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Samurai: An Encyclopedia of Japan’s Cultured Warriors, Hardcover/Constantine Nomikos Vaporis
Description The samurai were an aristocratic class of warriors who imposed and maintained peace in Japan for more than two centuries during the Tokugawa or Edo period, 1603-1868. While they…Catre Magazin -
Reversing Climate Change: How Carbon Removals Can Resolve Climate Change and Fix the Economy, Hardcover/Graciela Chichilnisky
'The genius of Graciela Chichilnisky is recognized by economists and with this book she has focused that talent to the dire problem facing mankind. To survive we must do more…Catre Magazin -
Structured Dependence between Stochastic Processes, Hardback/Mariusz Nieweglowski
The theory of structured dependence has many real-life applications in areas such as finance, insurance, seismology, neuroscience, and genetics. The first book to be devoted to this research area, this…Catre Magazin -
Topics in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics: Atmospheric Dynamics, Dynamo Theory, and Climate Dynamics, Paperback/S. Childress
On the other hand, satellite observations of our own planet on a daily and hourly basis have turned it into a unique laboratory for the study of fluid motions on…Catre Magazin -
Architecture and Biology of Soils. Life in Inner Space, Hardback/***
Bringing together existing knowledge in the areas of soil biology and physics, this book explores the key characteristics of soil spatial architecture, including how it develops and the consequences this…Catre Magazin -
Water Management and Sustainability in Asia, Hardback/***
Water Management and Sustainability in Asia covers topics related to water resources management, including multi- and interdisciplinary research on flood, soil infiltration, contaminants, sediment, water quality, hydrological modelling, and water…Catre Magazin -
Postcolonial Europe. Comparative Reflections after the Empires, Hardback/***
Postcolonial Europe : Comparative Reflections after the Empires brings together scholars from across disciplines to rethink European colonialism in the light of its vanishing empires and the rise of new…Catre Magazin -
Climate Change and Energy Options for a Sustainable Future, Hardcover/Dinesh Kumar Srivastava
The signs of global warming can be seen everywhere - hotter summers, frequent heavy rains, prolonged droughts, more severe forest fires, fiercer storms (including snow storms) and cyclones, as well…Catre Magazin -
Water and Life: Life in Water and Water in Life, Hardcover/***
This book is unique in presenting all aspects of water. It includes discussion of the theory of a water molecule, its properties, both in the pure state and as a…Catre Magazin -
Furthering Fair Housing: Prospects for Racial Justice in America’s Neighborhoods, Hardcover/Justin P. Steil
The 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule was the most significant federal effort to increase equality of access to place-based resources and opportunities, such as high-performing schools or access to…Catre Magazin -
Contemporary Megaprojects. Organization, Vision, and Resistance in the 21st Century, Paperback/***
With case studies ranging from mega-plantations in Southeast Asia to sports events, Contemporary Megaprojects explores the increasing ambition and pervasiveness of these projects, as well as their significant impact on…Catre Magazin -
Mulata Nation: Visualizing Race and Gender in Cuba, Hardcover/Alison Fraunhar
Description Repeatedly and powerfully throughout Cuban history, the mulata, a woman of mixed racial identity, features prominently in Cuban visual and performative culture. Tracing the figure, Alison Fraunhar looks at…Catre Magazin -
A Primer of Life Histories. Ecology, Evolution, and Application, Hardback/***
This accessible primer encompasses the basic concepts, theories, and applied elements of life history evolution. Publisher: Oxford University Press Author(s): Jeffrey A. (Professor of Biology, Professor of Biology, Department of…Catre Magazin -
Food System Sustainability. Insights From duALIne, Hardback/***
This book brings together the key conclusions and insights from the duALIne project, presenting state-of-the-art research in food sustainability and identifying priority areas for further study. It will provide a…Catre Magazin -
Capacity Building for Sustainable Development, Hardback/***
Capacity building is an important concept in development - this book pulls together theoretical and applied approaches and explains how sustainable outcomes can be achieved for a range of examples.Catre Magazin -
Digital Proxemics. How Technology Shapes the Ways We Move, Hardback/John A. McArthur
Combining dynamic stories, cutting-edge research, and deep reflection on the role of space in our lives, Digital Proxemics examines the ways that our uses of physical and digital spaces and…Catre Magazin -
Unsolved Problems in Ecology, Hardback/***
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Case Studies in Suburban Sustainability, Hardcover/Sandra J. Garren
The first volume to focus on suburbs and sustainability in the United States, this collection approaches the topic through regionally diverse case studies. Departing from the more widely examined issue…Catre Magazin -
Aging People, Aging Places. Experiences, Opportunities, and Challenges of Growing Older in Canada, Hardback/***
Bringing together academic research, practitioner reflections and personal narratives from older adults across Canada, this text provides a rare spotlight on the local implications of aging in Canadian cities and…Catre Magazin -
Landscape in Middle English Romance. The Medieval Imagination and the Natural World, Hardback/***
Richmond explores the landscapes, waterscapes, and ecological perspectives of popular Middle English romances at the onset of the Little Ice Age, revealing the literary roots of modern relationships with the…Catre Magazin -
Writing on Sheep. Ecology, the Animal Turn and Sheep in Poetry, Hardback/William Welstead
An animal studies and ecocritical approach to poetry on sheep in the context of agro-pastoral societies and environmental crisis. -- . Publisher: Manchester University Press Author(s): William Welstead Illustration(s): 14…Catre Magazin -
Climate Change and Global Health, Hardback/***
This broad, research-level book covers the impacts of climate change on human health worldwide. Immediate and direct impacts, secondary impacts such as vector ranges and disease incidence, and long-term ones…Catre Magazin -
Air Quality & the Natural Gas Industry. Issues, Considerations & Regulation, Hardback/***
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc Number of pages: 100 Publication date: 2013 Dimensions: 230 x 157 x 15 Cover type: Hardback Editor(s): Jamie D Zaleski Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti…Catre Magazin -
Energy-Water Nexus. Key Issues, Paperback/***
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc Number of pages: 89 Publication date: 2013 Dimensions: 227 x 154 x 7 Cover type: Paperback / softback Editor(s): Ellis Porter Redescopera farmecul lecturii si…Catre Magazin -
Mass Housing. Modern Architecture and State Power – a Global History, Hardback/Miles Glendinning
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Water Infrastructure. Needs & Financing Options, Paperback/Albert Engel
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc Author(s): Albert Engel Number of pages: 92 Publication date: 2013 Dimensions: 224 x 156 x 7 Cover type: Paperback / softback Redescopera farmecul lecturii si…Catre Magazin -
Land Surface Remote Sensing in Urban and Coastal Areas, Hardback/Mehrez , France) Zribi
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Democracy from Above?: The Unfulfilled Promise of Nationally Mandated Participatory Reforms, Hardcover/Stephanie L. McNulty
Description People are increasingly unhappy with their governments in democracies around the world. In countries as diverse as India, Ecuador, and Uganda, governments are responding to frustrations by mandating greater…Catre Magazin -
Forecast Verification. A Practitioner’s Guide in Atmospheric Science, 2nd Edition, Hardback/***
Forecast Verification : A Practioner's Guide in Atmospheric Science, 2nd Edition provides an indispensible guide to this area of active research by combining depth of information with a range of…Catre Magazin -
British and Irish Butterflies: An Island Perspective/Roger L. H. Dennis
Description Islands are special places; they can be havens for unique plants and animals and refuges for wildlife. This book investigates the biogeography of butterfly species over the British islands,…Catre Magazin -
Biogeography in the Sub-Arctic. The Past and Future of North Atlantic Biotas, Hardback/***
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Fundamentals of Conservation Biology, Hardback/Viorel D. Popescu
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Understanding Weather & Climate, Global Edition. 7 ed, Paperback/James Burt
Publisher: Pearson Education Limited Author(s): James Burt Number of pages: 608 Publication date: 2015 Dimensions: 273 x 245 x 28 Cover type: Paperback / softback Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti…Catre Magazin -
Essentials of Oceanography: Pearson New International Edition. 11 ed, Paperback/Harold Thurman
Publisher: Pearson Education Limited Author(s): Harold Thurman Number of pages: 620 Publication date: 2013 Dimensions: 217 x 275 x 21 Cover type: Paperback / softback Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti…Catre Magazin -
Environmental Conflicts, Migration and Governance, Hardback/***
A key driver of migration is environmental conflict, and this is only likely to increase with the effects of climate change. This urgent book responds to this and provides invaluable…Catre Magazin -
Earthquake and Volcano Deformation, Hardback/Paul Segall
Presents the mechanical models of earthquake and volcanic processes, emphasizing earth-surface deformations that can be compared with observations from Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, Interferometric Radar (InSAR), and borehole strain-…Catre Magazin -
Road User Charges Based on Mileage. Considerations & Viability, Paperback/***
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc Number of pages: 100 Publication date: 2017 Dimensions: 154 x 229 x 11 Cover type: Paperback / softback Editor(s): Jacqueline Russell Redescopera farmecul lecturii si…Catre Magazin -
Klamath River Basin. A Complex Case of Resources, Economics, Water Allocation and Species Management, Paperback/***
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc Illustration(s): Illustrations, unspecified Number of pages: 113 Publication date: 2012 Dimensions: 223 x 154 x 9 Cover type: Paperback / softback Editor(s): Jack O Barnes…Catre Magazin -
U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions. Trends, the Role of the Clean Power Plan & FAQs, Paperback/***
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc Number of pages: 89 Publication date: 2017 Dimensions: 154 x 229 x 11 Cover type: Paperback / softback Editor(s): Joyce Turner Redescopera farmecul lecturii si…Catre Magazin -
European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme. Climate & Aviation Considerations, Paperback/***
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc Number of pages: 89 Publication date: 2013 Dimensions: 167 x 227 x 7 Cover type: Paperback / softback Editor(s): Mia F Ryan Redescopera farmecul lecturii…Catre Magazin -
Clean Energy Standard Act. Policy Proposal & Impacts, Paperback/***
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc Number of pages: 88 Publication date: 2013 Dimensions: 230 x 155 x 6 Cover type: Paperback / softback Editor(s): Louis R Ramos Redescopera farmecul lecturii…Catre Magazin -
Climate Change & Public Health. Federal Preparedness Efforts, Paperback/***
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc Number of pages: 95 Publication date: 2016 Dimensions: 227 x 157 x 12 Cover type: Paperback / softback Editor(s): Cassandra Evans Redescopera farmecul lecturii si…Catre Magazin -
The People, Place, and Space Reader, Paperback/***
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Number of pages: 446 Publication date: 2014 Dimensions: 175 x 245 x 25 Cover type: Paperback / softback Editor(s): Susan (CUNY Graduate Center, USA) Saegert…Catre Magazin -
Water Rights in Southeast Asia and India, Hardback/Ross Michael Pink
This fascinating book examines the paramount human rights issue of our time: clean drinking water. Pollution, population surge, and climate change will deprive an estimated 2 billion citizens of this…Catre Magazin -
Split By Sun: The Tragic History Of The Sustainocene, Hardback/Thomas Faunce
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Early Modern Ireland and the world of medicine: Practitioners, collectors and contexts, Hardcover/John Cunningham
Description This collection seeks to offer new and important insights into medicine in early modern Ireland. It situates Irish medicine in relation to long-term social and cultural change on the…Catre Magazin -
Principles of Sequence Stratigraphy, Hardback/Octavian Catuneanu
Covers the various ideas and models in the field of sequence stratigraphy. This book examines the relation between conflicting approaches from the perspective of a unifying platform, demonstrating that sufficient…Catre Magazin -
For the Love of Cockroaches: Husbandry, Biology, and History of Pet and Feeder Blattodea, Hardcover/Orin McMonigle
The amazing diversity of color and form in cockroaches around the world has rarely been displayed to the average animal enthusiast. Several well known species have been bred for decades…Catre Magazin -
London 2012 and the Post-Olympics City: A Hollow Legacy?, Paperback/Phil Cohen
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Environmental Criminology. Spatial Analysis and Regional Issues, Hardback/***
Using sociological, criminological, anthropological, historical and media analysis, this multi-disciplinary volume examines local and regional issues in environmental criminology. Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited Number of pages: 160 Collection: Advances in…Catre Magazin -
Pluriversal Politics. The Real and the Possible, Hardback/Arturo Escobar
Reflecting on the experience, philosophy, and practice of Latin American indigenous and Afro-descendant activist-intellectuals who mobilize to defend their territories from large-scale extraction, Arturo Escobar shows how the key to…Catre Magazin -
Urban Regeneration, Hardback/***
In this new edition of the standard text on the theory and practice of urban regeneration, there are case studies and examples of best practice throughout, and a whole section…Catre Magazin -
Things Fall Apart?. The Political Ecology of Forest Governance in Southern Nigeria, Hardback/Pauline von Hellermann
Governance failure and corruption are increasingly identified as key causes of tropical deforestation. In Nigeria's Edo State, once the showcase of scientific forestry in West Africa, large-scale forest conversion and…Catre Magazin -
Exploring the Social Life of Japanese “Manchurian Immigrants”, Paperback/Yanchun Shi
The book studies the "Manchurian immigrants" from many important aspects suchas agricultural operation, education, religion, and women's issues. It contains thefollowing features: first, readers can get deeper understanding on the…Catre Magazin -
Political Economy of Resource Regulation. An International and Comparative History, 1850-2015, Hardback/***
This is the first global survey of how natural resources have been regulated in the modern world.Catre Magazin -
Battle of the Ayatollahs in Iran. The United States, Foreign Policy, and Political Rivalry since 1979, Hardback/Alex Vatanka
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Motherhood and Meaning in Medieval Sculpture: Representations from France, C.1100-1500, Hardcover/Marian Bleeke
What can medieval sculptural representations of women tell us about medieval women's experiences of motherhood? Presumably the work of male sculptors, working for clerical patrons, these sculptures are unlikely to…Catre Magazin -
Limnology. Lake and River Ecosystems, Hardback/Robert G. Wetzel
This text covers limnology - the study of the structural and functional interrelationships of organisms of inland waters as they are affected by their dynamic physical, chemical, and biotic environments.Catre Magazin -
Citizenship and Disadvantaged Groups in Chile/Pablo Marshall
Description Citizenship and Disadvantaged Groups in Chile seeks to overcome an existing void in the literature of Latin American studies addressing the impact of Chile's post dictatorial legal framework on…Catre Magazin -
Introduction to Emergency Exercise Design and Evaluation, Hardcover/Robert McCreight
Description An Introduction to Emergency Exercise Design and Evaluation is designed to help practitioners and students of emergency management understand various aspects of the exercise design process. Emergency exercises are…Catre Magazin -
European Union and its Eastern Neighbourhood. Europeanisation and its Twenty-First-Century Contradictions, Hardback/***
This volume is timely in that it explores key issues which are currently at the forefront of the EU's relations with its eastern neighbours. -- .Catre Magazin -
Earth Observation for Land and Emergency Monitoring, Hardback/***
Earth Observation Science (EOS) is the study of the global Earth land-ocean-atmosphere system through observations. The principal tools for such studies are measurements from space since these provide the coverage…Catre Magazin -
Realising the City. Urban Ethnography in Manchester, Hardback/***
This edited collection explores what happens when a city administration tries to bring their vision for a city into being. It provides ethnographic accounts that complicate the dominant narrative of…Catre Magazin -
Trends and Issues in Global Tourism 2012, Hardback/***
This book examines trends in the global tourism and travel industry, ranging from aviation and hospitality, destination management and marketing to the challenges and impacts of sustainability, social media, corporate…Catre Magazin -
De Minimis Risk, Paperback/***
On May 29 and 30, 1985, a workshop was held to explore the legal, ethical, social, scientific, and practical aspects of the use of the de minimis risk concept for…Catre Magazin -
The British End of the British Empire, Hardcover/Sarah Stockwell
How did decolonization impact on Britain itself? And how did Britain manage its transition from colonial power to postcolonial nation? Sarah Stockwell explores this question principally via the history of…Catre Magazin -
The New Melville Studies, Hardcover/Cody Marrs
Description What does Melville studies look like after a phase of intense critical activity? This book addresses that question by analyzing Melville as a writer who was keenly interested in…Catre Magazin -
Constructing China’s Capitalism. Shanghai and the Nexus of Urban-Rural Industries, Hardback/D. Buck
By investigating the nexus of relationships between urban and rural factories in the Shanghai region of China, this book shines light on an overlooked part of China's massive industrial growth…Catre Magazin -
Encountering Global Environmental Politics. Teaching, Learning, and Empowering Knowledge, Hardback/***
This collection draws students into conversation about global environmental threats, the tenuous links between knowledge and power, and ways of acting powerfully in service of 'sustainability.'Catre Magazin -
Mining Morality. Prospecting for Ethics in a Wounded World, Hardback/William P. George
In this book, William P. George examines both the morality of mining - what's good and not so good about resource extraction - and the mining of morality, thereby bringing…Catre Magazin -
Pollution in China, Hardback/***
Includes bibliographical references and index.Catre Magazin -
Analytical Methods for Environmental Monitoring, Paperback/***
This handbook covers methods for detecting and monitoring pollution in air, soil and water in the context of legal requirements and industry standards. Methods covered include biosensors and remote sensing,…Catre Magazin -
Energy Taxes. Policy Perspective & Issues for Consideration, Hardback/***
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc Number of pages: 73 Publication date: 2014 Dimensions: 230 x 157 x 8 Cover type: Hardback Editor(s): Nathan Videt Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de…Catre Magazin -
Federal Climate Change Funding. Analyses & Trends, Hardback/***
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc Number of pages: 84 Publication date: 2014 Dimensions: 234 x 162 x 8 Cover type: Hardback Editor(s): Sandrin Toullart Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de…Catre Magazin -
Irish Migrants in New Communities. Seeking the Fair Land?, Hardback/***
Publisher: Lexington Books Illustration(s): Illustrations, unspecified; Maps; Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs Number of pages: 172 Publication date: 2014 Dimensions: 235 x 160 x 17 Cover…Catre Magazin -
A Concise History of Poland/Jerzy Lukowski
Description Poland is a tenacious survivor-state: it was wiped off the map in 1795, resurrected after the First World War, apparently annihilated again in the Second World War, and reduced…Catre Magazin -
Air Pollution and Global Warming, Paperback/Mark Z Jacobson
This new edition of Mark Jacobson's textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the history and science of the major air pollution and climate problems that face the world today, as…Catre Magazin -
Urban Transformations: From Liberalism to Corporatism in Greater Berlin, 1871-1933, Hardcover/Parker Daly Everett
Description Urban Transformations is a theoretical and empirical account of the changing nature of urbanization in Germany. Where city planners and municipal administrations had emphasized free markets, the rule of…Catre Magazin -
Grasslands. Types, Biodiversity & Impacts, Hardback/***
Provides researchers with diverse aspects of advances in grasslands research. This book covers a varied range of topics, for example, global biodiversity review, biotic interactions in the Rhizosphere, evaluation of…Catre Magazin -
Adapting to Climate Change. National Strategy & Progress, Hardback/***
As concentrations of greenhouse gases and heat-trapping particles increase in the atmosphere, it is becoming ever more urgent to understand and prepare for the resulting changes in climate. This book…Catre Magazin