Author: Philip Friedman
Publisher: Conference
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 638

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A collection of articles, some of them published previously. Partial contents:

Author: Richard Fitter
Publisher: IUCN
ISBN: 9782880329297
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 136

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Author: Julian Murphet
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441185054
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 178

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This collection shows how Cormac McCarthy's The Road reacts aesthetically to many of the ethical, ontological, and political concerns that define our times.

Author: Jonathan Lawley
Publisher: Envelope Books
ISBN: 1915023270
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 258

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The Jarawa, one of the oldest tribes of human beings in the world, are at risk of extinction because of a road that now runs through their forests in the Indian-administered Andaman Islands, in the Bay of Bengal — and no one seems to care. Tourists take the road each day to try and get selfies with the tribespeople, who came from what is now Botswana over 60,000 years ago. Once proud of their independence, the Jarawa are now tempted with biscuits and trinkets, as if they were exotic animals in a human safari park. They cannot survive like this, and are already suffering from their loss of privacy. In this astonishing EnvelopeBooks publication, Jonathan Lawley returns to what was once a penal colony, built by the British to house mutineers from 1857 Indian Rebellion. He asks what responsibility colonial administrators like his own grandfather may have had for the sad plight of these palaeolithic hunter-gatherers, and what the Indian government should now be doing to protect them. Sumptuously illustrated with the author’s never-before-seen archive photographs and highly recommended by leading figures in the British media and government.

Author: Cameron MacDonald
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781553659358
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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Details the author's four-month road trip across the U.S. and Canada to spot some of the endangered species that call North America home, a trip on which he was accompanied by his wife, two children, and the family dog.

Author: Paul Acampora
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545899087
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 169

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For fans of Gary Schmidt and Joan Bauer, a laugh-out-loud intergenerational road trip story from acclaimed author Paul Acampora! Since the death of his grandfather, Leo's number one chore has been to chase after his grandmother who seems to wander away from home every few days. Now, Gram's decided to roam farther than ever. And despite his misgivings, Leo's going along for the ride. With his seventeen-year-old cousin, Abbey, and an old, gassy dog named Kermit, Leo joins Gram in a big, old Buick to leave their Pennsylvania home for a cross-country road trip filled with fold-out maps, family secrets, new friends, and dinosaur bones.How to Avoid Extinction is a middle grade comedy about death and food and family and fossils. It's about running away from home and coming back again. For Leo, it's about asking hard questions and hopefully finding some sensible answers. As if good sense has anything to do with it. Against a backdrop of America's stunning size and beauty, it's also about growing up, getting old, dreaming about immortality, and figuring out all the things we can -- and can't -- leave behind.

Author: Scott Magoon
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1647002060
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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A team of extinct animals embark on top-secret missions around the world in this new graphic novel series! Meet Scratch, Martie, Lug, and Quito, members of a secret organization called R.O.A.R., or the Rescue Ops Acquisition Rangers. When their boss, Dr. Z, finally calls on them for their first big mission, the team heads to Siberia to retrieve an ancient unicorn horn from the thawing permafrost. Scratch is thrilled at the chance to prove his worth to Dr. Z—but as soon as they land, the team runs into a mysterious enemy determined to take them down. With exciting missions, plenty of humor, and an environmental angle, this series starter from New York Times bestselling illustrator Scott Magoon is an action-packed adventure from start to finish. The book will also include nonfiction back matter about extinct animals, climate change, and what kids can do to help!

Author: Allan Levine
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1461750059
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 481

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The heroic story of Jewish resistance and survival during the Second World War.

Author: James F. Eder
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520912756
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 303

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The cultural and even physical extinction of the world's remaining tribal people is a disturbing phenomenon of our time. In his study of the Batak of the Philippines, James Eder explores the adaptive limits of small human populations facing the ecological changes, social stresses, and cultural disruptions attending incorporation into broader socioeconomic systems.

Author: Steve Melia
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781786807991
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Chronicling 30 years of public protest, government U-turns and environmental destruction, this is the story of Britain's transport policy.