Have you forgotten all you ever learned about climate change? What do you really know about GM foods? Can you remember everything you learned at school about earthquakes?This useful guide reminds you of everything you once learned – or should have learned – about the earth, its resources and atmosphere, and human activity and its effects.Discover the physical world of rivers, glaciers and coasts; the human world of population changes and migration; agricult...

While some see the comic as trivial, fit mainly for amusement or distraction, Søren Kierkegaard disagrees. This book examines Kierkegaard’s earnest understanding of the nature of the comic and how even the triviality of comic jest is deeply tied to ethics and religion. It rigorously explicates terms such as “irony,” “humor,” “jest,” and “comic” in Kierkegaard, revealing them to be essential to his philosophical and theological program, beyond aesthetic interest alone.Drawing centra...

The Australian Exploration Anthology features the first-hand personal accounts of the explorers: Captain William Dampier, Captain James Cook, Matthew Flinders, John McDouall Stuart, John McKinlay and William Wills.This book charts the history of the exploration of the vast continent of Australia by the European newcomers who arrived at the last great habitable continent to be discovered. This comprehensive anthology begins with the initial seaborne forays of the sometime pirate Cap...

The book "Developing a Mind of Positivity" is a self-help book that focuses on helping readers transform their negative thinking patterns into a positive mindset. The book offers practical strategies and exercises to develop a more optimistic perspective, improve self-confidence, and cultivate happiness. Written by a mindfulness expert, the book draws on research from positive psychology and neuroscience to provide evidence-based techniques for creating a positive mindset. Whether you're s...

A GUIDE TO THE UNIQUE POWER OF BEEJA MEDITATION TO OVERCOME STRESS AND ANXIETY, HELPING US TO THRIVE.‘Will’s meditation is a game changer. If you want to understand meditation more deeply and how you can harness the benefits, The Effortless Mind is where it’s at. I will be giving this important book to everyone I know.’Jasmine Hemsley, author of The Art of Eating Well‘Will makes meditation cool. Say hello to a clear...

The global temperature is rising, the ice caps are melting, and levels of pollution across the world have reached unprecedented heights. According to eminent scientist James Lovelock, in order to survive an assault from her dependents, the Earth is lurching ever closer to a permanent "hot state." Within the next century, we will almost certainly be forced to give up many of the comforts of western living as supplies are threatened. Only the fittest -- and the smartest -- will survive....

An eye-opening and vital account of the future of our earth and our civilisation if current rates of global warming persist, by the highly acclaimed author of ‘High Tide’.Picture yourself a few decades from now, in a world in which average temperatures are three degrees higher than they are now. On the edge of Greenland, rivers ten times the size of the Amazon are gushing off the ice sheet into the north Atlantic. Displaced victims of North Africa's drought establish a new colony o...

In Search of the Castaways is a novel by the French writer Jules Verne, published in 1867–1868. The original edition, published by Hetzel, contains a number of illustrations by Édouard Riou. In 1876 it was republished by George Routledge & Sons as a three volume set titled "A Voyage Round The World". The three volumes were subtitled "South America", "Australia", and "New Zealand". (As often with Verne, English translations have appeared under different names; another edition has the overal...

The author of the #1 bestseller, The Weather Makers, pens "a brilliant examination of where we are with climate change and where we might be able to go" (The National Observer, Vancouver).Almost two decades ago, Tim Flannery's #1 international bestseller, The Weather Makers, was one of the first books to break the topic of climate change out into the general conversation. Today, Earth's climate system is fast approaching a crisis. Politic...

A Silent Spring for oceans, written by "the Rachel Carson of the fish world" (The New York Times)Who can forget the sense of wonder with which they discovered the creatures of the deep? In this vibrant hymn to the sea, Callum Roberts—one of the world’s foremost conservation biologists—leads readers on a fascinating tour of mankind’s relationship to the sea, from the earliest traces of water on earth to the oceans as we know them today. In the process, Roberts look...

The Jules Verne Anthology contains 45 individual works by Jules Verne, the peerless master of science fiction.Included are 29 complete novels from the celebrated series "Voyages Extraordinaires" (such as 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth' and 'Round the World in 80 Days'), plus 6 more entire novels, 9 rare short stories, and also Jules Verne's magisterial historical work detailing the lives of the great Explorers of the World.There are many works in this anthology that ha...