Global Warming: The Threat of Earth's Changing Climate
 Global warming is perhaps the most prominent and urgent environmental issue of the past decade, continuing to make front-page headlines. Award-winning science and nature writer Laurence Pringle describes the cause of this worldwide trend, exploring its ... [... more]
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Weather, Climate, Culture
Throughout history, the weather has been both feared and revered for its powerful influence over living creatures. Not only does it control our moods, activities, and fashions, but it has also played a crucial role in broader issues of cultural ident ity, ... [... more]
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The Paleoindian and Early Archaic Southeast
The Paleoindian and Early Archaic Southeast Very useful collection of papers and summaries of papers on paleo and early archaic Americans in this region. The thought provoking theories on settlement and hunting practices that evolved along with the ... [... more]
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Plant Desiccation Tolerance
Water is the key component of life, and most organisms cannot survive dehydration. The plants discussed in this book possess the unique ability to survive severe dehydration--up to and including the complete loss of water, also known as desiccation. As ... [... more]
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Welcome to Doomsday (New York Review Books Collection)
The influence of the evangelical Christian right on the Bush administration has had a mostly unnoticed impact on America's environmental policy. While some take God's granting of dominion over the earth to man as a call to good stewardship of our planet, ... [... more]
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The Skills of Primary School Management
This book is for all teachers who have curriculum and management responsibilities in primary schools or who aspire to those positions. It provides an analysis of those responsibilities and of how they may best be exercised in the changing climate of ... [... more]
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Effects of Climate Change and Variability on ...
Evidence shows that global climate change is occurring. Research and debate continue on the role of increasing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases in influencing climate change. Many sectors are or will be influenced by changing climate and ... [... more]
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Janissaries: Clan and Crown
a very short book, but damn good ISBN 0-441-38294-0 Ace Books first printing Nov 1982. A large format book, unusual in the 1980's with illustrations, and large print. Why they didn't just combine this book with Storms of Victory (Janissares 3) I have no ... [... more]
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Education Development and Leadership in Higher Education
There are a number of global challenges and opportunities faced by HE managers and key decision-makers; factors such as quality assurance, the changing profiles of academic and student populations, international competition, and the opportunities ... [... more]
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Shelter
The three basic human needs are food, water...and shelter. But in the late 21st century, compassion is a crime. You can get your memories wiped just for trying to help. Papa Preston Walford's world doesn't allow for coincidences. Accidents. Secrets in ... [... more]
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The Serpent's Seed
Timbuktu was once a center of learning that boasted a library in ancient times rivaled only by those existing in Alexandria and Rome. Political upheaval contributed to the city's downfall, but the changing climate provided its death knell. The ... [... more]
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Climate Change and Global Food Security (Books in Soils, ...
In order to feed their burgeoning populations, developing nations will need to double cereal production by the year 2050. This increase will have to come from existing land, as little potential exists for bringing new land under cultivation -- a daunting ... [... more]
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