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Taylor & Francis The New Evolutionary Paradigm Keynote Volume Routledge Revivals
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Taylor & Francis The New Evolutionary Paradigm Keynote Volume Routledge Revivals
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Taylor & Francis The Masterpiece of Nature
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Early Writings of Harold W. Clark and Frank Lewis Marsh
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Early Writings of Harold W. Clark and Frank Lewis Marsh
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Early Creationist Journals
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Early Creationist Journals
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Creation and Evolution in the Early American Scientific Affiliation
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Creation and Evolution in the Early American Scientific Affiliation
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Taylor & Francis Meteorology and Physiology in Early Modern Culture
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Coastal Wetlands Restoration
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The OmoTurkana Basin
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Taylor & Francis The Animal Surreal
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Environmental Governance and Common Pool Resources
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales
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Taylor & Francis Rethinking Invasion Ecologies from the Environmental Humanities
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Taylor & Francis Rethinking Invasion Ecologies from the Environmental Humanities
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Taylor & Francis Mountains
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Taylor & Francis Explaining Human Diversity Cultures Minds Evolution
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Taylor & Francis Explaining Human Diversity
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Taylor & Francis Indigenous Perspectives on Sacred Natural Sites
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Vegan Evolution
Book SynopsisArguing for a vegan economy, this book explains how we can and should alter our eating habits away from meat and dairy through sociocultural evolution.Using the latest research and ideas about the cultural ecology of food, this book makes the case that through biological and, especially, cultural evolution, the human diet can gravitate away from farmed meat and dairy products. The thrust of the writing demonstrates that because humans are a cultural species, and since we are evolving more culturally than biologically, it stands to reason for health and environmental reasons that we develop a vegan economy. The book shows that for many good reasons we don't need a diet of meat and dairy and a call is made to legislative leaders, policy makers, and educators to shift away from animal farming and inform people about the advantages of a vegan culture. The bottom line is that we have to start thinking collectively about smarter ways of growing and processing plant foods, not farmiTrade Review"The Vegan Evolution makes a spirited case for abandoning the waste and risks associated with consuming animals and their products. Author Gregory F. Tague shows how insight can be gained through a new way of understanding human evolution – gene culture coevolution. The meat-eating behavior of many members of our species isn’t the result of the evolution of our genes. It’s due to evolution of our cultures. Tague then explains how populations might culturally evolve adaptive strategies that will make our descendants fit for the environments we will be part of." Lesley Newson, Research Associate, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, and co-author with Peter J. Richerson of A Story of Us: A New Look at Human Evolution (2021). "What type of tomorrow do we want? asks Gregory F. Tague in The Vegan Evolution, a well-documented, carefully researched book that challenges our thinking—more importantly—our behaviors. I was fascinated by the wide-encompassing, holistic perspective Tague presents to the reader: while veganism is the core, he explores the multiple and complex connections of our food choices with our spirituality, what makes us human, and how we want to live on this earth. The Vegan Evolution is a book that helps us notice our contradictions and see alternatives for being who we really want to be." Isabel Rimanoczy, author of The Sustainability Mindset Principles (2021), Convener PRME Working Group on the Sustainability Mindset."The Vegan Evolution: Transforming Diets and Agriculture is must read. Delving deeply into the biological and cultural evolutionary history of our species, Gregory F. Tague makes a compelling case for a rapid, collective move to vegan diets. He shows that widespread adoption of such would be both healthful for us and salvation for our planetary ecosphere." David Steele, Executive Director, EarthSave Canada."The moral imperative of The Vegan Evolution supplants an assumed need to consume animals that itself rests on a vaguely evolutionary imperative that Tague wants to demolish. I admire his pluck, his interest in aggregating the range of sources he uses, and for practicing evolution without a license (so to speak). A pretty compelling look at how we think about what we eat."Thomas Hertweck, University of Massachusetts, USA. Table of ContentsOverview Preface Introduction: Eating Animals Is Bad for Health and the Environment 1. Preliminaries and Objections 2. Biological Theory 3. Great Apes and Other Primates 4. Early Humans 5. Modern Humans and Cultural Theory Conclusion and Summary: Crossing Over to Adopt a Vegan Culture
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Physics of Evolution
Book SynopsisThis book provides an introduction to the significant role of physics in evolution, based on the ideas of matter and energy resource flow, organism self-copying, and ecological change. The text employs these ideas to create quantitative models for important evolutionary processes.Many fields of science and engineering have come up against the problem of complex designwhen details become so numerous that computer power alone cannot make progress. Nature solved the complex-design problem using evolution, yet how it did so has been a mystery. Both laboratory experiments and computer-simulation attempts eventually stopped evolving. Something more than Darwin's ideas of heredity, variation, and selection was needed. The solution is that there is a fourth element to evolution: ecological change. When a new variation is selected, this can change the ecology, and the new ecology can create new opportunities for even more new variations to be selected. Through this endless cyclTable of Contents1. Fundamentals Chapter 2. Fertility 3. Scavengers 4. Predators 5. Arms Races 6. Trophic Cascades 7. Parasites and Pathogens 8. Serengeti 9. Summary Discussion Appendix A. Density-Dependent Regulation Appendix B. Selection Theorem Proofs
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Trouble with Human Nature
Book SynopsisThe Trouble with Human Nature brings together biological and cross-cultural evidence to critically examine common preconceptions and challenge popular assumptions about human nature. It sets out to counter genetic and evolutionary myths about human variation and behavior, drawing on both biological and cultural anthropology, as well as from other disciplines including psychology, economics, and sociology.The chapters address the interrelated topics of health and disease, gender and other differences, and violence and conflict. The analysis calls into question the presumed natural foundation for social inequalities and sheds light on both the constraints and possibilities inherent in the human condition.This book provides students of human diversity and evolution with an excellent resource to better approach questions relating to human nature. It will also be of interest to those taking courses in social, cultural, and biological anthroTable of Contents1. Envisioning Evolution: Representations of Humanness and Causation 2. Origin Stories: The Co-Evolution of Human Anatomy and Sociality 3. Losses and Gains: Economic and Health Transitions Since the Neolithic Revolution 4. Thicker than Water: Blood, Milk, and Human Evolution 5. Risk and Responsibility: Power and Danger in Individualized Approaches to Preventive Health 6. Difference as Destiny: Race, Sex, and Culture 7. Choosers and Cheaters: The Sexual/Reproductive Conflict Hypothesis 8. Hoe and Plow, Pig and Cow: Work, Family, and Gender Stratification 9. Tale of Two-Spirits: Constructing Gender and Sexuality, Aptitudes and Inclinations 10. Savage Empathy: Sources of Competitiveness and Cooperativeness, Greed and Generosity 11. Why Stratify? Inequality and Interpersonal Violence 12. Peace and War: Patterns and Prevention of Violent Intergroup Conflict
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Environmentalism An Evolutionary Approach
Book SynopsisThe premise of this book is that our environmental dilemmas are products of biological and sociocultural evolution, and that through an understanding of evolution we can reframe debates of thought and action. The purpose is to explain the wide variety of environmental worldviews, their origins, commonalities, points of contention, and their implications for the modern environmental movement. In three parts covering the origins, evolution and future of environmentalism, it offers instructors and students a framework on which to map theory, case studies and classical literature. It is shown that environmentalism can be described in terms of six human valuesutility, stability, equity, beauty, sanctity, and moralityand that these are deeply rooted in our biological and cultural origins. In building this case the book draws upon ecology, philosophy, psychology, history, biology, economics, spirituality, and aesthetics, but rather than consider these all independently it integratesTrade Review"Dr. Spieles’ book is timely, ambitious, well-researched, and wonderfully comprehensive. It integrates myriad perspectives on environmentalism, analyzing our current and historical relationship to the environment from biological, sociocultural, psychological, and spiritual angles. We are in an age of intense global "environmental anxiety" as we grapple with the implications of anthropogenic climate change, pollution, habitat destruction, introduction of invasive species, expansion of human populations into natural areas, and overexploitation of our natural resources. This comprehensive text helps make sense of how our relationship to the environment developed through the course of our evolution, and how current conflicts and tensions have arisen as a result of differing perspectives on environmentalism. It also provides a roadmap for how we might seek resolution to these conflicts and achieve a more unified vision of environmentalism. Environmentalism: An Evolutionary Approach is eloquently and concisely written and should serve as a trusted handbook for students as they navigate the complex waters of the environmental sciences." – Elena Berg, The American University of Paris, France "Environmentalism: An Evolutionary Approach is the first textbook to take a multidisciplinary approach to fully integrate the principles of biological and sociocultural evolution in the context of environmental issues. By exploring a diversity of worldviews and their roots in shared human values, the text seeks to understand the evolution of our place in, and dependence on, the natural world and our sometimes conflicted relationship with it. It is truly a unique and refreshing perspective, building a rich understanding of the relationship of humans and the environment, and highlights a way forward in our efforts to cope with the critical environmental issues of our time." - Siobhan Fennessy, Kenyon College, USATable of ContentsList of boxes, Preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction, Part 1: Foundations, dimensions, and perspectives 1. Foundations of environmentalism 2. Dimensions of environmentalism 3. ecologies Part 2: Evolutionary context 4. Sociobiological evolution 5. Sociocultural evolution 6. Socioeconomic evolution 7. Socioecological evolution 8. Sociospiritual evolution 9. Socioaesthetic evolution Part 3: Environmentalism evolving 10. Psychological discord 11. Dimensions revisited 12. Evolving still, Index
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Cambridge University Press Machine Learning Methods in the Environmental Sciences
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HarperCollins Publishers Forces of Nature
Book SynopsisA breathtaking and beautiful exploration of our planet, this groundbreaking book accompanies the acclaimed BBC TV series, providing the deepest answers to the simplest questions.Trade ReviewPraise for Professor Brian Cox: ‘Cox’s romantic, lyrical approach to astrophysics all adds up to an experience that feels less like homework and more like having a story told to you. A really good story, too.’ Guardian ‘He bridges the gap between our childish sense of wonder and a rather more professional grasp of the scale of things.’ Independent ‘If you didn’t utter a wow watching the TV, you will while reading the book.’ The Times ‘Engaging, ambitious and creative.’ Guardian ‘In this book of the acclaimed BBC2 TV series, Professor Cox shows us the cosmos as we have never seen it before – a place full of the most bizarre and powerful natural phenomena.’ Sunday Express ‘Will entertain and delight … what a priceless gift that would be.’ Independent on Sunday
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc A Crack in the Edge of the World
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Chasing Shadows
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Omega Principle
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Penguin Putnam Inc Birds by the Shore Observing the Natural Life of
Book SynopsisFrom the bestselling author of The Genius of Birds, the revised and reissued edition of her beloved book of essays describing her forays along the Delaware shoreFor three years, Jennifer Ackerman lived in the small coastal town of Lewes, Delaware, in the sort of blue-water, white-sand landscape that draws summer crowds up and down the eastern seaboard. Birds by the Shore is a book about discovering the natural life at the ocean's edge: the habits of shorebirds and seabirds, the movement of sand and water, the wealth of creatures that survive amid storm and surf. Against this landscape's rhythms, Ackerman revisits her own history--her mother's death, her father's illness and her hopes to have children of her own.This portrait of life at the ocean's edge will be relished by anyone who has walked a beach at sunset, or watched a hawk hover over a winter marsh, and felt part of the natural world. With a quiet passion and friendly, generous intelligence,
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Penguin Putnam Inc How to Give Up Plastic A Guide to Changing the
Book SynopsisAn accessible guide to the changes we can all make—small and large—to rid our lives of disposable plastic and clean up the world’s oceans How to Give Up Plastic is a straightforward guide to eliminating plastic from your life. Going room by room through your home and workplace, Greenpeace activist Will McCallum teaches you how to spot disposable plastic items and find plastic-free, sustainable alternatives to each one. From carrying a reusable straw, to catching microfibers when you wash your clothes, to throwing plastic-free parties, you’ll learn new and intuitive ways to reduce plastic waste. And by arming you with a wealth of facts about global plastic consumption and anecdotes from activists fighting plastic around the world, you’ll also learn how to advocate to businesses and leaders in your community and across the country to commit to eliminating disposable plastics for good.It takes 450 years for a plastic bottle to fu
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University of Washington Press Razor Clams
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Clamming fans can pique their interest with this volume, which details the science and history surrounding the species." * Alaska Dispatch News *"An entertaining account, and guide, to the real fun of digging your own food in the beach. . . . Berger’s book is an excellent testimony that gathering is still an enriching, fun and tasty pursuit. Long may it be so." -- Matthew L. Miller * Cool Green Science *Table of ContentsChapter One | Introductions Chapter Two | Lay of the Land: Long Beach and Ocean Shores Chapter Three | Sacred Treaties Chapter Four | Ecology and Anatomy Chapter Five | Past Abundances Chapter Six | The Era of NIX and Domoic Acid Chapter Seven | Pumping and Counting Chapter Eight | Licensed to Carry Chapter Nine | Eating Them, After All, Is the Point Chapter Ten | Will’s First Clam CODA Practical Matters and One Speculation Appendix One | Washington State Razor Clam Personal Use Regulations, 1929–2015 Appendix Two | Recreational Razor Clam License Information in Washington, 1982–1993 List of Recipes Notes Selected Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
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University of Washington Press The Flora and Fauna of the Pacific Northwest
Book SynopsisTrade Review"With its lovely photos, it’s a book that visitors would be delighted to find in any vacation rental house along the coast." * Bulletin of the Native Plant Society of Oregon *"[W]ith its lovely photos, it’s a book that visitors would be delighted to find in any vacation rental house along the coast." * Kalmiopsis *
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University of Washington Press Witness Tree Seasons of Change with a CenturyOld
Book SynopsisTrade Review"An unlikely love story about a reporter and a tree. . . . What makes Witness Tree such an irresistible read is Mapes’s love of language combined with a great talent at rendering nerdy information readable." * Los Angeles Review of Books *"A meticulously, beautifully layered portrayal of vulnerability and loss, renewal and hope, this extensively researched yet deeply personal book is a timely call to bear witness and to act in an age of climate-change denial." * Kirkus Reviews, starred review *"The intriguing, and more intimate, Witness Tree . . . portrays trees as ‘scribes, diarists, historians.’ They are ‘among our oldest journalists.’ A reporter herself . . . Mapes sets out to tell the story of climate change through one tree. But that is, marvelously, the least of it." * New York Times Book Review *
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University of Washington Press Penguins
Book SynopsisPresents the most current knowledge on each of the eighteen penguin speciesTrade Review"This refreshing approach is forward thinking and has the potential to stimulate more specific interest and research on penguin conservation. Additionally, the figures and photography are beautiful…this valuable resource is a must have for bird enthusiasts and anyone with an interest in conservation biology." * Choice Reviews *"This is an essential book for those who love penguins. Each of the world’s 17 penguin species is beautifully illustrated with full-color photographs of the birds in their natural habitat. Detailed charts, graphs and tables help present interesting and useful information about each species." -- Fritz Brock * Wildlife Activist, No. 74 *Table of ContentsGlobal Penguin Society Introduction I. LARGE PENGUINS GENUS APTENODYTES 1. King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) 2. Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) II. BRUSH-TAILED PENGUINS GENUS PYGOSCELIS 3. Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) 4. Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) 5. Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) III. YELLOW-EYED PENGUIN GENUS MEGADYPTES 6. Yellow-Eyed Penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) IV. CRESTED PENGUINS GENUS EUDYPTES 7. Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) 8. Northern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes moseleyi) 9. Erect-Crested Penguin (Eudyptes sclateri) 10. Fiordland Penguin (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus) 11. Snares Penguin (Eudyptes robustus) 12. Macaroni Penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) and Royal Penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli) V. BANDED PENGUINS GENUS SPHENISCUS 13. African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) 14. Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) 15. Humboldt Penguin (Spheniscus humboldti) 16. Galapagos Penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) VI. LITTLE (OR BLUE) PENGUIN GENUS EUDYPTULA 17. Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor) Conclusion Acknowledgments Contributors
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University of Washington Press The North Cascades Highway
Book SynopsisHelps travelers and readers to appreciate the deeper beauty behind the landscape. Organized as a series of stops at eye-catching sites along eighty miles of the highway, this book reveals the geological story of each location.Trade Review"A book described by the author as ‘ideal for someone with ADD,’ the North Cascades Highway offers information on a new subject on every page, making it the perfect introduction to the area for amateur geologists, historians, and naturalists." -- Anna Roth * Washington Trails Association *"His ruminations are brief but wide-ranging enough to spur curiosity and tempt the reader to do more exploration, whether in books or on foot. The North Cascades Highway should awaken a new perspective and remind us…what a privilege it is to have such ready access to such rugged mountain." -- Marcy Stamper * Methow Valley News *"A beautifully photographed guide to the history, geology and notable spots along the spectacular highway through the North Cascades." * Seattle Times *"There is so much to see and learn along the North Cascades Highway. But as you drive along at 60 mpg, just what do you look for and where do you look for it? Author Jack McLeod can tell you . . . For McLeod, the guidebook is a compilation of his passions. Passions he hopes to stir in others." -- Vince Richardson * Skagit Valley Herald *"If there’s any truth to the idea that ownership in fact derives from knowledge and appreciation of a place…then Jack McLeod’s eloquent and stunning guide, The North Cascades Highway gives him ownership." -- Phillip Fenner * The Wild Cascades *"The answer for anyone who has driven through a spectacular mountain range and wondered, ‘Which one is this?’ More than just a thoroughly detailed tour with breathtaking photography, this work is essential geohistorical study for this range and is recommended for Washingtonians, Cascade hikers and enthusiasts, and academics." * Library Journal *Table of ContentsMap of the North Cascades Highway Invitation Acknowledgments Introduction From Miners to Poets A Shuffled Deck of Rocks A Hidden Realm Driving and Viewing Tips Road Guide 100.0 Eldorado Peak The Skagit: Lifeblood of Salmon and Eagle 102.9 Skagit Valley: Tales Below Side Trip: Cascade River Road and Cascade Pass 120.8 Skagit Gorge 123–134 Three Dams: Gorge, Diablo, Ross 131.7 Diablo Lake 131.7 Colonial Peak and Pyramid Peak 133.5 John Pierce Falls 135.1 Ross Lake 139–147 Granite Creek Canyon 147.7 Crater Mountain 147–157 Upper Granite Creek Forest and Meadow Treasure 157.7 Rainy Pass Side Trip: Rainy Pass Area Trails 159–160 Stiletto Peak and McGregor Mountain 160.5 Cutthroat Peak 162.2 Washington Pass 169.0 The Eastern Approach 172.0 The Needles 179.6 Mazama Junction Appendices A. Glaciers: Mountain Architects B. Geologic Maps C. Geologic Time D. Geologic Timetable E. Plate Tectonics F. Erosion G. Rocks H. Geologic Detectives Epilogue Conservation Organizations with Ties to the North Cascades Bibliography Photography Notes Credits Index
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University of Washington Press Beneath Cold Seas The Underwater Wilderness of
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Hall has consistently managed to capture patterns, textures and colors . . . as if they were created on an easel. David Hall is an inspirational master who clearly hasn't yet gotten all of the recognition that he deserves." -- Peter Symes * X-ray Magazine *"This book is a work of art from every possible angle - from the exquisite photographs, to the book's design, to its flawless printing and production process. . . . Hall has everything right in this book. There is nothing extraneous, and nothing missing. This is a complete and moving immersion in the breathtaking underwater world of the Pacific Northwest." -- National Outdoor Book Award Foundation, winner for Design and Artistic Merit"Dispelling the myth that cold, murky waters equal boring waters, Hall has captured the staggering beauty and variety of marine life found in the Pacific Northwest. Although the animals themselves are truly amazing, it is Hall's creative eye and masterful photographic technique that really sets this book apart." -- Jemima Greaves * Outdoor Photography Magazine *"Hall's images - which, at times, appear to be photographs of life on another planet - reflect not just the amazing diversity of sea life in local waters, but also the spectacular carnival of colors hidden just below the surface." -- Brangien Davis * Seattle Magazine *"He depicts our underwater world in a way that will amaze scuba divers and art lovers alike." -- Tracey Sherlock * Vancouver Sun *"The level of consistency and standard of imagery is quite exceptional and it captures the wild spirit of this corner of the planet page after page. . . . It is difficult to imagine that there will ever be a better collection of photographs to come out of this area." -- Peter Rowlands * Underwater Photography *"This book offers a fascinating view of the cold-water ecosystem of the Pacific Northwest and artistically illuminates the intriguing underwater world. Hall's images celebrate and explore the amazing diversity found in this valuable and vulnerable ecosystem." -- Jenny Montgomery * Photo Life *"Using state-of-the-art equipment, innovative techniques and electronic strobes, David Hall shows up an underwater world surprising to those who think color and diversity belong to the tropics." -- Marilyn Dahl * ShelfAwareness *"You will never look at the slate-gray waters of Puget Sound with the same eyes after perusing these photos." -- Mary Ann Gwinn * Seattle Times *"An exuberant celebration of northwest coast marine life said to be the most diverse and spectacular of any coldwater ecosystem on the planet." * Diver *"David Hall’s superb images come from one of the most unlikely underwater venues, the Pacific Northwest, where the waters are frigid and often clouded with phytoplankton. . . . Yet these photographs are filled with subtle coloration, and so uniquely composed that you are often left wondering how he did it." -- Laurence A. Marschall * Natural History *"Oh, what photos! . . . Hall showcases the arrays of magnificent nudibranches, intricately patterned chitons and colorful sea stars. At the other end of the spectrum, he reveals the remarkable camouflage of octopi and other creatures." -- Barbara Lloyd McMichael * The Bellingham Herald *"A visual delight." -- Janice Williams * Tri-City News *"A visual feast of Pacific Northwest sea life served with a science lesson on the side. Hall captures personality and emotion where you least expect it." -- Brian Colella * Seattle Met *"An incredible photographic showcase of marine life of the Pacific Northwest, Beneath Cold Seas offers spectacular imagery of the undersea world in our region. Numerous amazing images are accompanied by interesting text that explains the images and the challenges of high-end photography in the frigid waters of the Pacific Northwest." -- Peter G. Williams * Out There Monthly *"Cayman Islands, pffft. Hall’s stunning photographs of life beneath the waters of the Pacific Northwest show that cold waters are every bit as luridly colorful as their more temperate counterparts." -- Steve Casmiro * Adventure Journal *"One of the most impressive photography books we've seen in a long time." -- Ask_Kelly's Blog * OhRanger.com *"Rarely photographed underwater creatures can appear alien-their cloudlike, luminous bodies more heavenly than earthly. The cold, dark waters of the Pacific Northwest teem with these otherworldly animals. Renowned photograph David Hall's book documents this delicate ecosystem." -- Della Watson * Sierra Magazine *"The images are evocative, sensuous, tactile." -- Abby Luby * Westchester Guardian *"What's most striking about the book is the color and vibrance that photographer David Hall was able to capture. It's a bit mind-blowing to imagine that hooded nudibranches and grasping octopi found in the book live in the inky depths abutting our very own rocky shores." -- Mirissa Neff * San Francisco Bay Guardian *"Hall's writing is as eloquent as his full-color photos, with touching vignettes about his curiosity for and experiences shooting crabs, jellyfish, nudibranchs and octopi, and why he goes to such physical extremes to get these cold-water critters on camera." * Undercurrent *"From brilliant anemones to illuminated squid to rococo sea slugs, Hall has documented an Aladdin's Cave worth of visual wonders." * Bensozia *"With Beneath Cold Seas, David Hall highlights his work in the frigid waters of the Pacific Northwest, home of the diverse and visually spectacular marine life of this cold-water ecosystem. From tiny, candy-striped shrimp to giant Pacific octopus, rockfish schooling among kelp to orchid sea stars, Hall’s stunning photographs reveal both the symbiotic and predatory relationships that can be found in these waters." * e-Morfes *Table of ContentsForeword / Christopher Newbert Preface / David Hall Introduction / Sarika Cullis-Suzuki Photographs and Vignettes Crabs Hooded Nudibranchs and Jellyfish Sockeye Salmon Steller Sea Lions Wolf-eels and Harbor Seals The Warbonnet and the Octopus Notes on the Photographs About the Photography
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Random House USA Inc Mountains of the Mind
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WW Norton & Co The Source How Rivers Made America and America
Book SynopsisAn Amazon Best Book of the Year How rivers have shaped American politics, economics, and society from the beginnings of the Republic to today.Trade Review"Original [and] poignant. . . . [T]ells the story of how rivers have shaped the United States from its founding." -- Robert Glennon - New York Times Book Review"An original and thought-provoking exploration of the sinuous course that water has carved through our economic and political landscape." -- Gerard Helferich - Wall Street Journal"In [Doyle’s] telling, rivers become a lens on federalism, energy and conservation—a rolling narrative taking us from George Washington's quest to find a passage from the Atlantic Ocean to the Ohio River, through decades of levee-building, flood control, water wars and much more." -- Nature"Authoritative…Even readers with an allergy to learning history will come away with a greater understanding of how rivers have literally made our country." -- Tracy Ross - Outside Magazine"A vigorous look at American history through the nation’s waterways…Doyle speaks well to issues that are as pressing today as in the first years of the republic." -- Kirkus Reviews"Readers interested in everything from American history to business, engineering, environmental concerns, and canoeing will find Doyle’s work absorbing and educational." -- Booklist"Just like its topic, The Source flows magnificently from end to end, carving out a story that spans a continent and several centuries. Martin Doyle weaves together a gripping mix of American history, geology, engineering, economics, and politics to show that American rivers are one of the inspirations of the constitution, the connective fabric of our industry, a triggering cause of environmental movements, and a source of power—physical, economic, and political." -- Michael E. Webber, author of Thirst for Power"Brilliantly conceived, The Source is a unique synthesis that recasts American history and flows with the power of unexpected insight." -- David R. Montgomery, author of Growing A Revolution"Move over Cadillac Desert and The Last Oasis; a new classic on American rivers has arrived. One of the world’s leading authorities on hydrology, Martin Doyle shows how rivers have served as the arteries and veins of the United States since the country’s very founding. It is a rich history both impressive and unsettling." -- James Salzman, author of Drinking Water: A History
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WW Norton & Co Himalaya A Human History
Book SynopsisA magisterial history of the Himalaya: an epic story of peoples, cultures, and adventures among the world’s highest mountains.Trade Review"[Himalaya]is the fruit of an enormous amount of research. . . [Douglas’s] observations are sharp, and in many passages, his writing glows." -- Jeffrey Gettleman - New York Times Book Review"[An] ambitious, learned account….Douglas portrays a complex, populated landscape and an intricate patchwork of cultures. …His book seeks to reclaim humans from geography, and to recapture the lived experience of the Himalaya." -- Akash Kapur - New Yorker"The candor of Douglas’s telling shows us that in the Western mind Utopias were “simply orientalist fantasies projected on Himalaya.” His gripping storytelling achieves a summit at a vista overlooking the Himalayas in words that no photo could conjure." -- Christopher King - Air Mail"Douglas has achieved something more valuable than describe current events: he has examined the ancient origins of those events with a scholarly yet entertaining synthesis of hundreds of years of history." -- Victor Mallet - Financial Times"An extraordinarily rich and wide investigation into the exhilarating story of the Himalaya. Ed Douglas knows this story in his bones, from his travels and a wonderful range of scholarship, which leaves him perfectly placed to fill a huge gap in our view of how the world fits together." -- Michael Pye, author of The Edge of the World
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W. W. Norton & Company Heart of the Jaguar
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WW Norton & Co Himalaya
Book SynopsisA magisterial history of the Himalaya: an epic story of peoples, cultures, and adventures among the world’s highest mountains.Trade Review"[Himalaya] is the fruit of an enormous amount of research…[Douglas’s] observations are sharp, and in many passages, his writing glows." -- Jeffrey Gettleman - New York Times Book Review"[An] ambitious, learned account….Douglas portrays a complex, populated landscape and an intricate patchwork of cultures. …His book seeks to reclaim humans from geography, and to recapture the lived experience of the Himalaya." -- Akash Kapur - New Yorker"The candor of Douglas’s telling shows us that in the Western mind Utopias were 'simply orientalist fantasies projected on Himalaya.' His gripping storytelling achieves a summit at a vista overlooking the Himalayas in words that no photo could conjure." -- Christopher King - Air Mail"Douglas has achieved something more valuable than describe current events: he has examined the ancient origins of those events with a scholarly yet entertaining synthesis of hundreds of years of history." -- Victor Mallet - Financial Times"An extraordinarily rich and wide investigation into the exhilarating story of the Himalaya. Ed Douglas knows this story in his bones, from his travels and a wonderful range of scholarship, which leaves him perfectly placed to fill a huge gap in our view of how the world fits together." -- Michael Pye, author of The Edge of the World
£18.99
Penguin Putnam Inc Winter
Book SynopsisThe second volume in his autobiographical quartet based on the seasons, Winter is an achingly beautiful collection of daily meditations and letters addressed directly to Knaugsaard's unborn daughter 2 December - It is strange that you exist, but that you don't know anything about what the world looks like. It's strange that there is a first time to see the sky, a first time to see the sun, a first time to feel the air against one's skin. It's strange that there is a first time to see a face, a tree, a lamp, pajamas, a shoe. In my life it almost never happens anymore. But soon it will. In just a few months, I will see you for the first time. In Winter, we rejoin the great Karl Ove Knausgaard as he waits for the birth of his daughter. In preparation for her arrival, he takes stock of the world, seeing it as if for the first time. In his inimitably sensitive style, he writes about the moon, water, messiness, owls, birthdays--to name just a handf
£13.46
Penguin Putnam Inc Summer
Book SynopsisThe grand finale of Karl Ove Knausgaard's masterful and intensely-personal series about the four seasons, illustrated with paintings by the great German artist Anselm KieferThe conclusion to one of the most extraordinary and original literary projects in recent years, Summer once again intersperses short vividly descriptive essays with emotionally-raw diary entries addressed directly to Knausgaard's newborn daughter. Writing more expansively and, if it is possible, even more intimately and unguardedly than in the previous three volumes, he mines with new depth his difficult memories of his childhood and fraught relationship with his own father. Documenting his family's life in rural Sweden and reflecting on a characteristically eclectic array of subjects--mosquitoes, barbeques, cynicism, and skin, to name just a few--he braids the various threads of the previous volumes into a moving conclusion. At his most voluminous since My Struggle, his epic sensational
£15.52
Prentice Hall Press Not On My Watch
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£21.59
Vintage Canada Lookout
Book SynopsisA page-turning memoir about a young woman's grueling, revelatory summers working alone in a remote lookout tower and her eyewitness account of the increasingly unpredictable nature of wildfire in the Canadian north.While growing up in Peace River, Alberta, Trina Moyles heard many stories of Lookout Observers--strange, eccentric types who spent five-month summers alone, climbing 100-foot high towers and watching for signs of fire in the surrounding boreal forest. How could you isolate yourself for that long? she wondered. I could never do it, she told herself. Craving a deeper sense of purpose, she left northern Alberta to pursue a decade-long career in global humanitarian work. After three years in East Africa, and newly engaged, Trina returned to Peace River with a plan to sponsor her fiance, Akello's, immigration to Canada. Despite her fear of being alone in the woods, she applied for a seasonal lookout position and got the job. Thus begins Trina's first summer as one of a handful of lookouts scattered throughout Alberta, with only a farm dog, Holly--labeled a domesticated wolf by her former owners--to keep her company. While searching for smoke, Trina unravels under the pressure of a long-distance relationship--and a dawning awareness of the environmental crisis that climate change is producing in the boreal. Through megafires, lightning storms, and stunning encounters with wildlife, she learns to survive at the fire tower by forging deep connections with nature and with an extraordinary community of people dedicated to wildfire detection and combat. In isolation, she discovers a kind of self-awareness--and freedom--that only solitude can deliver. Lookout is a riveting story of loss, transformation, and belonging to oneself, layered with an eyewitness account of the destructive and regenerative power of wildfire in our northern forests.
£14.40
