Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment & Planning books

This Reprint focuses on the urgent challenge of achieving sustainability in the building sector, one of the world's...  Read More >>

With the Earth's growing population, the environment faces a wide array of new challenges. Detailed knowledge, as...  Read More >>

She was a delicate Victorian invalid, perpetually ill. Instead of resting, she rode to the ends of the Earth. Born...  Read More >>

committed an act of magnificent insanity: he destroyed all his provisions and set off alone across the Atlantic...  Read More >>

At 15, I made the decision to leave home and began working on some of the worlds largest cattle stations, over the...  Read More >>

The Continents Are Moving. No One Believed Him. When Alfred Wegener first looked at a map, he saw a broken puzzle....  Read More >>

Quarante-cinq années se sont écoulées depuis cette période troublée. Et lorsque, dans mes souvenirs, comme tous...  Read More >>

The year is 921 CE. From the shining capital of the Abbasid Caliphate, a meticulously ordered world is about to...  Read More >>

Discover Beautiful Sky - a photography album born from a beloved Facebook page and transformed into a breathtaking...  Read More >>

High above the forest floor, where sunlight threaded through the leaves like strands of gold, there was a hidden...  Read More >>

In 1925, at the age of fifty-five, Ynes Mexia-a woman haunted by personal setbacks and two failed marriages-abandoned...  Read More >>

In 1893, Florence Bascom did the unthinkable: she earned a Ph.D. in geology from Johns Hopkins University, becoming...  Read More >>

From the smoky mills of Victorian Scotland to the heart of the Nigerian jungle, Mary Slessor's journey was nothing...  Read More >>

A eunuch who commanded an empire. A diplomat who sailed to the ends of the known world. Before Columbus, before...  Read More >>

89 Seconds to Midnight: How Close Are We to Global Catastrophe? In January 2025, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists...  Read More >>

The Human Shadow: How Our Evolution Shaped the Wild World A Comprehensive History of Human Impact on Non-Domesticated...  Read More >>

Foraminifera are beautiful tiny sea creatures that live in our oceans and they're so small that you need a microscope...  Read More >>

In a world grappling with the consequences of overconsumption and mismanaged waste, ""Echoes of the Earth"" offers...  Read More >>

Sinopsis A lo largo de la historia bíblica, las cuevas han sido escenarios de crisis, refugio y encuentros divinos....  Read More >>

A l'heure où les canons grondent à nos portes, l'olivier de Monique Brault, le Sage comme elle le nomme, décide...  Read More >>

Depuis près de soixante ans, l'Afrique a bénéficié d'une multitude de programmes et de projets touchant à tous les...  Read More >>

Les premiers dirigeants de la Côte d'Ivoire indépendante ont mis en place des projets d'envergure pour hâter le...  Read More >>

Cet abécédaire présente la plupart des sujets auxquels l'auteur a été confronté au cours de sa vie professionnelle...  Read More >>

Le Covid-19 aura déclenché une crise sanitaire exceptionnelle par son ampleur et son échelle entre 2020 et 2022....  Read More >>

Quelle est la différence entre les animaux et le reste du vivant ? La digestion ! Vous êtes convié à une petite...  Read More >>