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The history of climate change research – how the world became addicted to fossil fuels, how we discovered that electricity may be our saviour, and how renewable energy is far from a 20th-century discovery. Did you know the link between carbon dioxide and global warming was first suggested in the 1850s? Climate change books are usually about the future, but Our Biggest Experiment turns instead asks how did we get into this mess, and how and when did we work out it was happening? Join Alice Bell on a rip-roaring ride through the characters, ideas, technologies and experiments that shaped the climate crisis we now find ourselves in. From an emerging idea of ‘greenhouse gases’ in the 19th century and, via scientific expeditions across oceans and ice caps and into space, the coining of the term ‘global warming’ in the 1970s, Bell explores how we began to realise that not only could human pollution dangerously warm the climate, but that it was already doing so. Drop by the first climate talks, weather forecasts and early experiments. Watch excitement over solar and wind power start in the 1870s, only to be forgotten before being rediscovered a century later. See the monster of big oil slain by a plucky investigative journalist back in the 1910s, only tore-emerge more powerful than ever. However, this isn’t a simple story with exploitative fossil-fuel baddies on one side and the goodies of renewable energy, environmentalism and climate science on the other. It’s more complex than that. As citizens of the 21st century, we’ve been left an almighty mess, but as this ultimately hopeful book argues, we’ve also inherited the tools for our survival.

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This exhibition catalogue features over 100 highlights of a large and extraordinary collection of Canadian little magazines and Canadian small press and micro-press imprints assembled by David McKnight. As a determined collector/librarian imbued with remarkable passion and resolve, McKnight invested 30 years developing a private collection that has considerable potential for literary research in the areas of Canadian Modernist poetry, avant-garde literature, and the production of small magazines in Canada. McKnight generously donated the collection to the University of Alberta Libraries in 2012, and this publication unveils the collection publicly for the first time.

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This bundle pack—containing both The Flirtation Experiment book and the companion workbook—is the perfect set to renewing a loving interaction and intimacy in your marriage!From popular Christian voices Lisa Jacobson and Phylicia Masonheimer, The Flirtation Experiment inspires you to strengthen your marriage with a fun, unexpected approach that leads to the depth, richness, and closeness you desire.The companion workbook takes the tangible ideas from the book, puts you in control of the experiment and gives you the tools to renew your romance with your spouse.Do you remember the spark and mystery you shared when you and your husband were still dating? That kind of exciting, loving interaction and intimacy doesn’t have to end with marriage, but it does for so many couples.So what is the secret to a happy, thriving marriage, where the fire of romance and close friendship doesn't fade? The answer may be different for different couples, but this pack will validate every woman in any stage of their marriage journey who wants more than to read about what worked for someone else. After reading The Flirtation Experiment, wives will: be filled with hope and encouragement for how they can make a powerful, positive change in their marriages, become empowered to pursue their husbands romantically, understand the Bible invites women to be proactive in their marriages, be motivated to consistently love in creative ways, and forge closeness and intimacy in their marriages. Then The Flirtation Experiment Workbook allows you to conduct your own experiments and makes space for you to take action (and notes!) on your marriage journey's romance, passion, and heart-connection. It even includes a Husband Appendix, which allows husbands to take an active part.This pack contains one book (9780785246886) and one workbook (9780310140979).

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