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- Ideas in Context
2015
EN
This important study takes a new approach to understanding Italian Renaissance humanism, based not on scholarly paradigms or philosophical concepts but on a neglected yet indispensable perspective: the humanists' understanding of themselves. Through a series of close textual studies, Patrick Baker excavates what humanists thought was important about humanism, how they viewed their own history, what goals they enunciated, what triumphs they celebrated - in short, he attempts to reconstruct ...
The World at First Light
A New History of the Renaissance
- Translated by
- Patrick Baker
2025
EN
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A magisterial history of the Renaissance and the birth of the modern worldThe cultural epoch we know as the Renaissance emerged at a certain time and in a certain place. Why then and not earlier? Why there and not elsewhere? In The World at First Light, historian Bernd Roeck explores the cultural and historical preconditions that enabled the European Renaissance. Roeck shows that the rediscovery of ancient knowledge, including the science of the medieval A...
Dendroecology
Tree-Ring Analyses Applied to Ecological Studies
- Series -
- Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
2017
EN
Dendroecologists apply the principles and methods of tree-ring science to address ecological questions and resolve problems related to global environmental change. In this fast-growing field, tree rings are used to investigate forest development and succession, disturbance regimes, ecotone and treeline dynamics and forest decline. This book of global scope highlights state-of-the-science dendroecological contributions to paradigm-shifts in our understanding of ecophysiology, stand dynamics...
Unabridged
1 hour 34 min
2012
EN
When the Doctor, Polly and Ben visit a human colony that appears to be one big holiday camp, they think they have come across a truly happy place. But a shadowy presence soon makes them realise that the surface contentment is carefully controlled. The colony's inhabitants have been brainwashed by giant crab-like creatures - the Macra. Insidious propaganda, broadcast by the Controller, forces the humans to mine a gas that is essential for the Macra to survie - but fatal for them. The colony...
This Sceptred Isle Collection 2: 1702 - 1901
The Classic BBC Radio History
Unabridged
14 hours 13 min
2016
EN
The final five volumes from the landmark BBC radio series This Sceptred Isle.Christopher Lee's epic history tells the story of Britain from the Romans to the death of Victoria. This collection includes the original volumes 6-10:1702-1760: The First British EmpireThe reign of George I; Britain's first Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, and the first rendition of Rule Britannia.1760-1792: The Age of Revolution The Industrial Revolution begins; America declares i...
Southeastern Grasslands
Biodiversity, Ecology, and Management
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- JoVonn G. HillJohn A. BaroneCharles AllenBrent T. BakerGail BartonPatrick J. BohlenElizabeth H. BoughtonBruno BorsariJolie Goldenetz DollarS. Lee EcholsEdward David EntsmingerMarc G. PastorekEvan PeacockSamuel K. RiffellJennifer L. SeltzerW.R. Seymour Jr.Timothy J. SchauweckerJason R. SinghurstReggie E. ThackstonJames W. TomberlinJ. Morgan VarnerMalcolm F. VidrineMatt WhiteC. Theo WitsellWendy B. ZomleferL. Wes Burger Jr.Dr. John W. Guyton IIIDr. Reed F. Noss, Ph.D.Nicholas Brown Jr.Dr. Toby Gray IIIDr. Lisa McInnis, Ph.D.Edwin L. BridgesJ. J. N. Campbell Jr.Thomas L. FotiDr. Raymond B. Iglay IIIJeanne C. JonesDr. Steve L. Orzell, Ph.D.
2018
EN
A holistic approach to analyzing distinct grassland habitats that integrates ecological, historical, and archaeological dataToday the southeastern United States is a largely rural, forested, and agricultural landscape interspersed with urban areas of development. However, two centuries ago it contained hundreds of thousands of acres of natural grasslands that stretched from Florida to Texas. Now more than 99 percent of these prairies, glades, and savannas have been...
2015
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Louis is a fourth grader who is moving into his grandmother’s house and is starting his first day at a new school. Louis’ father is absent from his life because he is in prison. Louis’ denial and disappointment in his father’s absence is displayed by his series of imaginative lies about his father’s whereabouts. Louis quickly learns he can only keep the lies going for so long and is forced to face the truth.
- Book 1 -
- EOT
2020
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Earth is on the brink of total annihilation. The only hope for survival is thirteen young individuals (one controller and twelve Essence protectors). They are linked through one core commonality- Selina, the Denarian supreme commander, who having fled from her depraved husband Alanius twenty-three years earlier, seeks refuge on earth, the remotest of planets in the vast expanses of the known galaxy. Here she marries a human, a game ranger named Gus, and gives birth to Jason, her firstborn ...
Forests as Complex Social and Ecological Systems
A Festschrift for Chadwick D. Oliver
- Series -
- Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
2022
EN
Professor Chadwick Dearing Oliver has made major intellectual contributions to forest science and natural resources management. Over the course of his career he has actively sought to bring research and practice together through synthesis, outreach, and capacity-building. A common thread throughout his career has been complexity and how we as a society understand and manage complex systems. His work on forest stand dynamics, landscape management, and sustainability have all focused on the ...
Transcendent
Book 1 - an unputdownable STEM eco-thriller filled with action, twists and tech, perfect for teen readers and gamers
- Narrated by
- Baker Mukasa
- Audiobook 1 -
- Transcendent
Unabridged
7 hours 36 min
2024
EN
JOIN THE TEAM. SAVE THE WORLD. Twin geniuses Jacob and Kira are recruited to take part in a high-tech mission to protect the planet ... but will their dreams of adventure come true, or is the threat too great to handle?Jacob and Kira live in the heart of Mbale, Uganda with their conservationist mother and navigate life as unsuspecting geniuses; Kira with hopes to explore outside the hot terrains of Uganda, and conspiracy theorist Jacob, whose fear ...
The 39 Steps and Other Richard Hannay Adventures
A BBC Radio collection of full-cast dramatisations
Unabridged
10 hours 13 min
2020
EN
Five BBC Radio 4 dramatisations of John Buchan's espionage thrillers featuring gentleman spy Richard HannayThe forerunner to James Bond, secret agent Richard Hannay is a thoroughly British action hero, pursuing ruthless villains, foiling deadly plans and risking life and limb for his country. This gripping collection encompasses all five of Hannay's adventures, adapted for radio with superb casts including Tom Baker, Clive Merrison, Stuart Milligan, Jasmine...
Unabridged
1 hour 33 min
2004
EN
When the Doctor, Polly and Ben visit a human colony that appears to be one big holiday camp, they think they have come across a truly happy place. But a shadowy presence soon makes them realise that the surface contentment is carefully controlled. The colony's inhabitants have been brainwashed by giant crab-like creatures - the Macra. Insidious propaganda, broadcast by the Controller, forces the humans to mine a gas that is essential for the Macra to survie - but fatal for them. The colony...











