Product Description: In 1978, Richard Bloch, co-founder and honorary chairman of the board of H&R Block, Inc., contracted cancer. With the help of his wife, Annette, and the doctors who said he could lick the disease, and with a stubborn determination to survive, Bloch waged a bitter, painful, two-year war on the insidious disease...read more

Raised by a self-proclaimed witch, Annie Gunn, the wild and beautiful daughter of the lost Lady Rebecca, finds love with Lochiel Montgomery, a proud Scottish lord, who unlocks the dark secrets of the past to forge a new destiny for Annie and Castle Kenlaren

Product Description: Unsere Atmosphare, das Luftmeer, auf dessen Grunde wir leben, ist ein Gasgemisch, das neben den Hauptbestandteilen Stiekstoff und Sauerstoff eine Vielzahl von Spurengasen enthalt. Dieses Gasgemisch an sich ware reaktionstrage und somit von geringem chemischen Interesse, wiirde es nicht im Wechsel von Tag und Nacht und im Rhythmus der Jahreszeiten von der Sonne bestrahlt...read more

Product Description: Maurice Ash believes that all contemporary issues are inter-related - the destruction of the environment can be traced to the way we use language and the overweening power of the state results from our failure to sustain community...read more

Text and maps focus on areas of the world in which human activity is destroying the natural balance.

Product Description: It is well known that the biochemical processes of life on Earth are maintained by the external solar radiation and can be reduced to the synthesis and decomposition of organic matter. Man has added the synthesis and decomposition of various in­ dustrial products to these natural processes...read more

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A compilation of ten essays and stories exploring the devastating impact of the American lifestyle on nature offers a scathing look at consumer culture and its ever increasing disconnection from the natural world, covering such topics as as hunting, animal rights, having babies, pollution, and disappearing wild spaces. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

Product Description: The relationship between social thought and earth processes is in its infancy. It is an oddly neglected part of the social sciences.This exciting book offers to make good the defect by exploring how human induced changes impact upon planetary process...read more

Human-induced climate change is a serious concern, drawing increasing attention from the media, policy makers and citizens around the world. This comprehensive and thought-provoking volume explains in easily understandable language the potential effects of climate change on our planet and our lives. Climate Change: Causes, Effects and Solutions examines the latest scientific findings without any advanced technical knowledge. It goes beyond a description of changes in the physical environment to consider the broader issues of ecological, economic and human effects of climate change. The book explains: the causes and effects of climate change from a natural and human environment perspective. mitigation options and policies that could reduce the impacts of climate change. global impacts -  with case studies are taken from North America, Europe, Australasia and elsewhere. Essential reading for undergraduates and general readers who want to heighten their knowledge and understanding of this important problem.

Product Description: Zum Band "Planet Erde": Wir leben auf einem unruhigen Planeten. Erdbeben und Vulkanausbrüche zeugen den von den gewaltigen Kräften, die in seinem Inneren wirken. Riesige Platten, die ganze Kontinente tragen, verschieben sich kontinuerlich, kollidieren, schieben sich übereinander oder schrammen aneinander lang...read more

Product Description: In this collection of interviews, Derrick Jensen discusses the destructive dominant culture with ten people who have devoted their lives to undermining it. Whether it is Carolyn Raffensperger and her radical approach to public health, or Thomas Berry on perceiving the sacred; be it Kathleen Dean Moore reminding us that our bodies are made of mountains, rivers, and sunlight; or Vine Deloria asserting that our dreams tell us more about the world than science ever can, the activists and philosophers interviewed in How Shall I Live My Life? each bravely present a few of the endless forms that resistance can and must take...read more

Product Description: Discusses the impacts of human activity on the environment, and how tourism and leisure activities can be managed more sustainably to have less of an impact on the environment.

Product Description: The field of biocultural diversity is emerging as a dynamic, integrative approach to understanding the links between nature and culture and the interrelationships between humans and the environment at scales from the global to the local...read more

Product Description: As alarm over global warming spreads, a radical idea is gaining momentum. Forget cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, some scientists argue. Instead, bounce sunlight back into space by pumping reflective nanoparticles into the atmosphere...read more