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  • Audiolibro

    Brief History of the Museum, A: How We Came to Preserve the Past

    Narrado por Michael Renner ...

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    1 horas 45 minutos

    Trace the cultural history of curation, where the simple human urge to collect collides with global imperial power. Perfect for an educational commute, this thought-provoking journey transports you from sacred ancient temples to grand nineteenth-century exhibition halls. Satisfy your curious mind by exploring how private royal symbols evolved into shared public resources.Listen as immersive scenes ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

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    Navigation: From Reading the Stars to the Voice in Your Phone

    Narrado por Michael Renner ...

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    1 horas 45 minutos

    Uncover the epic history of human exploration, from ancient stargazing to the fragile GPS algorithms guiding our world. Perfect for your daily commute or next long road trip, this adventurous journey tackles three deceptively simple questions: Where am I, where am I going, and how do I return? It is a sweeping scientific chronicle that proves navigation is far more than a technical skill—it is a ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Conspiracy of Deception and Trickery

    The news is perplexing. Both the president and vice president of the United States have fallen ill with mysterious, flu-like symptoms. It is not long before both me receive the same devastating diagnosis: pancreatic cancer. But that is not the worst of it. Soon, many in Congress and the Supreme Court start to exhibit the same symptoms. In less than four months, the president is dead, the vice ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

  • State of the World 2014

    Governing for Sustainability

    Series series State of the World
    Citizens expect their governments to lead on sustainability. But from largely disappointing international conferences like Rio II to the U.S.’s failure to pass meaningful climate legislation, governments’ progress has been lackluster. That’s not to say leadership is absent; it just often comes from the bottom up rather than the top down. Action—on climate, species loss, inequity, and other ... Leer más

    $26.69 USD

  • Vital Signs 1999-2000

    The Environmental Trends That Are Shaping Our Future

    This annual volume shows key trends that should be integrated into the planning of our global future. It enables readers to track key indicators that show social, economic and environmental progress, or the lack of it, into 45 vital signs of our time. Each trend is presented as an overview using both text and graphics. ... Leer más

    $57.99 USD

  • Vital Signs 2000-2001

    The Environmental Trends That Are Shaping Our Future

    This ninth annual edition of Vital Signs takes the world's pulse by compiling a wide-ranging collection of trends that identify both problems and progress in the quest for a sustainable society. It highlights both alarming situations and encouraging developments. Part One is a comprehensive presentation of the key indicators in areas such as food, agriculture, energy, atmosphere, economics, ... Leer más

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  • The End of Poverty

    Economic Possibilities for Our Time

    **"Book and man are brilliant, passionate, optimistic and impatient . . . Outstanding." —The EconomistThe landmark exploration of economic prosperity and how the world can escape from extreme poverty for the world's poorest citizens, from one of the world's most renowned economists**Hailed by ***Time***as one of the world's hundred most influential people, Jeffrey D. Sachs is renowned for his work ... Leer más

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  • Grand Transitions

    How the Modern World Was Made

    de Vaclav Smil ...
    From one of the world's leading experts on the history of energy, a rigorous examination of the transitions that structure our modern world--and the environmental reckoning that will mark its success or failure. What makes the modern world work? The answer to this deceptively simple question lies in four "grand transitions" of civilization--in populations, agriculture, energy, and economics--which ... Leer más

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  • Expulsions

    Brutality and Complexity in the Global Economy

    de Saskia Sassen ...
    Soaring income inequality and unemployment, expanding populations of the displaced and imprisoned, accelerating destruction of land and water bodies: today’s socioeconomic and environmental dislocations cannot be fully understood in the usual terms of poverty and injustice, according to Saskia Sassen. They are more accurately understood as a type of expulsion—from professional livelihood, from ... Leer más

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  • The Skeptical Environmentalist

    Measuring the Real State of the World

    The Skeptical Environmentalist challenges widely held beliefs that the environmental situation is getting worse and worse. The author, himself a former member of Greenpeace, is critical of the way in which many environmental organisations make selective and misleading use of the scientific evidence. Using the best available statistical information from internationally recognised research ... Leer más

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  • Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization (Substantially Revised)

    Mobilizing to Save Civilization

    “[Brown’s] ability to make a complicated subject accessible to the general reader is remarkable.”—Katherine Salant, Washington PostAs fossil fuel prices rise, oil insecurity deepens, and concerns about climate change cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new energy economy is emerging. Wind, solar, and geothermal energy are replacing oil, coal, and natural gas, at a pace and on a scale we could ... Leer más

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  • Food Politics

    What Everyone Needs to Know®

    Series series What Everyone Needs To Know®
    The politics of food is changing fast. In rich countries, obesity is now a more serious problem than hunger. Consumers once satisfied with cheap and convenient food now want food that is also safe, nutritious, fresh, and grown by local farmers using fewer chemicals. Heavily subsidized and underregulated commercial farmers are facing stronger push back from environmentalists and consumer activists, ... Leer más

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