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Brought to you by Penguin. The year is 1735. Twelve unruly men board ships bound for South America. Their mission? To discover the true shape of the earth. They will be exposed to a wilderness of dangers none can imagine. The survivors won't return for ten years. An almost forgotten moment in...

Brought to you by Penguin. The ice sheets and glaciers that currently cover one-tenth of the planet's land surface are today in grave peril. Locked up within them is a vast proportion of Earth's freshwater - but the ice is fast melting as our climate warms at an accelerating rate. High up in the...

The story of a man’s obsession with whales, which takes him on a personal, historical and biographical journey – from his childhood to his fascination with Moby-Dick and his excursions whale-watching. All his life, Philip Hoare has been obsessed by whales, from the gigantic skeletons in...

In The Sea Inside, Philip Hoare sets out to rediscover the sea, its islands, birds and beasts. He begins on the south coast where he grew up, a place of almost monastic escape. From there he travels to the other side of the world - the Azores, Sri Lanka, New Zealand - in search of encounters with animals and people. Navigating between human and natural history, he asks what these stories mean for us now.

COLLECTIVE WINNER OF THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE ‘This is the book that has been wanting to be written for decades: the ragged fringe of Britain as a laboratory for the human spirit’ Adam Nicolson Over the course of a year, leading historian and nature...

The Grand Canyon’s Secrets takes listeners on a journey through science, history, and myth to answer these questions. Moving beyond tourist brochures, this book explores the canyon as a geological archive, a cultural landmark, and a still-active natural laboratory.

Compulsive Body Spaces presents a spatial understanding of compulsion. Providing a compelling account of the lives of 15 people with Tourette syndrome, it demystifies the seemingly irrational, purposeless and meaningless character of this behaviour. It demonstrates how attending to the spatial circumstances under which compulsive acts, like touching, ordering, and aligning objects take place, can produce valuable new insights to complement neuroscientific, psychiatric and psychological knowledge.

Forest celebrates the diverse ways in which trees and forests are as magnificent, economically relevant and profoundly enchanting today as they ever have been. Journeying across the continents, Matt Collins and Roo Lewis tie together both the historical context and modern-day applications of...

The growing concern about global environmental change and human impacts on the planet has led to the emergence of a broad field of study on the 'sustainability' of human societies. The term's common usage can be traced back to the advent of the Earth Summit in 1992 when 'sustainable development' was broadly embraced by the international community as an ostensibly win-win proposition for economic development, social inclusion, and ecological conservation. Yet both the natural science underpinnings and the social implications of a quest for sustainability have been diffuse.

Fluviul Amur e cvasinecunoscut. Cu toate acestea, e al zecelea fluviu că lungime din lume, izvorând din munții Mongoliei, străbătând Siberia și vărsându-se în Pacific. Pe o lungime de aproape 1.800 de kilometri, reprezintă granița marcată de tensiuni dintre Rusia...

Marcia Bjornerud's life as a geologist has coincided with an extraordinary period of discovery. From an insular girlhood in rural Wisconsin, she found her way to an unlikely career studying mountains in remote parts of the world. As one of few women in her field, she witnessed the shift in our understanding of the Earth, from solid object to an entity in a constant state of transformation. In the most tumultuous times of her own life, a deep understanding of our rocky planet imbued her life with meaning.

'Fascinating' TOM HOLLAND 'A delight from start to finish' MIRANDA SAWYER 'A novel and fascinating perspective on world history' BILL BRYSON 'By turns surprising, funny, bleak, ridiculous, or all four of those at once' GIDEON DEFOE 'I love this book; I love Jonn Elledge; I love the way he looks...

Die Auseinandersetzung um Migration und Integration, um Flüchtlings- und Asylpolitik ist angesichts des neuen Zuwanderungshochs wieder in vollem Gange. Gleichzeitig aber gibt es keine europäische Asylpolitik, sind die Außengrenzen der EU löchrig, geht die Bundesregierung von überzogenen Zahlen für die qualifizierte Einwanderung aus, werden die Alarmrufe der Städte und Kommunen kleingeredet, wächst das Unbehagen von immer größeren Teilen der Bevölkerung.

Ein Buch, das unser Weltbild ins Wanken bringt. Ob bei Google Maps oder Apple: Täglich verlassen wir uns auf Karten. Aber wir denken selten darüber nach, wie umfangreich sie Einfluss auf unser Leben nehmen. Zum Beispiel durch die Mercator-Projektion aus dem 16. Jahrhundert, die bis heute die Dominanz des Westens unterstreicht, indem sie die Länder des Nordens größer erscheinen lässt. Oder durch Gerrymandering, die Grenzziehung von Bezirken, die den Ausgang von Wahlen beeinflusst.

Discover the key theories and milestone developments in the field of geography – the study of Earth’s diverse landscapes and climates, and the ways in which we have interacted with them through history and across the world. Applying the series’ accessible approach to the subject, The...

ବିଶ୍ୱର ପ୍ରମୁଖ ପ୍ରାଚୀନ ସଭ୍ୟତା ବିଷୟରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆଙ୍କୁ ପରିଚିତ ଓ ଶିକ୍ଷିତ କରିବା ଦିଗରେ ବିଶିଷ୍ଟ ପ୍ରାବନ୍ଧିକ ଶରତ କୁମାର...

ବିଶ୍ୱର ପ୍ରମୁଖ ପ୍ରାଚୀନ ସଭ୍ୟତା ବିଷୟରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆଙ୍କୁ ପରିଚିତ ଓ ଶିକ୍ଷିତ କରିବା ଦିଗରେ ବିଶିଷ୍ଟ ପ୍ରାବନ୍ଧିକ ଶରତ କୁମାର...

ବିଜୟ କେତନ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକଙ୍କ 'ବିଜ୍ଞାନ ବର୍ଣ୍ଣାଳୀ' ପୃଥିବୀ ଓ ପରିବେଶକୁ ନେଇ ରଚିତ ଏକ ତଥ୍ୟ ଓ ତତ୍ତ୍ୱମୂଳକ ପୁସ୍ତକ, ଯାହାକୁ ସାତରୁ...

ଆମେ ଏଇ ପୃଥିବୀରେ ବାସ କରୁଛୁ! ଏ ପୃଥିବୀ ଆମକୁ ବାସ, ବେଶ, ଶ୍ୱାସ ଦେଉଛି! ହେଲେ ଏଇ ପୃଥିବୀ ବିଷୟରେ ଆମେ କଣ ବା ଜାଣିଛୁ? କେତେ ବା...

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