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A Daughter of No Nation (Hidden Sea Tales #2)
by A. M. DellamonicaAs soon as Sophie Hansa returned to our world, she is anxious to once again go back to Stormwrack. Unable to discuss the wondrous sights she has seen, and unable to tell anyone what happened to her in her time away, Sophie is in a holding pattern, focused entirely on her eventual chance to return.With the sudden arrival of Garland Parrish, Sophie is once again gone. This time, she has been called back to Stormwrack in order to spend time with her father, a Duelist-Adjudicator, who is an unrivaled combatant and fearsome negotiator. But is he driven by his commitment to seeing justice prevail, or is he a sociopath? Soon, she discovers something repellent about him that makes her reject him, and everything he is offering.Adrift again, she discovers that her time spent with her father is not without advantages, however, for Sophie has discovered there is nothing to stop her from setting up a forensic institute in Stormwrack, investigating cases that have been bogged down in the courts, sometimes for years. Her fresh look into a long-standing case between two of the islands turns up new information that could get her, and her friends, pulled into something bold and daring, which changes the entire way she approaches this strange new world. . . .At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet
by Michael Bloomberg Carl PopeNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former head of the Sierra Club Carl Pope comes a manifesto on how the benefits of taking action on climate change are concrete, immediate, and immense. They explore climate change solutions that will make the world healthier and more prosperous, aiming to begin a new type of conversation on the issue that will spur bolder action by cities, businesses, and citizens—and even, someday, by Washington."Climate of Hope is an inspiring must read." —Former Vice President Al Gore, Chairman of The Climate Reality Project“Climate change threatens to reshape the future of our world's population centers. Bloomberg and Pope have been leaders on fortifying our cities against this threat, and their book proves that victory is possible—and imperative.” —Leonardo DiCaprio"If Trump is looking for a blueprint, he could not do better than to read a smart new book, Climate of Hope." —Thomas Friedman in The New York Times~The 2016 election left many people who are concerned about the environment fearful that progress on climate change would come screeching to a halt. But not Michael Bloomberg and Carl Pope. Bloomberg, an entrepreneur and former mayor of New York City, and Pope, a lifelong environmental leader, approach climate change from different perspectives, yet they arrive at similar conclusions. Without agreeing on every point, they share a belief that cities, businesses, and citizens can lead—and win—the battle against climate change, no matter which way the political winds in Washington may shift. In Climate of Hope, Bloomberg and Pope offer an optimistic look at the challenge of climate change, the solutions they believe hold the greatest promise, and the practical steps that are necessary to achieve them. Writing from their own experiences, and sharing their own stories from government, business, and advocacy, Bloomberg and Pope provide a road map for tackling the most complicated challenge the world has ever faced. Along the way, they turn the usual way of thinking about climate change on its head: from top down to bottom up, from partisan to pragmatic, from costs to benefits, from tomorrow to today, and from fear to hope.
Personalities on the Plate: The Lives & Minds of Animals We Eat
by Barbara J. KingIn recent years, scientific advances in our understanding of animal minds have led to major changes in how we think about, and treat, animals in zoos and aquariums. The general public, it seems, is slowly coming to understand that animals like apes, elephants, and dolphins have not just brains, but complicated inner and social lives, and that we need to act accordingly. Yet that realization hasn’t yet made its presence felt to any great degree in our most intimate relationship with animals: at the dinner table. Sure, there are vegetarians and vegans all over, but at the same time, meat consumption is up, and meat remains a central part of the culinary and dining experience for the majority of people in the developed world. With Personalities on the Plate, Barbara King asks us to think hard about our meat eating--and how we might reduce it. But this isn’t a polemic intended to convert readers to veganism. What she is interested in is why we’ve not drawn food animals into our concern and just what we do know about the minds and lives of chickens, cows, octopuses, fish, and more. Rooted in the latest science, and built on a mix of firsthand experience (including entomophagy, which, yes, is what you think it is) and close engagement with the work of scientists, farmers, vets, and chefs, Personalities on the Plate is an unforgettable journey through the world of animals we eat. Knowing what we know--and what we may yet learn--what is the proper ethical stance toward eating meat? What are the consequences for the planet? How can we life an ethically and ecologically sound life through our food choices? We could have no better guide to these fascinatingly thorny questions than King, whose deep empathy embraces human and animal alike. Readers will be moved, provoked, and changed by this powerful book.
Advances in Responsible Land Administration
by Jessica KeyesAdvances in Responsible Land Administration challenges conventional forms of land administration by introducing alternative approaches and provides the basis for a new land administration theory. A compilation of observations about responsible land administration in East Africa, it focuses on a new empirical foundation rather than preexisting ideal
Creeping Bentgrass Management
by Peter H. DernoedenCreeping bentgrass is considered the premier turfgrass species grown on golf courses, and there is a growing demand for an understanding of its maintenance and management practices. Still the only comprehensive reference on the subject, Creeping Bentgrass Management, Second Edition helps you identify the factors that contribute to summer bentgrass
Recovering Caribbean Nature
by James A. Kushlan Kirsten HinesThe Caribbean is a global biodiversity hotspot; half its resident bird species are found nowhere else, yet, a quarter are threatened with extinction. Nearly all its native amphibians and reptiles and thousands of plants also are endemic. Yet, less than 1% of the landscape can be considered natural; and apart from reserves, most land is privately owned. Despite the challenges of such habitat fragmentation, the Caribbean’s distinctive fauna and flora can be preserved through planning and managing a connected network of sustainable naturalistic landscapes, reserves, parks, and private gardens. This book uniquely provides both a theoretical background and practical applications to restoring nature within the tropical Caribbean. Packed with beautiful color photographs, it offers unifying principles that can be applied across the tropics and synthesizes information on the Caribbean's environmental uniqueness and globally significant biodiversity. It also provides explicit guidance on establishing sustainable and more naturalistic landscapes from large public lands to private yards and gardens.The book is essential reading for academics and researchers studying the Caribbean environment, resource management professionals, and scientists and.educatos from nongovernmental organizations who provide programs and advocacy for conservation and regional sustainability. Moreover, it highlights the importance of private lands and gardens, where the greatest gains can be made, and so offers a handbook for knowledgeable private landowners and their professional advisors.
Total Environmental Compliance: A Practical Guide for Environmental Professionals
by Bert P. Krages IITotal Environmental Compliance: A Practical Guide for Environmental Professionals gives you the background and skills you need to ensure total environmental compliance in your organization. Instead of dryly describing theoretical management systems or reciting regulatory provisions, the author delves into the challenging issues of why organizations
Agroecology: A Transdisciplinary, Participatory and Action-oriented Approach (Advances in Agroecology)
by Stephen R. Gliessman Christopher M. Bacon Roseann Cohen V. Ernesto MéndezAgroecology: A Transdisciplinary, Participatory and Action-oriented Approach is the first book to focus on agroecology as a transdisciplinary, participatory, and action-oriented process. Using a combined theoretical and practical approach, this collection of work from pioneers in the subject along with the latest generation of acknowledged leaders
Soil-Specific Farming: Precision Agriculture (Advances in Soil Science)
by Rattan Lal B. A. StewartFaced with challenges of resource scarcity and environmental degradation, it is important to adopt innovative farming systems that maximize resource efficiency while protecting the environment. Soil-Specific Farming: Precision Agriculture focuses on principles and applications of soil-specific farming, providing information on rapidly evolving agri
Plant-Environment Interactions
by Bingru HuangWith contributions from experts in various specialties, Plant-Environment Interactions discusses recent advances in cellular and molecular regulation of stress tolerance. This third edition reviews new research in stress signal perception, cellular mechanisms, and genetic manipulation of stress tolerance for each individual stress. It addresses how to evaluate the level of plant tolerance to stress as well as how to link mechanisms identified through analysis of plant-environment interaction to producing stress-tolerant germplasm through biotechnology and traditional breeding. It also examines environmental stresses limiting plant productivity in agriculture, horticulture, and forestry.
Beach-Spawning Fishes: Reproduction in an Endangered Ecosystem
by Karen L.M. MartinBeach-spawning fishes from exotic locations on most continents of the world provide spectacular examples of extreme adaptations during the most vulnerable life cycle stages. The beauty, intriguing biology, and importance of these charismatic fishes at the interface of marine and terrestrial ecosystems have inspired numerous scientific studies. Adap
Environmental Economics: An Integrated Approach
by Philip E. GravesRigorous, yet written in a way that facilitates understanding of complex material, Environmental Economics: An Integrated Approach provides practical and working knowledge of how environmental policy analysis is developed. This is a true textbook, detailing the tools required to conduct that analysis and also discusses weaknesses in the existing me
Chromium(VI) Handbook
by James A. Jacobs Jacques Guertin Cynthia P. AvakianPut together by a team of scientists, engineers, regulators, and lawyers, the Chromium(VI) Handbook consolidates the latest literature on this topic. The broad scope of this book fills the need for a comprehensive resource on chromium(VI), improving the knowledge of this contaminant at a time when the extent and degree of the problem is still being
Human Rights Approaches to Planetary Crises: From Climate Change to Plastic Pollution (ISSN)
by Samvel VarvastianThis book analyses over 20 years of rights-based litigation in the areas of climate change and plastic pollution in order to assess the value of rights in confronting and overcoming planetary crises.We live in an age of planetary crises such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and plastic pollution, which take a huge toll on communities all around the world, endangering their fundamental interests. But can the lack of government action on these crises – or action that worsens them – amount to violations of human rights? Many courts are grappling with this question, as rights-based litigation becomes increasingly common. By focusing on climate change and plastic pollution as case studies, this book examines the viability of rights claims when confronting planetary crises in courts. From early attempts to pursue rights claims in response to planetary crises in the first decade of the 2000s to high-profile court wins in such cases in the 2010s and the spread of such cases across dozens of jurisdictions by the 2020s, rights claims in climate change and plastic pollution litigation have become a truly global phenomenon. Through a systematic and in-depth analysis of such litigation in more than thirty jurisdictions, this book identifies factors that determine the viability of rights claims when confronting planetary crises. It reveals that, even though not all litigation forums are equally favourable to such claims, human rights can indeed be successfully invoked in different types of legal action.This book will be of considerable interest to policymakers and legal scholars and practitioners, as well as students, who work in or study environmental and climate change law, human rights law, constitutional law, and international and comparative law.
Whale Day: And Other Poems
by Billy CollinsA wondrous collection from Billy Collins, former U.S. Poet Laureate and New York Times bestselling author of The Rain in Portugal &“The poems are marked by his characteristic humor and arise out of small, banal moments, unearthing the extraordinary or uncanny in the everyday.&”—The Wall Street JournalWhale Day brings together more than fifty poems and showcases the deft mixing of the playful and the serious that has made Billy Collins one of our country&’s most celebrated and widely read poets. Here are poems that leap with whimsy and imagination, yet stay grounded in the familiar, common things of everyday experience. Collins takes us for a walk with an impossibly ancient dog, discovers the original way to eat a banana, meets an Irish spider, and even invites us to his own funeral. Sensitive to the wonders of being alive as well as the thrill of mortality, Whale Day builds on and amplifies Collins&’s reputation as one of America&’s most interesting and durable poets.
Sustainable Plant Nutrition and Soil Carbon Sequestration (Sustainable Plant Nutrition in a Changing World)
by Pradeep Kumar Dubey Purushothaman Chirakkuzhyil Abhilash Cherukumalli Srinivasa Rao Sheikh Adil Edrisi Himlal Baral Rajiv Kumar ChaturvediTerrestrial plant systems are an integral part of Earth’s land resources. Resources are mutually connected via the nutrient exchange phenomena. Thus, plant nutrition is crucial in managing soil fertility and land productivity. Soil organic carbon is one of the critical indicators for assessing the viability of land, and hence soil carbon sequestration, which is a burgeoning issue regarding changing climatic conditions. In this context, this book provides an essential linkage between sustainable plant nutrition and soil carbon sequestration and their management strategies that lead to multidimensional benefits for environmental sustainability. The primary purpose of this book is to explore the nexus between carbon sequestration and plant growth, its role in maintaining ecosystem services, and modeling aspects of soil carbon and nutrient dynamics. Moreover, it aims to address the growing challenges of ecological perturbations, unraveling the potential of degraded lands for food, fuel, and nutritional security, and accounting for meeting various UN SDGs.
The Green New Deal from Below: How Ordinary People Are Building a Just and Climate-Safe Economy
by Jeremy BrecherA visionary program for national renewal, the Green New Deal aims to protect the earth’s climate while creating good jobs, reducing injustice, and eliminating poverty. Its core principle is to use the necessity for climate protection as a basis for realizing full employment and social justice. Jeremy Brecher goes beyond the national headlines and introduces readers to the community, municipal, county, state, tribal, and industry efforts advancing the Green New Deal across the United States. Brecher illustrates how such programs from below do the valuable work of building constituencies and providing proofs of concept for new ideas and initiatives. Block by block, these activities have come together to form a Green New Deal built on a strong foundation of small-scale movements and grassroots energy. A call for hope and a better tomorrow, The Green New Deal from Below offers a blueprint for reconstructing society on new principles to avoid catastrophic climate change.
Moon Nova Scotia & Atlantic Canada: Coastal Getaways, Historic Towns, Scenic Drives (Moon Canada Travel Guide)
by Andrew Hempstead Moon Travel GuidesCatch a glimpse of the world's rarest whales, hike through lush forests, or wander around quaint historic towns: the very best of the northeast is yours with Moon Nova Scotia & Atlantic Canada. Inside you'll find:Strategic, flexible itineraries including scenic drives, ocean excursions, and the best of the Maritimes Top experiences and activities: Take in stunning scenery while driving the Cabot Trail or the Irish Loop, visit an active archeological dig at the Colony of Avalon, or study artifacts from the Titanic at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Savor local oysters at a waterfront restaurant, sample seasonal beers at North America's oldest operating brewery, and refuel with a hearty rappie pie after a day of touring Nova Scotia Best outdoor adventures: Bike through UNESCO-protected towns or cruise past massive icebergs. Cross-country ski and snowmobile in Sugarloaf Park or skate on frozen lakes near Halifax. Hike along rocky shoreline or through wildflower-filled river valleys. Kayak to a secluded island for a picnic lunch and camp out under the stars at oceanside parks Expert advice from Canadian author Andrew Hempstead on when to go, where to stay, and how to get around Full-color photos and detailed maps throughoutBackground information on the environment, culture, and history In-depth coverage of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, and Labrador Get to know the best of Nova Scotia and Atlantic Canada with Moon's local insight and expert tips. Exploring more of Canada? Check out Moon Canadian Rockies or Moon Victoria & Vancouver Island.About Moon Travel Guides: Moon was founded in 1973 to empower independent, active, and conscious travel. We prioritize local businesses, outdoor recreation, and traveling strategically and sustainably. Moon Travel Guides are written by local, expert authors with great stories to tell—and they can't wait to share their favorite places with you. For more inspiration, follow @moonguides on social media.
Treekeepers: The Race for a Forested Future
by Lauren E. Oakes&“A frank, probing, but ultimately hopeful book&” (Elizabeth Kolbert) that shows how the path from climate change to a habitable future winds through the world&’s forests In recent years, planting a tree has become a catchall to represent &“doing something good for the planet.&” Many companies commit to planting a tree with every purchase. But who plants those trees and where? Will they flourish and offer the benefits that people expect? Can all the individual efforts around the world help remedy the ever-looming climate crisis? In Treekeepers, Lauren E. Oakes takes us on a poetic and practical journey from the Scottish Highlands to the Panamanian jungle to meet the scientists, innovators, and local citizens who each offer part of the answer. Their work isn&’t just about planting lots of trees, but also about understanding what it takes to grow or regrow a forest and to protect what remains. Throughout, Oakes shows the complex roles of forests in the fight against climate change, and of the people who are giving trees a chance with hope for our mutual survival. Timely, meticulously reported, and ultimately optimistic, Treekeepers teaches us how to live with a sense of urgency in our warming world, to find beauty in the present for ourselves and our children, and to take action big or small.
Ranaviruses: Emerging Pathogens of Ectothermic Vertebrates
by Matthew J. Gray V. Gregory ChincharThis is a open access book. Ranaviruses, double-stranded DNA viruses (family Iridoviridae) that cause systemic, life-threatening disease in a variety of amphibians, reptiles and fish, have contributed to mass die-offs of both wild and captive populations around the globe. These viruses are emerging and increasingly responsible for population declines of ectothermic vertebrates. Because amphibians, reptiles, and freshwater turtles are suitable hosts and among the most imperiled vertebrate taxa in the world, ranaviruses can have significant impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem function. Additionally, many fish that are raised in aquaculture facilities and traded internationally are suitable hosts; thus, the potential economic impact of ranaviruses is significant. Ranaviruses also serve as a model for understanding viral replication and gene function among large double-stranded DNA viruses, e.g., poxviruses, asfarvirus, and ascoviruses. Lastly, study of the host immune response to ranaviral disease and the identification of viral immune evasion genes that negatively regulate host immune functions provide insight into which specific immune elements are most important in protecting host species against severe disease. The effort to produce a 2nd edition of our earlier work grew out of a recent meeting (1st Global Amphibian and Reptile Disease Conference) held in August 2022. Given the continued research in ranaviruses and ranaviral disease since the first edition, this new book updates the latest information on ranaviruses and provides guidance on how to monitor and manage ranaviruses in cold-blooded vertebrate populations.
A Hat for House: One Storm, Many Helpers
by Audrey PerrottAn uplifting picture book debut about community and hope.One windy day, House&’s hat blows clean off his head!His friends are happy to help, but nothing they try seems quite right. Then the wind gets even stronger and thunder rumbles, making House wonder how he can keep his family safe and if he&’ll ever feel quite like himself again.But just in time, more neighbors come to pitch in. And they have a plan for a new hat that fits him perfectly.Sweetly illustrated and studded with humor, this tale of community is perfect for reminding readers that during tough times, neighbors can work together to help each other.
Secretos del Planeta Tierra (Explanatorium of the Earth)
by DKUna completísima enciclopedia juvenil para explorar nuestro planeta de forma diferente.Emprende un increíble viaje al corazón de nuestro planeta y descubre cómo las placas tectónicasse separan y chocan, observa la erosión que sufre la Tierra a lo largo del tiempo, explora el interior de un volcán, aprende sobre el cambio climático y el calentamiento global y mucho más.¿Cuántos volcanes activos existen? ¿Qué provoca los tornados y los huracanes? ¿Cómo se forman las rocas, los fósiles y las gemas? ¿De qué se compone el aire?Con cantidad de datos curiosos e increíbles fotografías e imágenes de todo tipo de fenómenos, este libro ilustrado para niños responde a todas las preguntas sobre nuestro universo, ya se trate del origen de la vida en la Tierra, la atmósfera, los fósiles, los océanos o la actividad tectónica.Incluye datos asombrosos sobre geología, accidentes geográficos y paisajes, fósiles, rocas y minerales, climatología, el sistema solar y mucho más.Con explicaciones sencillas de más de 100 principios científicos: la materia, las reacciones, los materiales, las fuerzas, la energía, la vida y la Tierra.Impresionantes fotografías de primeros planos, además de increíbles imágenes macro, cortes transversales e imágenes tomadas con time-lapse, rayos X y ultravioleta.Un libro de consulta esencial en las bibliotecas familiares y el complemento perfecto para los trabajos escolares.Perfecto para niños a partir de 9 años interesados en las ciencias de la Tierra y los fenómenos naturales y meteorológicos.Un regalo especial que los niños guardarán como un tesoro.---------------------------------- Welcome to the Explanatorium of the Earth - the only Earth encyclopedia you'll ever need, with excellent photographs of everything from supervolcanoes to tsunamis. This Earth exploration book for kids aged 9-12 and beyond answers the biggest and smallest questions about our universe, whether it’s fossils, oceans, or geology. The Exploratorium of Earth brings science to life with striking photographic explanations, helping kids understand how the world works.This fact-filled encyclopedia for kids offers:An extensive earth science guide– explaining more than 100 scientific principles, including matter, reactions, materials, forces, energy, life, and Earth.Detailed, close-up photography, plus incredible macro images, cross-sections, exploded views, time-lapse, x-ray, and ultra-violet photography.What makes volcanoes erupt? Why are tornadoes and hurricanes so destructive? How do rocks, fossils, and gems form? Explanatorium of the Earth takes you on an incredible voyage deep into the heart of our planet and back to discover the powerful forces that continually shape and remodel our ever-changing world. Discover how tectonic plates tear apart and cause earthquakes. Learn how the slow but relentless process of erosion and weathering wears away rock, reducing mountains to dust and carving valleys and canyons into the land. And learn how the living world and rock cycles have worked together for millions of years to stabilize the planet's climate, keeping Earth suitable for life.Are you interested in other subjects? Explore more from the Explanatorium series, such as Explanatorium of History, Explanatorium of Nature, and Explanatorium of Science.
Violence and Harm in the Animal Industrial Complex: Human-Animal Entanglements
by Richard Twine Gwen Hunnicutt Kenneth MentorThis book grapples with multispecies violent exploitations embedded in corridors of power within the animal-industrial complex (A-IC). The A-IC is a useful framework for understanding how exploitative human-animal relations are central to capitalist relations and profit accumulation. ‘A-IC-related-violence’ – killing animals for economic gain – has a ripple effect which results in profound consequences for humans as well.This collection of international scholarship explores topics as varied as how A-IC-related-violence is reproduced and sustained through rapidly changing discursive strategies, ideological architecture, and particular cultural forms that elide and legitimize animal cruelty. Several chapters expose collusion between governments, corporations, and academia as central to maintaining dominance of A-IC-related-violence. Other scholars explore the trouble with making the conditions of “meat” production visible – of de-fetishizing meat commodities. The scholarship critically explores dynamic components of an apparatus that enables A-IC-related-violence and harm but is situated within the capitalist order and charts A-IC-related-violence as the key profit-generating practice in select domains of the A-IC.The book unmasks inherent cruelties in a proliferation of social forms that ultimately reflect a socioeconomic system that centralizes capitalist life characterized by endless growth, competitiveness, and profligate consumption. This is essential reading for those engaged in critical criminology, green criminology, violence studies, peace and conflict studies, critical animal studies, or animal rights-oriented scholars.
Los ciclos de la naturaleza (DK Children's Timelines)
by DKDescubre la increíble naturaleza de nuestro planeta a través de cronologías, imágenes y fotografías.Si alguna vez te preguntaste cómo será la rutina de un chimpancé, qué sucede durante las 24 horas del día en un desierto, o cuánto dura el embarazo de un canguro, este libro es para ti. Timelines of Nature te muestra la historia natural de nuestro planeta y los ciclos vitales de los seres vivos que lo habitan a través de detalladas líneas temporales y divertidos elementos visuales.En su interior, encontrarás:-Líneas de tiempo que ayudan a visualizar de forma fácil en el tiempo el desarrollo de la historia del mundo natural, desde el Big Bang y el origen de las plantas hasta la extinción de los dinosaurios.-Contenido dividido en cuatro temas principales: la Tierra, las plantas, los hongos y los animales-Esquemas y explicaciones sobre lo que sucede es el transcurso de un año en diferentes hábitats, en el ciclo vital de una planta o en el día a día de un animal.-Información y datos curiosos de los momentos y sucesos más extraordinarios de la geología, la fauna y la flora, como una mariposa saliendo de su crisálida.-Fascinantes fotografías e ilustraciones realistas de la naturaleza.¡Observa qué pasa en el planeta minuto a minuto, hora a hora y día a día en cada mes del año! Descubre cuántos años tardó la Luna en formarse, las etapas de crecimiento de diferentes animales y cómo ha evolucionado la vida desde los primeros organismos unicelulares. El recurso perfecto para estudiar biología.Discover the fascinating history of our planet with this unique collection of visual timelines.Full of exciting visual timelines covering minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years, Timelines of Nature reveals our planet’s natural history and its life cycles in an entirely new way. Beginning at our world’s existence; children aged 9+ will learn how many years it took the Moon to form and witness Earth’s continents collide. Discover the history of Earth’s most spectacular features – from the Grand Canyon to the Sahara desert. See how life evolved, from the first single-celled organisms to the extraordinary variety of creatures living today. Then we look at life on Earth today. Every species on Earth has its own unique story – Timelines of Nature reveals these weird and wonderful life cycles through fascinating visual timelines. It tells you what’s really happening on Earth each minute of every day. This beautiful nature book for children features:- Beautiful timelines teach young readers all about geology, plants, and animals.- Each timeline is unique and depicts a different topic, such as the story of how whales evolved, how the Moon was formed, or how a tiger spends its day.- Feature pages highlight climactic moments in nature, for example, the butterfly finally emerging from its chrysalis.- Supporting educational boxes on each page explain key points about nature, helping kids to discover more about the world around them.Children can marvel at a variety of different timeframes in nature, like geological timelines spanning thousands of years; a year in the life of a habitat, a day in the life of an animal, and complete plant life cycles.
The Food Forward Garden: A Complete Guide to Designing and Growing Edible Landscapes
by Christian DouglasDiscover a high-style approach to vegetable gardening from award-winning landscape designer Christian Douglas. What if, instead of relegating our vegetable patch to a remote corner of the backyard, we brought it forward? What if we integrated edibles into our decorative landscapes, letting vegetables, herbs, fruits, and berries share prime real estate alongside our patios, pools, even our front walkways? Equal parts inspiration and instruction, and filled with an abundance of ideas and information, The Food Forward Garden is a lushly illustrated guide to how we can make better use of our outdoor spaces without sacrificing style. In this comprehensive manual, award-winning landscape designer Christian Douglas shows us how the intrinsic beauty and seasonal rhythms of edibles bring a new level of purpose, meaning, and stunning visual pleasure to the home garden.