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Describes the importance of agriculture and the production of food on farms, explains how the advent of farms has changed the landscape, and discusses the challenge involved in trying to adequately feed people around the world.

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9781583409787 | Smart Apple Media, August 1, 2006, cover price $37.10 | About this edition: Describes the importance of agriculture and the production of food on farms, explains how the advent of farms has changed the landscape, and discusses the challenge involved in trying to adequately feed people around the world.

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Presents maps and information about all the countries of the world, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.
By John D. Baines (editor), Graham Bateman (editor), Victoria Egan (editor) and Thunder Bay Press (corporate author)

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9781571458711 | Revised edition (Thunder Bay Pr, January 1, 2003), cover price $29.98 | About this edition: Presents maps and information about all the countries of the world, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.

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Explains the phenomenon of air pollution and discusses the importance of preserving clean air

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9780817249366 | Heinemann/Raintree, February 1, 1998, cover price $29.93 | About this edition: Explains the phenomenon of air pollution and discusses the importance of preserving clean air

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Examines the landscape, climate, weather, population, culture, and industries of Japan

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9780811418478 | Heinemann/Raintree, April 1, 1994, cover price $29.93 | About this edition: Examines the landscape, climate, weather, population, culture, and industries of Japan

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Examines the landscape, climate, weather, population, culture, and industries of the United States

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9780811418577 | Heinemann/Raintree, January 1, 1994, cover price $29.93 | About this edition: Examines the landscape, climate, weather, population, culture, and industries of the United States

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A history of environmental disasters, including both natural and man-made

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9781568470863 | Thomson Learning, October 1, 1993, cover price $7.15 | About this edition: A history of environmental disasters, including both natural and man-made

Discusses the properties of water, how it is used, and how it can be kept clean

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9781568470412 | Thomson Learning, June 1, 1993, cover price $21.40 | About this edition: Discusses the properties of water, how it is used, and how it can be kept clean

Concentrates on humankind's relationship to the environment, explaining such important issues as restoring the balance of nature, the management and disposal of waste, and the question of personal responsibility for environmental cleanliness.
By John D. Baines and Jenny Hughes (illustrator)

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9780811426046 | Heinemann/Raintree, January 1, 1993, cover price $24.26 | About this edition: Examines various aspects of our relationship with the environment, including the need for raw materials, the impact of farming, and waste disposal issues

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Discusses the importance of the oceans, the sources and effects of their pollution and misuse, and ways to protect them

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9780811423915 | Heinemann/Raintree, March 1, 1991, cover price $24.26 | About this edition: Discusses the importance of the oceans, the sources and effects of their pollution and misuse, and ways to protect them

An introduction to the problems confronting the Earth's atmosphere, fossil fuels and their effects, the effect of chemicals on the ozone layer, radioactivity, and other forms of pollution and what can be done to stop the destruction of the atmosphere

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9780811423885 | Heinemann/Raintree, June 1, 1990, cover price $24.26 | About this edition: An introduction to the problems confronting the Earth's atmosphere, fossil fuels and their effects, the effect of chemicals on the ozone layer, radioactivity, and other forms of pollution and what can be done to stop the destruction of the atmosphere

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Discusses the vast contamination of forests and lakes throughout the world by the acidity in the rainfall

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9780811423854 | Heinemann/Raintree, March 1, 1990, cover price $24.26 | About this edition: Discusses the vast contamination of forests and lakes throughout the world by the acidity in the rainfall

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Examines the geography, wildlife, resources, conservation, and potential development of the roughly circular continent that surrounds the South Pole.

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9780817247829 | Heinemann/Raintree, June 1, 1977, cover price $29.93 | About this edition: Examines the geography, wildlife, resources, conservation, and potential development of the roughly circular continent that surrounds the South Pole.

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