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Thousands of books and monographs have been devoted to the poet and critic Ishikawa Takuboku (1886–1912). Although he died at the age of twenty-six and wrote many of his best-known poems in the space of a few years, his name is familiar to every literate Japanese. His early death added to the sad romance of the unhappy poet, but there has been no satisfactory biography of his life or career, even in Japanese, and only a small part of his writings...
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More tales of family fun and run-ins with nature at the cottage. In the sequel to Cottage Daze, James Ross is back with more tales from the family cottage. Organized by nature's changing seasons and containing sections covering nature, family, activity, and the cottage, Ross combines wry humour with a genuine love for adventure and respect for the natural world - although the local wild animal population can try his patience. Ross's anecdotes are...
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The essential guide to successful ecological research-now updated and expanded
Most books and courses in ecology cover facts and concepts but don't explain how to actually do ecological research. How to Do Ecology provides nuts-and-bolts advice on organizing and conducting a successful research program. This one-of-a-kind book explains how to choose a research question and answer it through manipulative experiments and systematic observations. Because...
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As well as fun and relaxation, cottage living throughout the seasons is a reminder that all of us, even the most urbanized individual, are part of the natural world. Listen carefully and you will hear cottage country whispering lessons that can make our lives less frenetic, less complicated. The mournful call of the loon, the wind sighing in the trees, the hammering of the pileated woodpecker remind us that we are a part of a more natural world too...
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Biocivilización destaca la esencia del floreciente paradigma de convivencia planetaria, en el "cuidado" de la RED DE LA VIDA, de la que hacen parte de manera interrelacionada e interdependiente, todos los seres vivos: humanos, animales, naturaleza, al igual que la Tierra, como ente igualmente vivo y única casa de todas las especies, incluida la humana. Los escritos que conforman este libro, buscan aportar, desde una perspectiva Biocivilizatoria...
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Elephants are in dire straits – again. They were virtually extirpated from much of Africa by European hunters in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but their numbers resurged for a while in the heyday of late-colonial conservation efforts in the twentieth. Now, according to one estimate, an elephant is being killed every 15 minutes. This is at the same time that the reasons for being especially compassionate and protective towards elephants...
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In his bestseller Affluenza, David Wann and his co-authors diagnosed the debilitating disease of over-consumption. In Simple Prosperity, he shows readers how we can overcome this disease by investing in a variety of real wealth sources. To recapture a more abundant and sustainable lifestyle, try:
- Creating a richer life story through personal growth incentives
- Forming higher-yield friendships and stronger bonds through social capital
- Taking...
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High among the cold, windswept peaks of America's mountain west, grow pine trees that are twisted and gnarled, hanging on to rocky, inhospitable slopes, yet living to the extraordinary age of almost 5,000-years old. These trees are bristlecone and foxtail pines. What are the trees' secrets-why do they live to such an advanced age? How do they develop such interesting shapes? What does the future hold for these ancients?
The Bristlecone Book: A Natural...
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Monsieur Legault, au printemps 2019, vous avez prévenu les journalistes : il ne faut pas s'attendre à ce que vous vous transformiez en « bonhomme vert » ! Je présume que c'était votre manière — on reconnaît la légèreté comique avec laquelle vous traitez de ces questions — de nous avertir que votre conversion à l'écologisme resterait sagement à l'intérieur des limites de votre conservatisme économique. Je trouve cette attitude franchement...
93) Mountains, Rivers, and the Great Earth: Reading Gary Snyder and Dōgen in an Age of Ecological Crisis
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Engages the global ecological crisis through a radical rethinking of what it means to inhabit the earth.
Meditating on the work of American poet and environmental activist Gary Snyder and thirteenth-century Japanese Zen Master Eihei Dōgen, Jason M. Wirth draws out insights for understanding our relation to the planet's ongoing ecological crisis. He discusses what Dōgen calls "the Great Earth" and what Snyder calls "the Wild" as being comprised...
94) Torah of the Earth Vol 2: Exploring 4,000 Years of Ecology in Jewish Thought: Zionism & Eco-Judaism
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Can we re-imagine our relationship to the earth-using the viewpoints and texts of the last four millennia?
Human responses to the natural world stretching back through the last 4,000 years come to life in this major new resource providing a diverse group of ecological and religious voices. It gives us an invaluable key to understanding the intersection of ecology and Judaism, and offers the wisdom of Judaism in dealing with the present environmental...
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El Antropoceno, sostienen los especialistas, es una era en la cual ya no existe una naturaleza separada y distinta de los seres humanos, sino que el mundo entero es un producto conjunto de la actividad humana y de fenómenos no humanos subyacentes, mezclados de manera indisoluble. La idea ha tomado fuerza desde comienzos de este milenio, pero en realidad se remonta hasta Alexander von Humboldt. Así, inspirado en la noción de la naturaleza como una...
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An ancient animal whose ancestors have roamed the earth since the time of the dinosaurs, the crocodile has survived continental drift, ice ages and the loss of once-prolific species. Today, the Australian saltie, the Chinese alligator, the Indian gharial and the black caiman are just some of the twenty-three species of crocodilian descendants found across the world. Human interaction with these dangerous yet intriguing animals has been reflected...
97) Cottage Daze
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The comfort food of cottage life books - satisfying, unforgettable, and inevitably nostalgic. Cottage Daze celebrates life at the cottage where the cottage is the main character, and family, friends, pets, and fellow cottagers are the supporting cast. Whether writing about cottage routine ("First Ski," "Of Mice and Men," "Cottage Guests"), cottage tasks ("Splitting Wood," "Boat Launch"), nature ("A Gathering of Loons," "The Sting," "Autumn Spell"),...
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"Want to know if the Canada lynx lives in any other countries, or where not to go if you don't want to run into a venomous cottonmouth snake? This vibrant atlas is packed with eye-catching images of animals and their ecosystems and territories. Useful maps and text provide readers with easy-to-access geographic and biological information on animals that live throughout the world."--
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