhaneri, India Western Ghats, Karnataka, India Hawksbill Turtle, Maldives, Indian Ocean Panam Nagar, Narayanganj, Bangladesh Horton Plains National Park, Central Province, Sri Lanka Yongtai Fortress, Gansu, China Zhuangzhai, Fujian, China Choijin Lama Temple, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Kaathe Swayambhu Shree Gha Chaitya, Kathmandu, Nepal Bunong Village, Mondulkiri, Cambodia Preah Khan, Siem Reap, Cambodia Sea Pong Lai Waterfall, Bolaven Plateau, Laos Inle Lake, Myanmar Huai Mae Khamin Waterfall, Khuean Srinagarindra National Park, Thailand Rainforest of Borneo, Indonesia– Malaysia–Brunei Mt Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia Barrington Tops National Park, New South Wales, Australia Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia Yarra Ranges National Park, Victoria, Australia Cassowary Falls, Daintree, Queensland, Australia Stirling Range National Park, Western Australia Torres Strait Islands, Queensland, Australia Nan Madol, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia Coastal Dunes, New Zealand Cape Bird, Ross Island, Antarctica Juhyo, Mt Zao, Yamagata, Japan NORTH AMERICA North Shore Alvar Preserve, Kelleys Island, Lake Erie, USA Herschel Island–Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park, Yukon, Canada Athabasca Glacier, Canada Bull Kelp, Alexander Archipelago, Alaska, USA Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico, USA Boston Harbor, Massachussetts, USA Cachuma Lake, California, USA Everglades, Florida, USA Logan Pass, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA North Sixshooter Peak, Bear Ears Monument, Utah, USA Fallen Roof Ruin, Bears Ears Monument, Utah, USA SOUTH AMERICA Hotel Oloffson, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Gulf of California, Baja California, Mexico Old Town, Ponce, Puerto Rico Barrier Reef, San Pedro, Belize Temple I, Tikal, Guatemala Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica La Mosquitia, Honduras Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, Riviera Maya, Mexico Fortifications of Portobelo and San Lorenzo, Colón, Panama Tepuis, Venezuela Madidi National Park, Beni, Bolivia Salar de Uyuni, Potosí, Bolivia Potosí, Tomás Frías, Bolivia Machu Picchu, Cusco, Peru Chan Chan, La Libertad, Peru Huaquis, Nor Yauyos Cochas Reserve, Lima, Peru Monte Alegre State Park, Pará, Brazil Amazon Rain Forest, South America Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works, Iquique, Chile Grey Glacier, Southern Patagonian Ice Field, Chile Floreana Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Moai, Easter Island, Chile
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Amber Books Ltd Butterflies
Book SynopsisButterflies and moths hold an enduring fascination for their unusual life cycle, as they change from one creature into another. Butterflies is an outstanding collection of photographs showcasing nature’s most beautiful and often elusive butterflies and moths – members of the Lepidoptera order – in the variety of their natural habitats. With 17,500 species of butterfly and 160,000 species of moth in the world today, they can be found on every continent apart from Antarctica, and in every nation. Arranged in chapters covering some of the most beautiful and interesting types of butterfly and moth, their habitats, their transition from egg to caterpillar and from chrysalid to adult, as well as their behaviour, the book reveals little-known facts about their life cycle, anatomy, self-defence mechanisms, feeding and migration. For example, did you know that while caterpillars chew their solid food, adult butterflies can only consume liquid, and some moths do not even have mouths? Or that many species can taste with their feet? With full captions explaining how the species breeds, feeds, and changes from caterpillar to the animal kingdom’s most stunning member, Butterflies is a brilliant examination in more than 200 outstanding colour photographs of these fascinating insects.Table of ContentsContents include: Introduction Chapter One: Butterfly Species and Anatomy Chapter Two: Moth Species and Anatomy Chapter Three: Habitats Butterflies and moths live in a wide variety of habitats: tropical forest, grasslands, sand dunes, coastlines, mangroves and mountains, to name a few. Many of these are occupied because of the particular foods they offer the insects. Butterflies and moths adapt to survive in these habitats, employing various ingenious self-defence mechanisms. They also contribute to the ecosystem they are part of through pollination. Chapter Four: Life Cycle Butterflies and moths have four distinct stages of their life – eggs, caterpillar/larva, pupa and adult – and the transition between each is a sight to behold. Chapter Five: Behaviour Members of the Lepidoptera order display numerous fascinating behaviours. This chapter examines their feeding, migration, navigation, communication, breeding and territoriality. Butterfly species and sub-species discussed to include: Anna’s Eighty-Eight Apollo Arctic fritillary Banded orange tiger Blue morpho Blue tiger Ceylon rose Chimaera birdwing Common blue Common buckeye Cracker Dead leaf Eastern comma Elizabethan Emerald swallowtail Forest giant owl Glasswing Golden Kaiser-i-hind Helioconius hacale zuleikas Island marble Malachite Map Monarch Painted lady Peacock Peacock pansy Piedmont ringlet Purple emperor Question mark Rajah Brooke’s birdwing Red admiral Richmond birdwing Schaus’ swallowtail Silver-washed fritillary Silver-studded blue Spanish festoon Sylphina angel Ulysses Viceroy Zebra swallowtail Moth species and sub-species discussed to include: Atlas Cecropia Cinnabar Comet Dysphania militaris Elephant hawk-moth Emperor Gallium sphinx Garden tiger Giant leopard Hummingbird hawk-moth Io Japanese silk moth Lime-hawk-moth Luna Madagascan moon Noctuidae Oleander hawk-moth Pellucid hawk-moth Rosy maple Texas wasp-moth Uropyia meticulodina White-lined sphinx
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Nick Hern Books 100 Plays to Save the World
Book Synopsis'We – artists, thinkers, creators – have a responsibility to communicate the truth of the climate emergency. The world is shape-shifting and our culture must too.' This book is a guide to one hundred brilliant plays addressing the most urgent and important issue of our time: the climate crisis. The plays – drawn from around the world, written by one hundred different writers, and demonstrating a vast span of styles, genres and cast sizes – all speak to an aspect of the climate emergency. Encompassing both famous plays and lesser-known works, the selection includes recent writing that explicitly wrestles with these issues, as well as classic texts in which these resonances now ring out clearly. Each play is explored in a concise essay illuminating key themes, and highlighting its contribution to our understanding of climate issues, with sections including Resources, Energy, Migration, Responsibility, Fightback and Hope. 100 Plays to Save the World is a book to provoke as well as inspire – to start conversations, to inform debate, to challenge our thinking, and to be a launch pad for future productions. It is also an empowering resource for theatre directors, producers, teachers, youth leaders and writers looking for plays that speak to our present moment. Above all, it is a call to arms, to step up, think big, and unleash theatre's power to imagine a better future into being. The book includes a foreword by Daze Aghaji, a leading youth climate justice activist. 'This book is a kind of miracle, a thrilling compendium of plays that speak to the enormous environmental crisis of our time. Freestone and O'Hare have exquisite taste and brilliant analysis, illuminating plays I've never heard of, as well as plays I thought I knew. 100 Plays to Save the World should be required reading for everyone who believes in the power of theatre to move the world; I will certainly never plan a season again without referring to it.' Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director, The Public Theater, New York 'This book is dynamite. Through lively play analysis and accessible environmental know-how, it will galvanise theatre-makers to step up and artists to be heard. Theatre must play its part in the climate fight and this book shows us how.' Kwame Kwei-Armah, Artistic Director, Young Vic Theatre, LondonTrade Review'An invaluable guide that deals with the environmental crisis head-on' * Broadway World *'A fascinating, brutally honest collection of essays demonstrating the power theatre has to predict, dissect and shout about the climate emergency… this book could easily be dry, but it is anything but. It is an engaging and stimulating delve into the breadth of incredible playwriting out there that can contribute to the fight of activists around the world' * Everything Theatre *'An unexpected pleasure... The writing is always cogent but urgent... The list of playwrights is both dazzling and diverse... In addition to finding introductions to unknown plays and reminders of some classics, readers will also learn a great deal about the climate crisis, often viewed from unexpected perspectives... a chilling read that is nevertheless both worthy and worthwhile. It is one of those books that should be put on the desks of government ministers around the world' * British Theatre Guide *'A brilliant selection of options for tackling the climate crisis with drama students… a great read that can kickstart theatrical direction but also provoke debate… each play's inclusion is brilliantly rationalised, and I loved the fact that the appendices have a raft of resources to further explore the subject… presents quick, pragmatic hooks to get you to choose plays beyond the usual, plays to excite, educate and inform in equal measure you and your performers, as well as their audience' * Drama & Theatre magazine *
£13.49
Brown Dog Books The Wonders of the Wild Places
Book Synopsis Whether you have a lifelong love of nature or you cannot identify whether something is an elder or an alder, a daisy or a dandelion, or a heron or a herring gull, The Wonders of the Wild Places is the book for you. From the mountains to the sea, woodland to farmland, heaths and riversides we have many habitats in the United Kingdom, and The Wonders of the Wild Places provides information about some of the many species which inhabit these habitats. It is packed with interesting facts about nature designed to encourage you to go out and about and enjoy the wonders of the wild places. If you have ever wondered how birds migrate or which invertebrate has the largest brain, The Wonders of the Wild Places provides the answers – and many more. It covers many subjects from folklore to language, social history to the latest science. The Wonders of the Wild Places also explains the current threats to the natural world and provides details of what is being done to protect nature and also has suggestions of how individuals can help nature, from cleaning up your nearest beach to building a bug hotel. After reading The Wonders of the Wild Places you will never see the natural world in the same way again.
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Verso Books The Anthropocene Unconscious: Climate Catastrophe
Book SynopsisThe art and literature of our time is pregnant with catastrophe, with weather and water, wildness and weirdness. The Anthropocene - the term given to this geological epoch in which humans, anthropos, are wreaking havoc on the earth - is to be found bubbling away everywhere in contemporary cultural production. Typically, discussions of how culture registers, figures and mediates climate change focus on 'climate fiction' or 'cli-fi', but The Anthropocene Unconscious is more interested in how the Anthropocene and especially anthropogenic climate destabilisation manifests in texts that are not overtly about climate change - that is, unconsciously. The Anthropocene, Mark Bould argues, constitutes the unconscious of 'the art and literature of our time'.Tracing the outlines of the Anthropocene unconscious in a range of film, television and literature - across a range of genres and with utter disregard for high-low culture distinctions - this playful and riveting book draws out some of the things that are repressed and obscured by the term 'the Anthropocene', including capital, class, imperialism, inequality, alienation, violence, commodification, patriarchy and racial formations. The Anthropocene Unconscious is about a kind of rewriting. It asks: what happens when we stop assuming that the text is not about the anthropogenic biosphere crises engulfing us? What if all the stories we tell are stories about the Anthropocene? About climate change?Trade ReviewA scintillating work of boisterous melancholy. -- China Miéville, author of OctoberMark Bould's provocation kicks off a thrill-ride roller coaster of ideas, speeding us from one savvy insight to another about culture in the era of climate change. An essential read for anyone wanting to better understand what we know and don't know about what comes next. -- Imre Szeman, author of On PetroculturesIf The Anthropocene Unconscious weren't so fun to read, it might be too terrifying to think about. This is a book people will be quoting for the next twenty years. -- Gerry Canavan, co-editor of Green PlanetsBrilliant. A sharp, original, irreverent, and deadly serious exploration of climate's pervasive presence in all modern culture. Bould's critical elicitation of climate change across a wide range of genres, places and texts offers a novel methodology for reading, categorizing, and interpreting Anthropocene culture and the banal monstrosities of its attendant carbon capitalism. The result is a highly prescient critique of its root causes and a better means to fully realize the past, present and future effects of its unfolding catastrophes. -- Graeme Macdonald, University of WarwickBould's work is as impactful in the twenty-first century as Jacques Derrida's landmark thesis of nuclear culture was three decades ago. -- Anindita Banerjee, author of We Modern PeopleA vision from the future, a retrospective analysis of our present situation, a requiem for a world we have already lost. This is a deeply personal missive - and one that carries a powerful message: we conflate the fact and fiction of global destruction at our peril. -- John Gilbey * Times Higher Education *[Bould] is particularly good on film and its qualities ... while [his] critical arguments are carefully made, he is clear that his method includes reading an awareness of the Anthropocene into the cultural gems he examines. -- Jon Turney * The Arts Desk *Worthy and timely ... [The Anthropocene Unconscious] provide[s] us with a cultural critique that has the potential to reshape the way we think about all cultural forms, and the climate - literally - in which they are produced. -- Leila Sackur * It's Freezing in LA *Ebullient ... meshing high-theory with casual lyricism ... Bould's eco-socialist commitments seem increasingly inescapable. -- Lola Seaton * New Statesman *A swift, wide sweep ... the book's central argument is vital: our culture is submerged in climate catastrophe -- Oscar Rickett * i newspaper *Climate change, to Bould, is always on the peripheries of art, even if we can't confront it face-on, even if we would like to forget it, even when we think we were safe -- Lauren Sneade * Economy, Land & Climate Insight *Bould puts forward a compelling argument about what cultural criticism in the Anthropocene should be, and he does so with the hope of curtailing some of the slow violence and injustices of the many widely and unevenly distributed effects of climate change. -- Alison Sperling * Los Angeles Review of Books *A clear call to action, an attempt to awaken us from our slumber. * Science Fiction Studies *
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Verso Books Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong
Book SynopsisSilicon Valley wants us to believe that technology will revolutionize our cities and the ways we move around. Autonomous vehicles will make us safer, greener, and more efficient. On-demand services like Uber and Lyft will eliminate car ownership. Micromobility devices like electric scooters will be at every corner, and drones will deliver goods and services. Meanwhile visionaries like Elon Musk promise to eliminate congestion with tunnels, and Uber help with flying cars. The future of transport is frictionless, sustainable, and according to Paris Marx, a threat to our ideas of what a society should be.Road to Nowhere exposes the problems with tech's visions of the future and argues that we cannot allow ourselves to be continually distracted by technological fantasies that delay the collective solutions we already know are effective. Technological solutions to social problems and the people who propose them must be challenged if we are to build cities and transportation systems which serve the public good.In response, Paris Marx offers a vision for a more collective way of organizing transportation systems which considers the needs of poor, marginalized, and vulnerable peoples. The book also argues that rethinking mobility can be the first step in a broader reimagining of how we organize our social, economic, and political systems to serve the many, not the few.Trade ReviewThe last decade has been a trainwreck for Silicon Valley's dreams of mobility. Paris Marx's invaluable new book explains how and why big tech's utopian transit projects crashed and burned, why these disasters will keep finding funding if they are not opposed, and what the alternative might look like. The path to a better, more equitable future of transit begins with the Road to Nowhere. -- Brian Merchant, author of The One DeviceA lively summary of the ways Big Tech has distracted us from the urgent task of making our cities work for everyone. -- Jarrett Walker, author of Human TransitAn astute and engaging critique of Silicon Valley's visions for transportation, Marx highlights the problems of technology being driven by the needs of capital and crafts a compelling vision of a world where technology is instead used to deliver social good -- Wendy Liu, author of Abolish Silicon ValleyDraws a compelling picture of the evolution of the Western vision of mobility. -- Konrad Bleyer-Simon * Green European Journal *I recommend Road to Nowhere not only for what it says about transport, but for its approach to technologies more generally ... [it] is far ahead of the depressing pile of texts that put a 'left' gloss on techno-optimism -- Simon Pirani * Ecologist *I know it is heresy, but electric cars are still cars and they won't save us. Marx has written a wonderful book that explains why, and is persuasive about that better, more equitable future we could all have if we looked to Main Street instead of Sand Hill Road. -- Lloyd Alter * Treehugger *Road to Nowhere is a sharply rendered, compelling, and illuminating text that combines diffuse histories and complex processes into a clear narrative. Marx's work helps us better understand the past and contemplate the kind of futures we might bring about. -- Matthew Seidel * Protean Magazine *As greenhouse gas emissions ramp up, housing prices reach astronomical heights, and we all stay stuck in traffic, Paris Marx's new book Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation looks at how the quest for market share got us to this point and why visions of the future from California tech billionaires cannot solve these problems. -- Clement Nocos * Broadbent Institute *[Road to Nowhere] traces the historical echo between automakers' takeover of the North American continent and the present monopolistic powers of the tech industry. -- David A. Banks * Real Life Magazine *You may find yourself driven to drink by the events recounted in this book, but Marx is a designated driver you can count on. -- Rob Larson * Jacobin *Road to Nowhere stands as an intervention into broad discussions about the future of mobility, particularly those currently taking place on the political left. -- Zachary Loeb * Boundary2 *The most concise, well-reasoned critique of that corner of the tech industry that most directly affects cities: transportation. -- James Brasuell * Planetizen *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 1. How the Automobile Disrupted Mobility 9 2. Crafting the Ideology of Tech 36 3. Electric Vehicles and Their Dirty Secret 63 4. Uber's Assault on Cities and Labor 89 5. Self-Driving Cars Did Not Deliver 114 6. Carving New Paths for Cars 140 7. The Coming Fight for the Sidewalk 160 8. The Real Futures That Tech Is Building 180 9. Toward a Better Transport Future 202 Conclusion 228
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers Turn the Tide on Climate Anxiety: Sustainable
Book SynopsisIt's hard to watch the news, scroll through social media, or listen to the radio without hearing or seeing something disturbing about the climate emergency. This can trigger all sorts of emotions: worry, anger, sadness, guilt, and even grief but also often over-looked positive emotions like motivation, connection, care, and abundance that support mental health and climate action for sustainable longevity.Written by psychologists with extensive experience in treating people with eco-anxiety, this book shows you how to harness these emotions, validate them, and transform them into positive action. It enables you to assess and understand your psychological responses to the climate crisis and move away from unhealthy defence mechanisms, such as denial and avoidance.Ultimately, it shows that the solution to both climate anxiety and the climate crisis is the same - action that is sustainable for you and for the planet - and empowers you to take steps towards this.Trade ReviewWhen it comes to climate action, the obstacles we face are no longer technological, they are primarily political and psychological in nature. Read "Turn the Tide on Climate Anxiety" and better understand those obstacles-doom, denial, and defeatism-- and how to circumnavigate them. -- Michael Mann, Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science at Penn State University and author of “The New Climate War"Are you losing sleep worrying over the Climate Crisis? I am. Do you feel powerless when confronted but such a huge global issue? I do. Is Climate Change starting to affect your mental health? If so, panic not, help is at hand with the brilliant book 'Turn the Tide on Climate Anxiety' which acknowledges that climate anxiety is a real issue, empowers the reader to handle this anxiety and to use to it to make meaningful changes to the world around us. -- Prof. Mark Maslin - a deeply worried climate scientist and author of 'How To Save Our Planet: The Facts' (Penguin 2021)The science is in, the reality is here and the noble challenge of the climate movement now is to help fellow humanity embrace their eco-anxiety and transform it into action...and build a more vibrant, productive and humane "normal". Turn the Tide takes us on the journey to this wild and hopeful alchemy. -- Sarah Wilson, journalist and New York Times bestselling author of This One Wild and Precious LifeTurn the Tide on Climate Anxiety is a very interesting and empowering book that has given me new methods for handling and understanding climate anxiety in a comprehensive way. -- Nathan Grossman, Documentary filmmaker, director of ‘I am Greta’We all have a role to play in addressing climate change. This volume, both highly informed and highly readable, helps to understand the complex and sometimes uncomfortable emotions that accompany that role. Climate anxiety can be an opportunity that prompts us to strengthen our relationship with the earth. -- Susan Clayton, Professor of Psychology and Environmental Studies at the College of WoosterTurn the Tide on Climate Anxiety is an important book for an important audience. If you are aware of climate change, aware of what you need to do to address the issue but need a little help with the how, then start here. Galvanise yourself, look after yourself and turn anxiety into action. -- Joe Duggan, science communicator, founder and coordinator of Is This How You FeelAs more and more people become aware of the reach of climate change, the need for attuned and evidenced support increases. Kennedy-Woodward and Kennedy-Williams perfectly timed, and much needed book offers a clear and accessible text to help readers understand the range of emotional responses, refrain from pathologising these in anyway and find ways to move from anxiety to action. Sadly, this book is likely to become more and more important as time goes on. -- Prof. Martin Milton, Chair of Division of Counselling Psychology Climate and Environmental Crisis workstream (British Psychological Society), author of The Personal is Political: Stories of difference and psychotherapyTable of ContentsCHAPTER 1: Turn the Tide on Climate Anxiety 8Incoming Waves: The support takes shape 12Setting sail: Our journey into climate psychology 18In the Wake of COVID-19: The Unavoidable Parallels 23How to get the most from this book 28CHAPTER 2: What we know about climate anxiety (and what we don't)32How widespread is climate anxiety? 33Is climate anxiety a mental health condition? 35Who does climate anxiety affect? 37The 'direct' and 'indirect' psychological effects of climate change 37Young people 39Earth scientists/sustainability workers 40Other predisposing factors? 41Receiving climate messages 42Facing the climate reality 43CHAPTER 3: Navigating my responses to climate change 50Understanding normal responses to threat50Understanding the Fight/Flight/Freeze (FFF) response 50Dizziness/Lightheadedness 51Racing thoughts 52Visual changes 52Dry mouth 52Breathing changes 52Racing heart53Sweaty palms 53"Butterflies", cramps and stomach ache 53Bladder urgency 54Take the test: Am I experiencing climate anxiety? 55Climate Change Anxiety Scale (CCAS).55What can I do with this information? 57CHAPTER 4: Climate Emotions 59Climate anxiety 61Climate Grief64Climate Anger67Climate Depression 68Climate Guilt69Positive climate emotions 71Saying 'Thank You' to your emotions 71CHAPTER 5: Defenses, biases and climate behavior74The psychological defenses 74The Five D's 75Distance 76Doom 77Dissonance 78Denial79iDentity 79My Five Ds 80Cognitive biases 81Confirmation bias 82Status quo bias 83The 'Thinking Trap' biases 84Emotional Reasoning 85"All or Nothing" Thinking 86The Mental Filter86Magnification and Minimization 87Personalization 87EXERCISE: Understanding your own Eco-Thinking Traps 88Doomscrolling - A digital rumination 89CHAPTER 6: Sending Signals; Communication about climate change and why it makes a difference 96"Climate change has an image problem." 101Community and connections 103EXERCISE: Strengthening your climate network 106Talking about climate change 107Narrative: The power of stories 109CHAPTER 7: Laying the foundations for action 116Finding attunement116Moving towards Mindfulness 117Scarcity versus abundance 121The role of self-efficacy 124Objects of Care 127Values 130The Signature Strengths Survey 131Challenging our (climate) thinking 134Stepping stone thoughts.134Overcoming Thinking Traps 138STOPP Technique 140Why self-care matters 143Getting outside (It's only natural)149CHAPTER 8: From anxiety to action 155Sustainable action 155What action should I take? 156Impact157Ease 159Meaning 160Motivating change in others 161Harnessing the power of 'Nudge' economics 162Are Nudges ethical? 164Some classic 'Green Nudges'165Nudging at the table 165The' Follow the crowd' effect166Nudges at work 167The Ethical Nudge project169The (potential) pitfalls of individual action 169Perfect gets nothing done 170Scheduling is self-care 172Hitting hard-reset173Values, goals and actions 177Consciously scheduling 179Signal and celebrate 183Feeling OK to feel OK 186S.E.T.B.A.C.K.s and how to respond to them 187The S.E.T.B.A.C.K. steps 188Staying well: Your blueprint (for a greener planet)190We, together, are unstoppable 191Endnotes and References 192
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Anthem Press Ecosystems as Models for Restoring our Economies
Book SynopsisEcosystems as Models to Restoring Our Economies appeals to a broad range of people across ages, values and political beliefs, and will change the way we pursue a resilient and sustainable economy. Just when you think there are no good paths forward, the knowledge of ecosystems guides the way.
£22.46
Anthem Press Disappearing Cities
£24.10
Manson Publishing Ltd Evolution of Fossil Ecosystems
Book SynopsisEvolution of Fossil Ecosystems describes all of the main Fossil Lagerstätten (sites of exceptional fossil preservation) from around the world in a chronological order. It covers the history of research, stratigraphy and taphonomy, main faunal and floral elements, and the palaeoecology of each site and gives a comparison with coeval sites around the world. It includes all of the well-known fossil sites, such as the Burgess Shale, the Solnhofen Limestone, Mazon Creek, Rancho La Brea etc., and includes an appendix giving information on how to visit the sites and where to see the fossils in museum displays.Available now in its second edition, Lagerstätten included for the first time include Chengjiang, the Herefordshire Nodules and the Jehol Group. A welcome addition to the list of important localities of Cenozoic age is the White River Group, which preserves the finest examples of mammals around the Eocene-Oligocene boundary, including many now-extinct groups.The book is beautifully illustrated throughout with over 450 colour photographs and diagrams, and it is extensively referenced. Evolution of Fossil Ecosystems is essential reading to a wide range of students and professionals in palaeontology and related sciences, and to amateur enthusiasts. Trade Review...the authors have retained the same high standard [as the first edition]... excellent colour reproduction... Absolutely enthralling - I couldn't put it down! Down To Earth 20121201 ...very well written and beautifully illustrated with stunning colour photographs and informative diagrams... excellent coverage of sites worldwide and through geological time. The text is jargon-free and light on technical terms, therefore appealing to a wide range of people including amateur enthusiasts, students and professionals. Museums with collections or displays from any of the sites listed in this book would benefit from having a copy of "Evolution of Fossil Ecosystems" and it would be an excellent choice to stock in the gift shop allowing visitors to learn more about these exceptional fossil sites. -- James E. Jepson The Geological Curator 20121201Table of ContentsContents Introduction 1. Ediacara 2. Burgess Shale 3. Chengjiang 4. Soom Shale 5. Herefordshire Nodules 6. Hunsruck Slate 7. Rhynie Chert 8. Mazon Creek 9. Karoo 10. Gres a Voltzia 11. Holzmaden Shale 12. Morrison Formation 13. Solnhofen Limestone 14. Jehol Group 15. El Montsec and Las Hoyas 16. Santana and Crato Formations 17. Grube Messel 18. White River Group 19. Baltic Amber 20. Rancho La Brea Appendix 1 - Further reading Appendix 2 - Museums and site visits Index
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Royal Botanic Gardens Saving Orchids
Book SynopsisInspiring cultural and scientific stories of global orchid conservation with stunning colour photos.
£21.25
Gomer Press Snowdon - Story of a Welsh Mountain, The
Book SynopsisThe story of Snowdon in Jim Perrin''s words. The secrets within its fractured rocks and its shy flora, its folk tales echoing an older race and its beliefs, travellers'' chronicles, industry, sport and an anthology of literature all contribute towards our understanding of the mountain. New Paperback edition. First published in hardback in 2012.
£14.99
Atlantic Books Chinese Whispers: A Journey Into Betrayal
Book SynopsisIn 1972, Jan Wong became one of only two Westerners admitted to Beijing University at the height of the Cultural Revolution. One day, a student, Yin Luoyi, sought Jan's assistance in going to the United States. Wong, then a starry-eyed Maoist, reported Yin to the authorities. Yin promptly disappeared. Now, thirty-three years later, Wong returns to Beijing to search for the woman who has haunted her conscience. She hopes to apologise, perhaps somehow to try to make amends. At the very least, she wants to find out whether Yin has survived. Preoccupied by the past, fascinated by China's present and future, Jan Wong searches out old friends, foes and comrades in this half-familiar city, finally uncovering the truth about the woman she wronged. Chinese Whispers tells a unique and unforgettable story of communism and capitalism, of guilt and atonement, of remembering and forgetting.Trade Review"'Wong is a beautiful writer. Her gift is both to greet the country with enthusiasm and curiosity but also to interrogate the back story. Her tale of trying to find Yin is not just the story of a search for an old acquaintance, but also an insight into how China is dealing with its own past... Gripping and entertaining.' Rosie Blau, Financial Times 'Funny and irreverent... The candid, beguiling style is hugely entertaining' Conor O'Clery, Irish Times" 'A witty, clever and knowingly light-hearted take on betrayal and redemption; a feel good penance.' Daily Mail
£17.00
Pallas Athene Publishers The Storm Cloud of the Nineteenth Century
Book SynopsisDismissed by contemporaries as the ravings of a deluded enemy of modernity, The Storm Cloud of the Nineteenth Century is an eerily prescient denunciation of capitalism's assault on the atmosphere and the profound danger for the earth but also the spiritual well-being of humanity. It is one of Ruskin's final writings, conducted with both rigorous scientific observation and a sense of Biblical prophecy.Ruskin's call to action is even more urgently needed today. His rallying cry, There is no Wealth but Life, is implicit throughout the Storm Cloud. How his thought developed through a conflicted relationship with the professional science of his day, and what we can take from his writings, are examined by Peter Brimblecombe, Professor of Atmospheric Pollution at the University of Essex, in his Introduction. A foreword by the Master of the Guild of St George, Ruskin's association for social and spiritual reform, sets out what Rus
£9.49
Inter-Varsity Press Planetwise: Dare To Care For God'S World
Book Synopsis"I was in the act of throwing away my family's rubbish while holidaying on a beautiful island when I heard God speak. I could easily have missed it, but an inner whisper asked, "How do you think I feel about what you are doing to my world?" Since the day God challenged him, Dave Bookless has been on a mission: to share with others the compelling biblical case for caring for the planet God made for his glory and his people's enjoyment. This is not another book on green issues to make you feel guilty. The message is that there is hope. God can take your small and insignificant efforts and multiply them in his great plan. Dave takes us right into the heart of his family and shows how living simply, besides honouring God, can be an exciting adventure.
£9.49
Inter-Varsity Press God Doesn't Do Waste: Redeeming The Whole Of Life
Book SynopsisWhen God challenged him over his attitude to the environment, Dave Bookless did a total rethink. This led to major changes, not only in his family's lifestyle but also eventually in his career: full-time involvement in the global A Rocha movement that aims to care for God's fragile world. But in one sense this book isn't about going green at all. It's a personal account of a life lived in relationship. It's about roots and belonging, suffering and healing, identity and meaning, faith and doubt. It's about how in God's economy nothing need be wasted. This is a story about the messiness that each human being wades through in every area of their lives, and about a God who can take all that seems most wasteful and useless, and recycle it into something of infinite worth.
£12.28
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Green Camping Book
Book SynopsisFrom Martin Dorey - lifelong camper, campervanner and committed environmentalist - a manifesto on how to camp greener and more responsibly while enjoying the outdoors.Planet earth is in crisis. Climate change is affecting everyone, and everyone has a responsibility to do all they can to make things better, including campers and campervanners. In fact, it often falls to us to protect our spaces and fight to keep them the way we like them.This book shows us how we can do it. The Green Camping Book signposts you towards making more sustainable choices about kit, where to stay, how to travel, what to wear, and what we can keep doing to fight for green spaces we love. It is a book for people who want to reduce their impact and carbon footprint but don't want to stop exploring. It is for people who want to get out, off the sofa, and into the wilderness without doing it further damage. It is for people who think they could do more, but don't know how.
£20.70
Channel View Publications Ltd Sustainable Tourism: Principles, Contexts and
Book SynopsisThis new textbook provides a comprehensive overview of sustainable tourism framed around the UN’s sustainable development goals. It examines the origins and dimensions of sustainable tourism and offers a detailed account of sustainable initiatives and management across destinations, the tourism industry, public sector and leading agencies. The book explores the principal values and priorities in sustainable development through a better understanding of values, ethics and human nature. It covers a broad range of studies from an array of disciplinary perspectives and includes learning objectives, discussion questions and international case studies throughout. It is an important text for students and researchers in tourism and sustainability.Trade ReviewThis book will surely become the standard text on sustainable tourism and remain so for a long time. It is well written and closely argued, very well referenced, and includes clear and highly relevant examples. The authors do much more than touch all the bases, they explore them in depth, and not only discuss what could be done, but how and why such actions need to be taken. * Richard Butler, Emeritus Professor, University of Strathclyde, UK *It is very clear that we need to do a better job of educating people about what sustainability means for tourism. This book is an excellent addition to the resources we need for this education. In addition to providing a comprehensive overview of the major elements and core concepts of relevance, it also contains numerous case studies that many readers will find of great value. Most importantly, it tackles the values, ethics and motivations needed if we are to make tourism a force for good. * Gianna Moscardo, James Cook University, Australia *Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction to Sustainability Chapter 2. Introduction to the Ecosphere Chapter 3. Introduction to the Noösphere Chapter 4. Sustainable Tourism in Action Chapter 5. The Sustainable Destination Chapter 6. The Tourism Industry (1) Chapter 7. The Tourism Industry (2) Chapter 8. Key Agencies and Influencers of Sustainable Tourism Chapter 9. Protected Areas, Ecotourism and Sustainability Chapter 10. Cross Cutting Issues Impacting Upon Sustainable Tourism Chapter 11. Sustainable Tourism Futures Chapter 12. Conclusion
£33.20
